From Wai Lin to Evelyn Wang, the Oscar winner has led a fascinating career.
Welcome to the Multiverse of Michelle.
But the road to the Oscars wasn’t easy.
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“People start saying, ‘Oh yeah, you should retire.
You should do this.
You should…’ No, guys.
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Do not tell me what to do.
I should be in control of what I am capable of, right?”
And over her long and storied career, she’s proven she’s capable of quite a lot.
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Check out EW’s list of her best film roles below.
As Grillo told EW,the film is “genre-mashing” something Yeoh knows a thing or two about.
Yeoh is not inBoss Levelfor very long, but she steals every scene sheisin.
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The plot ofThe Heroic Triois simple enough, but it foreshadows Yeoh’s inevitable introduction into theMarvel Cinematic Universe.
She does, however, star in Disney+‘saction-packedAmerican Born Chineseseries.
In many ways, this offscreen relationship mirrors the one their characters have in the film.
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This Asif Kapadia movie isn’t for everyone.
This is something MCU starDave Bautistadiscovered firsthand when he starred inMaster Z: Ip Man Legacy.
But it was the work that ended up shaping Yeoh’s career for decades to come.
Michelle Yeoh in ‘Yes, Madam’.D and B Films
This was due in no small part to Yeoh’s amazing action chops.
Yeoh plays the daughter of Aung San, a real-life hero who helped lead Burma to independence.
Kyi ultimately won the Nobel Prize, but at a terrible cost to her family and her own happiness.
Michelle Yeoh in ‘The Lady’.Everett Collection
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Michelle Yeoh in ‘Sunshine’.Everett Collection
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Michelle Yeoh in ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’.Jasin Boland/Marvel Studios
Michelle Yeoh in ‘Crazy Rich Asians’.Sanja Bucko/Warner Bros.
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Michelle Yeoh in ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’.Allyson Riggs/A24
