Personal Details
Full name : Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng
Born on : 06 August 1962
Place of birth : Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Year Active : 1984-Present
Profession : Actress,Dancer
Height : 5' 4" (1.63 m)
The one of the famous celebrities Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng (born 6 August 1962) is a Hong Kong-based Malaysian actress, well known for the stage her own stunts in the action films that brought her to fame in the early 1990s.Born in Ipoh, Malaysia, she is base in Hong Kong and was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 1997.She is best known in the Western world for her roles in the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, playing Wai Lin, and the numerous Academy Award-winning Chinese-language martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for which she was nominated the BAFTA for "Best Actress". In 2008, the film critic website Rotten Tomatoes ranked her the maximum action heroine of all time.In 2009, she was listed by People magazine - as the only Asian actress - as one of the "35 All-Time Screen Beauties".
Year | Award | Category | Movie | Result |
2000 | Toronto Film Critics Association | Best Actress [Runner-up] | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Won |
2000 | Toronto Film Critics Association | Best Actress - Runner-up | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Won |
2000 | British Academy of Film and Television | Best Actress | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Nominated |
2000 | British Academy Awards | Best Actress | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Nominated |
