Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng (born Yeoh Choo Kheng; 6 August 1962) is a Malaysian actress. Credited as Michelle Khan in her early films in Hong Kong, she rose to fame in the 1990s after starring in a series of Hong Kong action films where she performed her own stunts, such as Yes, Madam (1985), Magnificent Warriors (1987), Police Story 3: Supercop (1992), The Heroic Trio (1993), and Holy Weapon (1993).
After moving to the United States, Yeoh gained recognition for starring in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and in Ang Lee's martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. For her role as an overwhelmed mother navigating the multiverse in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first Asian woman to win the award. Yeoh won a Golden Globe Award and a SAG Award as well. Her performance also garnered her nominations for a BAFTA Award and a Critics’ Choice Movie Award, among other accolades.
Yeoh's other notable works include Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), Sunshine (2007), The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), Reign of Assassins (2010), Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), and The Lady (2011), where she portrayed Aung San Suu Kyi. She played supporting roles in the romantic comedies Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and Last Christmas (2019), the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 (2017) and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Gunpowder Milkshake (2021), Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022), The School for Good and Evil (2022), Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023), A Haunting in Venice (2023), Wicked: Part One and Two (2024 and 2025), and Avatar 3 and its sequels (2025 onwards).
In television, Yeoh has starred in Marco Polo (2014-2016), Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2020), The Witcher: Blood Origin (2022), American Born Chinese (2023) and The Brothers Sun (2024).
2031
as Dr. Karina Mogue
2029
as Dr. Karina Mogue
2025
as Madame Morrible
2025
as Emperor Philippa Georgiou
2024
as Madame Morrible
2024
as Self
2024
as Self
2024
as Loo (voice)
2024
as Mei-Yin Li (voice)
2024
as Eileen 'Mama' Sun
2023
as Joyce Reynolds
2023
as Airazor (voice)
2023
as Self
2023
as Guanyin Pusa
2022
2022
as Scían
2022
as Self
2022
as Professor Anemone
2022
as Yuki (voice)
2022
as Self
2022
as Master Chow (voice)
2022
as Evelyn Wang
2021
as Ying Nan
2021
as Florence
2021
as Self
2021
as Dai Feng
2020
as Self
2020
as Narrator (voice)
2019
as Santa
2019
as Self (archive footage)
2018
as Tso Ngan Kwan
2018
as Philippa Georgiou
2018
as Eleanor Sung-Young
2018
2017
as Captain Philippa Georgiou
2017
as Emperor Philippa Georgiou
2017
as Aleta Ogord
2016
as Dr. Lui Cheng
2016
as Mei
2016
as Herself
2016
as Yu Shu Lien
2016
2015
as Lotus
2014
as Lotus
2014
2013
as Julia
2011
as Aung San Suu Kyi
2011
as Self
2011
as The Soothsayer (voice)
2010
as Zeng Jing
2010
as self
2010
as Mei Foster
2010
as Dr. Yu
2009
as Self / Narrator
2008
as Saiva
2008
as Sister Rebeka
2008
as Zi Yuan
2008
as Mrs. Wang
2008
2007
as Corazon
2006
as Miss Yang
2005
as Mameha
2004
as Lulu Wong
2003
as Self
2002
as Self (archive footage)
2002
as Wai Lin (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
as Wai Lin, 'Tomorrow Never Dies' (archive footage)
2002
as Pak Yin Fay
2002
as Yu Sau Lien (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) (archive footage)
2001
as Self
2000
as Yu Shu Lien
1999
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
as Michelle
1998
as Self (archive footage)
1998
as Self - 008
1998
1997
as Wai Lin
1997
as Self
1997
as Soong Ai-ling / Madam Kung
1996
as Ah Kam
1996
as Self (Archive Footage)
1996
as Self (archive footage)
1994
as Ah King
1994
as Ying
1994
as Yim Wing Chun
1993
as Snow
1993
as Jessica Yang Jian Wa
1993
as Sandy Ching, Invisible Girl
1993
as Mon Ching Sze / To Col Ching
1993
as Ching, The Invisible Woman
1993
as Lady Ko
1992
as Captain Jessica Yang
1987
as Michelle Yeung Ling
1987
as Ming
1986
as Madam Michelle Yip
1985
as Senior Inspector Ng
1985
as Judo Instructor
1984
as Ms. Yeung
1953
as Self - Presenter
1953
as Self
as 申艳红
as Yin Rong (Lady Yin)
as Eleanor Sung-Young