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The actress, who plays laundromat owner Evelyn Quan Wang in the film, has been a hot favourite of cinema lovers for the past few years, but her journey on the big screen has been far from everything, everywhere all at once. The actress has worked tirelessly for close to 40 years now.

Yeoh’s journey is a classical model graduating to becoming an actor story, except for one thing, she was not just a pretty face as a model, but also an actress with expertise in martial arts.

She won the Miss Malaysia World contest at the age of 21 in 1983 and went on to represent Malaysia at the Miss World 1983 pageant in London where she finished 18th among 72 contestants.

After this, the actress started working in television commercials after getting her break in a television ad alongside the legend, Jackie Chan. Yeoh, who has stated that she had limited proficiency in Cantonese,...

Pandasia Entertainment on Thursday filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit alleging breach of contract, constructive fraud and unfair business practices against Michelle Yeoh, her producing partner Thomas Chung and Mythical Films in connection with the yet-to-be released feature film The Touch. The suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges that Yeoh and Chung made "false and misleading representations and promises" to Pandasia, which was brought in to co-finance the film. The suit says that, unbeknownst to Pandasia, Mythical Films -- jointly owned and operated by Yeoh and Chung -- provided Chung with a first-time producer fee of $900,000 and Yeoh with a $600,000 first-time producer fee, a $1 million acting fee and 20% of the worldwide gross receipts.

The contest for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar got a little tougher this year, as the Academy released a list of the official international contenders on Tuesday . a record-breaking 54, three more than last year's tally. In fact, this year's list was a wee bit late, as the Academy debated the eligibility of three films: the U.K.'s Hindi-language The Warrior; Hong Kong's The Touch (starring Michelle Yeoh); and Afghanistan's Fire Dancer. Of the three, only Fire Dancer made the cut, as Yeoh's Touch contained more English than Mandarin, and The Warrior was nixed since Hindi is not a language indigenous to the British Isles, nor was it about the Hindi community in the U.K. (it was replaced with the Welsh Eldra). Also, Palestine's award-winning romance Divine Intervention was ruled ineligible, as the Academy does not recognize Palestine as a nation. Other finalists include Italy's Pinocchio, Mexico's The Crime of Father Amaro, France's 8 Women, Finland's The Man Without a Past, Russia's House of Fools and Sweden's Lilja 4-Ever. The final five will be announced on Feb. 11, along with all the other nominations.

Former Bond girl Michelle Yeoh celebrated her 40th birthday in style yesterday by claiming the number one spot at the box office in her native Hong Kong. The actress' new movie with British star Ben Chaplin, The Touch, was directed by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon cinematographer Peter Pau. The thriller, which opened in the Far East on Friday, also topped the film charts in China, Malaysia and Singapore.