Yeoh Michelle
- Name: Yeoh Michelle
- Native name: 楊紫瓊
- Given name: Yeoh Choo Kheng
- Also Known as: Michelle Khan
- Nationality: Malaysian
- Gender: Female
- Born: August 6, 1962
- Age: 56
Born in Ipoh, Malaysia, she is based in Hong Kong and was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 1997.
She is best known in the Western world for her roles in the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, playing Wai Lin, and the multiple Academy Award-winning Chinese action film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for which she was nominated the BAFTA for "Best Actress". In 2008, the film critic website Rotten Tomatoes ranked her the greatest action heroine of all time.
Yeoh started her film career acting in action and martial arts films such as Yes, Madam in 1985, The Heroic Trio in 1993, and the Yuen Woo-ping films Tai Chi Master and Wing Chun in 1994. Yeoh has had no formal martial arts training and she relies on her dance training and instructors, and does her own fighting and most of her own stunts.
Yeoh learned English and Malay before Cantonese, and cannot read Chinese characters. As she does not read Chinese, she learned the lines for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon phonetically.
She starred in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies as Wai Lin (1997). Natasha Henstridge was rumored to be cast in the lead Bond girl role but eventually Yeoh was confirmed. Brosnan was impressed, describing her as a "wonderful actress" who was "serious and committed about her work". He referred to her as a "female James Bond" in reference to her combat abilities. She wanted to perform her own stunts but was prevented because director Roger Spottiswoode ruled it too dangerous and uninsured. However, she did perform all of her fighting scenes. Thereafter, she was offered the role of Seraph in the two sequels to The Matrix, but she could not accept due to a scheduling conflict (the Matrix writers then changed Seraph into a male character and cast Collin Chou in the role). In 2002, she produced her first English film, The Touch through her own production company, Mythical Films.
In 2005, Yeoh starred as the graceful Mameha in the film adaptation of Memoirs of a Geisha, and she continued her English-language work in 2007 with Sunshine. In 2008, Michelle Yeoh also starred in the fantasy action film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor with actors Brendan Fraser and Jet Li.
In 2010, she starred in Reign of Assassins, her first return to the wuxia genre since Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
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Movie
Title | Rating |
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Cheung Tin Chi
Chinese Movie, 2019,
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
Chinese Movie, 2016,
Yu Shu Lien (Main Role)
|
7.5
|
Final Recipe
Korean Movie, 2013,
Yishan Lee (Support Role)
|
8.1
|
Reign Of Assassins
Chinese Movie, 2010,
Zeng Jing / Drizzle (Main Role)
|
7.9
|
True Legend
Hong Kong Movie, 2010,
Sister Yu / Yu Shu Lien (Main Role)
|
7.4
|
The Children of Huang Shi
Chinese Movie, 2008,
(Support Role)
|
7.7
|
Silver Hawk
Hong Kong Movie, 2004,
Lulu Wong/ the Silver Hawk (Main Role)
|
6.5
|
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Chinese Movie, 2000,
Yu Shu Lien (Main Role)
|
8.2
|
Moonlight Express
Hong Kong Movie, 1999,
Sis (Support Role)
|
7.3
|
Wing Chun
Hong Kong Movie, 1994,
(Main Role)
|
7.8
|
Tai-Chi Master
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
Siu Lin / Qiu Xue (Main Role)
|
7.9
|
Once a Cop
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
"Jessica" / Yang Cien Hua (Main Role)
|
8.1
|
Executioners
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
Ching / San / Carol (Main Role)
|
6.8
|
Butterfly And Sword
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
Lady Ko (Main Role)
|
7.4
|
The Heroic Trio
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
Ching, The Invisible Woman (Main Role)
|
7.2
|
Holy Weapon
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
Mo Ching Sze (Main Role)
|
7.1
|
Police Story 3: Super Cop
Hong Kong Movie, 1992,
Jessica Yang (Main Role)
|
7.8
|
Magnificent Warriors
Hong Kong Movie, 1987,
Ming (Main Role)
|
7.5
|
Royal Warriors
Hong Kong Movie, 1986,
Michelle Yip (Main Role)
|
8.1
|
Yes, Madam
Hong Kong Movie, 1985,
Inspector Ng (Main Role)
|
7.4
|
Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars
Hong Kong Movie, 1985,
Judo Instructor (Support Role)
|
7.7
|
The Owl vs Bombo
Hong Kong Movie, 1984,
Ms. Yeung (Main Role)
|
3.0
|
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