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Michelle Yeoh

  • Actress
  • Producer
  • Writer
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Michelle Yeoh at an event for Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
Michelle Yeoh joins co-stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Stephanie Hsu, and Ke Huy Quan, and directors Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert to reveal which actor had everyone laughing the most on set, what films and songs influenced 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' and why a silent shot of rocks might make you cry.
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Michelle Yeoh was born in Ipoh, Malaysia. She's the daughter of Janet Yeoh & Kian Teik Yeoh. She's of Hokkien descent, speaking English and Malay before Chinese. A ballet dancer since 4, she moved to London to study at the Royal Academy as a teen. After a brief dance career, she won the Miss Malaysia beauty pageant title in and the Miss Moomba beauty pageant title in Melbourne, Australia in the early 1980s. Her first on camera work was a 1984 commercial with martial arts star Jackie Chan. In 1985, she began making action movies with D&B Films of Hong Kong. She was first billed as Michelle Khan, then Michelle Yeoh. Never a trained martial artist, she relied on her dance discipline and on-set trainers to prepare for martial arts action scenes.

She uses many dance moves in her films and does most of her own stunts. In 1988, she married wealthy D&B Films executive Dickson Poon & retired from acting. Even though they divorced in 1992, she's close to Poon's second wife and a godmother to his daughter. When she returned to acting, she became very popular w/ Chinese audiences. She later became known to Western audiences through role in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and in the phenomenally successful Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). She turned down a role in a sequel to The Matrix (1999).

She has her own production company, Mythical Films. She trained with the Shen Yang Acrobatic team for her role in The Touch (2002), an English-language film she both starred in and produced. She hopes to use her company to discover and nurture new film-making talent. She also aspires to act in roles that combine both action and deeper spiritual themes.
BornAugust 6, 1962
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BornAugust 6, 1962
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Yeoh, and Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Jamie Lee Curtis and Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Michelle Yeoh and Li Jing in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Michelle Yeoh and Harry Shum Jr. in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Jamie Lee Curtis and Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Michelle Yeoh, James Hong, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Known for

Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Yeoh, James Hong, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Everything Everywhere All at Once
8.0
  • Evelyn Wang
  • 2022
Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
7.9
  • Yu Shu Lien
  • 2000
Constance Wu and Henry Golding in Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
Crazy Rich Asians
6.9
  • Eleanor Young
  • 2018
Pierce Brosnan, Teri Hatcher, Jonathan Pryce, and Michelle Yeoh in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Tomorrow Never Dies
6.5
  • Wai Lin
  • 1997

Credits

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Actress

  • Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
    • (voice)
    • Completed
  • A Haunting in Venice
    • In Production
  • American Born Chinese
    • Post-production
  • The Brothers Sun
    • Post-production
  • ARK: The Animated Series
    • (voice)
    • In Production
  • The Tiger's Apprentice
    • (voice)
    • In Production
  • Avatar 3
    • Post-production
  • Wicked
    • Pre-production
  • Avatar 4
    • In Production
  • Avatar 5
    • In Production
  • The Witcher: Blood Origin (2022)
    The Witcher: Blood Origin
  • Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Sophia Anne Caruso, and Sofia Wylie in The School for Good and Evil (2022)
    The School for Good and Evil
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Michelle Yeoh, Djimon Hounsou, Michael Cera, Ricky Gervais, and Kylie Kuioka in Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022)
    Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
    • (voice)
  • Pierre Coffin in Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
    Minions: The Rise of Gru
    • (voice)
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Yeoh, James Hong, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
    Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Michelle Yeoh, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Meng'er Zhang, Simu Liu, Awkwafina, and Florian Munteanu in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
    Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
  • Angela Bassett, Michelle Yeoh, Carla Gugino, Lena Headey, and Karen Gillan in Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)
    Gunpowder Milkshake
  • Sonequa Martin-Green in Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
    Star Trek: Discovery
    • ...
  • Star Trek: Discovery Logs
    • (voice)
  • Mel Gibson, Frank Grillo, Naomi Watts, and Selina Lo in Boss Level (2020)
    Boss Level
  • Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding in Last Christmas (2019)
    Last Christmas
  • Star Trek: Short Treks (2018)
    Star Trek: Short Treks
  • Michelle Yeoh, Jin Zhang, and Dave Bautista in Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy (2018)
    Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy
  • Constance Wu and Henry Golding in Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
    Crazy Rich Asians
  • Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, Michael Rooker, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, and Pom Klementieff in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Producer

  • Billion Dollar Whale
    • In Development
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Yeoh, James Hong, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
    Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Michelle Yeoh, Chin Han, and Henry Lau in Final Recipe (2013)
    Final Recipe
  • Pad Yatra: A Green Odyssey (2012)
    Pad Yatra: A Green Odyssey
  • Yao tiao shen shi (2009)
    Yao tiao shen shi
  • Michelle Yeoh, Luke Goss, and Richie Jen in Silver Hawk (2004)
    Silver Hawk
  • The Touch (2002)
    The Touch

Writer

  • The Touch (2002)
    The Touch
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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Oscars 2023: Our Predictions, Favorites, & Wildcard Picks
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Oscars 2023: Our Predictions, Favorites, & Wildcard Picks
'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Stars Answer Burning Questions
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'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Stars Answer Burning Questions
Michelle Yeoh in 4 Roles: From Motorcycle Stunts to Hot Dog Hands
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Michelle Yeoh in 4 Roles: From Motorcycle Stunts to Hot Dog Hands
Michelle Yeoh | Career Retrospective
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Michelle Yeoh | Career Retrospective
Everything We Know About 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings'
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Everything We Know About 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings'
What to Watch While You Wait for 'No Time to Die'
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What to Watch While You Wait for 'No Time to Die'
Jon M. Chu Gives a 'Crazy Rich Asians 2' Update
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Jon M. Chu Gives a 'Crazy Rich Asians 2' Update
Clip: Prison Break
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Clip: Prison Break
Babylon A.D.
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Babylon A.D.
Babylon A.D.
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Babylon A.D.
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Babylon A.D.

Personal details

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    • August 6, 1962
    • Ipoh, Malaysia
    • Dickson PoonFebruary 1988 - 1992 (divorced)
    • (No Children)
  • Other works
    Commercial with Yun Fat Chow in the Mid 80s
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 9 Interviews
    • 12 Articles
    • 6 Pictorials
    • 50 Magazine Cover Photos

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    One of the only female stars whom Jackie Chan lets do her own stunts.
  • Quotes
    The reason why I decided to wait two years after the Bond movie, and to work with Ang Lee in a martial arts movie, is because I really believe that this genre deserves more respect and dignity than it's ever been given. Before, people saw it as a fairy tale; they felt they could take it easy. But it shouldn't be about that. It's so steeped in our culture, it should have more depth to it. It's never easy to find that balance, when it's such a magical type of film, to make you accept our soaring to the skies . . . it was a risk, but when we did this movie, it was for a Western audience.
    • The Witcher: Blood Origin
      (2022)
      $70,000 per episode

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