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Yeoh was born on 6 August 1962 in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, [11] to Janet Yeoh and Yeoh Kian-teik. Her father was elected as a Senator of Malaysia from 1959 to 1969 as a member of Perak's Malaysian Chinese Association, [12] [13] [14] the Chairman of the Perak Bar Association, [when?] [12] and the founder of "Sri Maju" in 1975, a major intercity coach service in Malaysia and Singapore.
Michelle Yeoh is a Malaysian actress. She rose to fame in 1990s Hong Kong action films, Yeoh began her film career acting in action and martial arts films such as Yes, Madam (1985), Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992), The Heroic Trio (1993), Tai Chi Master (1993) and Wing Chun (1994) and she is well known as an action queen.
Michelle Yeoh's first starring role in Yes, Madam earned her the first nomination at the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best New Performer. In 1998, Yeoh's career turned over a new page when she received her second nomination for this award in the Best Supporting Actress for The Soong Sisters.
Michelle Yeoh's performance earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress, with some reviewers calling her performance the best of her career. The film garnered widespread critical acclaim. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 93% of 410 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.5/10.
Several of its nominations made Oscar history: Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian woman nominated in the Best Actress category, [a] while Stephanie Hsu's nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category, alongside Hong Chau's nomination for The Whale, marked the first time two Asian actresses were nominated in that category in the same year.
Philippa Georgiou is a fictional character appearing in the Star Trek franchise portrayed by Michelle Yeoh.First appearing in "The Vulcan Hello", the pilot episode of Star Trek: Discovery, Yeoh features as a major member of the recurring cast during the first three seasons of the series, and is credited in the main titles as a "special guest star" during each of the episodes she appears in.
Wai Lin (Chinese: 林慧; pinyin: Lín Huì) is a fictional character in the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, portrayed by Michelle Yeoh.The character is the first ethnic Chinese Bond girl and received critical acclaim, becoming one of the most popular Bond girls in the series.
Evelyn Quan Wang is a fictional character and the protagonist of the 2022 absurdist comedy-drama film Everything Everywhere All at Once.Portrayed by Michelle Yeoh and created by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, [a] Evelyn is a Chinese-American immigrant and laundromat owner.