Michelle Yeoh the movie

1962 – She was born Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng on the 6th day of August of this year to an ethnic Chinese family in Ipoh, Malaysia. She was very sporty when she was young and had a passion in dance. She started to study ballet at the age of four years old.

1979 - At the age 15, her parents accompanied her to England and enrolled her at a boarding school there. Later Yeoh entered London Royal Academy of Dance, majoring in Ballet. However, a spinal injury ended her dream of being a prima ballerina.

1983 - She consequently had to switch her focus away from dance to choreography and other arts. She later received a B.A. degree in Creative Arts with a minor in Drama.This year, 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.

1988 - She retired after marrying Poon. 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.

1993 - 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 this year.

1994 – She starred in the Yuen Woo-ping films Tai Chi Master and Wing Chun in this year. She relies on her dance training and instructors, and does many of her own stunts.

1997 - Like many other Hong Kong stars, Yeoh has attempted to break into Hollywood. She starred in the James Bond film “Tomorrow Never Dies” in this year. Also in this year, she was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.

2000 – She appeared in the popular Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. She was also nominated in the BAFTA Film Awards 2000 in the Best Actress Category.

2001 - On the 19th day of April of this year, Yeoh was awarded the Darjah Datuk Paduka Mahkota Perak (DPMP), which carries the title Dato' by Sultan Azlan Shah, the Sultan of Perak, her home state, in recognition of the fame she brought to the state.

2002 – She produced her first English movie, The Touch through her own production company, Mythical Films.

2005 - In early this year, Michelle finished the shooting of Memoirs of a Geisha, a Hollywood-produced ensemble drama based on a story of Japanese geisha. The film was released on December 9 of this year.

2006 – She made Fearless, which was only a director’s cut.

2007 – Her recent films are “Sunshine”, “Far North”, and “The Children of Huang Shi” all in the same year. She has an upcoming film “The Mummy 3: Curse of the Dragon” to be released in 2008.

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Michelle Yeoh starred in John Woo's Rain of Swords

It doesn’t look like John Woo will be returning to Hollywood anytime soon. After a string of not-so-great Western films, Woo returned to China and delivered the massive two-part epic Red Cliff. I’ve only seen the first film of the Chinese release (haven’t yet seen the condensed most other countries got), and while it certainly isn’t perfect, it towers above anything Woo delivered while in Hollywood. Now we have a first look at his next project, Jianyu Jianghu (also known for now as Rain of Swords In The Pugilistic World), which stars Michelle Yeoh.

Woo will be co-directing the film with Su Chao-Bin (Silk, Better Than Sex). They’ll be joined by longtime producer bud Terrence Chang. The cast also includes Chang Chen, Kelly Lin, and Barbie Hsu.

There’s no official English title yet, but I suspect they’ll run with something similar to Rain of Swords. It’s apparently a wuxia film that’s been designed to bring Michelle Yeoh back into the spotlight. Basically, we can expect it to be more like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon than Red Cliff.

The film tells the tale of a retired assassin (Yeoh) who is forced out of her quiet life when her former assassin group comes searching for her. They’re after the remains of the Bodhidharma, which Yeoh’s character is attempting to bring to its proper resting place. To complicate matters, Yeoh’s character learns that her husband is also the son of a man she had previously killed, and that he may also be out for revenge.

Kelly lin

It will be Chao-bin’s first wuxia project, and he has mentioned in interviews that he’ll be attempting to do something new in the genre—despite the seemingly trite premise. I’ll also be interested to see what Woo does with a straight-up wuxia film.

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Michelle Yeoh campaigns

SINGAPORE: About 1.3 million people die in road accidents every year and 50 million more are hurt or seriously injured.

Malaysian movie star Michelle Yeoh, who is in Singapore for the Formula One race, hopes to halve the death rate by 2020.

Yeoh is the global ambassador for the international “Make Roads Safe” campaign and has worked to promote her message in Asia and Africa.

Last week, she launched a multi-million programme with the Clinton Global Initiative in New York to assess ways on improving road infrastructure.

She said: “The simple fact of the matter is that the statistics are horrendous. We’re using the roads, this is a basic need, a basic right of anybody, whether you’re a car driver, a motorcyclist or a pedestrian. We cannot allow people to be killed or to be hurt like that.”

The campaign is funded by the FIA Foundation, a charity started by FIA, the International Automobile Foundation.

Yeoh’s fiance, former Ferrari CEO Jean Todt is running for FIA presidency.

And when asked if his election would lend weight in pushing her cause, Yeoh said it was not an issue.

She said: “If it’s Jean, I’m more lucky, because it’s easier to get the message across because he was the one who put me here in th

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Sexy photo Michelle

Michelle Yeoh is now a favorite of action and adventure when it comes to films. People who watch her latest movies don't realize that she has an alluring sexy side which she so unabashedly displays in this photo (top). Her serious, but no less sexy side is depicted in the smaller photo (left).

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There will never be another incredible and gorgeous human being like her from Malaysia or the world . Perhaps the world’s most glamourous and Kung-fu star of all times . The world has seen the demise of the once famous action movie hero , Bruce Lee in the 70’s and she is the female equivalent of him .
Michelle Yeoh is one of the most popular Asian female action stars in history and Asia’s highest paid actress.She is even more illustrious and highly succesful than him for she is not only intelligent but very beautiful and sexy too. She has made a string of ‘ hit ‘ movies (http://michelleyeoh.info/Movie/index.html )
She shot into international fame when she played a character called Wai Lin, a Chinese secret agent who helped Pierce Brosnan’s 007 stop an evil newspaper mogul from taking over the world in the filem , ‘Tomorrow never Dies.’ It was not easy to get selected to act opposite Mr. Bond.

It was a defining moment in her career which propelled her into international stardom. She was young, sexy , talented and very capable …WOW !Another great hit movie was with the famous director Ang Lee, she plays Yu Shu Lien, the action heroine in the Oscar-winning, Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon with Chow Yuen Fatt ; getting worldwide acclaim and numerous and prestiges awards.

She was born M/s. Yeoh Chu Kheng on August 6, 1962 in Ipoh ,Perak Malaysia . She is 5Ft 4in ( 165 cm) and weighs 106lbs (48 kg). Her parents are both a lawyer and sportswoman and send her to boarding school in England at the age of 15, after which she entered London’s Royal Academy of Dance, studying ballet.

It was at the age of 21 when Dato Michelle Yeoh became the winner of the Miss Malaysia beauty pageant in 1983. Her mother submitted her entry without consulting her. She was also Malaysia’s representative at the 1983 Miss World pageant in London. Though she did not win the Miss World crown , it launched her successful career in the movie world .

She caught the eye of Hong Kong businessman and film tycoon Dickson Poon, who cast her in a TV commercial with Jackie Chan and later got married to Dickson in a short life marriage. He was a billionaire and there was no incentive to work for a living but her restless spirits and her interest in acting and the Chauvanistic Chinese complex lead them to a break up after three and a half years.

She was not meant to be an ordinary housewife . Such is her immense talents , that nothing , not even a marriage could keep her away from making and producing great films which we all enjoy.

On April 19 , 2001, Michelle Yeoh was awarded the Darjah Datuk Paduka Mahkota Perak (DPMP), which carries the title Dato’ by Sultan Azlan Shah, the Sultan of Perak, her home state, in recognition of the fame she brought to the state.

Dato is an honorary Malaysian title somewhat like a British knighthood, and it lies below the ranks of Dato’ Seri, Tan Sri and Tun. On 23th April 2007 , she was awarded the Knight of the Legion of Honour of France , a top civilian honour by President Jacques Chirac.

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