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Michelle Yeoh

Dato' Michelle Yeoh is an 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.


Private life
Michelle Yeoh was previously married to Hong Kong businessman Dickson Poon.

She is rumored to be engaged to former Scuderia Ferrari CEO Jean Todt. Despite frequent rumors in the Asian press about an upcoming marriage, Yeoh denies the engagement.

In March 2008 she visited Vietnam to film a documentary for the Asian Injury Prevention Foundation (AIPF).

Quick Fact
Chinese name 楊紫瓊 (Traditional), 杨紫琼 (Simplified)
Pinyin Yáng Zǐqióng (Mandarin)
Jyutping Joeng4 Zi2king4 (Cantonese)
Birth name Yeoh Choo-Kheng
Born August 6, 1962, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Spouse(s) Dickson Poon (1988-1992)

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