Editing Michelle Yeoh (section)

===Return as an action star (1992–2001)===
[[File:Michelle Yeoh2.jpg|thumb|upright|Yeoh at the [[2000 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
After five years of marriage, Yeoh divorced Poon and returned to acting with ''[[Police Story 3: Super Cop]]'' (1992).<ref name="KeeHuaChee-2004" /> She appeared in ''[[The Heroic Trio]]'' (1993), and the [[Yuen Woo-ping]] films ''[[Tai Chi Master (film)|Tai Chi Master]]'' and ''[[Wing Chun (film)|Wing Chun]]'' in 1993 and 1994, respectively.

She changed her stage name back to Michelle Yeoh when she started her Hollywood career with ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'' in 1997.<ref name="KeeHuaChee-2004">{{cite web |author=Kee Hua Chee |date=19 January 2004 |url=http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2004/1/10/features/7041578&sec=features |title=Her own person |work=The Star |location=Malaysia |access-date=13 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030095057/http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=%2F2004%2F1%2F10%2Ffeatures%2F7041578&sec=features |archive-date=30 October 2012 |url-status=dead}} Interview.</ref> In the 1997 [[James Bond]] film, she played [[Wai Lin]] opposite star [[Pierce Brosnan]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=2023-03-03 |title=Michelle Yeoh Says Hollywood Questioned 'If I Even Spoke English' After 1997 Bond Film: 'I Didn't Work for Two Years' Due to Stereotype Offers |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/michelle-yeoh-rejected-racist-hollywood-roles-two-years-bond-1235542287/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> Brosnan was impressed, describing her as a "wonderful actress" who was "serious and committed about her work."<ref>{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=David |date=11 February 1997 |title=Bond girl Yeoh gets licence to thrill 007 |work=[[South China Morning Post]]}}</ref> He referred to her as a "female James Bond" in reference to her combat abilities. Yeoh wanted to perform her own stunts but was prevented because director [[Roger Spottiswoode]] considered it too dangerous. Nevertheless, she performed all of her own fighting scenes.<ref>{{cite news |date=21 May 1997 |title=Bond Leading Lady Won't Do Stunts |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Chung |first=Winnie |date=30 May 1997 |title=Much More Than Just A Bond Girl |work=[[South China Morning Post]]}}</ref>

In 1997, Yeoh played [[Soong Ai-ling]] in the award-winning ''[[The Soong Sisters (film)|The Soong Sisters]]''. Yeoh was approached by director [[Ang Lee]] to star as Yu Shu Lien in her first Mandarin-language martial arts film ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'' (2000). She did not speak [[Malaysian Mandarin|Mandarin]] until the 2000s, and she had to learn the Mandarin lines for ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' [[phonetic transcription|phonetically]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2022/03/michelle-yeoh-crouching-tiger-set-injury-ang-lee-1234708505/ |title=Ang Lee on 'Tough' 'Crouching Tiger' Shoot After Michelle Yeoh Injury: 'That Was Supposed to Be Her Strength' |last=Bergeson |first=Samantha |date=16 March 2022 |website=[[IndieWire]] |access-date=5 March 2023 |archive-date=5 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305151612/https://www.indiewire.com/2022/03/michelle-yeoh-crouching-tiger-set-injury-ang-lee-1234708505/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was an international success, and earned Yeoh a [[54th British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA 2000]] nomination for [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress in a Leading Role]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2023-02-17 |title=Michelle Yeoh Has Always Been Criminally Underrated |url=https://time.com/6256655/michelle-yeoh-crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-appreciation/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |magazine=TIME |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-01-31 |title=Tiger fights Gladiator in Bafta race |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1146067.stm |access-date=2024-05-20 |language=en-GB}}</ref>