Michelle Yeoh Net Worth

Michelle Yeoh net worth in 2026 is estimated at $40 million [1][2]. Most published estimates agree on $40 million, though one outlet gives $30 million [1][4]. Her wealth comes from more than four decades of film and television work [1][2]. Her Oscar win in 2023 lifted her pay for every project since then [1].

Yeoh won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2023 for Everything Everywhere All at Once, playing Evelyn Wang, a laundromat owner turned multiverse hero [1][2]. She was the first Asian woman to win the Best Actress Oscar [2]. The film won seven Academy Awards in total [1]. She was 60 years old when she won.

Yeoh best known films are Yes, Madam, Tomorrow Never Dies, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Memoirs of a Geisha, Crazy Rich Asians and Everything Everywhere All at Once [1][3]. She also starred in the Wicked films and the Avatar sequels [1]. Her Hong Kong action films made her a star in Asia first [3].

Michelle Yeoh married Jean Todt, the former Ferrari team principal and president of the FIA, in December 2023 [1][2]. The couple had been together for nearly twenty years before marrying in Geneva [1]. She was previously married to Hong Kong businessman Dickson Poon from 1988 to 1992 [1].

Michelle Yeoh was born on August 6, 1962, in Ipoh, Malaysia, which makes her 64 years old in 2026 [1][2]. She won Miss Malaysia in 1983 and began her film career in Hong Kong soon after [1]. She trained as a ballet dancer from the age of four [2].

Yeoh is known for doing her own stunts, a skill she built in Hong Kong action films of the 1980s [3]. She is a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations development programme [1]. She also fronts luxury brand campaigns and supports wildlife conservation [2]. Her stunt work set her apart from every other actress of her generation.