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Dato' Michelle Yeoh
(zh-cp|c=楊紫瓊|p=Yáng
Zǐqióng; born August 6 1962) is a Hong
Kong-based actor|actress and dancer, sometimes
billed as "Michelle Khan". Yeoh is a Chinese
Malaysian born in Ipoh, Malaysia. Yeoh was chosen
by People (magazine)|People magazine as one of the
50 Most Beautiful People in the World 1997.

Yeoh began ballet dancing at the age of four.
Inspired by Fame (1980), she enrolled in England's
Royal Academy of Dance, where she eventually
earned a BA in dancing. She also excelled in
athletic events. During her teenage years, Yeoh
enjoyed playing squash and was also a national
competitor in swimming and diving. Yeoh was quite
ambitious and was determined to gain a master's in
dancing. While she was living in England, Yeoh
explored contemporary, jazz and ballet dancing.
Michelle's dream of being a prima ballerina was
abruptly cut short by a spinal injury which she
suffered during a ballet practicing session at her
college years. The doctor she consulted announced
that a rotated disk in her spine would not be able
to stand the daily intensive ballet workout.
Michelle consequently had to switch her focus away
from dance to choreography and other arts. Sadly,
Michelle never did get a chance to perform ballet
professionally on stage. Instead, she alternately
set her sights on running her own school to teach
ballet. In 1983, Yeoh returned to her home
country, Malaysia. It was at the age of 21 when
Yeoh became the winner of the Miss Malaysia beauty
pageant in 1983. From there, she appeared in a
television commercial with Jackie Chan which
caught the attention of a fledgling film
production company called D&B Films. 

Yeoh's career in Hong Kong started in modeling,
where she appeared in a series of commercials for
Pierre Cardin, opposite action heroes Jackie Chan
and Chow Yun-Fat. The Pierre Cardin brand was
handled by D&B Group in Hong Kong, and this is how
Yeoh met her future husband, Dickson Poon. In
1988, she retired after marrying prominent Hong
Kong tycoon, Dickson Poon of D&B Films. Three
years later, the couple divorced, and Yeoh
returned to acting in 1992. Her first movie after
the comeback was Police Story 3, which was partly
shot in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Despite having no formal martial arts training,
Yeoh is best known for her roles in action and
martial arts movies (notably The Heroic Trio in
1993, Tai-Chi Master and Wing Chun in 1994). She
relies on her dance training and instructors, and
does many of her own stunts. She is one of the few
women Jackie Chan allows to do her own stunts in
his movies; they first worked together on a
commercial in 1984. 

Yeoh learned English language|English and Malay
language|Malay before Chinese language|Chinese
(Cantonese (linguistics)|Cantonese dialect), and
still cannot read Chinese character|Chinese. In
some of her early films, she recited her dialogue
by rote.

In 2001, Yeoh was given the title of dato' by the
Sultan of Perak, her home state.  Dato' is an
honorary Malaysian title somewhat like an English
knighthood, and it lies below the ranks of Dato'
Seri, Tan Sri and Tun.

Like many other Hong Kong stars, Yeoh has
attempted to break into Hollywood.  Despite Movie
star|starring in the James Bond film Tomorrow
Never Dies (1997) and the popular Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon (2000), which also starred Zhang
Ziyi, she has not won a mainstream audience in the
English-speaking world. She could have gained that
audience had she accepted the role of Seraph in
the two The Matrix|Matrix sequels, but due to a
scheduling conflict she was unable to accept them,
so the Matrix writers changed Seraph into a male
character and cast Colin Chou in the role. In
2002, she produced her first English movie, The
Touch through her own production company, Mythical
Films.

Yeoh became Engagement|engaged to Formula One
Scuderia Ferrari team principal Jean Todt in
December 2004. They met in June 2004 in a
promotional event organized by Ferrari in
Shanghai, China.

==Filmography==
* Sunshine (2006)
* Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
* Silverhawk (2004)
* The Touch (2002)
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
* Moonlight Express (1999)
* Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
* The Soong Sisters (1997)
* The Stunt Woman (1996)
* Wonder Seven (1994)
* Shaolin Popey 2 - Messy Temple (1994)
* Tai-Chi Master (1994)
* Wing Chun (1994)
* Once a Cop (1993)
* Holy Weapon (1993)
* Executioners (1993)
* Butterfly and Sword (1993)
* The Heroic Trio (1993)
* http://michelleyeoh.info/Movie/supercop.html
Supercop - Police Story III (1992)
* Easy Money (1987
* Magnificent Warriors (1987)
* In the Line of Duty (1986)
* My Lucky Stars 2 - Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
(1985)
* http://michelleyeoh.info/Movie/yesmadam.html
Yes, Madam (1985)
* The Owl and Bumbo (1984)

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0000706|name=Michelle Yeoh
*http://yeohring.michelleyeoh.info/ Michelle Yeoh
Webring
*http://michelleyeoh.info/ Michelle Yeoh Web
Theatre
*http://www.cultsirens.com/yeoh/yeoh.htm Cult
Sirens: Michelle Yeoh
*http://news.catcha.com/my/content.phtml?1&010&&af
pnews.cgi&cat=malaysia&story=050104083953.gww9kcmp
.txt Ferrari boss Jean Todt admits engagement to
action star Michelle Yeoh

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Dato' Michelle Yeoh
(zh-cp|c=楊紫瓊|p=Yáng
Zǐqióng; born August 6 1962) is a Hong
Kong-based actor|actress and dancer, sometimes
billed as "Michelle Khan". Yeoh is a Chinese
Malaysian born in Ipoh, Malaysia. Yeoh was chosen
by People (magazine)|People magazine as one of the
50 Most Beautiful People in the World 1997.

Yeoh began ballet dancing at the age of four.
Inspired by Fame (1980), she enrolled in England's
Royal Academy of Dance, where she eventually
earned a BA in dancing. She also excelled in
athletic events. During her teenage years, Yeoh
enjoyed playing squash and was also a national
competitor in swimming and diving. Yeoh was quite
ambitious and was determined to gain a master's in
dancing. While she was living in England, Yeoh
explored contemporary, jazz and ballet dancing.
Michelle's dream of being a prima ballerina was
abruptly cut short by a spinal injury which she
suffered during a ballet practicing session at her
college years. The doctor she consulted announced
that a rotated disk in her spine would not be able
to stand the daily intensive ballet workout.
Michelle consequently had to switch her focus away
from dance to choreography and other arts. Sadly,
Michelle never did get a chance to perform ballet
professionally on stage. Instead, she alternately
set her sights on running her own school to teach
ballet. In 1983, Yeoh returned to her home
country, Malaysia. It was at the age of 21 when
Yeoh became the winner of the Miss Malaysia beauty
pageant in 1983. From there, she appeared in a
television commercial with Jackie Chan which
caught the attention of a fledgling film
production company called D&B Films. 

Yeoh's career in Hong Kong started in modeling,
where she appeared in a series of commercials for
Pierre Cardin, opposite action heroes Jackie Chan
and Chow Yun-Fat. The Pierre Cardin brand was
handled by D&B Group in Hong Kong, and this is how
Yeoh met her future husband, Dickson Poon. In
1988, she retired after marrying prominent Hong
Kong tycoon, Dickson Poon of D&B Films. Three
years later, the couple divorced, and Yeoh
returned to acting in 1992. Her first movie after
the comeback was Police Story 3, which was partly
shot in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Despite having no formal martial arts training,
Yeoh is best known for her roles in action and
martial arts movies (notably The Heroic Trio in
1993, Tai-Chi Master and Wing Chun in 1994). She
relies on her dance training and instructors, and
does many of her own stunts. She is one of the few
women Jackie Chan allows to do her own stunts in
his movies; they first worked together on a
commercial in 1984. 

Yeoh learned English language|English and Malay
language|Malay before Chinese language|Chinese
(Cantonese (linguistics)|Cantonese dialect), and
still cannot read Chinese character|Chinese. In
some of her early films, she recited her dialogue
by rote.

In 2001, Yeoh was given the title of dato' by the
Sultan of Perak, her home state.  Dato' is an
honorary Malaysian title somewhat like an English
knighthood, and it lies below the ranks of Dato'
Seri, Tan Sri and Tun.

Like many other Hong Kong stars, Yeoh has
attempted to break into Hollywood.  Despite Movie
star|starring in the James Bond film Tomorrow
Never Dies (1997) and the popular Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon (2000), which also starred Zhang
Ziyi, she has not won a mainstream audience in the
English-speaking world. She could have gained that
audience had she accepted the role of Seraph in
the two The Matrix|Matrix sequels, but due to a
scheduling conflict she was unable to accept them,
so the Matrix writers changed Seraph into a male
character and cast Colin Chou in the role. In
2002, she produced her first English movie, The
Touch through her own production company, Mythical
Films.

Yeoh became Engagement|engaged to Formula One
Scuderia Ferrari team principal Jean Todt in
December 2004. They met in June 2004 in a
promotional event organized by Ferrari in
Shanghai, China.

==Filmography==
* Sunshine (2006)
* Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
* Silverhawk (2004)
* The Touch (2002)
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
* Moonlight Express (1999)
* Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
* The Soong Sisters (1997)
* The Stunt Woman (1996)
* Wonder Seven (1994)
* Shaolin Popey 2 - Messy Temple (1994)
* Tai-Chi Master (1994)
* Wing Chun (1994)
* Once a Cop (1993)
* Holy Weapon (1993)
* Executioners (1993)
* Butterfly and Sword (1993)
* The Heroic Trio (1993)
* http://michelleyeoh.info/Movie/supercop.html
Supercop - Police Story III (1992)
* Easy Money (1987
* Magnificent Warriors (1987)
* In the Line of Duty (1986)
* My Lucky Stars 2 - Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
(1985)
* http://michelleyeoh.info/Movie/yesmadam.html
Yes, Madam (1985)
* The Owl and Bumbo (1984)

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0000706|name=Michelle Yeoh
*http://yeohring.michelleyeoh.info/ Michelle Yeoh
Webring
*http://michelleyeoh.info/ Michelle Yeoh Web
Theatre
*http://www.cultsirens.com/yeoh/yeoh.htm Cult
Sirens: Michelle Yeoh
*http://news.catcha.com/my/content.phtml?1&010&&af
pnews.cgi&cat=malaysia&story=050104083953.gww9kcmp
.txt Ferrari boss Jean Todt admits engagement to
action star Michelle Yeoh