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楊紫瓊是馬來西亞華僑，祖籍福建同安，1962年8月6日生於當地霹靂州，父親為律師。她自小習芭蕾舞，15歲隨家人遷居英國，於英國皇家舞蹈學院攻讀，主修舞蹈，副修戲劇。畢業後返回馬來西亞，1983年參加當地選美榮膺冠軍，其後應潘廸生邀請來港為其代理的手錶品牌拍攝廣告，繼而開展演藝事業。1984年9月她簽約德寶電影公司成為基本演員，演出《貓頭鷹與小飛象》（1984），卻未能脫穎而出；後毅然轉走動作路線，隨多位武師鍛練身手，在《皇家師姐》（1985）飾演督察，一鳴驚人。她旋即再演《皇家戰士》（1986），與日本紅星真田廣之合作，人氣更盛；後接演大製作《中華戰士》（1987），雖票房普通，但其富現代感的武打形象已深入民心，在外埠市場也受落。因拍片導致遍體鱗傷，她遂在《通天大盜》（1987）重塑形象，演繹神秘機智的大盜。1988年2月她與潘廸生結婚，告別影壇，惟婚姻於1991年告終。復出後她參演《警察故事 III 超級警察》（1992），隨後接演眾多電影，角色較德寶時期多變，除動作片《新流星蝴蝶劍》（1993）、《東方三俠》（1993）、《現代豪俠傳》（1993）、《太極張三豐》（1993）與《詠春》（1994），更拓闊戲路演出文戲，如描寫武師生涯的《阿金》（1996），又在《宋家皇朝》（1997）飾演歷史人物宋靄齡。期間她邀請張家振任經理人，涉足西方影圈，在《新鐵金剛之明日帝國》（Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997）飾演勇武軍人，以硬朗身手取代「邦女郎」一貫的美艷陪襯，又在李安執導的《臥虎藏龍》（2000）中飾演內斂剛強的俞秀蓮，先後獲第20屆香港電影金像獎、第37屆金馬獎，以及第54屆英國電影學院獎（BAFTA）的最佳女主角提名。2001年她成立電影神話有限公司，曾攝製《天脈傳奇》（2002）、《飛鷹》（2004），演出並兼任監製；又曾任環保紀錄片《綠色足跡》（Pad Yatra: A Green Odyssey, 2013）的執行監製。多年來她遊走中外影圈，演出《藝伎回憶錄》（Memoirs of a Geisha, 2005）、《太陽倒數》（Sunshine, 2007）、《劍雨》（2010）、法國著名導演路比桑（Luc Besson）執導的《昂山素姬》（The Lady, 2011）、《葉問外傳：張天志》（2018）、《我的超豪男友》（Crazy Rich Asians, 2018）、《舊年聖誕好戀嚟》（Last Christmas, 2019）與《尚氣與十環幫傳奇》（Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, 2021）等。她於1999及2002年，先後任柏林與康城兩大影展的評審。2008年，她與張家振等成立星城娛樂有限公司，培育影藝人才。2013年她獲第七屆亞洲電影大獎頒發「卓越亞洲電影人大獎」。2023年，她憑《奇異女俠玩救宇宙》（Everything Everywhere All at Once, 2022）榮獲第95屆奧斯卡金像獎最佳女主角，成為首位奪得此殊榮的亞裔演員。
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Michelle Yeoh, of Chinese Malaysian background with ancestral roots in Tong'an, Fujian, was born in Ipoh, Perak, on 6 August 1962, the daughter of a lawyer. She trained in ballet from childhood, moved to Britain with her family at fifteen and studied at the Royal Academy of Dance, majoring in dance and minoring in drama. Back in Malaysia after graduating, she won a local beauty contest in 1983 and was then invited by Dickson Poon to Hong Kong to appear in advertisements for the watch brand he represented, which launched her acting career. In September 1984 she signed with D & B Films as a contract player, appearing in The Owl vs Bombo (1984) without standing out; she then switched to action, training with stuntmen and making a striking impression as an inspector in Yes, Madam (1985). She followed with Royal Warriors (1986) opposite the Japanese star Hiroyuki Sanada, gaining more popularity, and the big-budget Magnificent Warriors (1987) confirmed her modern martial-arts image despite modest box office, also travelling well overseas. Injured by filming, she reinvented herself as a mysterious, quick-witted thief in Easy Money (1987). She married Dickson Poon in February 1988 and retired, the marriage ending in 1991. Returning in Police Story III: Super Cop (1992), she took on more varied roles than in her D & B days: action films such as Butterfly and Sword, The Heroic Trio, Executioners and Tai Chi Master (all 1993) and Wing Chun (1994), and dramatic parts including Ah Kam (1996), about a stuntwoman's life, and The Soong Sisters (1997), in which she played Soong Ai-ling. With Terence Chang as her manager she moved into Western cinema, playing a tough soldier in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) who replaced the usual glamorous 'Bond girl' with hard-edged action, and the restrained, strong-minded Yu Shu Lien in Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), earning best actress nominations at the 20th Hong Kong Film Awards, the 37th Golden Horse Awards and the 54th BAFTA. In 2001 she founded Mythical Films, producing and starring in The Touch (2002) and Silver Hawk (2004), and executive-produced the environmental documentary Pad Yatra: A Green Odyssey (2013). She has appeared in Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), Sunshine (2007), Reign of Assassins (2010), Luc Besson's The Lady (2011), Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018), Crazy Rich Asians (2018), Last Christmas (2019) and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021). She served on the juries of the Berlin and Cannes festivals in 1999 and 2002. In 2008 she co-founded Stellar Entertainment with Chang and others to nurture talent. She received the Excellence in Asian Cinema Award at the 7th Asian Film Awards in 2013, and in 2023 won the Best Actress Oscar at the 95th Academy Awards for Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), becoming the first Asian performer to take the prize.
