Michelle Yeoh
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Zhang Ziyi...in Japan about a Chinese woman portraying a Japanese Geisha. For the film, she reunited with her 2046 co-star Gong Li and with her Crouching Tiger co-star Michelle Yeoh. For the role, Zhang received a 2006 Golden Globe Award nomination,... In this article: Zhang Ziyi, Zhang Yimou, Gong Li, Academy Awards, Vivi Nevo, Jackie Chan, China, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and House of Flying Daggers |
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www.washingtonpost.com | December 24, 2005
Reinvigorating the Wheel: 'Murderball's' Impassioned Turn
...set against the fascinations of Asia. Okay, that the two cast members in common were Gong Li and Ziyi Zhang, and one boasted Maggie Cheung and the other Michelle Yeoh, was enticing, who can deny it? Still, the beauty of these women and my...
In this article: Ziyi Zhang, Murderball, Gong Li, Mark Zupan, Wong Kar Wai, Showgirls, Rob Marshall, 2046, and Stoicism
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www.washingtonpost.com | December 08, 2005
An Inspired Season
...Boy" and other Lewis novels. Rob Marshall's "Memoirs of a Geisha," starring Chinese actresses Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li and Michelle Yeoh as Japanese geishas (discuss), is based on Arthur Golden's best-selling novel. Having seen this, we can tell...
In this article: Who's Who, Ann Darrow, Steven Spielberg, Jack Black, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Heath Ledger, Jennifer Aniston, Sienna Miller, and Kevin Costner
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PR Newswire | August 30, 2007
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's Total Blu-ray Disc Sales Across Europe Reach the 250,000 Milestone
...European territories -- excludes UK) A Cinderella story like no other, Memoirs of a Geisha stars Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh and Gong Li in a romantic epic about a house servant blossoming against all odds to become the most...
In this article: Blu-ray Disc, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Europe, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Underworld, Steven Spielberg, Ray Harryhausen, Spider-Man 3, and Sale
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www.washingtonpost.com | April 22, 2006
This 'Crouching Tiger' Tames Her Audience
I could not let them down. There are so many Asian actors and to give us -- three Chinese women [Gong Li and Michelle Yeoh were the other two] -- a chance made us very conscious of our responsibilities." As for the controversial casting...
In this article: Zhang Ziyi, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Washington, Motion Picture Association of America, Ezra Pound, National Geographic Society, Hollywood, Zhang Yimou, and Memoirs of a Geisha
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Wikipedia | November 03, 2009
Memoirs of a Geisha (film)
...Hatsumomo and Mameha, did not go to Japanese actresses. Zhang Ziyi (Sayuri) and Gong Li (Hatsumomo) are both Chinese , whereas Michelle Yeoh (Mameha) is an ethnic Chinese from Malaysia. More notable is the fact that all three were already...
In this article: Memoirs of a Geisha, Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Japan, Ken Watanabe, David Geffen, Brokeback Mountain, and A.I. Artificial Intelligence
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Variety | February 29, 2008
Hollywood puts focus on China
...18; Universal releases the $160 million sequel "The Mummy: The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," starring Li, Brendan Fraser and Michelle Yeoh, on Aug. 1. Harvey Weinstein and producer Mike Medavoy are still hoping to gain access to China this...
In this article: China, Red Cliff, John Woo, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Rob Cohen, Chow Yun-Fat, Shanghai, and Sony
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Dato' Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng (traditional: 楊紫瓊; simplified: 杨紫琼; pinyin: Yáng Zǐqióng; Cantonese (Yale romanization): yèuhng jí kìhng; born 6 August 1962) is a BAFTA Award-nominated actress and dancer, well known for performing her own stunts in the action films that brought her to fame in the early 1990s.
Born in Ipoh, Malaysia, she is based in Hong Kong and was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 1997.
She is best known in the Western world for her roles in the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, playing Wai Lin, and the multiple Academy Award-winning Chinese action film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for which she was nominated the BAFTA for "Best Actress". In 2008, the film critic website Rotten Tomatoes ranked her the greatest action heroine of all time.
She is credited as Michelle King and Michelle Khan in some of her earlier films.
- Name At Birth:
- Yeoh Choo-Kheng
- Birth Date:
- August 06, 1962
- Birthplace:
- Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
- Spouse:
- Dickson Poon (1988-1992)
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