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Michelle Yeoh
Michelle Yeoh
The latest news on Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian actress, including film and celebrity news.
Born
6 Aug 1962
Industry
Entertainment, Film
Job Title
Actor
A supporter of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte displays his portrait as they gather in front of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, The Netherlands, on March 14. Photo: EPA-EFE
The Philippines

Duterte’s arrest sparks Philippine disinformation frenzy targeting ICC judges

Duterte’s ICC arrest sparked a wave of disinformation, with fake news and fabricated quotes flooding Philippine social media, potentially affecting his interim release.

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American cinema

Michelle Yeoh on her ‘liberating’ role in Star Trek: Section 31

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

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Recap | Michelle Yeoh opens up, Thai monkeys run riot: 5 latest Asia news stories

From star’s candid reflections on infertility to North Korea’s potential troop deployment in Ukraine, read more of our latest news from Asia.

Michelle Yeoh, offering candid reflections on infertility and acceptance, said she has no regrets. Photo: AP
Malaysia

Michelle Yeoh says not being able to have kids ‘biggest sadness’ of her life

Yeoh’s candid reflection on infertility and acceptance offers a poignant perspective on navigating life’s challenges, and she has no regrets.

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United States

Biden honours Malaysia’s Michelle Yeoh with top US civilian award

The list of 19 Medal of Freedom honorees pays homage to ‘firsts’ in their field, including the Everything Everywhere All at Once star, the first Asian to win the Oscar for Best Actress.

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US President Joe Biden awards the nation’s highest civilian honour, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to actress Michelle Yeoh at the White House on Friday. Photo: AP
Profile

Hong Kong martial arts film icon Sammo Hung on his stellar career

Martial arts film icon and the 2024 Hong Kong Film Awards’ Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Sammo Hung talks about his movies, stars like Donnie Yen, Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan – and eating.

Asian cinema

What we know about Michelle Yeoh’s marriage to Hong Kong magnate Dickson Poon

The EEAAO star almost gave up acting for her first husband – and eventually wed motorsports mogul Jean Todt last year – but remains close to Hong Kong’s powerful Poon family

American cinema

Review | The Tiger’s Apprentice: Michelle Yeoh, Henry Golding can’t save messy story

Directed by Raman Hui and starring the voices of Michelle Yeoh, Henry Golding and Brandon Soo Hoo, The Tiger’s Apprentice is a messy, unfocused animation that cherry-picks from Chinese mythology.

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Tom (voiced by Brandon Soo Hoo) and Mr Hu the tiger (Henry Golding) in a still from “The Tiger’s Apprentice”, a new fantasy animation directed by Raman Hui and co-starring the voice of Michelle Yeoh. Photo: Paramount Pictures/Paramount+
Netflix

Review | The Brothers Sun: Michelle Yeoh anchors Netflix gangster family comedy

Michelle Yeoh plays the mother to Bruce, an aspiring comedian, and, Charles, an enforcer for their father, a triad boss in Taiwan. When Charles joins his mother and sibling in the US, violence ensues.

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Michelle Yeoh as Mama Sun in a still from “The Brothers Sun”. Photo: Michael Desmond/ Netflix
Hong Kong society

Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh welcomes ‘grandson Maxime’ into the world

Superstar, who launched her film career in Hong Kong, shares pictures on Instagram of her holding the foot of grandson Maxime.

Netflix

Video | Stars of Netflix show ‘The Brothers Sun’ dish on working with Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh

TV shows and streaming video

How Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh put young co-stars in The Brothers Sun at ease

Upcoming Netflix action drama with Michelle Yeoh, The Brothers Sun, is all about family, according to the Oscar winner’s two younger co-stars. They talk about how her motherly presence eased their nerves.

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Michelle Yeoh and Sam Song Li in a still from upcoming Netflix action drama “The Brothers Sun”. Li and co-star Justin Chien, both new to Hollywood, say they were put at ease by their Oscar-winning co-star. Photo: Netflix
Disease

Biohacking, CIA spy in China, Michelle Yeoh’s fashion: 2023’s top long reads

The life of Barney Cheng, fashion designer who’s dressed Michelle Yeoh among others, China’s release of a jailed CIA spy, a biohacker’s extreme regime – long reads in Post Magazine you loved in 2023.

Freed CIA spy John Downey walks from mainland China into Hong Kong in 1973, a moment recalled by China scholar Jerome Cohen in one of our most popular long reads of 2023. See which other Post Magazine stories engaged readers most in 2023. Photo: ISD
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

‘This is it’: the 90s film set on which Michelle Yeoh was seriously injured

Ah Kam, a 1996 film by Ann Hui starring Michelle Yeoh and Sammo Hung, combined realistic drama, melodrama and triad action. Seen as experimental, it was overshadowed by an injury Yeoh sustained on set.

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Hong Kong entertainment

Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh awarded honorary degree in Hong Kong

Actress awarded honorary doctoral degree from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in recognition of her success in film industry, advocacy work.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Don’t call me gweilo: how Michael Wong got his break in Michelle Yeoh film

Michael Wong’s early films in Hong Kong saw the Chinese-American actor treated like a foreigner, and typecast as a cop after starring as one in the Michelle Yeoh vehicle Royal Warriors.

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Michael Wong and Michelle Yeoh in a still from “Royal Warriors” (1986), in which Wong got his first big break. Because of the film, the Chinese-American was typecast as a police officer. Unable to speak Cantonese, the Hong Kong film industry treated him like a foreigner. Photo: Eureka Entertainment
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Michelle Yeoh’s mentor, Jackie Chan’s boss – the many sides to Sammo Hung

Actor, producer, martial artist – Sammo Hung has loomed large in Hong Kong’s film industry since the 1960s. We bet you don’t know about some aspects of his long movie career.

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Fashion

How Taiwanese label Shiatzy Chen became a Paris Fashion Week regular

A regular at Paris Fashion Week for 15 years and loved by Michelle Yeoh, Taiwanese label Shiatzy Chen has been at the forefront of Chinese design since its founding in 1978.

IOC

Malaysia’s Michelle Yeoh joins International Olympic Committee after vote

Malaysian Oscar winner says ‘as a child I never dreamed of being an actress, but of being an Olympian’.

Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh takes the oath as a member of the International Olympic Committee. Photo: AFP
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Why Michelle Yeoh’s early Hollywood career took a while to take off

Michelle Yeoh is a Hollywood darling now, but Tomorrow Never Dies and Memoirs of a Geisha, two of her early films made in the United States, did not bring the Hong Kong action heroine lasting success there.

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Michelle Yeoh in a still from “Tomorrow Never Dies“.
SCMP Highlights

China’s ‘batwoman’ warns of highly likely coronavirus outbreak: 5 weekend reads

From China’s ‘batwoman’ to Michelle Yeoh’s fashion designer, here are stories you may have missed over the weekend.

Profile

He’s dressed Michelle Yeoh, Deng Xiaoping’s daughters: meet Barney Cheng

Hong Kong fashion designer Barney Cheng tells Kate Whitehead about growing up in a huge family, getting culture shock in a Canadian Christian school, and rubbing shoulders with the fabulously rich.

IOC

Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh may soon take on new role: Olympic committee member

The Everything Everywhere All at Once star was among eight people proposed as new additions to the International Olympic Committee.

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Michelle Yeoh poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film Firebrand at Cannes in May. Photo: AP
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Explainer | The time Michelle Yeoh stepped away and Cynthia Khan stepped in

With action stars Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock unavailable to film In the Line of Duty 3 and In the Line of Duty 4, Cynthia Khan stepped in. Cast as a new character, she made the role her own.

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Cynthia Khan and Donnie Yen in a still from “In the Line of Duty 4”. Photo: Eureka Entertainment
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | Isabella Leong was on the cusp of Hollywood. Then she met tycoon Richard Li

Macanese actress Isabella Leong called a halt to her acting career – one that had nearly put her on Hollywood’s map – when she began dating Richard Li, the younger son of Li Ka-shing.

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SCMP Highlights

Michelle Yeoh’s marriage, China’s home-grown durians: 6 weekend reads you missed

From Michelle Yeoh’s marriage announcement to China’s take on Barbie, here are some articles you may have missed over the weekend.

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