BÀI 13: FILMS AND CINEMA

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Michelle Yeoh

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Action stars like Bruce, Jackie Chan and Chow Yun Fat are well known for their skill in acting fighting scenes. But there are also quite few female actors known for their skill in acting in martial arts movies. One of the most famous female stars in action movies is Michelle Yeoh. Yeoh was born in 1962 in Malaysia and grew up watching movies with female action stars like Angela Mao and Hsu Feng. After studying ballet, Yeoh became Miss Malaysia in a beauty contest in 1983. As Miss Malaysia, she made some commercials for television with Jackie Chan and was then chosen to act in several action movies. Yeoh did not know martial arts at that time, but while training to prepare for her roles, she worked out up to nine hours a day. Her acting and the 1985 hit Yes, Madam made a huge star in Hong Kong. In 1992, Yeoh starred in Super Cop with Jackie Chan. The film was a blockbuster and Yeoh became the highest paid female actor in Asia. Later, Yeoh starred in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). Both films helped Yeoh become even more famous worldwide.

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