Michelle Yeoh
Gender: Female
Born: 6th August 1962 (currently 49 years old)
Nationality: Malaysia
TV programs: Jackie Chan Adventures
Movies: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Memoirs of a Geisha, Sunshine, The Heroic Trio, Tomorrow Never Dies, Moonlight Express, Once a Cop, The Children of Huang Shi, Babylon A.D., The Soong Sisters, Silver Hawk, Wing Chun, Executioners, Holy Weapon, Tai Chi Master, Police Story 3: Super Cop, The Mummy - Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars, The Touch, Butterfly and Sword, Far North, Police Story, Kung Fu Panda 2, True Legend, Reign of Assassins, Easy Money, The Lady, Executioners, Silver Hawk, Executioners, Holy Weapon, The Heroic Trio, The Heroic Trio, The Soong Sisters, Fearless, Cooktales, Stunt Woman, Among The Great Apes With Michelle Yeoh, Turning Point, Purple Mountain
Michelle Yeoh or Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng (born 6 August 1963) is a Hong Kong-based Malaysian Chinese actress, well known for performing her own stunts in the action films that brought her to fame in the early 1990s.
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-language martial arts 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. In 2009, she was listed by People magazine – as the only Asian actress – as one of the "35 All-Time Screen Beauties".
She is credited as Michelle Khan in some of her earlier films. This alias was chosen by the D&B studio who thought it might be more marketable to international and western audiences. Yeoh later preferred using her real name.
Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng was born to a prominent ethnic Chinese family in Ipoh, Malaysia, on 6 August 1962. Her
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