Michelle Yeoh
Age: N/A | From: Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: 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
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Homepage: http://www.michelleyeoh.info/
Movie Involvements: 80
TV Involvements: 11
Most Famous Work
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).
Most Famous Work
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
(2023) Airazor (voice)
Star Trek: Discovery
(2017) Emperor Philippa Georgiou
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
(2021) Ying Nan
Everything Everywhere All at Once
(2022) Evelyn Wang
The Witcher: Blood Origin
(2022) Scían
Wicked
(2024) Madame Morrible
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
(2017) Aleta Ogord
ARK: The Animated Series
(2024) Mei-Yin Li (voice)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | Dr. Karina Mogue | |
| 2029 | Dr. Karina Mogue | |
| 2025 | Madame Morrible | |
| 2024 | Self | |
| Madame Morrible | ||
| Self | ||
| Loo (voice) | ||
| Mei-Yin Li (voice) | ||
| Eileen 'Mama' Sun | ||
| 2023 | Joyce Reynolds | |
| Airazor (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Guanyin Pusa | ||
| 2022 | Scían | |
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Professor Anemone | ||
| Yuki (voice) | ||
| Self | ||
| Master Chow (voice) | ||
| Evelyn Wang | ||
| 2021 | Ying Nan | |
| Florence | ||
| Self | ||
| Dai Feng | ||
| 2020 | Self | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2019 | Santa | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| 2018 | Tso Ngan Kwan | |
| Philippa Georgiou | ||
| Eleanor Sung-Young | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2017 | Captain Philippa Georgiou | |
| Emperor Philippa Georgiou | ||
| Aleta Ogord | ||
| 2016 | Dr. Lui Cheng | |
| N/A | ||
| Mei | ||
| Herself | ||
| Yu Shu Lien | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2015 | Lotus | |
| N/A | ||
| 2014 | Lotus | |
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 2013 | Julia | |
| 2011 | Aung San Suu Kyi | |
| Self | ||
| The Soothsayer (voice) | ||
| 2010 | Zeng Jing | |
| Mei Foster | ||
| self | ||
| Dr. Yu | ||
| 2009 | Self / Narrator | |
| 2008 | Saiva | |
| Sister Rebeka | ||
| Zi Yuan | ||
| Mrs. Wang | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2007 | Corazon | |
| Self | ||
| 2006 | Miss Yang | |
| 2005 | Mameha | |
| 2004 | Lulu Wong | |
| 2003 | Self | |
| 2002 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Wai Lin (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| Wai Lin, 'Tomorrow Never Dies' (archive footage) | ||
| Pak Yin Fay | ||
| Yu Sau Lien (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) (archive footage) | ||
| 2001 | Self | |
| 2000 | Yu Shu Lien | |
| 1999 | (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Michelle | ||
| 1998 | Self | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (008) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1997 | Wai Lin | |
| Self | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Soong Ai-ling / Madam Kung | ||
| 1996 | Ah Kam | |
| Self (Archive Footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1994 | Ah King | |
| Ying | ||
| Yim Wing Chun | ||
| 1993 | Snow | |
| Jessica Yang Jian Wa | ||
| Sandy Ching, Invisible Girl | ||
| Mon Ching Sze / To Col Ching | ||
| Ching, The Invisible Woman | ||
| Lady Ko | ||
| 1992 | Captain Jessica Yang | |
| 1987 | Michelle Yeung Ling | |
| Ming | ||
| 1986 | Madam Michelle Yip | |
| 1985 | Senior Inspector Ng | |
| Judo Instructor | ||
| 1984 | Ms. Yeung | |
| 1953 | Self - Presenter | |
| Self | ||
| 1952 | Self | |
| 1944 | Self - Presenter | |
| Eleanor Sung-Young | ||
| N/A | ||
| Yin Rong (Lady Yin) | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 申艳红 | ||
| Emperor Philippa Georgiou | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Thanks | |
| 1998 | Thanks | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Executive Producer | |
| 2009 | Producer | |
| 2004 | Producer | |
| 2002 | Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| Producer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |