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Where did Michelle Yeoh go to college and high school? Did Michelle Yeoh go to film school?

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Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng, PSM is a Malaysian actress.

Where did Michelle Yeoh go to college and high school? Did Michelle Yeoh go to film school?

Michelle Yeoh was born on August 6, 1962, in Ipoh, Perak, to a local ethnic Malaysian Chinese family of Hokkien and Cantonese ancestry. She was born to Janet Yeoh and Yeoh Kian-teik, who is a lawyer and Malaysian Chinese Association politician.

Growing up, she attended Main Convent Ipoh, an all-girls secondary school in Ipoh. When she was 15 years old, she moved with her parents to the United Kingdom, where she was enrolled in an all-girls boarding school.

Later she studied at the UK’s Royal Academy of Dance in London where she majored in ballet. However, a spinal injury prevented her from pursuing her dream of becoming a professional ballet dancer.

In1982, she pursued a degree in creative arts and was awarded a BA degree in creative arts with a minor in drama.

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