Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng (or just Michelle Yeoh; born 6 August 1962) is a Chinese Malaysian actress of Chinese ancestry. She became famous by having a number of roles in 1990s Hong Kong action movies. She is best known for her role as Wai Lin in Tomorrow Never Dies. Also, she played as Yu Shu Lien in the 2000 movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Her role in the 2022 movie Everything Everywhere All at Once, won her a Golden Globe Award a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Academy Award for Best Actress. She is the first Asian to win the Oscar for Best Actress.

Career
Yeoh won the Miss Malaysia beauty pageant at age 20 in 1983. She also represented Malaysia at the Queen of the Pacific 1983 beauty pageant. The pageant was held in Australia. She won.

Yeoh started her career acting in martial arts and action movies. She did her own stunts. 

Yeoh played the family matriarch Eleanor Young in Crazy Rich Asians in 2018.

She was a member of the jury at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival in 1999.

Yeow was born in Ipoh, Malaysia. She was criticized for supporting Prime Minister Najib Razak and the Barisan Nasional coalition before the 2013 election.

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Category:Screen Actors Guild Award winners
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Category:Actresses who played Bond girls
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Category:Malaysian actors
Category:Golden Globe Award winning actors
Category:Best Actress Academy Award winners