Biography
Yeoh Choo Kheng PSM SPMP (Chinese: 楊紫瓊; born 6 August 1962), known professionally as Michelle Yeoh (/joʊ/), is a Malaysian actress. In a career spanning over four decades, Yeoh has appeared in projects encompassing a wide array of genres and received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for two British Academy Film Awards. Credited as Michelle Khan in her early films, she rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s after starring in Hong Kong...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Avatar 5
2031
as Dr. Karina Mogue
The fifth installment of the Avatar franchise.

Avatar 4
2029
as Dr. Karina Mogue
The fourth installment of the Avatar franchise.

Wicked: For Good
2025
as Madame Morrible
As an angry mob rises against the Wicked Witch, Glinda and Elphaba will need to come together one final time. With their singular friendship now the f...

Star Trek: Section 31
2025
as Philippa Georgiou
Emperor Philippa Georgiou joins a secret division of Starfleet tasked with protecting the United Federation of Planets and faces the sins of her past.

Star Trek: Section 31
2025
Executive Producer
Emperor Philippa Georgiou joins a secret division of Starfleet tasked with protecting the United Federation of Planets and faces the sins of her past.

Making Wicked
2024
as Self
Return to Oz for a fantastic behind-the-scenes journey with this expansive look inside the characters, choreography, and creativity that make up the m...

Wicked
2024
as Madame Morrible
In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University,...

Wicked
2024
Songs
In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University,...

Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
2024
as Self
A behind-the-scenes look at the highly-anticipated two-part film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, featuring interviews with the cast and crew.

The Bridge
2024
as Self
Fifty years ago, our country grappled with discrimination that profoundly impacted minority communities. In Los Angeles, neighborhood leaders united t...

The Tiger's Apprentice
2024
as Loo (voice)
After the death of his grandmother, Tom Lee discovers he is part of a long lineage of magical protectors known as the Guardians. With guidance from a ...

A Haunting in Venice
2023
as Joyce Reynolds
Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in self-imposed exile in Venice, reluctantly attends a Halloween séance at a decaying, haunte...

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
2023
as Airazor (voice)
When a new threat capable of destroying the entire planet emerges, Optimus Prime and the Autobots must team up with a powerful faction known as the Ma...

The New Face of Hollywood – A Soul of a Nation Presentation
2023
as Self
Delving into the rise of Asians in Hollywood, in honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Featuring interviews wi...

Making The Witcher: Blood Origin
2022
Venture behind the scenes with the stars and creators of "The Witcher: Blood Origin" in an illuminating look at the lore, music, world-building and mo...

Jean Todt: The Method
2022
as Self

The School for Good and Evil
2022
as Professor Anemone
Best friends Sophie and Agatha navigate an enchanted school for young heroes and villains — and find themselves on opposing sides of the battle betwee...

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
as Yuki (voice)
A hard-on-his-luck hound finds himself in a town full of cats in need of a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's wicked plot to wipe their vil...

Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022
as Self
A behind-the-scenes look at Everything Everywhere All at Once, with interviews from the directors/writers, cast and crew.

Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022
Thanks
A behind-the-scenes look at Everything Everywhere All at Once, with interviews from the directors/writers, cast and crew.

Minions: The Rise of Gru
2022
as Master Chow (voice)
A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers,...

Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022
as Evelyn Wang
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could...

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021
as Ying Nan
Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.

Gunpowder Milkshake
2021
as Florence
To protect an 8-year-old girl, a dangerous assassin reunites with her mother and her lethal associates to take down a ruthless crime syndicate and its...

Boss Level
2021
as Dai Feng
A former special forces agent is trapped in a time loop and relives his death over and over again. To escape the terrible situation, he must track dow...

Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
2020
as Self
Nations United is a special, first of its kind film, created by the United Nations on its 75th Anniversary and to mark five years since the adoption o...

The Hidden Kingdoms of China
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Exploring the secrets of China to reveal the beauty of its hidden kingdoms, with unique access to locations across the country.

Last Christmas
2019
as Santa
Kate is a young woman who has a habit of making bad decisions, and her last date with disaster occurs after she accepts work as Santa's elf for a depa...

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019
as Self (archive footage)
The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong ...

Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
2018
as Tso Ngan Kwan
Following his defeat by Master Ip, Cheung Tin Chi tries to make a life with his young son in Hong Kong, waiting tables at a bar that caters to expats....

Crazy Rich Asians
2018
as Eleanor Young
An American-born Chinese economics professor accompanies her boyfriend to Singapore for his best friend's wedding, only to get thrust into the lives o...

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017
as Aleta Ogord
The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.

Morgan
2016
as Dr. Lui Cheng
A corporate risk-management consultant must determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being's life that was made in a laboratory environment...

Mechanic: Resurrection
2016
as Mei
Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life. Now he is forced to travel t...

Dragon Girls!
2016
as Herself
Yves Montmayeur takes Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as the starting point for his study of the new female warrior in Asian pop culture. From Beijing ...

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
2016
as Yu Shu Lien
A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.

Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes
2015
as Lotus
The episode shows the origin of Hundred Eyes and how his relationship with Kublai Khan and Prince Jingim came about. Before losing his sight and befo...

Final Recipe
2013
as Julia
Hao's Singaporean restaurant is in danger of going out of business. Hao's grandson, Mark, secretly travels to Shanghai to attend a cooking competition...

Final Recipe
2013
Executive Producer
Hao's Singaporean restaurant is in danger of going out of business. Hao's grandson, Mark, secretly travels to Shanghai to attend a cooking competition...

The Lady
2011
as Aung San Suu Kyi
The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris.

Fucking Kassovitz
2011
as Self
A making-of of the chaotic production of Mathieu Kassovitz's Babylon A.D. (2008).

Kung Fu Panda 2
2011
as The Soothsayer (voice)
Po and his friends fight to stop a peacock villain from conquering China with a deadly new weapon, but first the Dragon Warrior must come to terms wit...

Reign of Assassins
2010
as Zeng Jing
Set in ancient China, Zeng Jing is a skilled assassin who finds herself in possession of a mystical Buddhist monk's remains. She begins a quest to ret...

Rose, c'est Paris
2010
as self
Bettina Rheims and Serge Bramly's Rose, c'est Paris is both a photographic monograph and a feature-length film. This extraordinary work of art, in two...

True Legend
2010
as Dr. Yu
Su Qi-Er, a wealthy man living during the Qing Dynasty who loses his fortune and reputation as a result of a conspiracy against him. After being force...

Among the Great Apes with Michelle Yeoh
2009
as Self / Narrator
Renowned actress Michelle Yeoh journeys home to Malaysia to get to know her adopted orangutan, learning from the Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre about t...

My Fair Gentleman
2009
Producer
Wu Jia-qian (played by Kelly Lin) opened a marketing company which is struggling to survive in Shanghai. Once she had deals with a upstart entrepreneu...

Far North
2008
as Saiva
In the arctic, as Saiva is being born, a shaman declares that she is evil and will bring harm to all who become involved with her. Saiva is cast out o...

Babylon A.D.
2008
as Sister Rebeka
A veteran-turned-mercenary is hired to take a young woman with a secret from post-apocalyptic Eastern Europe to New York City.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
2008
as Zi Yuan
Archaeologist Rick O'Connell travels to China, pitting him against an emperor from the 2,000-year-old Han dynasty who's returned from the dead to purs...

The Children of Huang Shi
2008
as Mrs. Wang
About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the J...
Purple Mountain
2008
Personal accounts from the Japanese occupation of Eastern China during the 1930s when many innocent civilians were slaughtered by the Japanese militar...

Sunshine
2007
as Corazon
Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but th...

Fearless
2006
as Miss Yang
Huo Yuan Jia became the most famous martial arts fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately fo...

Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
as Mameha
In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

Silver Hawk
2004
as Lulu Wong
Lulu Wong, a rock star and philanthropist, fights injustice as her superhero alter-ego Silver Hawk. When the criminal baddie Wolfe sets a plan in moti...

Silver Hawk
2004
Producer
Lulu Wong, a rock star and philanthropist, fights injustice as her superhero alter-ego Silver Hawk. When the criminal baddie Wolfe sets a plan in moti...
Hong Kong Stories
2003
as Self
A documentary about Hong Kong cinema mythology via Julien Carbon and Laurent Courtiaud’s experience as screenwriters in the HK film industry, working ...

Jackie Chan: Fast, Funny and Furious
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Not since the great Bruce Lee has a Chinese martial artist taken Hollywood by storm. Leaping out of dire poverty and obscurity, Jackie Chan has become...
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Wai Lin (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.

Bond Girls Are Forever
2002
as Wai Lin, 'Tomorrow Never Dies' (archive footage)
Through vintage film clips of past Bond movie epics, and with the participation of several former "Bond Girls" as interviewees (among them Dr. No's Ur...

The Touch
2002
as Pak Yin Fay
A sister and brother, the last heirs of a family of acrobats, are called upon by a Buddhist monk sect to retrieve an artifact that their ancestors hav...

The Touch
2002
Producer, Story
A sister and brother, the last heirs of a family of acrobats, are called upon by a Buddhist monk sect to retrieve an artifact that their ancestors hav...

Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
as Yu Sau Lien (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) (archive footage)
In their second film compilation following their 'Boogeymen:The Killer Compilation' series, FlixMix takes you into the history of action movies from H...

Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong
2001
as Self
Female characters in martial arts films from Hong Kong: the women who played them and the directors who wrote the scenarios and directed the films.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000
as Yu Shu Lien
Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at...

Moonlight Express
1999
as Michelle
On the eve of her wedding, Hitomi loses her fiance Tatsuya to a car accident. She travels to Hong Kong seeking solace and meets undercover cop Karbo —...

Jackie Chan: My Stunts
1999
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jackie Chan: My Stunts shows some of the tricks of the trade that Jackie and his stunt team utilize to perform their stunts. This is not an endless ga...

Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
1998
as Self (archive footage)
Special honoring the grand masters of the martial arts with guest stars from film and television, music performances, live demonstrations, competition...

Jackie Chan: My Story
1998
as Self - 008
Jackie Chan is one of the world's biggest action stars, famed for his wacky sense of humor, remarkable martial arts techniques, and willingness to per...

Jackie Chan: My Story
1998
Thanks
Jackie Chan is one of the world's biggest action stars, famed for his wacky sense of humor, remarkable martial arts techniques, and willingness to per...

Highly Classified: The World of 007
1998
His world is full of glamour, mystery and intrigue and now you get to be a part of it! Let gadget wizard Q (Desmond Llewelyn) be your guide to the ubi...

Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
as Wai Lin
A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now James Bond must take on this evil mas...

The Secrets of 007
1997
as Self
Behind-the-scenes look at more than three decades of the James Bond feature film series.

The Soong Sisters
1997
as Soong Ai Ling / Madam Kung
The Soong family was a political dynasty in China that reached the highest levels of power. This film follows the lives of the three Soong daughters, ...

The Stunt Woman
1996
as Ah Kam
After moving to Hong Kong from China, a young martial artist starts a promising career as a stuntwoman. She begins to feel accepted in the business, b...

Top Fighter 2
1996
as Self (Archive Footage)
The sequel to "Top Fighter" focuses on the importance of women in martial arts movies, from starting as the "hero's girl" to becoming superstars by th...

Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar is a documentary on Jackie Chan.

Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple
1994
as Ah King
Fun-loving young Shaolin initiates get the better of two bungling assassins hired to chop off the right hand of their crochety master, who commands ma...

Wonder Seven
1994
as Ying
Wonder Seven, a secret group of well-trained government agents in China, has been assigned a case of a computer disc robbery. At first everything seem...

Wing Chun
1994
as Yim Wing Chun
Martial arts expert Wing Chun battles bandits in this magical film that provides as many laughs as it does wallops. Besides horse thieves, Wing Chun m...

Tai-Chi Master
1993
as Snow
Falsely accused for cheating in a martial arts competition, two boyhood friends are banished from their Shaolin Temple and go their separate ways. As ...

Supercop 2
1993
as Jessica Yang Jian Wa
As a crime wave sweeps through Hong Kong, the police call Jessica Yang, a rising star in the ranks, to help stop a notorious gang of thieves! What Jes...

Heroic Trio 2: Executioners
1993
as Ching, The Invisible Woman
The city has been devastated by a nuclear attack. An evil deformed villain controls the city's scarce water supply, exerting influence over a popular ...

Holy Weapon
1993
as Mon Ching Sze / To Col Ching
During the Ming dynasty, Mo Kake takes an invincibility drink to defeat the best Japanese warrior, Super Sword. Three years later, the samurai returns...

The Heroic Trio
1993
as Ching, The Invisible Woman
While one tough woman with an invisible robe has stolen 18 babies for her powerful master, two other tough women and the cops try to stop her.

Butterfly and Sword
1993
as Lady Ko
A loyalist attempts to keep the King's empire from being overthrown by a revolutionary group.

Police Story 3: Super Cop
1992
as Captain Jessica Yang
A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.

Easy Money
1987
as Michelle Yeung Ling
Millionaire playgirl Ling Young (Michelle Yeoh) spends her free time staging elaborate heists -- not for the money but for the thrill of getting away ...

Magnificent Warriors
1987
as Ming
A daredevil airplane pilot and spy, who fights against the occupying Japanese forces in China, must rescue the ruler of the city of Kaal from the han...

Royal Warriors
1986
as Madam Michelle Yip
When a tough policewoman learns about a group of violent terrorists, she, along with her partner and a Japanese detective, does everything it takes to...

Yes, Madam!
1985
as Senior Inspector Ng
Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport with a hidden microfilm wanted by a triad boss. Two ass-kicking...

Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
1985
as Judo Instructor
The third installment in the Lucky Stars series, following Winners and Sinners and My Lucky Stars. The team are released from prison to play detective...

The Owl vs Bombo
1984
as Ms. Yeung
Sammo and George Lam are partners in crime and they scam some triad big shot out of a load of money and decide to retire. Three years later they both ...
The Mother
N/A
An immigrant mother and businesswoman tries to make a new life for her family in America. But when her two teenage sons stumble into trouble with a Bo...

Lady R
N/A
as 申艳红
70 year old Shen Yanhong (played by Yang Ziqiong) was sent to a nursing home by her son after falling seriously ill, and the house was also rented out...

The Legend of Nezha
N/A
as Yin Rong (Lady Yin)
Nezha gets into trouble and implicates his parents who are punished by the heavens along with him. He bravely steps up and admits his fault, which tou...
The Surgeon
N/A
A retired surgeon is abducted and forced to operate on a mystery patient. Though greatly outnumbered, her captors have overlooked her greatest weapon:...
Billion Dollar Whale
N/A
Producer
Recounts Malaysia's 1MDB money-laundering scandal, which encompasses elite wealth, banking, Hollywood and politics.