Michelle Yeoh
Biography
Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng (born Yeoh Choo Kheng; August 6, 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
Yu Shu Lien
卧虎藏龍
Corazon
Sunshine
Wai Lin
Tomorrow Never Dies
Zi Yuan
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Captain Jessica Yang
警察故事 III：超級警察
Snow
太极张三丰
Saiva
Far North
Pak Yin Fay
The Touch
Yim Wing Chun
Wing Chun
Wai Lin, 'Tomorrow Never Dies' (archive footage)
Bond Girls Are Forever
Sister Rebeka
Babylon A.D.
Mrs. Wang
黃石的孩子
Lady Ko
新流星蝴蝶劍
Lulu Wong
飞鹰
Soong Ai Ling / Madam Kung
宋家皇朝
Dr. Yu
苏乞儿
Ming
中華戰士
Ching, The Invisible Woman
東方三俠
Zeng Jing
剑雨
Madam Michelle Yip
皇家戰士
Michelle
星月童話
Self - 008
成龍的傳奇
Self (archive footage)
Jackie Chan: Fast, Funny and Furious
Jessica Yang Jian Wa
超級計劃
Philippa Georgiou
Star Trek: Section 31
Ying
7金剛
Senior Inspector Ng
皇家師姐
The Soothsayer (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 2
Yu Sau Lien (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) (archive footage)
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Mon Ching Sze / To Col Ching
武俠七公主之天劍絕刀
Ching, The Invisible Woman
現代豪俠傳
Aung San Suu Kyi
The Lady
Narrator (voice)
The Hidden Kingdoms of China
Self
The New Face of Hollywood – A Soul of a Nation Presentation
Ah Kam
阿金
Lotus
Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes
Self (archive footage)
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Ms. Yeung
貓頭鷹與小飛象
Self / Narrator
Among the Great Apes with Michelle Yeoh
Ah King
笑林小子2：新烏龍院
Michelle Yeung Ling
通天大盜
self
Rose, c'est Paris
Yu Shu Lien
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
Self
Hong Kong Stories
Judo Instructor
夏日福星
Self (Archive Footage)
Top Fighter 2
Joyce Reynolds
A Haunting in Venice
Airazor (voice)
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Mei
Mechanic: Resurrection
Self
Jean Todt, la méthode
The Mother
Wai Lin (archive footage) (uncredited)
Best Ever Bond
申艳红
魔方小姐
Self
Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
Madame Morrible
Wicked: For Good
Making The Witcher: Blood Origin
Purple Mountain
Self
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
Dr. Lui Cheng
Morgan
Self
The Bridge
Yuki (voice)
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Julia
Final Recipe
Tso Ngan Kwan
葉問外傳：張天志
Aleta Ogord
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Eleanor Young
Crazy Rich Asians
Self (archive footage)
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
Yin Rong (Lady Yin)
大闹东海
Self (archive footage)
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
Self
Fucking Kassovitz
Evelyn Wang
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Herself
Dragon Girls! Les amazones de la pop culture asiatique
Florence
Gunpowder Milkshake
Santa
Last Christmas
Dai Feng
Boss Level
Self
Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong
Master Chow (voice)
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Ying Nan
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Mameha
Memoirs of a Geisha
Self
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
Loo (voice)
The Tiger's Apprentice
Highly Classified: The World of 007
Self
The Secrets of 007
Miss Yang
霍元甲
Professor Anemone
The School for Good and Evil
Dr. Karina Mogue
Avatar 4
Dr. Karina Mogue
Avatar 5
(archive footage) (uncredited)
成龍的特技
Madame Morrible
Wicked
Self
Making Wicked
The Surgeon
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
90
Gender
Female
Birthday
1962-08-06
Place of Birth
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Also Known As
Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng