Malaysia’s Brightest Star! 5 Best Tan Sri Dato’ Michelle Yeoh Movies You Should Watch Now

Michelle Yeoh is a legendary Ipoh-born actress who has been performing in many internationally well-known films. She began her career in 1984, appearing in a string of Hong Kong action films such as “Police Story 3: Super Cop”, “The Heroic Trio”, “Tai Chi Master” and “Wing Chun”. She played supporting roles in several blockbusters such as “Crazy Rich Asians” opposite Constance Wu and Henry Golding, “Last Christmas” opposite Emilia Clarke, and also the Marvel Cinematic Universe film “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”. On television, she had a recurring role in the science fiction series “Star Trek: Discovery” and “The Witcher: Blood Origin”.

She was awarded the Darjah Datuk Paduka Mahkota Perak in 2001 which carries the title Dato’ upon her achievement in the international movie industry and her charity work. Tan Sri Dato’ Michelle Yeoh has achieved another milestone in her acting career, from a badass Bond girl to a Marvel star, and recently she has won the best actress award at the Golden Globes. This achievement has sparked hope that an Oscar may be the next.

Malaysians are proud of Tan Sri Dato’ Michelle Yeoh achievement as she is the first and most iconic Asian actress to receive and won a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Let’s share the glorious achievement of Tan Sri Dato’ Michelle Yeoh by watching her movies on every different stage of her career as an actress.

Yes, Madam, 1985

This is a film in which Dato’ Michelle Yeoh rose to fame in the 1990s. This is a Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Corey Yuen and produced by Sammo Hung. This movie is about two unlucky thieves who break into a just murdered man’s hotel room and steal his passport with a hidden microfilm wanted by a triad boss. Two hard kicking women cops from Hong Kong and the United Kingdom get the case. Michelle Yeoh shines as an action actress in this film.

Details of Yes, Madam, 1985

Tomorrow Never Ends, 1997

This is the 18th in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions and the second to star Pierce Bronson as fictional MI6 agent James Bond and Michelle Yeoh as the partner agent. Michelle Yeoh is the first Chinese Bond Girl. This movie is about media mogul Elliot Carver who wants his news empire to reach every country on the globe, but the Chinese government will not allow him to broadcast there. Carver does not take no for an answer and plans to use his media empire to fuel flames of war between the Western world and China. Thankfully, James Bond is an insane news tycoon and travels to China to stop him with the help of Chinese secret agent, Wai Lin.

Details of Tomorrow Never Ends, 1997

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 2000

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a movie which brings Chinese martial arts to the international big screen. The film features a cast of Chinese ethnicity, including Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Zi Yi and Chang Chen. This film won over 40 awards and was nominated for 10 Academy Awards in 2001, including Best Picture, and won Best Foreign Language Film, Best Art Direction, Best Original Score and Best Cinematography. The background of this film is set in the 19th century Qing Dynasty of China. A warrior gives his sword, Green Destiny, to his lover to deliver to safe keeping, but it is stolen and the chase is on to find it. The search leads to the House of Yu where the story takes on a whole different level.

Details of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 2000

The Lady, 2011

The Lady is a 2011 British biographical film directed by Luc Besson, starring Michelle Yeoh as Aung San Suu Kyi and David Thewlis as her late husband Michael Aris. The Lady is an epic love story about how an extraordinary couple and family sacrifice their happiness at great human cost for a higher cause. This is the story of Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband, Michael Airs. Despite distance, long separations, and a dangerously hostile regime, their love endures until the very end. A story of devotion and human understanding set against a background of political turmoil which continues today. The Lady also is the peaceful quest of the women who is at the core of Burma’s democracy movement.

Details of The Lady, 2011

Everything Everywhere All At Once, 2022

This is the film in which Dato’ Michelle Yeoh won herself the Best Actress in Golden Globes. In this film, Dato’ Michelle Yeoh plays the role of a middle-aged Chinese immigrant who is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring another universe and connecting with the lives she could have led. With her laundromat teetering on the brink of failure and her marriage to wimpy husband Waymond on the rocks, overworked Evelyn Wong struggles to cope with everything, including tattered relationships with her judgemental father Gong Gong and her daughter, Joy. She must also brace herself for an unpleasant meeting with an impersonal bureaucrat: Deirdre, the shabbily-dressed IRS auditor. However, as the eastern agent loses patience, an inexplicable multiverse rift becomes an eye-opening exploration of parallel realities. Will Evelyn jump down the rabbit hole? How many stars are in the universe? Can weary Evelyn fathom the irrepressible force of possibilities, tap into newfound powers, and prevent an evil entity from destroying the thin, countless layers of the unseen world?

Details of Everything Everywhere All At Once, 2022

Fun facts about Dato’ Michelle Yeoh was crowned a beauty queen not once – but twice. In 1983, she represented Malaysia at the Miss World pageant in London when she was only 20 years old, and even bagged the title of Miss Malaysia World. The same year, she proceeded to join the Queen of the Pacific beauty pageant in Australia, and won another crown. She also earned the Miss Moomba title that same year in Australia.

From an interview with Dato’ Michelle Yeoh, she shares the most dangerous and hilarious memories from her four favourite roles. Start from the actions as “Yes,Madam!”, “Supercop”,”Police Story 3: Super Cop” which starring with Jackie Chan, usher in a new era for the 007 franchise with “Tomorrow Never Dies” and in Ang Lee’s martial arts film “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” which earned her a BAFTA Best Actress nomination.

Her other cultural moments in “Memoirs of Geisha” “The Lady” and “Crazy Rich Asian” stay centered amidst the brilliant absurdity of “Everything Everywhere All at Once”. She worked over decades in the entertainment industry by the time 2022 rolled around, and she was named to Time Magazine’s list of 100 Most Influential People.
With her extraordinary performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once, she won the Best Actress of Golden Globes and was nominated for an Oscar 2023. As what Elle’s mentioned earlier in October 2022, Dato’ Michelle Yeoh was honoured “the best and the brightest in the industry” and we are truly proud of the icon of Malaysia!