ACTOR

Michelle Yeoh

1962 - Today

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Yeoh Choo Kheng (Chinese: 楊紫瓊; born 6 August 1962), known professionally as Michelle Yeoh (), is a Malaysian actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Credited as Michelle Khan in her early films, she rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s after starring in Hong Kong action and martial arts films where she performed her own stunts. These roles included Yes, Madam (1985), Magnificent Warriors (1987), Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992), The Heroic Trio, Tai Chi Master (both 1993), and Wing Chun (1994). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michelle Yeoh has received more than 25,743,636 page views. Her biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Michelle Yeoh is the 561st most popular actor (up from 747th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Malaysia (up from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Malaysian Actor.

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  • 26M

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  • 67.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michelle Yeoh ranks 561 out of 13,578. Before her are Mary Pickford, Woody Harrelson, Mr. T, Kevin Kline, Gabriel Byrne, and Hildegard Knef. After her are Michael Jai White, Milla Jovovich, Forest Whitaker, Brendan Gleeson, David Hasselhoff, and R. Lee Ermey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Michelle Yeoh ranks 21. Before her are David Fincher, Antony Blinken, Alexander Litvinenko, Aleksandr Dugin, Carlos Sainz, and Mohammed Omar. After her are Steve Carell, Wesley Snipes, Jon Bon Jovi, Steve Irwin, Clyde Drexler, and Yahya Sinwar.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Michelle Yeoh ranks 3 out of 90. Before her are Mahathir Mohamad (1925), and Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903). After her are Abdullah of Pahang (1959), Anwar Ibrahim (1947), Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1939), Abdul Halim of Kedah (1927), Michael Gough (1916), Abdul Razak Hussein (1922), Najib Razak (1953), Iskandar of Johor (1932), and Hussein Onn (1922).

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Among ACTORS In Malaysia

Among actors born in Malaysia, Michelle Yeoh ranks 1. After her are Michael Gough (1916), P. Ramlee (1929), Claudia Wells (1966), Simon Russell Beale (1961), Henry Golding (1987), Angelica Lee (1976), Ronny Chieng (1985), Nigel Ng (1991), and Remy Hii (1986).

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