Hello guys! in this article you will know film star Michelle Yeoh who achieved success with her hard work in the film industry. Here, we'll learn about her biography, career, and personal life. So keep reading until the end for more details about Michelle Yeoh.
Early Life of Michelle Yeoh
Michelle is a great leading actress who won Miss Malaysia World contest at a very young age when she was just 20 years. Throughout her career, she flourished through impressive performances. In Australia, she won Miss Moomba International 1984 pageant. In addition, she appeared in a TV commercial with Jackie Chan which also attracted Hong Kong film production company, D&B Films. Even though she hardly Ipoh Cantonese but she learned to speak it properly.
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In 1992 she appeared in Police Story 3: Super Cop, The Heroic Trio and the Yuen Woo-ping films, Tai Chi Master and Wing Chun in consecutive years. This Asian star was chosen by Guerlain to be its skincare ambassador in October 2011. Yeoh's role was to help strengthen the French cosmetics company's relationship with Asia. Earlier, she also worked in James Bond films, and her own created stunts really shock the audience. She learn many languages to work in different movies for which she earned Yeoh a BAFTA 2000 nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Yeoh produced her first English film, The Touch, through her own production company Mythical Film in 2002. Then, she also created interest in TV series after 2015 her famous role as Mei Foster, wife to the British Ambassador to Thailand, who is secretly a North Korean spy. She took interest in all kinds of movies. In 2022, Yeoh starred in the science fiction surreal comedy film Everything Everywhere All at Once from filmmaking duo Daniels, released in March to mostly positive reviews.
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Biography of Michelle Yeoh
Michelle Yeoh was born in Ipoh, Malaysia, on 6 August 1962 and raised by Chinese and Malaysian parents. Her father was a renowned lawyer and politician, who is also very popular as the main person who organized Express Bus Service, Sri Maju. Michelle Yeoh has been raised in Malaysia till the age of 15, and later, she moved to the United Kingdom.
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Net Worth of Michelle Yeoh
As of 2023, Michelle Yeoh has an estimated net worth of $45 Million (According to sources). Her Net Worth is keep on flourishing every year. She has built her million-dollar empire via her career. She mainly earning from movies and endorsements. She also has collaborated with brands like Guerlain to promote products, such as their skincare items.
Best Movies and Roles of Michelle Yeoh
Michelle Yeoh is a very successful personality, who has done a lot of excellent movies. She is often known as the Bond Girl, as she appeared in the James Bond movie, Tomorrow Never Dies. She has also done some really amazing movies like Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragons, Memoirs of Geisha, Kung Fu Panda 2 (voice), and many more.
Recently, she was cast in the movie named, Shang Chi The Legend of Ten Rings. Her work in English and Mandarin movies has been the most such of all. She is also popular on television in the role of Philippa Georgiou, for the show named Star Trek: Discovery.
Awards and Achievements
Michelle Yeoh won a lot of awards. Here is the list of her awards and accolades and famous with the name ‘Bonds Girl' in the film industry. Firstly, she got ‘The Asian Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinema, Asian Media Awards, Outstanding Contribution to Asian Cinema, and many more.
Yeoh has achieved many accolades and her best-known roles came in ‘Tomorrow Never Dies' of the James Bond franchise and in ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'.Then, her other roles include appearances in ‘The Children of Huang Shi', “Reign of Assassins”, ‘The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor', ‘Kung Fu Panda 2', ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon II: The Green Destiny', ‘The Heroic Trio', ‘Butterfly and Sword', ‘Tai Chi Master' and more.
She earned a BAFTA Award Best Actress nomination in 2000 for the part. She's immensely involved in animal welfare and works to save the South China Tiger. Yeoh was formerly married to businessman Dickson Poon and had been committed to motorsport executive Jean Todt till 2008.
Conclusion
Yeoh not only achieved success in the Chinese film industry but also gained huge recognition in the Hollywood industry with her hard work. She has not only been impressed with her beauty but also create milestones with her best performance. She comes under 50 best beautiful actresses.
