Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng, PSM born on 6 August 1962 is a Malaysian actress. She gained stardom in the 1990s after starring in a series of Hong Kong action films in which she performed her own stunts, such as Yes, Madam, Police Story 3: Supercop, and Holy Weapon.
She rose to prominence after appearing in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies and Ang Lee’s martial arts flick Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The latter part garnered her a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress.
From 1988 to 1992, Yeoh was married to Hong Kong entrepreneur Dickson Poon, who owned enterprises such as Harvey Nichols and Charles Jourdan. Yeoh married American physician Alan Heldman in 1998.
In 2004, she began dating Jean Todt, General Manager and CEO of Scuderia Ferrari at the time, and eventually the President of the FIA.
During an appearance with Craig Ferguson on CBS’s The Late Late Show in July 2008, she revealed her engagement to him.
She traveled to Vietnam in March 2008 to produce a documentary for the Asian Injury Prevention Foundation.
Is Michelle Yeoh a U.S. citizen?
She is Malaysian, not Chinese. There are data available about what qualifies her as a Malaysian citizen.
