Michelle Yeoh is a Malaysian actress. She rose to fame in 1990s Hong Kong action films, Yeoh began her film career acting in action and martial arts films such as Yes, Madam (1985), Police Story 3: Supercop (1992), The Heroic Trio (1993), Tai Chi Master (1993) and Wing Chun (1994) and she is well known as an action queen. Yeoh is known internationally for her roles as Wai Lin in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), and as Yu Shu Lien in the martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and its sequel Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016).
Her other works include Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), Reign of Assassins (2010), The Lady (2011), in which she portrayed Aung San Suu Kyi, Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2019), and Last Christmas (2019). Yeoh received critical acclaim for her performances as Eleanor Young in the American romantic comedy-drama Crazy Rich Asians and as Evelyn Quan Wang in the sci-fi comedy-drama Everything Everywhere All at Once, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. From 2017 to 2020, Yeoh had a recurring role as Philippa Georgiou on the Paramount+ series Star Trek: Discovery, a role she reprised in the feature film Star Trek: Section 31.
Filmography +Key Denotes works that have not yet been released
Film Year Title Role Notes 1984 The Owl vs Bombo Miss Yeung 1985 Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars Judo instructor Cameo Yes, Madam Inspector Ng 1986 Royal Warriors Inspector Michelle Yip 1987 Magnificent Warriors Fok Ming-ming Easy Money Michelle Yeung Ling (Ning) 1992 Police Story 3: Supercop Inspector "Jessica" Yang Chien-hua 1993 The Heroic Trio Ching / Invisible Woman / Number 3 Butterfly and Sword Lady Ko Executioners Ching / San / Carol Holy Weapon Ching Sze / To Col Ching Supercop 2 Inspector "Jessica" Yang Chien-hua Tai Chi Master Siu Lin / Qiu Xue ("Autumn Snow") 1994 Shaolin Popey 2 – Messy Temple Ah King Wonder Seven Fong Ying Wing Chun Yim Wing-chun 1996 The Stunt Woman Ah Kam 1997 The Soong Sisters Soong Ai-ling Tomorrow Never Dies Wai Lin Hollywood debut film 1999 Moonlight Express Sis Michelle 2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Yu Shu Lien 2002 The Touch Pak Yin Fay 2004 Silver Hawk Lulu Wong / The Silver Hawk Also producer 2005 Memoirs of a Geisha Mameha 2006 Fearless Ms. Yang Director's cut only 2007 Sunshine Corazon Far North Saiva 2008 The Children of Huang Shi Mrs. Wang Babylon A.D. Sister Rebeka The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Zi Yuan 2010 True Legend Sister Yu Reign of Assassins Zeng Jing / Drizzle 2011 Kung Fu Panda 2 Soothsayer Voice The Lady Aung San Suu Kyi 2013 Final Recipe Julia Lee 2016 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny Yu Shu Lien Mechanic: Resurrection Mei Morgan Dr. Lui Cheng 2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Aleta Ogord Cameo 2018 Crazy Rich Asians Eleanor Young Master Z: Ip Man Legacy Tso Ngan Kwan 2019 Last Christmas Santa / Huang Qing Shin 2021 Boss Level Dai Feng Gunpowder Milkshake Florence Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Ying Nan 2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Evelyn Quan Wang Also executive producer Minions: The Rise of Gru Master Chow Voice Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank YukiThe School for Good and Evil Professor Emma Anemone 2023 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Airazor Voice A Haunting in Venice Joyce Reynolds 2024 The Tiger's Apprentice Loo Voice Wicked Madame Morrible Also contributed to one song to the film's soundtrack 2025 Ne Zha 2 Lady Yin Voice; English dub Wicked: For Good Madame Morrible Also contributed to two songs to the film's soundtrack 2026 Sandiwara The Critic / The Hawker / The Waitress / The Vlogger / The Singer Short film It's My Time Zhao Yanhong Also chief producer The Surgeon 2027 The Wandering Earth 3 2029 Avatar 4 Paktu'eylat Filming
Television Year Title Role NotesRef. 2015 Strike Back: Legacy Mei Foster / Lieutenant Colonel Han Li Na Recurring (9 episodes) 2016 Marco Polo Lotus Season 2 (7 episodes) 2017–2020 Star Trek: Discovery Captain Philippa Georgiou / Emperor Philippa Georgiou (mirror) Special recurring guest star (seasons 1-3; 24 episodes) 2018 Star Trek: Short Treks Lieutenant Philippa Georgiou Episode: "The Brightest Star" 2022 The Witcher: Blood Origin Scían 4 episodes 2023 American Born Chinese Guanyin Main 2024 The Brothers Sun Eileen Sun Main 2024–2025 Ark: The Animated Series Mei-Yin Li Voice; 5 episodes 2025 Star Trek: Section 31 Emperor Philippa Georgiou Television film; Also executive producer 2026 Blade Runner 2099 Olwen Post-production
Documentary Year Film Notes 1998 Jackie Chan: My Story 2008 Purple Mountain 2012 Pad Yatra: A Green Odyssey Executive producer 2020 The Hidden Kingdoms of China Narrator
Video games Year Title Role NotesRef. 2003 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Yu Shu Lien Voice 2008 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Zi Yuan 2025 ARK: Survival Ascended Meiyin Li "Lost Colony" Expansion Pack
Discography Year Title AlbumRef. 2024 "The Wizard and I" (featuring Cynthia Erivo) Wicked: The Soundtrack
References
External links Michelle Yeoh at the IMDb