Michelle Yeoh

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

105

Gender

Female

Birthday

1962-08-06 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia

Also Known As

  • Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng
  • 杨紫琼
  • 楊紫瓊
  • 양자경
  • Μισέλ Γιο
  • Мишель Йео
  • Michelle Khan
  • Ziqiong Yang
  • Chi-King Yeung
  • Yeoh Choo-kheng

Michelle Yeoh

Biography

Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng (born Yeoh Choo Kheng; 6 August 1962) is a Malaysian actress. Credited as Michelle Khan in her early films in Hong Kong, she rose to fame in the 1990s after starring in a series of Hong Kong action films where she performed her own stunts, such as Yes, Madam (1985), Magnificent Warriors (1987), Police Story 3: Supercop (1992), The Heroic Trio (1993), and Holy Weapon (1993).

After moving to the United States, Yeoh gained recognition for starring in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and in Ang Lee's martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. For her role as an overwhelmed mother navigating the multiverse in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first Asian woman to win the award. Yeoh won a Golden Globe Award and a SAG Award as well. Her performance also garnered her nominations for a BAFTA Award and a Critics’ Choice Movie Award, among other accolades.

Yeoh's other notable works include Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), Sunshine (2007), The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), Reign of Assassins (2010), Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), and The Lady (2011), where she portrayed Aung San Suu Kyi. She played supporting roles in the romantic comedies Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and Last Christmas (2019), the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 (2017) and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Gunpowder Milkshake (2021), Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022), The School for Good and Evil (2022), Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023), A Haunting in Venice (2023), Wicked: Part One and Two (2024 and 2025), and Avatar 3 and its sequels (2025 onwards).

In television, Yeoh has starred in Marco Polo (2014-2016), Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2020), The Witcher: Blood Origin (2022), American Born Chinese (2023) and The Brothers Sun (2023).

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Acting

The Legend of Nezha as Yin Rong (Lady Yin)
Star Trek: Section 31 as Emperor Philippa Georgiou
Rich People Problems as Eleanor Sung-Young
ARK: The Animated Series as Mei-Yin Li (voice)
The Brothers Sun as Mama Sun
2031
Avatar 5 as Dr. Karina Mogue
2029
Avatar 4 as Dr. Karina Mogue
2025
Avatar 3 as Dr. Karina Mogue
2025
Wicked: Part Two as Madame Morrible
2024
Wicked Part 1 as Madame Morrible
2024
The Tiger's Apprentice as Mrs. Lee (voice)
2023
A Haunting in Venice as Joyce Reynolds
2023
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts as Airazor (voice)
2023
The New Face of Hollywood – A Soul of a Nation Presentation as Self
2023
American Born Chinese as Guanyin
2022
The Witcher: Blood Origin as Scían
2022
Making The Witcher: Blood Origin
2022
Jean Todt, la méthode as Self
2022
The School for Good and Evil as Professor Anemone
2022
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank as Yuki (voice)
2022
Minions: The Rise of Gru as Master Chow (voice)
2022
Everything Everywhere All at Once as Evelyn Wang
2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as Ying Nan
2021
Gunpowder Milkshake as Florence
2021
Marvel Studios Assembled as Self
2021
Boss Level as Dai Feng
2020
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
2020
The Hidden Kingdoms of China as Narrator (voice)
2019
Last Christmas as Santa
2019
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks as Self (archive footage)
2019
The Ready Room as Self
2018
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy as Tso Ngan Kwan
2018
Star Trek: Short Treks as Philippa Georgiou
2018
Crazy Rich Asians as Eleanor Sung-Young
2018
My Legacy and I
2017
Star Trek: Discovery as Captain Philippa Georgiou
2017
Star Trek: Discovery as Philippa Georgiou
2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as Aleta Ogord
2016
Morgan as Dr. Lui Cheng
2016
Mechanic: Resurrection as Mei
2016
Dragon Girls ! as Herself
2016
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny as Yu Shu Lien
2015
Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes as Lotus
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2014
Marco Polo as Lotus
2014
Chef Nic
2013
Final Recipe as Julia
2011
The Lady as Aung San Suu Kyi
2011
Fucking Kassovitz as Self
2011
Kung Fu Panda 2 as The Soothsayer (voice)
2010
Reign of Assassins as Zeng Jing
2010
Strike Back as Mei Foster
2010
Rose, c'est Paris as self
2010
True Legend as Sister Yu
2009
Among the Great Apes with Michelle Yeoh as Self / Narrator
2008
Babylon A.D. as Sister Rebeka
2008
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor as Zi Yuan
2008
Far North as Saiva
2008
The Children of Huang Shi as Mrs. Wang
2008
Purple Mountain
2007
Sunshine as Corazon
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
2006
Fearless as Miss Yang (Director's Cut only)
2005
Memoirs of a Geisha as Mameha
2004
Silver Hawk as Lulu Wong
2003
Hong Kong Stories as Herself
2002
Jackie Chan: Fast, Funny and Furious as Herself
2002
Best Ever Bond as Wai Lin (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Bond Girls Are Forever as Herself
2002
The Touch as Pak Yin Fay
2002
Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Yu Sau Lien (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) (archive footage)
2001
Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong as Herself
2000
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as Yu Shu Lien
1999
Moonlight Express as Michelle
1998
Vivement dimanche as Self
1998
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes as Self (archive footage)
1998
Jackie Chan: My Story as Herself
1998
Highly Classified: The World of 007
1997
Tomorrow Never Dies as Wai Lin
1997
The Secrets of 007
1997
The View as Self - Guest
1997
The Soong Sisters as Soong Ai-ling / Madam Kung
1996
The Stunt Woman as Ah Kam
1996
Top Fighter 2 as Self (Archive Footage)
1996
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar as Herself (archive footage)
1996
The Daily Show as Self
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self
1994
Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple as Ah King
1994
Wonder Seven as Ying
1994
Wing Chun as Yim Wing Chun
1993
Tai-Chi Master as Qiu Xue / Falling Snow
1993
Supercop 2 as Jessica Yang Jian Wa
1993
Executioners as Ching / Invisible Girl
1993
Holy Weapon as Mon Ching Sze / To Col Ching
1993
The Heroic Trio as Ching / Invisible Girl
1993
Butterfly and Sword as Lady Ko
1992
Police Story 3: Super Cop as INTERPOL Insp. Yang Chien Hua / Hannah Lin
1987
Easy Money as Michelle Yeung Ling
1987
Magnificent Warriors as Ming
1986
Royal Warriors as Madam Michelle Yip
1985
Yes, Madam! as Senior Inspector Ng
1985
Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars as Judo Instructor
1984
The Owl vs Bombo as Ms. Yeung
1953
The Oscars as Self
1952
Today as Self

Production

Billion Dollar Whale as Producer
Star Trek: Section 31 as Executive Producer
2013
Final Recipe as Executive Producer
2009
My Fair Gentleman as Producer
2004
Silver Hawk as Producer
2002
The Touch as Producer

Writing

2002
The Touch as Writer
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