Editing Michelle Yeoh (section)

== Early life and education ==
Yeoh was born on 6 August 1962 in [[Ipoh]], [[Perak]], [[Malaysia]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lhooq |first1=Michelle |title=Michelle Yeoh Has Kicked Ass for Three Decades |url=https://www.gq.com/story/michelle-yeoh-has-kicked-ass-for-three-decades |website=[[GQ]] |access-date=2 August 2020 |date=17 August 2018 |archive-date=2 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802002856/https://www.gq.com/story/michelle-yeoh-has-kicked-ass-for-three-decades |url-status=live }}</ref> to Janet Yeoh and Yeoh Kian-teik. Her father was [[Members of the Dewan Negara, 1st Malayan Parliament|elected as a Senator of Malaysia]] from 1959 to 1969 as a member of  Perak's [[Malaysian Chinese Association]],<ref name="Echo 2010">{{Cite news|title=Dato' Yeoh Kian Teik – Legal Stalwart and Transport Mogul|first=SeeFoon|last=Chan-Koppen|page=5|date=July 1–15, 2010|work=Ipoh Echo|url=http://ipohecho.com.my/pdf/100.pdf|access-date=18 April 2023|archive-date=18 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418105437/http://ipohecho.com.my/pdf/100.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Dewan Negara (Senate) Official Report|date=1959-10-11|work=Dewan Negara|url=http://www.parlimen.gov.my/files/hindex/pdf/DN-11091959.pdf|access-date=18 April 2023|archive-date=6 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506130017/http://www.parlimen.gov.my/files/hindex/pdf/DN-11091959.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Dewan Negara (Senate) Pen vata Rasmi|date=1968-10-22|work=Dewan Negara|url=http://www.parlimen.gov.my/files/hindex/pdf/DN-22101968.pdf|access-date=18 April 2023|archive-date=6 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506124616/http://www.parlimen.gov.my/files/hindex/pdf/DN-22101968.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> the Chairman of the Perak [[Bar Association]],{{when|date=October 2024}}<ref name="Echo 2010"/> and the founder of "Sri Maju" in 1975, a major [[intercity coach service]] in Malaysia and Singapore.<ref name="Echo 2010"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Michelle Yeoh was with her father in final hours before he died at home in Ipoh|date=2014-11-06|work=The Straits Times|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/michelle-yeoh-was-with-her-father-in-final-hours-before-he-died-at-home-in|access-date=10 April 2023|archive-date=10 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410045247/https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/michelle-yeoh-was-with-her-father-in-final-hours-before-he-died-at-home-in|url-status=live}}</ref> Of [[Hoklo people|Hokkien]] and [[Cantonese people|Cantonese]] ancestry,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chinatowncdc.org/the-greatest-show-on-earth|title=The Greatest Show on Earth|website=Chinatown Community Development Center|access-date=24 May 2022|archive-date=8 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108045030/https://www.chinatowncdc.org/the-greatest-show-on-earth|url-status=dead}}</ref> she grew up speaking English to her father, and could understand some [[Malaysian Cantonese]] from her maternal grandmother who lived with them.<ref>{{cite news|title=Michelle Yeoh: 'Finally we are being seen'|date=2023-03-03|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/02a7a32a-3e6a-421a-982c-feeb29c445a4|access-date=6 April 2023|archive-date=6 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406064043/https://www.ft.com/content/02a7a32a-3e6a-421a-982c-feeb29c445a4|url-status=live}}</ref> She learned to speak Cantonese and Mandarin fluently in the 1980s and 1990s after starting her career in Hong Kong. Despite that, she never learned to read or [[Written Chinese|write Chinese characters]], which she has said was her greatest regret.<ref name="vf">{{cite magazine|title=Proust Questionnaire: Michelle Yeoh|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=July–August 2022|page=128|url=
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/07/michelle-yeoh-answers-the-proust-questionnaire|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721121021/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/07/michelle-yeoh-answers-the-proust-questionnaire|archivedate=2022-07-21}}</ref>

Yeoh was keen on dance from an early age, beginning ballet at age four. She went to the girls school [[SMK Main Convent, Ipoh|Main Convent Ipoh]]. At age 15, she moved with her parents to England. There, she was enrolled in [[The Hammond School|The Hammond School, Chester]], where she started to train as a ballet dancer.<ref>{{cite web |title='I know all about the crazy rich lifestyle' Michelle Yeoh on why she had to break out of her own super-wealthy bubble |url=https://www.you.co.uk/michelle-yeoh-interview-2018/ |website=You Magazine |date=9 September 2018 |access-date=16 December 2022 |archive-date=16 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216010809/https://www.you.co.uk/michelle-yeoh-interview-2018/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kleeman |first1=Alexandra |title=Michelle Yeoh's Quantum Leaps |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/magazine/michelle-yeoh-everything-everywhere-all-at-once.html |access-date=16 December 2022 |work=The New York Times Magazine |date=15 March 2022 |archive-date=16 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216011452/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/magazine/michelle-yeoh-everything-everywhere-all-at-once.html |url-status=live }}</ref> However, a spinal injury prevented her from becoming a professional ballet dancer, and she shifted her attention to choreography and other arts.<ref name="Grdn" /> She received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from [[Manchester Metropolitan University|Crewe + Alsager College of Higher Education]] in 1983.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/i-studied-cheshire-college-oscar-26562710 | title=Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh's time at Cheshire college recalled by friend | date=26 March 2023 | access-date=29 November 2023 | archive-date=27 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327130941/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/i-studied-cheshire-college-oscar-26562710 | url-status=live }}</ref>