Dato' Michelle Yeoh (Actress)
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| Dato' Michelle Yeoh |
About
She is best known in the Western
world for her roles in the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, playing
Wai Lin meanwhile in Hong Kong she is best known for her action and martial
artsi in Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon. Her career is a huge success in the
international level. Her appearance in the role as Myanmar politician, Aung San
Suu Kyi in the film have reveal as a new dimension in her career as an actress.
Early Life
On august 6, 1962 Dato’ Michelle
Yeoh was born in Ipoh, Perak known as the Queen of Martial Arts. She had her
study in London's Royal Academy of Dance. She was crowned as Miss Malaysia of
1983 at the age of 21. Malay and English were her first languages, followed
only later by Cantonese and Mandarin. Dato’ Michelle Yeoh first passion was
dancing. She began formal training as a ballerina at the age of four. Her
dreams of becoming a prima ballerina were cut short when she suffered a spinal
cord injury when she in her college year. However, Dato’ Michelle manage to finished
her bachelor's degree in London, focusing on choreography and drama.
Later on she manage to grab the
title of Miss Moomba, a beauty pageant in Australia. Her stint as a beauty
queen led quickly to television, where she was cast alongside stars Jackie Chan
and Chow Yun-Fat in a series of commercials. These appearances led to a
multi-film contract with D&B Productions, a company headed by her future
husband Dickson Poon.
Achievement
Throughout Dato’
Michelle career she been received numerous of award and honour. One of it is
she was awarded as the Darjah Datuk Paduka Mahkota Perak (DPMP), which gave her
the title Dato' by Sultan Azlan Shah, the Sultan of Perak, her home state, in
recognition of the fame she brought to the state in 2001. Year later on 25
November, she was honoured as The Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP)
(Cultural Achievement) by JCI (Junior Chamber International). More forward, French
President Jacques Chirac awarded her Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in a
ceremony in Kuala Lumpur on 3 October 2007. Meanwhile, in 2011, she received a
special award for her contribution to Malaysian cinema at Malaysian Film
Festival (FFM 24). Yet again another president of French awarded her the
Officier de la Légion d'honneur on 14 March 2012. The decoration was presented
to her at a ceremony held at the president's official residence, the Elysee
Palace on that day.
Michelle Yeoh received the Excellence in Asian Cinema award
during the seventh annual Asian Film Awards on March 2013 in Hong Kong. Additionally,
in conjuction with the birthday of Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim
Mu'adzam Shah on June 1, 2013 she was awarded as the Panglima Setia Mahkota (PSM)
which carries the title Tan Sri.
Below is the video of Dato' Michelle Yeoh been interview by the achievement that she gain.
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