Yeoh (also known as Michelle Khan and Yeung Chi King) has placed No. 35 in People magazine's annual list of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.

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To make "The Matrix" (1999) and its sequels, the Wachowski brothers hired legendary Hong Kong action director Yuen Woo-Ping as a fight choreographer so Michelle Yeoh's scorpion kick from Mr. Yuen's "Tai-Chi Master" (1993) became Carrie-Anne Moss's scorpion kick in "The Matrix Reloaded" (2003).

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