Michelle Yeoh
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michelle Yeoh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Daily Show
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The View
1997
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Dancing with the Stars
2005
Star Trek: Discovery
2017
Star Trek: Discovery
2017
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
· 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self · 2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest · 2014
The Daily Show
as Self · 1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self · 2019
The Graham Norton Show
as Self · 2007
The View
as Self - Guest · 1997
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest · 1988
Dancing with the Stars
as Self - Guest · 2005
Star Trek: Discovery
as Captain Philippa Georgiou · 2017
Star Trek: Discovery
as Philippa Georgiou · 2017
Vivement dimanche
as Self · 1998
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1944
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self · 2014
Trump Card
· 2016
Wicked: For Good
as Madame Morrible · 2025
Today
as Self · 1952
Everything Everywhere All at Once
as Evelyn Wang · 2022
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
as Aleta Ogord · 2017
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
as Ying Nan · 2021
Strike Back
as Mei Foster · 2010
Minions: The Rise of Gru
as Master Chow (voice) · 2022
Kung Fu Panda 2
as Soothsayer (voice) · 2011
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
as Airazor (voice) · 2023
Marvel Studios Assembled
as Self · 2021
Wicked
as Madame Morrible · 2024
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter · 1953
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
The Ready Room
as Self · 2019
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
as Zi Yuan · 2008
Marco Polo
as Lotus · 2014
Mechanic: Resurrection
as Mei · 2016
Tomorrow Never Dies
as Wai Lin · 1997
The Brothers Sun
as Eileen 'Mama' Sun · 2024
A Haunting in Venice
as Joyce Reynolds · 2023
Boss Level
as Dai Feng · 2021
Star Trek: Short Treks
as Philippa Georgiou · 2018
Crazy Rich Asians
as Eleanor Young · 2018
鲁豫有约一日行
· 2016
American Born Chinese
as Guanyin Pusa · 2023
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
as Yu Shu Lien · 2000
Memoirs of a Geisha
as Mameha · 2005
Gunpowder Milkshake
as Florence · 2021
The Witcher: Blood Origin
as Scían · 2022
The School for Good and Evil
as Professor Anemone · 2022
Chef Nic
· 2014
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self · 1996
Last Christmas
as Santa · 2019
ARK: The Animated Series
as Mei-Yin Li (voice) · 2024
Police Story 3: Super Cop
as Captain Jessica Yang · 1992
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
as Yuki (voice) · 2022
Sunshine
as Corazon · 2007
The Tiger's Apprentice
as Loo (voice) · 2024
Blade Runner 2099
as Olwen · 2026
Fearless
as Miss Yang · 2006
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
as Yu Shu Lien · 2016
Babylon A.D.
as Sister Rebeka · 2008
Star Trek: Section 31
as Philippa Georgiou · 2025
True Legend
as Dr. Yu · 2010
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
as Tso Ngan Kwan · 2018
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
as Judo Instructor · 1985
After Trek
· 2017
Avatar 4
as Dr. Karina Mogue · 2029
Morgan
as Dr. Lui Cheng · 2016
Reign of Assassins
as Zeng Jing · 2010
It's My Time
as Zhao Yanhong · 2026
The Lady
as Aung San Suu Kyi · 2011
Tai-Chi Master
as Snow · 1993
Yes, Madam!
as Senior Inspector Ng · 1985
Royal Warriors
as Michelle Yip · 1986
Epic Ride: The Story of Universal Theme Parks
as Herself · 2025
Dragon Girls!
as Herself · 2016
Wing Chun
as Yim Wing Chun · 1994
The Children of Huang Shi
as Mrs. Wang · 2008
Avatar 5
as Dr. Karina Mogue · 2031
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
as Self (archive footage) · 2019
Wicked: One Wonderful Night
as Self · 2025
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
as Self · 2024
Sandiwara
as The Critic / The Hawker / The Waitress / The Vlogger / The Singer · 2026
Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes
as Lotus · 2015
Heroic Trio 2: Executioners
as Ching, Invisible Woman · 1993
The Heroic Trio
as Ching, The Invisible Woman · 1993
My Legacy and I
· 2018
Jackie Chan: My Story
as Self - 008 · 1998
Supercop 2
as Jessica Yang Jian Wa · 1993
Magnificent Warriors
as Ming · 1987
The Soong Sisters
as Soong Ai Ling / Madam Kung · 1997
Silver Hawk
as Lulu Wong · 2004
Rose, c'est Paris
as self · 2010
Wicked: For Good - A Sneak Peek
as Self · 2025
Final Recipe
as Julia · 2013
Moonlight Express
as Michelle · 1999
Making Wicked: For Good
as Self · 2025
Butterfly and Sword
as Lady Ko · 1993
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
as Yu Sau Lien (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) (archive footage) · 2002
Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple
as Ah King · 1994
The Owl vs Bombo
as Ms. Yeung · 1984
Bond Girls Are Forever
as Herself · 2002
The Stunt Woman
as Ah Kam · 1996
The Bridge
as Self · 2024
The Secrets of 007
as Self · 1997
The Touch
as Pak Yin Fay · 2002
Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
as Self · 2022
Easy Money
as Michelle Yeung Ling · 1987
Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe
as Self · 2025
Far North
as Saiva · 2008
Holy Weapon
as Mon Ching Sze / To Col Ching · 1993
Making Wicked
as Self · 2024
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
as Self · 2020
The Legend of Nezha
as Yin Rong (Lady Yin)
The New Face of Hollywood – A Soul of a Nation Presentation
as Self · 2023
Fucking Kassovitz
as Self · 2011
The Surgeon
as Dr. Eliza Lin · 2027
Wonder Seven
as Ying · 1994
Making The Witcher: Blood Origin
· 2022
Jean Todt: The Method
as Self · 2022
Highly Classified: The World of 007
as Self · 1998
Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong
as Self · 2001
A Conversation with Michelle Yeoh
as Self · 2000
The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'
as Self · 2000
The Mother
The Hidden Kingdoms of China
as Narrator (voice) · 2020
Purple Mountain
· 2008
Among the Great Apes with Michelle Yeoh
as Self / Narrator · 2009
Hong Kong Stories
as Self · 2003