List of Michelle Yeoh performances

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Michelle Yeoh filmography
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Michelle Yeoh is a Malaysian actress. She rose to fame in 1990s Hong Kong action films, Yeoh started her film career acting in action and martial arts films such as Yes, Madam (1985), Police Story 3: Super Cop (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).

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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 film Crazy Rich Asians and as Evelyn 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 Evil Emperor Philippa Georgiou on the Paramount+ series Star Trek: Discovery , a role she will reprise in the feature film Star Trek: Section 31 .

Filmography

Key
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Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
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 MoneyMichelle 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")
1994Shaolin Popey 2 – Messy TempleAh King
Wonder SevenFong 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 HawkAlso producer
2005 Memoirs of a Geisha Mameha
2006 Fearless Ms. YangDirector'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 [1]
2018 Crazy Rich Asians Eleanor Young
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy Tso Ngan Kwan
2019 Last Christmas Santa [2]
2021 Boss Level Dai Feng [3]
Gunpowder Milkshake Florence [4]
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Ying Nan [5]
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Evelyn Quan Wang Also executive producer [6]
Minions: The Rise of Gru Master ChowVoice
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank Yuki
The School for Good and Evil Professor Emma Anemone
2023 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts AirazorVoice
A Haunting in Venice Joyce Reynolds [7]
2024 The Tiger's Apprentice LooVoice [8]
She's Got No Name Zhan Zhou (elderly)Cameo
Wicked Madame Morrible Post-production [9]
2025 Avatar: Fire and Ash Dr. Karina MoguePost-production [10]
Wicked Part Two Madame MorribleFilming [9]
2029 Avatar 4 Dr. Karina MogueFilming [10]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Strike Back: Legacy Mei Foster / Lieutenant Colonel Han Li NaRecurring (9 episodes)
2016 Marco Polo LotusSeason 2 (7 episodes)
2017–2020 Star Trek: Discovery Captain Philippa Georgiou/Emperor Philippa Georgiou (mirror) Special guest star (24 episodes)
Nominated for Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television [11]
2018 Star Trek: Short Treks Lieutenant Philippa GeorgiouEpisode: "The Brightest Star"
2022 The Witcher: Blood Origin [12] Scían4 episodes
2023 American Born Chinese Guanyin 7 episodes [13]
2024 The Brothers Sun Eileen Sun8 episodes [14]
Ark: The Animated Series Mei-Yin LiVoice role [15]
TBA Star Trek: Section 31 Captain Philippa Georgiou Television film
Post-production; also producer [16]
TBA Blade Runner 2099 OlwenFilming [17]

Documentary

YearFilmNotesRef.
2008Purple Mountain
2012Pad Yatra: A Green OdysseyExecutive producer [18]
2020The Hidden Kingdoms of ChinaNarrator

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonYu Shu Lien (voice)
2008 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Zi Yuan (voice)

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