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Actress, dancer, and producer Michelle Yeoh pictures and photo gallery.
Birth name: Yeoh Choo-Kheng. Born: August 6,1962 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m). Spouse(s): -Jean Todt (December 2004- present). -Dickson Poon (February 1988 - 1992) (divorced). Michelle Yeoh biography (bio): Michelle Yeoh is a Hong Kong-based actress and dancer, sometimes billed as "Michelle Khan". Yeoh is a Chinese Malaysian born in Ipoh, Malaysia. Yeoh was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 1997. In 1983, 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 in 1983. She was also Malaysia's representative at the 1983 Miss World pageant in London. From there, she appeared in a television commercial with Jackie Chan which caught the attention of a fledgling film production company called D&B Films. Yeoh's career in Hong Kong started with a few commercials for Charles Jourdan, opposite action movie heroes Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-Fat before being offered a film contract. The Charles Jourdan brand was handled by D&B Group in Hong Kong, run by Yeoh's future husband, Dickson Poon. In 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. Notable roles: -Yu Shu Lien in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. -Wai Lin in Tomorrow Never Dies. -Mameha in Memoirs of a Geisha. |
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