Yeoh Choo KhengΒ PSMΒ SPMPΒ (Chinese:Β ζ₯η΄«η; born 6 August 1962),Β known professionally asΒ Michelle YeohΒ (/joΚ/), is a Malaysian actress. In a career spanning over four decades, Yeoh has appearedΒ in projectsΒ encompassing a wide array of genres andΒ received various accolades, including anΒ Academy AwardΒ and aΒ Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for twoΒ British Academy Film Awards. Credited asΒ Michelle KhanΒ in her early films, she rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s after starring inΒ Hong Kong actionΒ andΒ martial arts films,Β where she performed her stunts. These roles includedΒ Yes, MadamΒ (1985),Β Magnificent WarriorsΒ (1987),Β Police Story 3: Super CopΒ (1992),Β The Heroic Trio,Β Tai Chi MasterΒ (both 1993), andΒ Wing ChunΒ (1994).
After moving to the United States, Yeoh gained international recognition for starring in theΒ James BondΒ filmΒ Tomorrow Never DiesΒ (1997) and inΒ Ang Lee'sΒ wuxiaΒ martial arts filmΒ Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonΒ (2000); the latter gained her a nomination for theΒ BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Her Hollywood career progressed with roles inΒ Memoirs of a GeishaΒ (2005),Β Sunshine (2007), andΒ The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon EmperorΒ (2008). She continued to appear in Hong Kong and Chinese cinema, starring inΒ True Legend (2010),Β Reign of AssassinsΒ (2010),Β Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of DestinyΒ (2016), andΒ Master Z: Ip Man LegacyΒ (2018). In 2011, she portrayedΒ Aung San Suu KyiΒ in the British biographical filmΒ The Lady.
Yeoh played supporting roles in the romantic comediesΒ Crazy Rich AsiansΒ (2018) andΒ Last ChristmasΒ (2019), as well as in theΒ Marvel Cinematic UniverseΒ filmΒ Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten RingsΒ (2021) and the television seriesΒ Star Trek: DiscoveryΒ (2017β2020). Her voice acting work has includedΒ Kung Fu Panda 2Β (2011),Β Minions: The Rise of Gru,Β Paws of Fury: The Legend of HankΒ (both 2022),Β Transformers: Rise of the BeastsΒ (2023), andΒ The Tiger's Apprentice (2024). For her starring role asΒ Evelyn Quan WangΒ inΒ Everything Everywhere All at OnceΒ (2022), she won theΒ Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first AsianΒ to win the category, and the first Malaysian to win an Academy Award. She has since featured in the mystery filmΒ A Haunting in VeniceΒ (2023) and the musical fantasy filmΒ WickedΒ (2024).
The film review aggregation websiteΒ Rotten TomatoesΒ ranked her the greatest action heroine of all time in 2008.Β In 1997, she was chosen byΒ PeopleΒ as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World",Β and in 2009, the same magazine listed her as one of the "35 All-Time Screen Beauties".Β In 2022,Β TimeΒ named her one of the world's 100 most influential people on itsΒ annual listicleΒ and its Icon of the Year.Β In 2024, she received theΒ Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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