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Michelle Yeoh
59 | Actor-Producer | Malaysia
A former ballet dancer and one-time “Miss Malaysia,” Yeoh first found fame as an actress performing her own stunts in Hong Kong action movies in the 90’s. Though roles in a James Bond film and 2000’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” launched Yeoh onto the international stage, her over-50 career has been even more action packed: after starring in the global blockbuster, “Crazy Rich Asians,” in 2018, Yeoh was cast as an original Marvel character for 2021’s “Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings.” Among her upcoming roles: producer. Yeoh will co-produce a TV series based on the 1MDB scandal, a wire scheme in which billions of dollars were looted from a Malaysian public development fund. –Maggie McGrath
