Michelle Yeoh
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Yeoh at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival
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| Chinese name | 楊紫瓊 (traditional) | ||||
| Chinese name | 杨紫琼 (simplified) | ||||
| Pinyin | Yáng Zǐqióng (Mandarin) | ||||
| Jyutping | Joeng4 Zi2-king4 (Cantonese) | ||||
| Birth name | Yeoh Choo-Kheng (Iûⁿ chú-khēng) |
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6 August 1962 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia |
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| Occupation | Actress | ||||
| Years active | 1984–present | ||||
| Spouse(s) | Dickson Poon (1988–1992) | ||||
| Partner(s) | Jean Todt | ||||
| Ancestry | Fujian, China | ||||
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| United Nations Global Road Safety Ambassador | |
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Assumed office April 12, 2011 Serving with Grover |
Tan Sri Dato' Seri Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng (born 6 August 1962) is a Chinese Malaysian actress, best known for performing her own stunts in the Hong Kong action films that brought her to fame in the early 1990s. Born in Ipoh, Malaysia, she was chosen by People as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" in 1997.
She is best known in the Western world for her roles in the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, playing Wai Lin, and the Chinese-language martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in 2000. In 2008, the film critic website Rotten Tomatoes ranked her the greatest action heroine of all time. In 2009, she was listed by People – as the only Asian actress – as one of the "35 All-Time Screen Beauties".
She is credited as Michelle Khan in some of her earlier films. This alias was chosen by the D&B studio who thought it might be more marketable to international and western audiences. Yeoh later preferred using her real name.
Yeoh was born in Ipoh, Malaysia, to an ethnic Chinese family of Hokkien descent. Her parents are Janet Yeoh and Yeoh Kian Teik, a lawyer and MCA politician.
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