Michelle Yeoh
Biography
Michelle Yeoh is a Malaysian actress whose career spans four decades. Born in Ipoh, she broke through in Hong Kong productions where she did her own stunts, initially billed as Michelle Khan. Her first lead came in Yes, Madam! (1985), and she went on to headline The Heroic Trio (1993), Tai-Chi Master (1993), Wing Chun (1994), Police Story 3: Supercop (1992) and Magnificent Warriors. She found wider fame as Wai Lin in the James Bond entry Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), and Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) brought her a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress. She also appeared in Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), The Lady (2011), Crazy Rich Asians (2018), Last Christmas (2019) and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). Her performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) won her the Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the first Asian winner of the category.
64years old
Turns 65 on August 6in 296 days
- Born Ipoh
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng, Michelle Khan, Michelle Yeoh Chu-Kheng, Yang Ziqiong, Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh and Yeoh
Movie Career
- Films
- 49
- Career span
- 40 years1985 to 2025
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First role
Yeoh performed her own stunts in her early action and martial arts films. Her first lead role came in Yes, Madam, her third film, released in 1985.
Languages
Yeoh did not speak Mandarin until the 2000s, so for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon she learned the Mandarin lines phonetically.
About the name
In her early career, Yeoh performed under the stage name Michelle Khan. D&B Films picked this pseudonym because it might appeal to international and Western audiences.
Behind the award
Yeoh starred as Evelyn Quan Wang in Everything Everywhere All at Once, released in 2022. For that role she took the Academy Award for Best Actress, the first Asian ever to do so in that category.
Michelle Yeoh movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Everything Everywhere All at Once2022 Action, Adventure, Comedyas Evelyn Wang
IMDb rating 7.7661K votes
Most often with
Woo-Ping Yuen directed four of these films, Jon M. Chu three and Roger Spottiswoode two. Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Woo-Ping Yuen
All films by Jon M. Chu
All films by Roger Spottiswoode
Also three films together11 more actors
- Paul Chun PuiExecutioners (1993), The Heroic Trio (1993) and Royal Warriors (1986)
- Kenneth TsangThe Touch (2002), Police Story 3: Supercop (1992) and Royal Warriors (1986)
- Maggie CheungExecutioners (1993), The Heroic Trio (1993) and Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)
- Samantha BondBond Girls Are Forever (2002), Highly Classified: The World of 007 (1998) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
- Harry Shum Jr.Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)
- Ariana GrandeWicked: For Good (2025), Wicked: One Wonderful Night (2025) and Wicked (2024)
- Henry GoldingThe Tiger's Apprentice (2024), Last Christmas (2019) and Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
- Cynthia ErivoWicked: For Good (2025), Wicked: One Wonderful Night (2025) and Wicked (2024)
- Jonathan BaileyWicked: For Good (2025), Wicked: One Wonderful Night (2025) and Wicked (2024)
- Ethan SlaterWicked: For Good (2025), Wicked: One Wonderful Night (2025) and Wicked (2024)
- Marissa BodeWicked: For Good (2025), Wicked: One Wonderful Night (2025) and Wicked (2024)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Michelle Yeoh's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$5.9 billion
35 of the 49 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 49 films: 35 worldwide figure; 6 never in cinemas; 8 figure not found.
- 35Worldwide figure
- 6Never in cinemas
- 8Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 76% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$940M15.8% of the total
- 2$764M12.9% of the total
- 3$666M11.2% of the total
- 4$541M9.1% of the total
- 5$441M7.4% of the total
- 6$432M7.3% of the total
- 7$403M6.8% of the total
- 8$333M5.6% of the total
$1.4 billionfrom the other 27 films with a worldwide figure, 24% of the total
Awards
Twelve awards and honors from 2020 to 2026, three of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 2023 | Best Actress | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Won |
| Golden Globes | |||
| 2023 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Won |
| SAG Awards | |||
| 2022 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Won | |
| Other honors | |||
| 2026 | Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | |
| 2024 | Presidential Medal of Freedom | Won | |
| 2023 | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Won | |
| 2022 | Asia's Most Influential Malaysia | Won | |
| 2022 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Won |
| 2022 | Saturn Awards | Won | |
| 2022 | Time 100 | Honored | |
| 2021 | Asia's Most Influential Malaysia | Won | |
| 2020 | BBC 100 Women | Won | |
Online
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