Michelle Yeoh

Actress

Female

Born Aug 6, 1963

Age 49

Hometown Perak

Other Names Khan, Michelle

Datuk Seri Michelle Yeoh or Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng is a Hong Kong-based Malaysian Chinese actress, 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… Read More

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United Nations Every Woman Every Child Dinner 2012 held at The Museum of Modern Art in Midtown, M...

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Sep 25, 2012

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Michelle Yeoh and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catheri...

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Sep 13, 2012

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Michelle Yeoh at the premiere of "Changeling". (Cannes, France) 5/20/08

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Aug 6, 2012

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Celebrities at the Silverstone Circuit prior to the start of the 2012 British Grand Prix

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Jul 8, 2012

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Jean Todt
Dating 2005 - Present
Dickson Poon
Married 1988 - 1992

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Malaysian Elections Expose Worrying Social Schisms
Fox News - May 06, 2013

It was hardly the look of the victorious. Wearing a bright blue shirt and a grim expression, Prime Minister Najib Razak appeared before the media early Monday to somberly acknowledge that his coalition had won general elections for the 13th time in a row. He had reason to be cheerless. The National Front coalition's victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections despite losing the popular vote has not only exposed the entrenched racial divide in the country but also a new schism ...
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Jon Chattman: Things I'd Like To See In "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2"
Huffington Post - Jan 31, 2013

For the most part, sequel to iconic films tend to disappoint. For every Godfather and X2, there seem to be dozens upon dozens of films like Arthur 2: On the Rocks or Another 48 Hours. Yep, sometimes too much of a good thing turns out to be a bad thing. This week some out-of-left-field news dropped when various news outlets reported that filming will begin this year on a follow-up to the 2000 Oscar-winning martial arts classic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. That film, which starre...
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Lily Kwong: Shiatzy Chen At Paris Fashion Week: East Meets West At Le Grand Hotel
Huffington Post - Oct 11, 2012

I ran into casting director Kannon Rajah in the lobby of Hotel Costes (I know it sounds like this is the only place I went while in Paris -- but it's not true! I swear I only went twice, but apparently this is where things happen during Paris Fashion Week). I was coming for an appointment, he was just going, and as Kannon drifted off with a group of very important-looking (and handsome!) gentlemen, he insisted: "You really have to come to the show I'm working on -- Shiatzy Chen, it'...
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Fantasia Fest 3 View: ‘the Sword Identity,’ ‘the Haunting Of Julia,’ ‘reign Of Assassins’
Film School Rejects - Aug 31, 2012

Montreal’s Fantasia Fest has one of the most gargantuan lineups of genre titles of any film festival in the world. Its diverse roster of foreign and domestic crowd-pleasers is an absolute marvel, and we’ve been covering it with gusto. Today, we bring you a selection of these films in a capsule format we like to call the 3-View. This time around we’ve got two period martial arts films and a classic, if maybe a touch underseen, 70s ghost story starring Mia Farrow. Just think of it as a M...
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1963 Birth Born on August 6, 1963.

TEENAGE

1983 19 Years Old 2 More Events

In 1983, at the age of 21, Yeoh won the Miss Malaysia beauty pageant.

TWENTIES

1985 21 Years Old Yeoh started her film career acting in action and martial arts films such as Yes, Madam in 1985, after which she did most of her own stunts.

1987 23 Years Old The D&B Group in Hong Kong was run by Dickson Poon. Yeoh married Poon in 1987 and retired from acting.

1992 28 Years Old After the couple divorced in 1992, Yeoh returned to acting. … Read More

1993 29 Years Old She acted in The Heroic Trio in 1993, and the Yuen Woo-ping films Tai Chi Master and Wing Chun in 1994. … Read More

THIRTIES

2002 38 Years Old In 2002, she produced her first English film, The Touch through her own production company, Mythical Films.

FORTIES

2005 41 Years Old In 2005, Yeoh starred as the graceful Mameha in the film adaptation of Memoirs of a Geisha, and she continued her English-language work in 2007 with Sunshine.

2007 43 Years Old 1 More Event

On 23 April 2007, the then French President Jacques Chirac awarded her Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur.

2008 44 Years Old 1 More Event

In 2008, Michelle Yeoh also starred in fantasy action film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor with Brendan Fraser and Jet Li.

2010 46 Years Old In 2010, she starred in Reign of Assassins.

2011 47 Years Old 3 More Events

… In 2011, she portrayed Aung San Suu Kyi in Luc Besson's The Lady.

2012 48 Years Old 1 More Event

On 14 March 2012, the then French President Nicolas Sarkozy awarded her the Officier de la Légion d'honneur. … Read More

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