Michelle Yeoh

In the lead-up to the Academy Awards, Malaysia's own Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh has been chosen as Time magazine's “Icon of the Year”.

1 on the call sheet until this year with Everything Everywhere All at Once. She said: “I’ve thought about it. This is the second time she has been prominently profiled on the international magazine after she was named one of its “100 Most Influential People of 2022” in May.

After an iconic career that has spanned nearly 40 years, Michelle Yeoh is on track to earn her first Oscar nomination for the critically-acclaimed hit ...

2) and much more - she was never #1 on the call sheet until Everything Everywhere All At Once 2) and much more - she was never #1 on the call sheet until Everything Everywhere All At Once. I think that is my biggest fear: Please don’t let this be the one and only,' Yeoh admitted. Community: 'I’ve thought about it. Campaign: 'They call it a campaign. 'They call it a campaign.

'I am blessed,' says the 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' actress.

Her future projects include The Witcher: A Blood Origin and A Haunting in Venice. Yeoh started her acting career in the mid-’80s with Hong Kong action films. “I think that is my biggest fear: please don’t let this be the one and only.”

TIME magazine has declared Michelle Yeoh as the Icon of the Year 2022, following the worldwide success of "Everything Everywhere All at Once."

[Watch 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' Here](https://tv.apple.com/sg/movie/everything-everywhere-all-at-once/umc.cmc.5cxq4yswbsp3apykshwrcb890?action=play) Yeoh has been enjoying a steady level of success internationally in the last few years starting with Crazy Rich Asians (2018). [Marvel Cinematic Universe](https://www.augustman.com/my/culture/film-tv/how-to-watch-marvel-movies-in-chronological-order/) (MCU) film [Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)](https://www.augustman.com/my/culture/film-tv/cool-things-to-know-know-about-simu-liu-marvel-shang-chi/). Commenting on her possibility of winning an Academy Award and becoming the first Asian woman to win in Best Actress category, Yeoh told TIME, “I’ve thought about it. [Netflix series The Witcher: Blood Origin (2022)](https://www.augustman.com/my/culture/film-tv/the-witcher-blood-origin-details-and-full-trailer/), Kenneth Branagh’ A Haunting in Venice (2023), and the next three instalments of Avatar after [Avatar: The Way of Water](https://www.augustman.com/my/culture/film-tv/avatar-the-way-of-water-trailer/) (2022). [one of Asia’s greatest stars](https://www.augustman.com/my/culture/film-tv/7-southeast-asian-stars-who-are-making-it-big-in-hollywood-2/) and is particularly famous for her [action-oriented roles](https://www.augustman.com/my/culture/film-tv/best-action-k-dramas-to-catch-on-netflix/). At least let me try,” Yeoh told TIME magazine about Asian actors rarely getting top billing and In May, Yeoh was included among TIME magazine’s list of [given mostly stereotypical roles in Hollywood](https://www.augustman.com/my/culture/film-tv/complex-history-asian-representation-hollywood/). [K-pop group Blackpink](https://www.augustman.com/my/culture/music/blackpink-born-pink-is-ruling-us-and-uk-music-charts/) as the Entertainer Of The Year 2022. [a superstar in the world of entertainment](https://www.augustman.com/my/culture/film-tv/famous-malaysians-in-hollywood/). [most influential people](https://www.augustman.com/my/amselect/hit-list/time-most-influential-people-of-2022-list-asians/) of 2022.

And success she found. The now 60-year-old Malaysian actor has battled Jet Li in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, flung herself onto a moving car driven ...

Now she wants that Oscar—that validation for herself and for people around the world who look “like us, so we can experience what it feels like to be told we belong. She didn’t want to be the Asian woman in the movie, she wanted to be the woman in the movie who happened to be Asian. “OK,” she says, “Give it to me.” Yeoh has always been a woman who knows what she wants: to prove herself, to lend voice to fully embodied, fascinating characters, to play and to love, and to reach generations through the power of movies.

In her interview with the magazine, the 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' star also opened up on her Oscar dreams.

Michelle Yeoh refused to have her "Everything Everywhere All at Once" character be named Michelle Wang.

Michelle Yeoh has had a prolific career in Hollywood. However, there was something special about "Everything Everywhere All at Once" that really spoke to ...

Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once) has joined Universal's two-part film adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical Wicked, Deadline can ...

The upcoming film version of the long-running Stephen Schwartz musical is set to star Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.

The Wicked movie has cast Michelle Yeoh, with her joining a cast that includes Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.

Yeoh will join the recently announced Ethan Slater as Boq, plus previously announced Ariana Grande as Glinda, Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, as well as Jonathan ...

The 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' star will take on a musical role.

The upcoming film version of the long-running Stephen Schwartz musical is set to star Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.

She joins a star-studded cast that includes Ariana Granda, Cynthia Erivo, and Jeff Goldblum.

Michelle Yeoh is joining the star-studded cast of the upcoming Wicked film adaptation, according to a recent report from Variety.

Michelle Yeoh and Jeff Goldblum will be playing key roles in Jon M. Chu's upcoming Wicked films, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.

Jon M. Chu shared the news on Thursday (Dec. 8) that Michelle Yeoh has been cast in the big screen adaptation of 'Wicked' as Madame Morrible.

“Think of all the other little young women or men that are or anybody that are watching them to see what it’s like to be different but be beautiful and to own that.” [The Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/michelle-yeoh-joins-wicked-film-as-madame-morrible-1235277938/) confirming the casting. [revealed](https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/idina-menzel-wicked-advice-ariana-grade-cynthia-erivo-1235171049/) the advice she gave to Erivo and Grande via a November appearance on E! ( [Variety](https://variety.com/2022/film/news/michelle-yeoh-wicked-madame-morrible-1235454299/) was first to report the news.) “Am I the luckiest director in the world to get to work with her again?! “Just always keeping in mind that what’s underneath it all is just a woman that wants to be loved,” she said. [Michelle Yeoh](https://www.billboard.com/t/michelle-yeoh/) has been cast in the big-screen adaptation of [Wicked](https://www.billboard.com/t/wicked/) as Madame Morrible.

Michelle Yeoh, Ethan Slater, and Jeff Goldblum join Universal Pictures' "Wicked" films, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.

Chu's two-part feature adaptation is headlined by Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba. The Universal Pictures films are set for release on ...

“We decided to give ourselves a bigger canvas and make not just one ‘Wicked’ movie but two,” Chu wrote in a statement when the studio announced the adaptation would come in two parts. The Universal Pictures films are set for release on Christmas in 2024 and 2025. [Michelle Yeoh](https://variety.com/t/michelle-yeoh/) has joined the star-studded cast of Jon M.

Michelle Yeoh, who is earning Oscars buzz for her "Everything Everywhere All At Once" performance, has joined Jon M. Chu's "Wicked" movies, ...

[Jeff Goldblum](https://nypost.com/tag/jeff-goldblum/) continues to be in talks to play the Wizard, sources told the outlet. [Oscars buzz](https://nypost.com/tag/oscars/) for that performance, has joined Jon M. The Post reached out to a Yeoh representative for comment.

Before Michelle Yeoh became a celebrated Hollywood star, she was an action star in the rough-and-tumble world of Hong Kong action movies.

[a video message from 2022 Person of Year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky](https://time.com/6239947/volodymyr-zelensky-2022-person-of-the-year-reception/). [One of the First U.S. I think when I started my career, people would never have thought a little girl from Malaysia [would] one day [be] here getting the Icon of the Year award,” Yeoh said. Her biggest Hollywood breakthrough, though, is the 2022 film Everything Everywhere All At Once. Those roles were incredibly physically demanding and could even be dangerous, she recalled Thursday at TIME’s 2022 Person of the Year reception in New York City. [TIME’s first Icon of the Year](https://time.com/icon-of-the-year-2022-michelle-yeoh/) this week.