Michelle Yeoh
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Female
Birthday 1962-08-06 (62 years old)
Place of Birth Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Also Known As Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng, Μισέλ Γιο, Мишель Йео, Michelle Khan, Ziqiong Yang, Chi-King Yeung, Yeoh Choo-kheng, מישל יאו, میشل یئو, Dương Tử Quỳnh, Мішель Йєо, Michelle Kheng, Michelle Yaoh, Yang Zi-Qiong
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 (2024).
Known For
Actor
as 申艳红
as Yin Rong (Lady Yin)
as Eleanor Sung-Young
as Dr. Karina Mogue
as Dr. Karina Mogue
as Madame Morrible
as Emperor Philippa Georgiou
as Madame Morrible
as Self
as Loo (voice)
as Mei-Yin Li (voice)
as Eileen 'Mama' Sun
as Joyce Reynolds
as Airazor (voice)
as Guanyin Pusa
as Self
as Professor Anemone
as Yuki (voice)
as Master Chow (voice)
as Evelyn Wang
as Scían
as Ying Nan
as Florence
as Dai Feng
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Santa
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Tso Ngan Kwan
as Eleanor Sung-Young
as Philippa Georgiou
as Aleta Ogord
as Captain Philippa Georgiou
as Emperor Philippa Georgiou
as Dr. Lui Cheng
as Mei
as Herself
as Yu Shu Lien
as Lotus
as Lotus
as Julia
as Aung San Suu Kyi
as Self
as The Soothsayer (voice)
as Zeng Jing
as self
as Dr. Yu
as Mei Foster
as Self / Narrator
as Saiva
as Sister Rebeka
as Zi Yuan
as Mrs. Wang
as Corazon
as Self
as Miss Yang
as Mameha
as Lulu Wong
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Wai Lin (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Wai Lin, 'Tomorrow Never Dies' (archive footage)
as Pak Yin Fay
as Yu Sau Lien (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) (archive footage)
as Yu Shu Lien
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Michelle
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - 008
as Self
as Wai Lin
as Self
as Soong Ai-ling / Madam Kung
as Self - Guest
as Ah Kam
as Self (Archive Footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self
as Ah King
as Ying
as Yim Wing Chun
as Snow
as Jessica Yang Jian Wa
as Sandy Ching, Invisible Girl
as Mon Ching Sze / To Col Ching
as Ching, The Invisible Woman
as Lady Ko
as Captain Jessica Yang
as Michelle Yeung Ling
as Ming
as Madam Michelle Yip
as Senior Inspector Ng
as Judo Instructor
as Ms. Yeung
as Self - Presenter
as Self
as Self
as Self - Presenter
Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
Crew
as Thanks
Writer
as Writer