Happy Birthday Michelle Yeoh!

Happy Birthday Michelle Yeoh!  Michelle won the Miss Malaysia pageant in 1983 and then went into martial arts films starting with Yes, Madam as Michelle Khan.  She starred alongside Jackie Chan in Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992).  She was one of the super heroines in The Heroic Trio (1993) playing Ching also known as Invisible Girl since she has an invisible robe.  Michelle returned to the role in Heroic Trio 2: Executioners (1993).  She co-starred with Jet Li in Tai-Chi Master (1993) and Donnie Yen in Yuen Woo-Ping’s Wing Chun (1994).  Michelle was a sensation as a Bond girl, Wai Lin, in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997).  Then, she took everyone’s notice as Yu Shu Lien in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).  

She starred in and produced The Touch (2002) directed by Peter Pau. Michelle played another super heroine in Silver Hawk (2004).  She was next in the adaptation of the Arthur Golden’s Memoirs of a Geisha (2005).  Michelle played Corazon, an astronaut trying to re-start the sun in Danny Boyle’s sci fi film, Sunshine (2007).  She played Zi Yuan, a sorceress in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) with co-star Jet Li.  Michelle played Sister Rebeka in the sci fi action film Babylon A.D. (2008).  She voiced the Soothsayer in Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011).  Michelle took the role of real life political figure Aung San Suu Kyi in The Lady (2011) directed by Luc Besson.  She returned to the role of You She Lien in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016) directed by Yuen Woo-Ping.  Michelle had a cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) as Aleta Ogord.  She had another strong role as Captain Philippa Georgia in Star Trek: Discovery (2017-2018).  Michelle has upcoming Crazy Rich Asians (2018) out on August 15th.  Happy Birthday Michelle Yeah! 

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