Michelle Yeoh
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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Movies (95)
Avatar 5
2031 · Dr. Karina Mogue
Avatar 4
2029 · Dr. Karina Mogue
The Surgeon
2027 · Dr. Eliza Lin
It's My Time
2026 · Zhao Yanhong, Producer
Nak Muay
2026 · Executive Producer
Sandiwara
2026 · The Critic / The Hawker / The Waitress / The Vlogger / The Singer
Making Wicked: For Good
2025 · Self
Wicked: For Good
2025 · Madame Morrible
Wicked: For Good - A Sneak Peek
2025 · Self
Wicked: Una noche maravillosa
2025 · Self
Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe
2025 · Self
Star Trek: Sección 31
2025 · Philippa Georgiou, Executive Producer
Making Wicked
2024 · Self
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
2024 · Self
Wicked
2024 · Madame Morrible
The Bridge
2024 · Self
El aprendiz del tigre
2024 · Loo (voice)
Cacería en Venecia
2023 · Joyce Reynolds
Transformers: El despertar de las bestias
2023 · Airazor (voice)
Guy, à la poursuite de la 4e étoile
2023 · Self
The New Face of Hollywood – A Soul of a Nation Presentation
2023 · Self
Making The Witcher: Blood Origin
2022
Jean Todt: The Method
2022 · Self
La Escuela del Bien y del Mal
2022 · Professor Anemone
El Perro Samurai: La Leyenda de Kakamucho
2022 · Yuki (voice)
Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022 · Self, Thanks
Minions: Nace un villano
2022 · Master Chow (voice)
Todo en todas partes al mismo tiempo
2022 · Evelyn Wang
Shang-Chi y la leyenda de los Diez Anillos
2021 · Ying Nan
Cóctel explosivo
2021 · Florence
Un día más para morir
2021 · Dai Feng
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
2020 · Self
The Hidden Kingdoms of China
2020 · Narrator (voice)
Last Christmas: Otra oportunidad para amar
2019 · Santa
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
2018 · Tso Ngan Kwan
Locamente millonarios
2018 · Eleanor Young
Guardianes de la Galaxia Vol. 2
2017 · Aleta Ogord
Morgan
2016 · Dr. Lui Cheng
Mechanic: Resurrection
2016 · Mei
Dragon Girls!
2016 · Herself
Tigre y dragón 2: La espada del destino
2016 · Yu Shu Lien
Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes
2015 · Lotus
Final Recipe
2013 · Julia, Executive Producer
The Lady
2011 · Aung San Suu Kyi
Fucking Kassovitz
2011 · Self
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011 · Soothsayer (voice)
Reign of Assassins
2010 · Zeng Jing
Rose, c'est Paris
2010 · self
True Legend
2010 · Dr. Yu
Among the Great Apes with Michelle Yeoh
2009 · Self / Narrator
My Fair Gentleman
2009 · Producer
Far North
2008 · Saiva
Babylon A.D.
2008 · Sister Rebeka
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
2008 · Zi Yuan
The Children of Huang Shi
2008 · Mrs. Wang
Purple Mountain
2008
Sunshine
2007 · Corazon
Fearless
2006 · Miss Yang
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005 · Mameha
Silver Hawk
2004 · Lulu Wong, Producer
Hong Kong Stories
2003 · Self
Bond Girls Are Forever
2002 · Herself
The Touch
2002 · Pak Yin Fay, Producer, Story
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002 · Yu Sau Lien (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) (archive footage)
Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong
2001 · Self
The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'
2000 · Self
A Conversation with Michelle Yeoh
2000 · Self
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000 · Yu Shu Lien
Moonlight Express
1999 · Michelle
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998 · Self - 008, Thanks
Highly Classified: The World of 007
1998 · Self
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997 · Wai Lin
The Secrets of 007
1997 · Self
The Soong Sisters
1997 · Soong Ai Ling / Madam Kung
The Stunt Woman
1996 · Ah Kam
Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple
1994 · Ah King
Wonder Seven
1994 · Ying
Wing Chun
1994 · Yim Wing Chun
Tai-Chi Master
1993 · Snow
Supercop 2
1993 · Jessica Yang Jian Wa
Heroic Trio 2: Executioners
1993 · Ching, Invisible Woman
Holy Weapon
1993 · Mon Ching Sze / To Col Ching
The Heroic Trio
1993 · Ching, The Invisible Woman
Butterfly and Sword
1993 · Lady Ko
Police Story 3: Super Cop
1992 · Captain Jessica Yang
Easy Money
1987 · Michelle Yeung Ling
Magnificent Warriors
1987 · Ming
Royal Warriors
1986 · Michelle Yip
Yes, Madam!
1985 · Senior Inspector Ng
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
1985 · Judo Instructor
The Owl vs Bombo
1984 · Ms. Yeung
The Mother
The Legend of Nezha
· Yin Rong (Lady Yin)
Billion Dollar Whale
· Producer
TV shows (33)
Blade Runner 2099
2026 · Olwen
Epic Ride: The Story of Universal Theme Parks
2025 · Herself
ARK: La serie animada
2024 · Mei-Yin Li (voice)
The Brothers Sun
2024 · Eileen 'Mama' Sun
Ni de aquí, ni de China
2023 · Guanyin Pusa
The Witcher: El origen de la sangre
2022 · Scían
Marvel Studios: Unidos
2021 · Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
The Ready Room
2019 · Self
Star Trek: Short Treks
2018 · Philippa Georgiou
My Legacy and I
2018
Star Trek: Discovery
2017 · Captain Philippa Georgiou, Philippa Georgiou
After Trek
2017
鲁豫有约一日行
2016
Trump Card
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
Marco Polo
2014 · Lotus
Chef Nic
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Guest
Contraataque
2010 · Mei Foster
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
Dancing with the Stars
2005 · Self - Guest
Vivement dimanche
1998 · Self
The View
1997 · Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
The Oscars
1953 · Self - Presenter, Self
Today
1952 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee
Crazy Rich Asians
· Eleanor Young