Michelle Yeoh Graces Cover of ‘Vogue China’

Michelle Yeoh Graces Cover of Vogue China

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The star of Vogue China’s October issue is none other than Chinese-Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh.

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Yeoh first rose to fame after starring in Hong Kong action films like Yes, Madam (1985).

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The actress, whose career spans almost 40 years, has been in all kinds of films, from the wuxia film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to period drama Memoirs of a Geisha and the sci-fi TV show Star Trek: Discovery.

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However, it was in this year’s breakout film Everything Everywhere All at Once that the actress garnered universal acclaim.

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The absurdist drama about Evelyn Wong, a Chinese-American laundromat owner, who stumbles upon the multiverse, has made over $100 million at the global box office.

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In her interview with Vogue China, Yeoh said that Everything Everywhere was “the movie [she] had been waiting for.”

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To many, Yeoh represents the rise of Asian culture in mainstream media and that Hollywood is slowly beginning to recognize BIPOC perspectives.

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