Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

Born

6 August 1962, Ipoh

Citizenship

Malaysia

Occupation

actor, model, beauty pageant contestant, film actor, film producer

Films here

16

Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng (YOH; ; Chinese: 楊紫瓊; 6 August 1962) is a Malaysian actress. In a career spanning over four decades, she has acted in film and television productions covering a wide range of genres and received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, along with nominations for two British Academy Film Awards. 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: Supercop (1992), The Heroic Trio and Tai Chi Master (both 1993), and Wing Chun (1994).

Filmography (martial arts films)

Frequent collaborators

• Sammo Hung
• Jackie Chan
• Yuen Woo-ping
• James Tien
• Wu Ma
• Corey Yuen
• Richard Ng
• Eric Tsang
• Yuen Wah
• Bill Tung
• Stanley Tong
• Yu Rongguang
• Donnie Yen
• Cheng Pei-pei
• Sihung Lung
• Harry Shum Jr.

External links

• Wikipedia
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q214289 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.