Michelle YeohMichelle YeohJanuary 29, 2004 Dato' Michelle Yeoh (楊紫瓊 pinyin: Yáng Zǐqióng; born August 6, 1962) is a Hong Kong-based actress and dancer, sometimes billed as "Michelle Khan". Yeoh is a Chinese Malaysian born in Ipoh, Malaysia. Despite having no formal martial arts training, Yeoh is best known for her roles in action and martial arts movies (notably The Heroic Trio 1993, Wing Chun 1994 and Police Story 3). She relies on her dance training and instructors, and does many of her own stunts. She is one of the few women Jackie Chan allows to do her own stunts in his movies; they first worked together on a commercial in 1984. Yeoh learned English and Malay before Chinese (Cantonese dialect), and still cannot read Chinese. In some of her early films, she recited her dialogue by rote. In 2001, Yeoh was given the title of dato' by the Sultan of Perak, her native state. Dato' is an honorary Malaysian title somewhat like an English knighthood, and it lies below the ranks of Dato' Seri, Tan Sri and Tun. Like many other Hong Kong stars, Yeoh has attempted to break into Hollywood. Despite starring in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and the popular Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), which also starred Zhang Ziyi, she has not won a mainstream audience in the English-speaking world. In October 2004, Yeoh denied reports she was engaged to Formula One Scuderia Ferrari team principal Jean Todt. Filmography, as actress, includes
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In October 2004, Yeoh denied reports she was engaged to Formula One Scuderia Ferrari team principal Jean Todt. Dorn enjoys flying his single engine plane, something he was not permitted to do while in The Next Generation but was apparently able to do after joining the cast of Deep Space Nine. Like many other Hong Kong stars, Yeoh has attempted to break into Hollywood. Despite starring in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and the popular Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), which also starred Zhang Ziyi, she has not won a mainstream audience in the English-speaking world. Dorn has also appeared in the Windows PC computer game "Emperor: Battle for Dune" - A game loosely based on Frank Herberts Dune novels - as the Duke of house Atreides. Dato' is an honorary Malaysian title somewhat like an English knighthood, and it lies below the ranks of Dato' Seri, Tan Sri and Tun. John in Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. In 2001, Yeoh was given the title of dato' by the Sultan of Perak, her native state. Weasel in the animated series Cow & Chicken and Dr. In some of her early films, she recited her dialogue by rote. M. Yeoh learned English and Malay before Chinese (Cantonese dialect), and still cannot read Chinese. He is the voice of I. She is one of the few women Jackie Chan allows to do her own stunts in his movies; they first worked together on a commercial in 1984. Dorn also appeared in the Christmas movie The Santa Clause 2 playing The Sandman. She relies on her dance training and instructors, and does many of her own stunts. During several interviews, he claims to have been interested in the role of Worf due to his playing a nice guy before on television, and wanted to break away from any stereotyping of him as a "nice guy". Despite having no formal martial arts training, Yeoh is best known for her roles in action and martial arts movies (notably The Heroic Trio 1993, Wing Chun 1994 and Police Story 3). His most famous role to date is that of the Klingon Starfleet officer Worf in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Yeoh is a Chinese Malaysian born in Ipoh, Malaysia. The first movie he had a role in was Rocky (1976), and Dorn was a regular in television series CHiPs. Dato' Michelle Yeoh (楊紫瓊 pinyin: Yáng Zǐqióng; born August 6, 1962) is a Hong Kong-based actress and dancer, sometimes billed as "Michelle Khan". He was born in Luling, Texas. Michael Dorn (born December 9, 1952) is an American actor. |