Michelle Yeoh - Milestones

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• 2000: Co-starred with Chow Yun Fat in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", helmed by Ang Lee; premiered at Cannes
• 2000: Signed five-year joint venture with Media Asia Group to produce and star in films under her own banner Mythical Films
• 1997: Announced as the new "Bond girl" for "Tomorrow Never Dies", the 18th James Bond feature; played Pierce Brosnan's sidekick (billed as Michelle Yeoh)
• 1996: Made US feature debut with the release of the English-language version of "Supercop"; did her own dubbing; credited as Michelle Khan rather than Michelle Yeoh
• 1996: Signed with manager Terrence Chang (who manages Chow Yun Fat and John Woo) to help her make the transition to Hollywood
• 1992: Teamed with Jackie Chan for her comeback feature "Police Story 3: Supercop"
• 1992: Returned to acting after divorce
• From 1989 to 1992: After four years and five films, at the height of her success, announced that she was retiring from the screen at the request of her husband Dickson Poon; stayed away for features for three years (dates approximate)
• 1985: Feature debut, "Owl vs. Dumbo"
• 1985: Began starring in action films with her second feature "Yes, Madam!"
• 1983: Awarded Miss Malaysia
• 1983: While vacationing in Hong Kong as Miss Malaysia, approached by D and B Films to make a commercial with Jackie Chan
• ---: Signed on to portray Mameha, the elegant and experienced geisha in the film version of "Memoirs of a Geisha, " Rob Marshall will direct (lensed 2005)
• Formed production company and announced plans to star in and produce "The Touch" (lensed 2001)
• Suffered first major injury while making "Stunt Woman/Ah Kam/The Story of Stuntwoman Ah Kam"; took a 17-foot fall from a bridge and landed on her head rather than her chest
• Signed with D and B Films; appeared in commercials with Chow Yun Fat and others; urged by D and B Films to enter features
• Left the Royal Academy of Dance in London after a ballet injury halted her postgraduate work
• Moved to England
• Began appearing in stage productions
• Became highest paid actress in Hong Kong
• Competed nationally in squash, swimming and diving while in her teens
• Returned to her native Malaysia where her mother had entered her in a beauty pageant; reluctantantly followed through
• Stopped acting for a year after a skiing accident at the end of 1994