Michelle Yeoh – Biography
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For her work in movies like “Tomorrow Never Dies,” “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh is best known.
What is the Net Worth of Michelle Yeoh? Salary, Earnings
Michelle Yeoh estimated Net Worth, Salary, Income, Cars, lifestyle & many more details have been updated below.
According to Wikipedia, Forbes, IMDb & Various Online resources, famous Movie Actress Michelle Yeoh’s net worth is $1-5 Million at the age of 56 years old. She earned her money being a professional Movie Actress. She is from Malaysia.
Michelle Yeoh’s Net Worth:
$1-5 Million
| Estimated Net Worth in 2022 | $1-$3million |
| Previous Year’s Net Worth (2021) | Under Review |
| Annual Salary | Under Review. |
| Income Source | Primary Income source Movie Actress (profession). |
| Net Worth Verification Status | Not Verified |
Michelle Yeoh- Birth, Age, Ethnicity, Siblings
Michelle Yeoh, who was raised in a wealthy Malaysian family, first pursued a career as a ballerina before winning the 1983 Miss Malaysia pageant. With appearances in movies like Yes, Madam! and Supercop, she became one of the top female action stars in the Hong Kong film industry the following year.
Yeoh later became well-known throughout the world after appearing in Tomorrow Never Dies and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Her roles in Crazy Rich Asians and Everything, Everything, All at Once helped launch a wave of Hollywood movies showcasing Asian American talent.
Yeoh Chu-Kheng, Michelle Yeoh’s father, was born in Ipoh, Malaysia, on August 6, 1962.
Yeoh, the daughter of lawyer Yeoh Kian Teik and housewife Janet Yeoh, had an active upbringing that cultivated her competitive nature. In addition to taking ballet and piano lessons, Yeoh played basketball, swimming, and rugby and won a junior squash championship.
With plans to one day run her dancing studio, Yeoh traveled to England at the age of 15 to pursue her ballet studies at the Royal Academy of Dance in London. Her dreams of a career in the performing arts were, however, dashed by a back ailment.
After returning home, Yeoh competed in and won the 1983 Miss Malaysia pageant. Yeoh was suggested by a friend to Hong Kong businessman Dickson Poon over dinner one night when he required last-minute talent for a TV commercial. Yeoh boarded a plane to travel to meet Poon, and the following day she shot a watch ad with Jackie Chan.
Michelle Yeoh- Relationship, Married Life
Since 2004, Yeoh has been dating former Ferrari racing executive and current head of the International Automobile Federation Jean Todt. From 1988 to 1992, she was formerly wed to Dickson Poon.
Yeoh received the French Legion of Honor Commander title in 2017 and the Malaysian title of Tan Sri in 2013. The actress was also recognized at the 2013 Asian Film Awards for excellence in Asian cinema, and in 2020, she was included on the Time 100 and BBC 100 Women of the Year lists.
Yeoh, who is passionate about a variety of conservation concerns, has volunteered her time as a WildAid ambassador for endangered animals and as a UNDP ambassador for sustainable development. She has also worked with organizations that promote road safety and AIDS awareness.
The actress divides her time between residences in Paris, Geneva, and Kuala Lumpur. She adores horror films and enjoys eating and jewels (one of her rings is prominently featured in Crazy Rich Asians).
Michelle Yeoh- Professional Career
Yeoh made her big-screen début in The Owl vs. Bumbo as a “damsel in distress,” going by the ethnically ambiguous name “Michelle Khan” (1984). She put herself in rigorous martial arts training after being fascinated by its action sequences and went on to play the major butt-kicking part in Yes, Madam! (1985). In the Line of Duty (1986), she gave yet another physically impressive performance, which was followed by Easy Money and Magnificent Warriors (1987).
Yeoh returned from an acting hiatus to co-star with Jackie Chan in Police Story 3: Supercop as an Interpol inspector (1992). She next co-starred with Wing Chu in The Heroic Trio (1993), solidifying her status as an action star (1994). However, she paid for her willingness to pull off risky feats when she suffered a fractured spine and damaged ribs while filming the appropriately called The Stunt Woman (1996).
Although Supercop was re-released in the US in 1996, Yeoh’s performance in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies was where she ultimately became a global sensation and dropped the stage name, Khan. She, the first Asian woman to play the primary role in the storied franchise, defied stereotypes of Bond girls by providing Pierce Brosnan’s 007 super-agent with a fierce combat partner.
Yeoh once more dazzled fans in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, when she played conflicted warrior Yu Shu Lien and displayed both her exquisite physical skill and her acting chops. Yeoh garnered a BAFTA nod for his role in the Oscar-winning movie, despite having to learn lines in a challenging older version of Cantonese and suffering a ruptured knee ligament during the first week of filming.
On May 18, 2019, American actor Miles Teller smiles for the camera during a photocall for the movie “Too Old To Die, Young – North of Hollywood, West of Hell” at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France.
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 02: On March 2, 2011, in Washington, DC, ranking member U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) interrogates U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke during his testimony at a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on receiving “the Monetary Policy Report to the Congress required under the Humphrey-Hawkins Act.”
On October 2, 2010, in New York City, actor Ben Whishaw attended the premiere of “The Tempest” as part of the 48th New York Film Festival. (Image courtesy of Getty Images/Astrid Stawiarz) Local captioning Whishaw, Ben
Yeoh expanded her acting career after reuniting with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon co-star Zhang Ziyi for Memoirs of a Geisha (2005). She then played roles in the science fiction cult classic Sunshine and the survival epic Far North (2007).
Both her return to her Hong Kong fighting background in Reign of Assassins (2010) and her notably non-combat portrayal of Burmese Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi in The Lady (2010) earned positive reviews (2011).
In the box office sensation Crazy Rich Asians (2018), Hollywood’s first all-Asian-led production since The Joy Luck Club in 1993, Yeoh wowed as steely matriarch Eleanor Young. In Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), the first Marvel film to include an Asian actor (Simu Liu) in the lead position, she then played tutor Ying Nan.
Michelle Yeoh’s role in the genre-defying film Everything Everywhere All at Once was specifically crafted for the Malaysian star and was her first top-lining credit in Hollywood (2022). Yeoh, who played Evelyn Wang, the troubled laundry owner, won plaudits for portraying the believable problems of an older immigrant and for showcasing varied levels of martial-arts proficiency amid the more surreal parts of the plot.
Yeoh switched to television in 2015 as a double agent on Cinemax’s Strike Back after 30 years of staged combat and epic dramas on the big screen. Before appearing as Captain/Emperor Philippa Georgiou on Star Trek: Discovery in 2017, which was intended to be a spin-off series, she won a recurring role on the Netflix historical drama Marco Polo.
