Yeoh Choo Kheng\u00a0PSM\u00a0SPMP\u00a0(Chinese:\u00a0\u694a\u7d2b\u74ca; born 6 August 1962),\u00a0known professionally as\u00a0Michelle Yeoh\u00a0(\/jo\u028a\/), is a Malaysian actress. In a career spanning over four decades, Yeoh has appeared\u00a0in projects\u00a0encompassing a wide array of genres and\u00a0received various accolades, including an\u00a0Academy Award\u00a0and a\u00a0Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for two\u00a0British Academy Film Awards. Credited as\u00a0Michelle Khan\u00a0in her early films, she rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s after starring in\u00a0Hong Kong action\u00a0and\u00a0martial arts films,\u00a0where she performed her stunts. These roles included\u00a0Yes, Madam\u00a0(1985),\u00a0Magnificent Warriors\u00a0(1987),\u00a0Police Story 3: Super Cop\u00a0(1992),\u00a0The Heroic Trio,\u00a0Tai Chi Master\u00a0(both 1993), and\u00a0Wing Chun\u00a0(1994).<\/p>\n
After moving to the United States, Yeoh gained international recognition for starring in the\u00a0James Bond\u00a0film\u00a0Tomorrow Never Dies\u00a0(1997) and in\u00a0Ang Lee’s\u00a0wuxia\u00a0martial arts film\u00a0Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon\u00a0(2000); the latter gained her a nomination for the\u00a0BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Her Hollywood career progressed with roles in\u00a0Memoirs of a Geisha\u00a0(2005),\u00a0Sunshine (2007), and\u00a0The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor\u00a0(2008). She continued to appear in Hong Kong and Chinese cinema, starring in\u00a0True Legend (2010),\u00a0Reign of Assassins\u00a0(2010),\u00a0Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny\u00a0(2016), and\u00a0Master Z: Ip Man Legacy\u00a0(2018). In 2011, she portrayed\u00a0Aung San Suu Kyi\u00a0in the British biographical film\u00a0The Lady.<\/p>\n
Yeoh played supporting roles in the romantic comedies\u00a0Crazy Rich Asians\u00a0(2018) and\u00a0Last Christmas\u00a0(2019), as well as in the\u00a0Marvel Cinematic Universe\u00a0film\u00a0Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings\u00a0(2021) and the television series\u00a0Star Trek: Discovery\u00a0(2017\u20132020). Her voice acting work has included\u00a0Kung Fu Panda 2\u00a0(2011),\u00a0Minions: The Rise of Gru,\u00a0Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank\u00a0(both 2022),\u00a0Transformers: Rise of the Beasts\u00a0(2023), and\u00a0The Tiger’s Apprentice (2024). For her starring role as\u00a0Evelyn Quan Wang\u00a0in\u00a0Everything Everywhere All at Once\u00a0(2022), she won the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first Asian\u00a0to win the category, and the first Malaysian to win an Academy Award. She has since featured in the mystery film\u00a0A Haunting in Venice\u00a0(2023) and the musical fantasy film\u00a0Wicked\u00a0(2024).<\/p>\n
The film review aggregation website\u00a0Rotten Tomatoes\u00a0ranked her the greatest action heroine of all time in 2008.\u00a0In 1997, she was chosen by\u00a0People\u00a0as one of the “50 Most Beautiful People in the World”,\u00a0and in 2009, the same magazine listed her as one of the “35 All-Time Screen Beauties”.\u00a0In 2022,\u00a0Time\u00a0named her one of the world’s 100 most influential people on its\u00a0annual listicle\u00a0and its Icon of the Year.\u00a0In 2024, she received the\u00a0Presidential Medal of Freedom.<\/p>\n
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