Michelle Yeoh
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 1980s and 1990s after starring in Hong Kong action films where she performed her own stunts. These roles include ''Yes, Madam'' (1985); ''Magnificent Warriors'' (1987); ''Police Story 3: Supercop'' (1992); ''The Heroic Trio'' (1993); ''Holy Weapon'' (1993); and ''Tai Chi Master'' (1993).After moving to the United States, Yeoh gained international 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), the latter for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Her Hollywood career progressed with roles in ''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), in which she portrayed Aung San Suu Kyi.
Yeoh played supporting roles in the romantic comedies ''Crazy Rich Asians'' (2018) and ''Last Christmas'' (2019), as well as in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film ''Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings'' (2021) and the television series ''Star Trek: Discovery'' (2017–2020). For her starring role as Evelyn Wang, an overwhelmed matriarch navigating the multiverse in ''Everything Everywhere All at Once'' (2022), she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first Asian is a race. Furthermore, the term "Asian" in America is often synonymous with people of East Asian ancestry. Actresses from other parts of Continental Asia or of Continental Asian origin have won the award but are not considered "Asian" by American usage.}} to win the category, and the first Malaysian to win an Academy Award.
The film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes ranked her the greatest action heroine of all time in 2008. In 1997, she was chosen by ''People'' as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World", and in 2009 the same magazine listed her as one of the "35 All-Time Screen Beauties". In 2022, ''Time'' named her one of the world's 100 most influential people on its annual listicle and its Icon of the Year. Provided by Wikipedia
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