Michelle Yeoh
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 | Acting |
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Most Rating | 41.414 |
Birthday | 1962-08-06 |
Place of Birth | Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia |
Also Known As | Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng, Michelle Khan, Ziqiong Yang, Chi-King Yeung, Yeoh Choo-kheng, Мішель Йєо, Michelle Kheng, Michelle Yaoh, Yang Zi-Qiong, |
2000
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
7.4/3233
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2007
Sunshine
6.961/3830
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1997
Tomorrow Never Dies
6.363/3108
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Tomorrow Never Dies
2008
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
5.492/4466
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1992
Police Story 3: Super Cop
6.8/502
A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
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Police Story 3: Super Cop
1993
Tai-Chi Master
7.2/252
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2008
Far North
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2002
The Touch
5.1/39
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1994
Wing Chun
6.8/75
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2002
Bond Girls Are Forever
5.8/26
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Babylon A.D.
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2008
The Children of Huang Shi
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Butterfly and Sword
5.655/29
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Silver Hawk
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The Soong Sisters
6.7/16
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2010
True Legend
6.6/221
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1993
The Heroic Trio
6.5/85
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1987
Magnificent Warriors
6.5/35
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2010
Reign of Assassins
6.9/248
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1986
Royal Warriors
7/52
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1999
Moonlight Express
6.5/16
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1998
Jackie Chan: My Story
6.244/39
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2002
Jackie Chan: Fast, Funny and Furious
6.35/10
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1993
Supercop 2
5.7/93
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2025
Star Trek: Section 31
4.4/106
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1994
Wonder Seven
6.2/7
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Yes, Madam!
7.1/95
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2011
Kung Fu Panda 2
7/7264
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2002
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
4.9/28
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1993
Holy Weapon
6.545/11
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1993
Heroic Trio 2: Executioners
5.9/32
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2011
The Lady
6.788/255
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2020
The Hidden Kingdoms of China
0/0
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2023
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1996
The Stunt Woman
7.2/13
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2015
Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes
7.282/124
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Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
6.8/52
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1984
The Owl vs Bombo
4.3/5
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2009
Among the Great Apes with Michelle Yeoh
10/1
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1994
Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple
4.5/12
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Easy Money
4.3/3
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Rose, c'est Paris
5.1/7
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2016
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
6.111/646
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2003
Hong Kong Stories
0/0
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars
6.6/141
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1996
Top Fighter 2
5.3/6
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2023
A Haunting in Venice
6.6/2381
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2023
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
7.3/4768
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2016
Mechanic: Resurrection
6.022/3388
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2022
Jean Todt, la méthode
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The Mother
0/0
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2002
Best Ever Bond
5/4
Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.
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Lady R
0/0
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2022
Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
10/1
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2025
Wicked: For Good
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2022
Making The Witcher: Blood Origin
4/5
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2008
Purple Mountain
0/0
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2024
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
7.9/10
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2016
Morgan
5.801/1489
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2024
The Bridge
0/0
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2022
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
6.7/301
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Final Recipe
6.3/7
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Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
6.5/538
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2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
7.6/21717
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2018
Crazy Rich Asians
7.067/3669
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1996
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
7/5
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0/0
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1998
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
8.5/2
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2011
Fucking Kassovitz
7.4/24
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2022
Everything Everywhere All at Once
7.769/6731
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2016
Dragon Girls !
7.5/4
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Rich People Problems
0/0
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2021
Gunpowder Milkshake
6.311/1028
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Last Christmas
7.23/2418
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Boss Level
6.868/1646
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2001
Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong
0/0
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2022
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7.3/3656
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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
7.5/9523
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Memoirs of a Geisha
7.666/3096
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2020
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
10/2
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The Tiger's Apprentice
7/43
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Highly Classified: The World of 007
4/1
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The Secrets of 007
7.9/9
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2006
Fearless
7.502/1284
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2022
The School for Good and Evil
7.1/1257
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2029
Avatar 4
0/0
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Avatar 5
0/0
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Jackie Chan: My Stunts
7.216/58
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6.892/1604
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