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Michelle Yeoh

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62 Years Old

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michelle Yeoh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia on 6th August 1962

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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The Daily Show
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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The View
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The Graham Norton Show
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Vivement dimanche
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Golden Globe Awards
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Golden Globe Awards
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Strike Back
Mei Foster
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Star Trek: Discovery
Emperor Philippa Georgiou
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Star Trek: Discovery
Captain Philippa Georgiou
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Trump Card
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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
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鲁豫有约一日行
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Marco Polo
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The Brothers Sun
Eileen 'Mama' Sun
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Marvel Studios Assembled
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The Oscars
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The Oscars
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The Ready Room
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Wicked
Madame Morrible
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Star Trek: Short Treks
Philippa Georgiou
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The Witcher: Blood Origin
Scían
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ARK: The Animated Series
Mei-Yin Li (voice)
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The Rosie O'Donnell Show
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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Airazor (voice)
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American Born Chinese
Guanyin Pusa
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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Ying Nan
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Aleta Ogord
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Minions: The Rise of Gru
Master Chow (voice)
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Everything Everywhere All at Once
Evelyn Wang
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Kung Fu Panda 2
The Soothsayer (voice)
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Chef Nic
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Star Trek: Section 31
Philippa Georgiou
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The School for Good and Evil
Professor Anemone
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Wicked: For Good
Madame Morrible
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My Legacy and I
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Mechanic: Resurrection
Mei
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Crazy Rich Asians
Eleanor Young
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Zi Yuan
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Yu Shu Lien
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A Haunting in Venice
Joyce Reynolds
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Boss Level
Dai Feng
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Today
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Tomorrow Never Dies
Wai Lin
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Sunshine
Corazon
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The Tiger's Apprentice
Loo (voice)
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Memoirs of a Geisha
Mameha
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Fearless
Miss Yang
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Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Yuki (voice)
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Police Story 3: Super Cop
Captain Jessica Yang
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Last Christmas
Santa
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Babylon A.D.
Sister Rebeka
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
Yu Shu Lien
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Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
Tso Ngan Kwan
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Morgan
Dr. Lui Cheng
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True Legend
Dr. Yu
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Gunpowder Milkshake
Florence
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Avatar 4
Dr. Karina Mogue
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Royal Warriors
Madam Michelle Yip
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Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
Judo Instructor
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Jackie Chan: My Story
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Tai-Chi Master
Snow
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Reign of Assassins
Zeng Jing
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Avatar 5
Dr. Karina Mogue
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Yes, Madam!
Senior Inspector Ng
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Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
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Moonlight Express
Michelle
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The Lady
Aung San Suu Kyi
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Blade Runner 2099
Olwen
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Supercop 2
Jessica Yang Jian Wa
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The Heroic Trio
Ching, The Invisible Woman
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Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes
Lotus
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Magnificent Warriors
Ming
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Silver Hawk
Lulu Wong
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The Children of Huang Shi
Mrs. Wang
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Heroic Trio 2: Executioners
Ching, Invisible Woman
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The Legend of Nezha
Yin Rong (Lady Yin)
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Jackie Chan: My Stunts
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The Owl vs Bombo
Ms. Yeung
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Butterfly and Sword
Lady Ko
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The Touch
Pak Yin Fay
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Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
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Wing Chun
Yim Wing Chun
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The Soong Sisters
Soong Ai Ling / Madam Kung
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Bond Girls Are Forever
Wai Lin, 'Tomorrow Never Dies' (archive footage)
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Top Fighter 2
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Holy Weapon
Mon Ching Sze / To Col Ching
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Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple
Ah King
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The Stunt Woman
Ah Kam
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Ultimate Fights from the Movies
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Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
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Best Ever Bond
Wai Lin (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
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Final Recipe
Julia
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Far North
Saiva
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Wonder Seven
Ying
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Highly Classified: The World of 007
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Jackie Chan: Fast, Funny and Furious
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The Secrets of 007
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Rose, c'est Paris
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Making Wicked
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The Hidden Kingdoms of China
Narrator (voice)
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Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
Self (archive footage)
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Easy Money
Michelle Yeung Ling
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Fucking Kassovitz
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Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
Self (archive footage)
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The Bridge
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Making The Witcher: Blood Origin
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Lady R
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Among the Great Apes with Michelle Yeoh
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The Mother
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Jean Todt: The Method
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Dragon Girls!
Herself
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Hong Kong Stories
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The New Face of Hollywood – A Soul of a Nation Presentation
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Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong
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