Michelle Yeoh to a Malaysian Chinese family of Hokkien and Cantonese sub-groups in Fujian. Her father is a lawyer so she is more fluent in English and Malay than in Cantonese. In 1983, at the age of 20, Yeoh won the Miss Malaysia World contest. later in 1984, That same year, she also won the Miss Mooba award in Melbourne, Australia.

In 1985, Michelle Yeoh signed a film contract with D&B Films and appeared in her debut action comedy The Owl vs. Bumbo (1984). During her acting career, she has starred in many hit films such as Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Fearless (2006), The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and most recently Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), the film that brought her the first Golden Globe award in her career.

She beat other nominees including Lesley Manville (Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris), Anya Taylor-Joy (The Menu), Emma Thompson (Good Luck To You, Leo Grande) and Margot Robbie (Babylon).

She is the first Southeast Asian actress to achieve this award category of the Golden Globe Awards. In addition, she is also the first Asian actress to win the Best Actress award at the National Board Of Review Awards. She was also named Time magazine’s Icon of the Year 2022 and is one of the 100 most influential people in the world on its annual list.

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