List of Michelle Yeoh performances

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 is well-known as action queen. .

Michelle Yeoh filmography
Film51
Television6
Documentary2
Others2

Yeoh is best 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).

Her other works include Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), Reign of Assassins (2010), and The Lady (2011), in which she portrayed Aung San Suu Kyi.

Yeoh received critical acclaim for her performance as Eleanor Young in the American romantic comedy-drama film, Crazy Rich Asians. She has also co-starred in the 2019 films Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy and Last Christmas.

Beginning in 2017, Yeoh began a recurring role as Captain Philippa Georgiou on the CBS All Access series Star Trek: Discovery.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1984 The Owl vs Bombo Miss Yeung
1985 Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars Judo instructor Cameo
Yes, Madam Inspector Ng aka Police Assassins. Nominated—Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer
1986 Royal Warriors Inspector Michelle Yip aka Wong ga jin si
1987 Magnificent Warriors Fok Ming-Ming aka Dynamite Fighters
Easy Money Michelle Yeung Ling (Ning) aka Tong tian da dao
1992 Police Story 3: Super Cop 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
Once a Cop Inspector "Jessica" Yang Chien-Hua
Tai Chi Master Siu Lin / Qiu Xue ("Autumn Snow")
1994 Shaolin Popey 2 – Messy Temple Ah King aka Shao Lin xiao zi II: Xin wu long yuan
Wonder Seven Fong Ying aka 7 jin gong
Wing Chun Yim Wing-Chun
1996 The Stunt Woman Ah Kam aka A Jin de gu shi
1997 The Soong Sisters Soong Ai-ling, aka Madam Kung Nominated—Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
Tomorrow Never Dies Wai Lin Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Fight
1999 Moonlight Express Sis Michelle aka Sing yuet tung wa
2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Yu Shu Lien Nominated—TFCA Award for Best Performance, Female
Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress
Nominated—BAFTA Film Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Action Team
Nominated—Golden Horse Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
Nominated—VFCC Award for Best Actress
2002 The Touch Pak Yin Fay
2004 Silver Hawk Lulu Wong / The Silver Hawk Executive producer, producer
2005 Memoirs of a Geisha Mameha
2006 Fearless Ms. Yang Director'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 / Xi Yu (Drizzle) Chinese title Jianyu aka Jianyu Jianghu
Nominated—Asian Film Award for Best Actress
Nominated—People's Choice Award for Favorite Actress
Nominated—Huabiao Film Award for Outstanding Abroad Actress
2011 Kung Fu Panda 2 Soothsayer Voice
The Lady Aung San Suu Kyi Biographical film about the Nobel laureate
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 The Asian Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinema
Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy Tso Ngan Kwan
2019 Last Christmas Santa / Huang Qing Shin [2]
2021 Boss Level Dai Feng Post-production[3]
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Jiang Nan Post-production[4]
Minions: The Rise of Gru Master Chow Voice
Blazing Samurai Yuki
Gunpowder Milkshake Florence Post-production[5]
2022 Avatar 2 Dr. Karina Mogue Post-production[6]
2024 Avatar 3 Dr. Karina Mogue Filming
TBA Nezha Yin Rong Post-production
Everything Everywhere All at Once Post-production[7]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Strike Back: Legacy Mei Foster / Lieutenant Colonel Han Li Na Recurring (9 episodes)
2016 Marco Polo Lotus Season 2 (7 episodes)
2017–2020 Star Trek: Discovery Captain Philippa Georgiou/Emperor Philippa Georgiou (mirror) Recurring (16 episodes)

Nominated for Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television [8]

2018 Star Trek: Short Treks Lieutenant Philippa Georgiou Episode: "The Brightest Star"
2022 Ark: The Animated Series Mei-Yin Li Voice role[9]
TBA Untitled Star Trek Section 31 series Philippa Georgiou

Documentary

Year Title Notes
2008 Purple Mountain
2012 Pad Yatra: A Green Odyssey executive producer

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Yu Shu Lien (voice)
2008 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Zi Yuan (voice)

References

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