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This article is about the actress. For the socialite, see Michelle Yeoh (socialite).

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yeoh.

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Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Seri Michelle Yeoh PSM SPMP
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Yeoh in 2023
Born	Yeoh Choo Kheng^[1] (1962-08-06) 6 August 1962 (age 62) Ipoh, Perak, Federation of Malaya
Other names	Michelle Khan
Education	Royal Academy of Dance (BA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1983\u2013present
Works	Full list
Spouses	\n Dickson Poon \n (m. 1988; div. 1992) \n Jean Todt (m. 2023)
Awards	Full list


Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	\u694a\u7d2b\u74ca
Simplified Chinese	\u6768\u7d2b\u743c

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Jyutping	Joeng4 Zi2-king4 [j\u0153\u014b\u02e9 tsi\u02e7\u02e5.k\u02b0\u026a\u014b\u02e9]
T\u00e2i-l\u00f4	I\u00f4nn Ts\u00fa-kh\u00eeng [\u0129\u0169 tsu k\u02b0i\u014b]
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Yeoh Choo Kheng PSM SPMP (Chinese: \u6768\u7d2b\u743c; born 6 August 1962),^[1]^[2] known professionally as Michelle Yeoh (/jo\u028a/), is a Malaysian actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. 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 own 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).\n

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 (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, Reign of Assassins (both 2010), (2016), and Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018). In 2011, she portrayed Aung San Suu Kyi in the British biographical film The Lady.\n

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\u20132020). Her voice acting work has included Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022), and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023). For her starring role as Evelyn Quan Wang 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. She has since featured in the mystery film A Haunting in Venice (2023) and the musical fantasy film Wicked (2024).\n

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] In 2024, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.\n

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Early life and education

Career

Early career and first retirement (1983\u20131991)

Return as an action star (1992\u20132001)

Career fluctuations (2002\u20132016)

Supporting roles (2017\u20132020)

Award success (2021\u2013present)

Activism

Personal life

Filmography

Accolades

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

Foreign honours

See also

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