Michelle Yeoh
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 6, 1962 (age 64)
- Place of birth
- Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
- Credits
- 123
Yeoh Choo Kheng PSM SPMP (Chinese: 楊紫瓊; born 6 August 1962), known professionally as Michelle Yeoh (/joʊ/), is a Malaysian actress. In a career spanning over four decades, Yeoh has appeared in projects encompassing a wide array of genres and received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for two British Academy Film Awards. Credited as Michelle Khan in her early films, she rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s after starring in Hong Kong action and martial arts films, where she performed her stunts. These roles included Yes, Madam (1985), Magnificent Warriors (1987), Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992), The Heroic Trio, Tai Chi Master (both 1993), and Wing Chun (1994).
After moving to the United States, Yeoh gained international recognition for starring in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and in Ang Lee's wuxia martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000); the latter gained her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Her Hollywood career progressed with roles in Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), Sunshine (2007), and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008). She continued to appear in Hong Kong and Chinese cinema, starring in True Legend (2010), Reign of Assassins (2010), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016), and Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018). In 2011, she portrayed Aung San Suu Kyi in the British biographical film The Lady.
Yeoh played supporting roles in the romantic comedies Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and Last Christmas (2019), as well as in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) and the television series Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2020). Her voice acting work has included Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), Minions: The Rise of Gru, Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (both 2022), Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023), and The Tiger's Apprentice (2024). For her starring role as Evelyn Quan Wang in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first Asian to win the category, and the first Malaysian to win an Academy Award. She has since featured in the mystery film A Haunting in Venice (2023) and the musical fantasy film Wicked (2024).
The film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes ranked her the greatest action heroine of all time in 2008. In 1997, she was chosen by People as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World", and in 2009, the same magazine listed her as one of the "35 All-Time Screen Beauties". In 2022, Time named her one of the world's 100 most influential people on its annual listicle and its Icon of the Year. In 2024, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Known for
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017Movie
Aleta Ogord
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021Movie
Ying Nan
Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022Movie
Evelyn Wang
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011Movie
Soothsayer (voice)
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
2023Movie
Airazor (voice)
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
2008Movie
Zi Yuan
Filmography
Avatar 5
2031Movie
Dr. Karina Mogue
Avatar 4
2029Movie
Dr. Karina Mogue
The Surgeon
2027Movie
Dr. Eliza Lin
Blade Runner 2099
2026TV
Olwen
It's My Time
2026Movie
Zhao Yanhong
Sandiwara
2026Movie
The Critic / The Hawker / The Waitress / The Vlogger / The Singer
Making Wicked: For Good
2025Movie
Self
Wicked: For Good
2025Movie
Madame Morrible
Wicked: For Good - A Sneak Peek
2025Movie
Self
Wicked: One Wonderful Night
2025Movie
Self
Epic Ride: The Story of Universal Theme Parks
2025TV
Herself
Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe
2025Movie
Self
Star Trek: Section 31
2025Movie
Philippa Georgiou
Making Wicked
2024Movie
Self
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
2024Movie
Self
Wicked
2024Movie
Madame Morrible
The Bridge
2024Movie
Self
ARK: The Animated Series
2024TV
Mei-Yin Li (voice)
The Tiger's Apprentice
2024Movie
Loo (voice)
The Brothers Sun
2024TV
Eileen 'Mama' Sun
A Haunting in Venice
2023Movie
Joyce Reynolds
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
2023Movie
Airazor (voice)
The New Face of Hollywood – A Soul of a Nation Presentation
2023Movie
Self
American Born Chinese
2023TV
Guanyin Pusa
Making The Witcher: Blood Origin
2022Movie
The Witcher: Blood Origin
2022TV
Scían
Jean Todt: The Method
2022Movie
Self
The School for Good and Evil
2022Movie
Professor Anemone
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022Movie
Yuki (voice)
Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022Movie
Self
Minions: The Rise of Gru
2022Movie
Master Chow (voice)
Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022Movie
Evelyn Wang
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021Movie
Ying Nan
Gunpowder Milkshake
2021Movie
Florence
Marvel Studios Assembled
2021TV
Self
Boss Level
2021Movie
Dai Feng
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
2020Movie
Self
The Hidden Kingdoms of China
2020Movie
Narrator (voice)
Last Christmas
2019Movie
Santa
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Ready Room
2019TV
Self
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
2018Movie
Tso Ngan Kwan
Star Trek: Short Treks
2018TV
Philippa Georgiou
Crazy Rich Asians
2018Movie
Eleanor Young
My Legacy and I
2018TV
Star Trek: Discovery
2017TV
Captain Philippa Georgiou, Philippa Georgiou
After Trek
2017TV
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017Movie
Aleta Ogord
Morgan
2016Movie
Dr. Lui Cheng
鲁豫有约一日行
2016TV
Mechanic: Resurrection
2016Movie
Mei
Dragon Girls!
2016Movie
Herself
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
2016Movie
Yu Shu Lien
Trump Card
2016TV
Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes
2015Movie
Lotus
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014TV
Self
Marco Polo
2014TV
Lotus
Chef Nic
2014TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014TV
Self - Guest
Final Recipe
2013Movie
Julia
The Lady
2011Movie
Aung San Suu Kyi
Fucking Kassovitz
2011Movie
Self
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011Movie
Soothsayer (voice)
Reign of Assassins
2010Movie
Zeng Jing
Rose, c'est Paris
2010Movie
self
Strike Back
2010TV
Mei Foster
True Legend
2010Movie
Dr. Yu
Among the Great Apes with Michelle Yeoh
2009Movie
Self / Narrator
Far North
2008Movie
Saiva
Babylon A.D.
2008Movie
Sister Rebeka
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
2008Movie
Zi Yuan
The Children of Huang Shi
2008Movie
Mrs. Wang
Purple Mountain
2008Movie
Sunshine
2007Movie
Corazon
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
Fearless
2006Movie
Miss Yang
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005Movie
Mameha
Dancing with the Stars
2005TV
Self - Guest
Silver Hawk
2004Movie
Lulu Wong
Hong Kong Stories
2003Movie
Self
Bond Girls Are Forever
2002Movie
Herself
The Touch
2002Movie
Pak Yin Fay
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002Movie
Yu Sau Lien (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) (archive footage)
Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong
2001Movie
Self
The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'
2000Movie
Self
A Conversation with Michelle Yeoh
2000Movie
Self
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000Movie
Yu Shu Lien
Moonlight Express
1999Movie
Michelle
Vivement dimanche
1998TV
Self
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998Movie
Self - 008
Highly Classified: The World of 007
1998Movie
Self
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997Movie
Wai Lin
The Secrets of 007
1997Movie
Self
The View
1997TV
Self - Guest
The Soong Sisters
1997Movie
Soong Ai Ling / Madam Kung
The Stunt Woman
1996Movie
Ah Kam
The Daily Show
1996TV
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996TV
Self
Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple
1994Movie
Ah King
Wonder Seven
1994Movie
Ying
Wing Chun
1994Movie
Yim Wing Chun
Tai-Chi Master
1993Movie
Snow
Supercop 2
1993Movie
Jessica Yang Jian Wa
Heroic Trio 2: Executioners
1993Movie
Ching, Invisible Woman
Holy Weapon
1993Movie
Mon Ching Sze / To Col Ching
The Heroic Trio
1993Movie
Ching, The Invisible Woman
Butterfly and Sword
1993Movie
Lady Ko
Police Story 3: Super Cop
1992Movie
Captain Jessica Yang
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
Self - Guest
Easy Money
1987Movie
Michelle Yeung Ling
Magnificent Warriors
1987Movie
Ming
Royal Warriors
1986Movie
Michelle Yip
Yes, Madam!
1985Movie
Senior Inspector Ng
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
1985Movie
Judo Instructor
The Owl vs Bombo
1984Movie
Ms. Yeung
The Oscars
1953TV
Self - Presenter, Self
Today
1952TV
Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee
The Legend of Nezha
Movie
Yin Rong (Lady Yin)
The Mother
Movie