In her early films, Yeoh was credited as “Michelle Khan” – an unusual concession, for Yeoh, to the demands of others. “It’s like, for example, Arnold Schwarzenegger,” she says.

9. Eleanor Young in Crazy Rich Asians(2018) Michelle Yeoh played the role of Eleanor Young, who is a powerful matriarch. She posed a significant challenge to Rachel Chu, played by Constance Wu.

That Michelle Yeoh would win an Oscar for playing several versions of her lead character in the multiverse comedy-drama “Everything Everywhere All at Once” seems cosmically right. And in her ...