Name |
Michelle Yeoh |
Height |
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Naionality |
Chinese Malaysian |
Date of Birth |
August 6, 1962 |
Place of Birth |
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia |
Famous for |
Tomorrow Never Dies, Crouching Tiger Hidden, Dragon |
Dato' Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng (traditional Chinese: simplified Chinese: pinyin: Yáng Zǐqióng; Cantonese (Yale romanization): yèuhng jí kìhng; born August 6, 1962) is a BAFTA Award-nominated Chinese Malaysian actress and dancer, 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 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.
She is credited as Michelle King and Michelle Khan in some of her earlier films.