Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng, is a Malaysian actress and action film star.
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She was known as Michelle Khan in her early Hong Kong films.
She rose to fame in the 1990s after she starred in a series of Hong Kong action films where she performed her own stunts.
Is Michelle Yeoh an actual martial artist?
Surprisingly, Yeoh is not a trained / actual martial artist.
She rather uses her dance discipline and on-set trainers to prepare for martial arts action scenes.
She uses many dance moves in her films and does most of her own stunts.
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Yeoh gained international acclaim for her roles in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and in Ang Lee’s martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).
Yeoh’s other notable movies include:
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), Reign of Assassins (2010), Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016), and The Lady (2011), where she portrayed Aung San Suu Kyi.
In 2022, she gained acclaim for starring in the science fiction film Everything Everywhere All at Once, receiving a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.
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