Global InformationMichelle Yeoh information
Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Seri Michelle Yeoh PSM SPMP DPMP | |
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楊紫瓊 | |
 Yeoh in 2023 | |
| Born | Yeoh Choo Kheng[1] 6 August 1962 Ipoh, Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Other names | Michelle Khan |
| Education | Royal Academy of Dance (BA) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Works | Full list |
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| Awards | Full list |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 楊紫瓊 |
| Simplified Chinese | 杨紫琼 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Yáng Zǐqióng [jáŋ tsɹ̩̀.tɕʰjʊ́ŋ] |
| Jyutping | Joeng4 Zi2-king4 [jœːŋ˩ tsiː˧˥.kʰeŋ˩] |
| Tâi-lô | Iônn Tsú-khîng [ĩũ tsu kʰiŋ] |
Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng PSM (/joʊ/ YOH; born Yeoh Choo Kheng; simplified Chinese: 杨紫琼; traditional Chinese: 楊紫瓊; 6 August 1962)[1][2] is a Malaysian actress. Credited as Michelle Khan in her early films in Hong Kong, she rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s after starring in Hong Kong action films where she performed her own stunts. These roles include Yes, Madam (1985); Magnificent Warriors (1987); Police Story 3: Supercop (1992); The Heroic Trio (1993); Holy Weapon (1993); and Tai Chi Master (1993).
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 martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), the latter for which she was nominated 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), The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), Reign of Assassins (2010), Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), and The Lady (2011), in which she portrayed Aung San Suu Kyi.
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). For her starring role as Evelyn Wang, an overwhelmed matriarch navigating the multiverse in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022),[3] she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first Asian[a] to win the category, and the first Malaysian to win an Academy Award.
The film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes ranked her the greatest action heroine of all time in 2008.[6] In 1997, she was chosen by People as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World",[7] and in 2009 the same magazine listed her as one of the "35 All-Time Screen Beauties".[8] In 2022, Time named her one of the world's 100 most influential people on its annual listicle and its Icon of the Year.[9][10]
- ^ a b NBR Gala 2023 — NBR Best Actress Winner Michelle Yeoh (plus Awkwafina introduction) Archived 22 January 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Youtube clip of the NBR Gala on 8 January 2023 at 4:00 mins
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica Almanac 2010, p. 75 Archived 11 January 2023 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sun, Rebecca (8 March 2023). "What Michelle Yeoh Taught Me About Motherhood". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ Sun, Rebecca (12 March 2023). "Michelle Yeoh Is Oscars' First Asian Best Actress Winner: 'This is a Beacon of Hope and Possibilities'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ Sun, Rebecca (24 January 2023). "Oscars: Michelle Yeoh Makes History as First Asian Best Actress Nominee". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ "Total Recall: The 25 Best Action Heroines of All Time". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ "People Weekly – Special Double Issue – The 50 Most Beautiful People In The World". People. 12 May 1997.
"British Airways 'Shoes' How To Kick Start Flights To Kuala Lumpur". British Airways. 28 May 2015. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023. - ^ "35 All-Time Screen Beauties". People. 28 September 2009. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "The 100 Most Influential People of 2022". Time. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ "Time names Michelle Yeoh its 2022 Icon of the Year. She's ready for Oscars love too". Los Angeles Times. 6 December 2022. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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