Michelle Yeoh Malaysian Actress Born 1962 in Ipoh

Michelle Yeoh (6 August 1962, Ipoh) is a Malaysian actress. She is recognised for appearances in Star Trek: Discovery (2017) and Sunshine (2007).

Early life

Schooling on record includes Royal Academy of Dance, The Hammond and Royal Academy of Arts.

Career

Her first listed screen credit dates to 1984, with The Owl vs Bombo, as Miss Yeung. Work from the 1990s includes Supercop (1992, as Inspector "Jessica" Yang Chien-Hua) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997, as Wai Lin). Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000, as Yu Shu Lien, 俞秀蓮) and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) are among her 2000s credits. In the 2010s, she appeared in The Karate Kid (2010) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017, as Aleta Ogord). The 2020s brought Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022, as Evelyn Quan Wang) and Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025, as Dr. Karina Mogue).

The list below counts 53 films and 5 TV series from 1984 to 2026. Action is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (6), followed by science fiction (6) and drama (4). Her latest credit on record is It's My Time (2026). Of her five titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) has the highest, at $864 million.

Jackie Chan appears in four of her listed titles, including Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars (1985) and Supercop 2 (1993). Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Harry Shum (three titles) and Zoe Saldaña (two titles). Jon M. Chu directed three of her titles on record, among them Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and Wicked (2024). Paul Feig is credited as director on two of them, including Last Christmas (2019) and The School for Good and Evil (2022). Michelle Yeoh is also credited on one album, Wicked: The Soundtrack (2024).

Recognition

Among her honours is the Academy Award for Best Actress, won in 2023 for Everything Everywhere All at Once. Other wins include the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (2023) for Everything Everywhere All at Once and the Knight of the Legion of Honour (2007). In all, Michelle Yeoh has won 15 awards and received one nomination.

Public roles

She began serving as member of the International Olympic Committee in 2023.

Personal life

She has been married to Jean Todt since 2023.