Michelle Yeoh
Acting
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).
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Filmography of
Michelle Yeoh
Dr. Karina Mogue
... 2031
Dr. Karina Mogue
... 2029
Madame Morrible
... 2025
Philippa Georgiou
... 2025
Self
... 2024
Madame Morrible
... 2024
... 2024
Self
... 2024
Loo (voice)
... 2024
Joyce Reynolds
... 2023
Airazor (voice)
... 2023
... 2022
... 2022
Professor Anemone
... 2022
Yuki (voice)
... 2022
Master Chow (voice)
... 2022
Evelyn Wang
... 2022
... 2021
Florence
... 2021
Dai Feng
... 2021
... 2020
Narrator (voice)
... 2020
Santa
... 2019
Self (archive footage)
... 2019
Tso Ngan Kwan
... 2018
Eleanor Young
... 2018
Aleta Ogord
... 2017
Dr. Lui Cheng
... 2016
... 2016
Herself
... 2016
Yu Shu Lien
... 2016
... 2015
Julia
... 2013
Aung San Suu Kyi
... 2011
Self
... 2011
The Soothsayer (voice)
... 2011
Zeng Jing
... 2010
self
... 2010
Dr. Yu
... 2010
Self / Narrator
... 2009
Saiva
... 2008
Sister Rebeka
... 2008
... 2008
Mrs. Wang
... 2008
... 2008
Corazon
... 2007
Miss Yang
... 2006
Mameha
... 2005
Lulu Wong
... 2004
Self
... 2003
Self (archive footage)
... 2002
Wai Lin (archive footage) (uncredited)
... 2002
Wai Lin, 'Tomorrow Never Dies' (archive footage)
... 2002
Pak Yin Fay
... 2002
Yu Sau Lien (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) (archive footage)
... 2002
... 2001
Yu Shu Lien
... 2000
Michelle
... 1999
(archive footage) (uncredited)
... 1999
Self (archive footage)
... 1998
Self - 008
... 1998
... 1998
Wai Lin
... 1997
Self
... 1997
Soong Ai Ling / Madam Kung
... 1997
Ah Kam
... 1996
Self (Archive Footage)
... 1996
Self (archive footage)
... 1996
Ah King
... 1994
Ying
... 1994
Yim Wing Chun
... 1994
Snow
... 1993
Jessica Yang Jian Wa
... 1993
Ching, The Invisible Woman
... 1993
Mon Ching Sze / To Col Ching
... 1993
Ching, The Invisible Woman
... 1993
Lady Ko
... 1993
Captain Jessica Yang
... 1992
Michelle Yeung Ling
... 1987
Ming
... 1987
Madam Michelle Yip
... 1986
Senior Inspector Ng
... 1985
Judo Instructor
... 1985
Ms. Yeung
... 1984
申艳红
Yin Rong (Lady Yin)