ACTOR

Michelle Yeoh

1962 - Today

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Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng, PSM ( YOH; born 6 August 1962) is a Malaysian Chinese actress. Yeoh is credited as Michelle Khan in her early Hong Kong films. She rose to fame in 1990s after starring in a series of Hong Kong action films where she performed her own stunts, such as Yes, Madam (1985), Police Story 3: Supercop (1992) and Holy Weapon (1993). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michelle Yeoh has received more than 11,828,672 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Michelle Yeoh is the 991st most popular actor (up from 1,201st in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Malaysia (up from 9th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Malaysian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michelle Yeoh ranks 991 out of 10,030. Before her are Lee Remick, Frances Conroy, Lee J. Cobb, Sam Waterston, Diane Lane, and Viola Davis. After her are Laura Gemser, Kirstie Alley, Richard Farnsworth, Scott Adkins, Daryl Hannah, and Michelle Phillips.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Michelle Yeoh ranks 34. Before her are Stephen Chow, Axl Rose, Emilio Estevez, Gabe Newell, Anthony Kiedis, and Carlos Sainz. After her are Milo Đukanović, Felipe Calderón, Christiane F., Ismail Haniyeh, Arnold Vosloo, and Matthew Broderick.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Michelle Yeoh ranks 7 out of 54. Before her are Mahathir Mohamad (1925), Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903), Michael Gough (1916), Abdul Halim of Kedah (1927), Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1939), and Abdul Razak Hussein (1922). After her are Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), Najib Razak (1953), Hussein Onn (1922), Abdullah of Pahang (1959), Jimmy Choo (1948), and Yusof Ishak (1910).

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Among ACTORS In Malaysia

Among actors born in Malaysia, Michelle Yeoh ranks 2. Before her are Michael Gough (1916). After her are Claudia Wells (1966), Henry Golding (1987), and Simon Russell Beale (1961).

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