Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh

Date of Birth: 06 Aug 1962

Country: Malaysia

Biography: Michelle Yeoh began working in films after becoming acquainted with Jackie Chan when they filmed a commercial together. She never trained formally in martial arts, but does most of her own stunts in films. In the West, she is best known for her parts in the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies and in Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, as well as 2022's Everything Everywhere All at Once

Total Credits at Criticker: 59 (Actor)

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    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    The disappearance of a magical jade sword spurs a breathtaking quest for the missing treasure. Li is embittered by the loss of his jade sword, and his unrequited pursuit of Yu is further complicated by the mysterious intrusion of an assassin. The identity of the assassin is gradually unveiled as another poignant tale of love begins to ravel with that of Li and Yu against the backdrop of Western China's magnificent landscape. (imdb)
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    Tomorrow Never Dies
    James Bond heads to stop a media mogul's plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage.
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    Memoirs of a Geisha
    Set in a mysterious and exotic world which still casts a potent spell today, the story begins in the years before World War II, when a Japanese child is torn from her penniless family to work as a servant in a geisha house. Despite a treacherous rival who nearly breaks her spirit, the girl blossoms into the legendary geisha Saguri. Beautiful and accomplished, Saguri captivates the most powerful men of her day, but is haunted by her secret love for the one man beyond her reach. (Sony Pictures)
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    Tai Chi Master
    Jet Li was a monk in Shaolin. In a friendly competition for a higher place in Shaolin, he was betrayed... (imdb)
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    Supercop
    A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar. (imdb)
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    Butterfly Sword
    Dynamo Michelle Khan stars as a loyalist who attempts to keep the King's empire from being overthrown by a revolutionary group. Top fight action. (imdb)
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    The Heroic Trio
    The all-female Heroic Trio are Tung (Wonder Woman), Chat (Thief Catcher), a mercenary, and Ching (Invisible Woman)... (imdb)
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    Wing Chun
    Wing Chun, a woman living in a remote village often pillaged by robbers. When Wing Chun finally loses her cool and defeats them... (imdb)
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    Fearless
    This film tells the story of Chinese Martial Arts Master Huo Yuanjia (1869-1910). Huo Yuanjia was the founder and spiritual guru of the Jin Wu Sports Federation. (imdb)
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    Sunshine
    The Sun is being destroyed from inside out by a type of highly stable form of matter that renders nuclear fusion impossible, by turning common matter on its own kind. The only hope is to send a team of astronauts to detonate a massive, highly energetic bomb, able to destroy this strange matter and restore Sun's natural state. (imdb)
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    Silver Hawk
    The law has limits. She Doesn't.
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    Far North
    A soldier's unexpected arrival affects two women's simple existence. (imdb)
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    The Touch
    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 have protected throughout the ages. (imdb)
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    The Children of Huang Shi
    Inspired by true events, THE CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI is a portrayal both sweeping and intimate of people who, thrown into an unexpected and desperate situation, discover their capacity for love and responsibility... (imdb)
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    The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
    In the Far East, trouble-seeking father-and-son duo Rick (Fraser) and Alex O'Connell (Ford) unearth the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin (Li) -- a shape-shifting entity who was cursed by a wizard (Yeoh) centuries ago.
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    Babylon A.D.
    Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to China. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah.
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    Yes, Madam
    Female crime-fighting duo Inspector Ng (Michelle Yeoh in her starring debut) and Inspector Carrie Morris (American karate champion Cynthia Rothrock) follow two petty crooks in search of evidence against vicious crime boss James Tien.
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    Executioners
    Set some time after the original 'Heroic Trio' the city has been devastated by nuclear attack. An evil deformed villain controls the city's scarce water supply, exerting influence over both a popular leader and a militarist colonel. The trio of Chat the Thief catcher, Ching and Wonder Woman (along with her young daughter) have to avert a military takeover and find clean headwaters to save the city. (imdb)
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    Wonder Seven
    Action and gymnastics form a very happening combination! The result is a stunt-filled, action-packed spectacle. Wonder Seven is about seven martial artists, each with different skills, who come together to take on a group of international crime organizations. (imdb)
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    Moonlight Express
    Hitomi is a young woman whose world seems to come to an end when her fiancee Tatsuya is killed in a car accident. But she soon runs into an undercover cop who is Tatsuya's dead ringer, and the pair are forced to flee together to China... (HKFlix)
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    Holy Weapon
    Simon Yam plays Super Sword, a villain who transmogrifies into a badly animated cleaver whenever good guys threaten his evil plans. (imdb)
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    Supercop 2
    While Jessica's career as a policewoman in China has been going great guns, her fiancé David, also a cop, is not having the same kind of luck; dismissed from the force, he leaves town to start his life anew. When a rash of skillfully executed burglaries throws Hong Kong into a panic, Jessica is brought in to crack the crime ring. But her usual zeal for putting bad guys behind bars cools a bit when she learns that the master criminal who's been robbing Hong Kong blind is David, her former love (allmovie.com)
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    Royal Warriors
    Michelle Yip of the Hong Kong police is a mild-mannered Kung Fu expert; Michael Wong from air security is happy-go-lucky, stuck on himself, constantly talking, and smitten by her; Yamamoto is quiet, hard-boiled, leaving the Tokyo police to spend time with his wife and daughter. They form an alliance when they foil a hijacking on a plane flying a mob prisoner from Tokyo to Hong Kong. The mobster and his would-be rescuer die; this sets off two avengers who were their blood brothers... (imdb)
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    Magnificent Warriors
    Michelle Yeoh stars as Ming Ming, a bullwhip-wielding pilot and adventurer inspired heavily by Indiana Jones. Ming Ming gets involved in a rebel plot against the Japanese occupation of China during the 1930s. Her efforts are confounded then later aided by a con man whom she mistakes for a spy she is supposed to contact. (allmovie.com)
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    True Legend
    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 forced out onto the streets, Su dedicates his life to martial arts and reemerges as a patriotic hero known as the "King of Beggars." (imdb)
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    How Bruce Lee Changed the World
    Decades after his death, kung fu legend Bruce Lee remains a huge influence on pop culture, entertainment and martial arts. This History Channel documentary traces Lee's years in Asia, his work promoting kung fu in America and his enduring legacy. It includes rarely glimpsed home movies, interviews with action superstars John Woo, Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh, and commentary from Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White.
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    Reign of Assassins
    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 return the remains to its rightful resting place, and thus places herself in mortal danger because a team of assassins is in a deadly pursuit to possess the remains which holds an ancient power-wielding secret.
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    The Stunt Woman
    A few years in the life of Ah Kam, starting with her joining action director Master Tung's team of regulars. (imdb)
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    Kung Fu Panda 2
    As the legendary Dragon Warrior, Po (Jack Black), the kung fu panda, dutifully guards the Valley of Peace alongside his allies the Furious Five. When a frightful new enemy emerges, Po and company embark on a perilous journey to save China and the art of kung fu.
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    The Lady
    Luc Besson takes on the inspiring true story of Burmese pro-democracy activist, leader and political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi (Michelle Yeoh) and the tenacious long-distance bond she maintained with her British husband, Michael Aris (David Thewlis) while under house arrest for over a decade. (tiff.net)
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    Easy Money
    Michelle Yeoh stars in this breezy caper yarn loosely adapted from The Thomas Crown Affair as Michelle Yeung, a bored millionaire who at the film's opening stages an armored car heist of $HK 33 million of horse race receipts for the fun of it. Insurance investigator Lam (George Lam) immediately suspects Michelle as the mastermind of the crime. (allrovi.com)
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    The Owl vs. Bombo
    In Owl vs. Bombo, Sammo (Bumbo) and George Lam (Owl) 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 receive letters from Stanley Fung, in which he informs them that he has proof of all their criminal activity and unless they do exactly what he says-he will turn it over to the cops. (hkcinemagic.com)
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    Final Recipe
    Hao's only hope is that his grandson Mark enters a prestigious university, but Mark's dream is to follow his grandfather's footsteps and become a chef and take over the family restaurant. The restaurant is on the verge of bankruptcy. In order to save the restaurant, Mark enters a cooking contest without his grandfather's knowledge and consent in Shanghai. He competes against talented chefs from all over the world, and shows off ravishing cooking skills that he has accumulated over the years. (imdb)
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    Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple
    The story begins with a mysterious woman named Jinx who hires less than intelligent killers Red Lemon and Yellow Lemon to chop off the right palm of the master of Wu-Long Temple. A hilarious adventure displaying the talents of child martial arts masters. (Tai Seng)
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    The Soong Sisters
    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, who were educated in America and returned to China. Ai-ling married a wealthy and powerful businessman. Ching-ling married Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary founder of modern China. Mei-ling married Chiang Kai-shek, China's leader during World War II. (imdb)
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    Jackie Chan: My Story
    Jackie Chan: My Story (1998) - Direct-to-Video
    If you are a fan of Jackie Chan, this documentary is the best you can see on him. It Shows you how great of a man he really is and it also gives you great behind the scenes looks at what he is like at work. He also goes into detail about some of his greatest movies and some of the inspirations in his life. (imdb)
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    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
    A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption. (imdb)
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    Mechanic: Resurrection
    The most dangerous hitman in the world, 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 the globe to complete three impossible assassinations, and do what he does best, make them look like accidents. (imdb)
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    Morgan
    Morgan is about a corporate risk-management consultant who has to decide and determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being's life that was made in a laboratory environment. (imdb)
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    Cause: The Birth of Hero
    The movie follows director Zhang Yimou as he is preparing to make the movie Hero. (imdb)
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    Crazy Rich Asians
    Three wealthy Chinese families prepare for the wedding of the year. (imdb)
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    Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
    Hank, a loveable dog with a head full of dreams about becoming a samurai, sets off in search of his destiny.
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    Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
    While keeping a low profile after his defeat from Ip Man, Cheung Tin Chi gets into trouble after getting in a fight with a powerful foreigner. (imdb)
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    Boss Level
    A retired special forces officer is trapped in a never ending time loop on the day of his death. (imdb)
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    Last Christmas
    Kate is a young woman subscribed to bad decisions. Her last date with disaster? That of having accepted to work as Santa's elf for a department store. However, she meets Tom there. Her life takes a new turn. For Kate, it seems too good to be true. (imdb)
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    Minions: The Rise of Gru
    The untold story of one twelve-year-old's dream to become the world's greatest supervillain (IMDb).
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    Gunpowder Milkshake
    Three generations of women fight back against those who could take everything from them.
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    Star Trek: Discovery
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    Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
    Shang-Chi, the master of unarmed weaponry based Kung Fu, is forced to confront his past after being drawn into the Ten Rings organization. (imdb)
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    Everything Everywhere All at Once
    An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led.
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    The School for Good and Evil
    Best friends Sophie and Agatha find themselves on opposing sides of an epic battle when they're swept away into an enchanted school where aspiring heroes and villains are trained to protect the balance between Good and Evil. (imdb)
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    Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
    Based on the 'Transformers' spinoff 'Beast Wars' which feature robots that transform into robotic animals (imdb.com).
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    The Witcher: Blood Origin
    The depiction of how the first Witcher came to be, and the events leading to the "Conjunction of the Spheres", and also the demise of the ancient Elven civilization.
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    American Born Chinese
    Follows Jin Wang, an average teenager juggling his high-school social life with his immigrant home life. When he meets a new foreign student at school, even more worlds collide in his life (imdb.com).
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    A Haunting in Venice
    As Poirot meticulously unravels the threads of the crime, he uncovers a web of deceit and betrayal that extends far beyond the confines of the palazzo. The boundaries between the living and the departed blur as he encounters the restless spirits that haunt the ancient building, their presence hinting at the key to unlocking the mystery.
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    Wicked
    The story of how a green-skinned woman framed by the Wizard of Oz becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. The first of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical (imdb.com).
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    The Brothers Sun
    Follows Charles Sun, a Taipei gangster who's settled into his life as a ruthless killer, but must go to L.A. to protect his mother and younger brother after his father was shot by a mysterious assassin.
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    The Tiger\
    Tom Lee, a Chinese-American boy, after the death of his grandmother, has to be apprenticed to the talking tiger Mr. Hu and learn ancient magic to become the new guardian of an ancient phoenix. (imdb)
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    ARK: The Animated Series
    Follow Survivor and protagonist Helena Walker after her initial awakening on The Island. (imdb)
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