Blog Task 2: Our Malaysian/International Media Icon

In this individual task, each of us were asked to pick our own Malaysian/International media icon and write up about them and how they inspired us. So here are the 8 chosen icons.

1) Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary

Written by: Syazwina Binti Khalid

Source: http://ma-devt.com/seri-syed-mokhtar-albukhary.html 

His full name is Syed Mokhtar Albukhary. He is from Alor Setar, Kedah. He was born on 12^th December 1950. He is a Malaysian businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist. His only education was SPM. He married to his wife, Puan Sri Sharifah Zaharah Albukhary and he is gifted with 4 children. He is now the owner of Gardenia SDN BHD. He is listed in Top 10 Richest in Malaysia. His net worth is 1161, US$ 1.88 Billion.

His first involvement in business:

Syed Mokhtar’s first involvement in business is when he got involved in his father’s cattle business in Johor Bahru back in 1961. After his father’s cattle business collapsed because of Mouth and Foot disease, he has no choice but to abandon his studies because his family couldn’t afford to pay for his tuition fees. This led to Syed Mokhtar to venturing to his own business with his savings from his involvement in his father’s cattle business.

His Investments:

Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar’s three major investments are Malaysian Mining Corporation (MMC) Berhad, DRB-Hicom Berhad and Tradewinds Group.

• His investments in MMC Berhad give him a significant stake in the energy and utilities, infrastructures, and engineering and construction sectors.
• Through DRB-Hicom Berhad, he expanded the business into the automotive, manufacturing, finance, hospitality and integrated property development industries.
• Tradewinds Group is well known for its background in the plantation agriculture industry. The company has also overseen the successful development and management of the various properties associated with the group such as the Hilton brand of hotels and resorts.

Philanthropic:

Syed Mokhtar’s philanthropic work began in earnest 1976. He gave half of his salary to 15 under privilege families and to his mother and sisters. Later, in 1996 he founded the Albukhary Foundation.

Albukhary Foundation

It’s an international non-profit charitable organization, with its headquarter in Malaysia, founded on the Islamic values of Taqwa (faith) and Ehsan (compassion). Although it’s founded on Islamic values, but worry not because this foundation is for all.

Albukhary Foundation Provides: -

• Albukhary International University  

It was founded in 2010 located within the Sharifah Rokiah Centre of Excellence.

• Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia

It was founded in 1998 and is located within the Kuala Lumpur’s Lake Garden. It has 12 total of galleries.

• Albukhary Scholarship Program

It supports disadvantage economic students worldwide. This program has already helped over 1000 scholars from more than 50 countries completed their studies in the Top University in Malaysia.

His awards and recognition:

• Tokoh Maal Hijrah 1429H by His Majesty Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
• Panglima Setia Mahkota (Tan Sri) by the Persekutuan
• Dato’ Setia Mahkota Kedah (Dato’) by the royalty of Kedah
• Nominated in ‘Top 20 Progressive Asians‘  by World Business Magazine (20^th May 2007)
• Malaysia’s Chosen One by Times magazine (2002)

Why I choose him as my idol:

The reason is because he inspired me to be more hardworking. He has been a fraud in his business, but that didn’t stop him to continue his business and become what he is now. He also inspired me to always love and care about my family. Like when he gave half of his first salary to his mother and sisters. I’ve never seen someone who is so dedicated, strong-willed and humble like Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary.

“My mother told me, that we own nothing until we give it with our heart fully, with hope that it will make other’s life better.“

- Tan Sri Syed Mohtar Albukhary

References:

• http://amioz.blogspot.my/2010/02/siapa-tan-sri-syed-mokhtar-al-bukhary.html?m=1
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Mokhtar_Albukhary
• http://ma-devt.com/seri-syed-mokhtar-albukhary.html
• Syed Mokhtar Albukhary: A Biography

2) Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza binti Tarudin

Written by: Nurfatin Athirah binti Zaharmin

Source: The Star/Azlina Abdullah, http://www.star2.com/entertainment/music/music-news/2016/12/01/siti-nurhaliza-to-choose-from-300-songs-for-new-album/

She was born on 11 January 1979 at Termeloh, Pahang. She is a Malaysian singer and business woman. She is married to Datuk Khalid Mohamad Jiwa who is a business man in Malaysia. She is currently the most successful singer in Malaysia and a multiple award winner. She has won so many local and international awards. She made her debut after she won a popular local singing competition show Bintang HMI in 1995 when she was only 16. Her debut single Jerat Percintaan had won the 11^th Anugerah Juara Lagu and another two awards. She can sing in wide range of genre such as ballads, traditional Malay and pop. She was into traditional songs when she was younger and she still sing this kind of genre even at her concerts.

Throughout her career, Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza had received a lot of awards not only in Malaysia but also international. She has thousands of fans in Malaysia but also in Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei. In her career, she can sing in multiple languages such as Malay, Mandarin, English and many more. Her powerful voice and incredible vocal has impressed a lot of people. Even the music composer, M Nasir, praised her voice and said that she can deliver any songs very well. She was also chosen to perform at the closing ceremony of 1998 Commonwealth Games in front of Queen Elizabeth II.

Dato’ Siti’s legacy that will be remembered were when she first appeared at the Grammy Awards on the 11^th February 2007 where she was the first Malaysian to walk on the red carpet. Her image likeness was also used as part of the Malaysian Ministry of Tourism promotions. Not only that, Dato’ Siti was chosen as the ambassador for Malay community in 2011. She was chosen as the second Malaysian singer to perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London in early April 2005. Besides that, in 2006 she received the title ‘Dato’ from the Sultan of Pahang on his 76^th birthday.

Source: http://simplysiti.com/datuk-datin-siti-nurhaliza-di-49th-annual-grammy-awards/

Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza has been my role-model because she inspired me in so many ways. She is an entrepreneur who never knew the meaning of failure and always try to achieve her dreams. She is also known as a successful business woman when she launched her own brand of beauty products and cosmetics called SimplySiti. She was personally involved with the promotions such as starring in the commercials and even released a theme song for her products called, Rahsiaku Kini Milikmu. She really inspired me to do something else than what we already have. She is just not only a professional singer but also a great entrepreneur at the beginning of 30’s. As long as we put our efforts into it, maybe we can be as successful as she is now. Her persistence makes me think that we should be passionate on what we are doing and not easily give up.

Source: http://www.watsons.com.my/luminous-white-cleanser-100g/p/BP_69245

As a Malaysian celebrity and business woman, Dato Siti has showed that she has the confidence to communicate with her fans and publics. This may come from her own experience when she was younger where she would help her mother every morning to sell kuih at her neighborhood. She has reminded me to be a hard working person and I should have the confidence in myself. Dato’ Siti is also known as a generous person because throughout her career she has been involved with a lot of charity events and even launched her own funds. She inspired me to be a generous person so that I can help our community and these will make me feel better about myself.

References:

• http://www.pahang-delights.com/siti-nurhaliza.html
• http://www.star2.com/entertainment/music/music-news/2016/12/01/siti-nurhaliza-to-choose-from-300-songs-for-new-album/
• http://simplysiti.com/datuk-datin-siti-nurhaliza-di-49th-annual-grammy-awards/
• http://www.watsons.com.my/luminous-white-cleanser-100g/p/BP_69245

3) Mizz Nina

Written by Noorul Hannah Bt. Ahmad Fakhrurrazi

Source: http://cosmopolitan.my/mizz-nina-tidak-kisah-video-lamanya-dikongsi-dilaman-sosial/

Shazrina Binti Azman, also known as Mizz Nina, is a 37-year-old fashion designer and television host. She currently has her own clothing line and her own TV show. She is also a former R&B singer and songwriter that got recognition worldwide. She married Noh Salleh, an indie-rock band singer from Hujan, in 2011 and has no children yet. She is the daughter of Tunku Arisha and Tan Sri Dato’ Azman Bin Hashim, the chairman of the Ambank Group. She has contributed so much in various industries such as music, radio, fashion, and even the TV.

Source: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2012/05/02/the-infectious-mizz-nina/

At a young age, she was thrust into the world of music with her talented voice and formed a group called the Teh Tarik Crew (TTC). It was then that her musical career proceeded, having 2 Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM) nominations for the group’s first album How’s The Level? The group then separated and she began her solo career by releasing her debut album What You Waiting For in 2010. The title track and hit single from the album went viral locally, featuring LA-based artist Colby O’Donis. The music video was shot in LA and it received over a million views on Youtube. She toured Sri Lanka and India to promote the hit.

Two years later, she released another album called Takeover, with a hit single of the same title track, featuring a famous international rapper Flo Rida. This was when she began her American tour on the road, starting from California to Las Vegas, Houston, Atlanta, Chicago, Miami and New York which was filmed concurrently as a reality TV show (Takeover) that was aired in Astro Ria. She was also given the opportunity to co-host an episode of The MTV Iggy Show as a guest on the street of Times Square.

Alongside, she also has a burning passion for fashion therefore she released her own clothing line Mizz Demeanor. The youthful collection was mostly highlighting her own fashion taste, which were more towards hip hop, dance and street wear. It featured various types of tops, hoodies, and sweatpants. At the age of 34, she was given the name of the ambassador of 1Malaysia by the Prime Minister Datuk Sri Najib Razak for her contributions towards nation-building.

 

http://ummzakiyyah.com/mizz_nina/

After a few years of being an international and local music icon, her career suddenly took a drastic change. In the late 2013, she performed Hajj (an Islamic pilgrimage in Makkah) with her husband and at that point, she knew she wanted to end her musical career. After coming back from the sacred land of Makkah, she decided to change her image to a more modest one. She abandoned music and focused on the right path in Islam, by going to Islamic classes and wearing the hijab.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZd5ZaQ3U7Y

As she began to unravel the world of Islam in depth, she was determined to finally put her fame to good use by having her own TV show called The Mizz Nina Show. It showcased diverse Islamic issues such as lifestyle, current affairs and real life situations. The show inspired to be like The Ellen Degeneres Show and The Oprah Winfrey Show where not only it entertains audiences but to also help the less fortunate. It featured some influential Malaysian icons from different industries such as the entrepreneur, Vivy Yusof, the banker and also her father, Tan Sri Azman, singer-songwriter, Faisal Tahir and Islamic preacher, Sheikh Hussein Yee.

Source: https://www.aquila-style.com/lifestyle/mizz-nina-interview/81801/

Besides that, she launched a modest fashion line known as Madeena that is slightly different than Mizz Demeanor. It was a transition between street wear to modest fashion with ready to wear designs.

Source: KLFW 2014, http://www.tonguechic.com/fashion/runway-report-best-of-muslimah-fashion-kuala-lumpur-fashion-week-2014/

Mizz Nina is without a doubt my role model as she has the courage and drive to put herself out there in the world and portray her best image. I was inspired by her gradual shift from performing in night clubs to having her own TV show that unveils the beauty of Islam in such a simple yet interesting way. I aspire to be as humble and successful as her and to have the same motivation she has to spread Islam in such an elegant way.

“Even though I was born a Muslim, today I feel like I’m a revert. Wearing the hijab and taking on my responsibilities as a Muslim woman makes me feel free, protected and safe. It makes me feel respected and at peace with myself.”

- Mizz Nina

Reference:

• http://ummzakiyyah.com/mizz_nina/
• https://worldhijabday.com/hijab-story-pop-star-mizz-nina/
• http://creativeummah.com/mizz-nina/

4) Neelofa

Written by: Hezrina Sazmin Bt. Mohd. Hifnie

Source: Choo Choy May, http://www.themalaymailonline.com/projekmmo/berita/article/neelofa-tahu-hans-isaac-mahu-kahwin-sejak-tahun-lalu#qGOjG4dsCb6Whxu1.97

NOOR NEELOFA MOHD NOR better known as Neelofa or Lofa by her stage name is the person that I adore and look up to. Neelofa was born on February 10 , 1989. Neelofa is an actress , a television presenter/host , a model , business woman and a social media influencer.

Here’s a little bit behind of her stories. Neelofa is someone who is ‘Beauty with Brain” why am I saying that ? because as people know that she is very excellent in her studies . She scored very well in Malaysian Education Certificate Examination. She got 10A’s which is very incredible. Plus, she was a winner of Dewi Remaja for 2010/2011 before she started to wear hijab. From, a business-oriented family & worn hijab a move that inspired herself to launch a business call “Naelofar Hijab”. She started with shawls as her first product & then she started selling online shawls and at bazaars. They sell it to other countries such as Brunei and Singapore . Not just that, her business has expanded and along Naelofar Hijab , she also created two other labels ; Naelofar Abaya featuring modern and stylish abaya and Lofalens a brand offering fashionable contact lens. Also , she has been collaborate with Swarovski on producing her limited edition of scarfs called “Maya”. Anyway for your information , she is the founder and director of NH Prima International Sdn Bhd . Besides that , Naelofar Hijab will be collaborating with Air Asia to produce a hijab for the female pilots and their ground staff as well.  With 5M followers in Instagram it shown that Neelofa is one of the most famous actresses in Malaysia. Besides that, she is one of the among 300 honourees of the Forbes 30 under 30 Asia 2017 which is a huge thing for young entrepreneurs & to be proud of.

WHY AM I ADORING HER SO MUCH?? OR WHY IS SHE INSPIRED ME??

Firstly, the way she styled herself is the boom and its something that I think can be follow by her followers. With profits/incomes that she have it shown that she runs her business very well which can lead young women out there to do the same thing. She influence people on how to wear or style the hijab . 

Secondly , what I loved about her is that , she is someone who is very professional. Why am I saying that? It is because she is of the artist that has been always haunted by paparazzi when it comes to gossip or issues such as her being in a relationship with someone which is not a true thing but still she managed to put is a side and focusing on her business and careers. That’s can be something to benchmark to artists out there.

Last but not least, she inspires people that we should learn to not be hard in terms of selling products in running a business instead we should give it soul and people will come to it . Which is very true. Plus her bound with her family is so incredible. I meant she has a very good family on supporting her careers and always proud on how successful she is . I loved the way that they encourage each other by doing something (for sure a good thing) and they don’t really bother on what’s people says about them. Which clearly touched my heart. Here are some of the proof below.

Source: taken from Neelofa's Instagram

5) P. Ramlee

Written by Adlyna Johari

Source: https://www.slideshare.net/AishahRadi/p-ramlee

Hey there! As you can see from above, I will be talking about a Malaysian icon that I admire. Looking at the picture provided above, guess you already know who I would be talking about right? Let me elaborate on who is this man right here. His full name is Tan Sri Datuk Amar Teuku Zakaria bin Teuku Nyak Putih or more known as P. Ramlee. He was born on 22nd March 1929. However, he passed away at the age of 44 on 29th May 1973. He was an actor, a singer, a songwriter, a composer and last not least a producer. He started off acting in Singapore back in 1948 and then later moving to Malaysia in 1964. He got married 3 times to 3 beautiful ladies named Junaidah Daeng Harris (1950-1955),  Noorizan Mohd Noor (1955-1961) and last but not least, Salmah binti Ismail (1961-1973) or better known as Saloma. He also has children however only one that is his own who’s name is Nasir from his first wife, and several stepchildren. However, Nasir has passed away in 2008.

Source: http://izzatifarhanimohdnoor5f.blogspot.my/p/blog-page_6976.html

 On the 29th of May 1973, P. Ramlee passed away due to a heart attack. 13 years after his death (1986), as a symbol of appreciation towards him, the ‘Pustaka Peringatan P. Ramlee’ was built in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur. However, a second memorial home was made for him, ‘Rumah P. Ramlee’ was open to the public in 1992 featuring some of his belongings and his reestablished village house in Penang on Jalan P. Ramlee. Roads were named after the late P. Ramlee for example the road in Kuala Lumpur originally named ‘ Jalan Parry’ was changed to Jalan P. Ramlee. The late P. Ramlee was also awarded with the honorific title ‘Tan Sri’ and later in 2009 he was  awarded with the title ‘Datuk Amar’ by the Sarawak State Government even after his death.

Unfortunately for P. Ramlee, he left this world being bankrupt and was ignored by the public which also includes his colleagues. How this is known is because a documentary of 90 minutes was aired on History Channel Asia. This documentary had shocked the nation also causing everyone feeling guilty due to his untimely death. The entertainment industry thought that P. Ramlee’s songs and films were of less value compared to before. Despite his previous success in the entertainment career, P. Ramlee passed away with a tragic bankruptcy and was shunned by the public including his colleagues. He went bankrupt due to the lack of interest the entertainment industry had towards him though that did not stop him from giving to others.  Why I say this is because P. Ramlee gave the last of his money to a visitor of his house as he felt that the person needed the money more than he needs it.

In my point of view, P. Ramlee was an amazing actor and was a perfect influencer to many. He was handling numerous jobs at a time yet he managed to handle it all at once. I felt that it was a waste of talent for not taking the late P. Ramlee for anymore acting shows or singing gigs. I enjoyed watching the movies he acted in and I wished that there were several more. My personal favourite of a movie he acted in would have to be ‘Tiga Madu’. The show is about him getting married 3 times to 3 different women HOWEVER none of them knew that he has been married. He covers up going to his own marriage by saying that he has a wedding to attend to which I found it sort of hilarious in a way. Having to lie to your wife about attending a wedding when really it is your very own. I consider him as my role model as he is passionate about his job and he could do several jobs. He was a very talented icon and I find it sad that he was rejected by the industry before he passed on. If he was still alive I would love to have a chat with him and ask him several questions on how to become such a natural actor. He will have to be one of the greatest legacies in Malaysia.

6) Tan Sri SM Nasimuddin

Written by Kris Aiman Bin Zainol Murad

Picture source: www.geni.com

Tan Sri SM Nasimuddin SM Amin was born on 27^th of January 1955 in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan. He was a father to one, a father to five, and a notorious entrepreneur\ businessman who has changed Malaysia’s economy tremendously. He was the founder, chairman and the chief executive of the Naza group of Malaysia. The group was formed in 1974 with 14 different business divisions in total which included motor trading, bikes, manufacturing, transport services, engineering, machine tools/parts, plantation, cigarette distribution, credit & leasing, water crafts, properties, hotel operation, and insurance agency. However, the group that was formed by Tan Sri SM Nasimuddin was more prominent for its automobile division. The mega group currently possesses the Malaysian Franchise for South Korea’s Kia, and the French Brand ‘Peugeot’. Naza Group also holds the import permits for Mazda and Giant Automaker,”Mercedes Benz”.

  

Picture Source: www.naza.com.my

Nasimuddin has always had a strong passion for cars and the automobile industry. As a 19 year old, he had a total of RM80,000 in his bank account which he had collected from his earnings by working with his father who was a contractor. He started his journey into the automobile business with a grant of Approved Permits (which is a permit given to bumiputras) from the Government to import foreign cars. In just about a year, Tan Sri Sm Nasimuddin made his first million ringgits.

After getting his business up and running, he travelled to Japan where he spent three months choosing and purchasing his first 20 units of pre-owned Japanese cars. He managed to off-load all 20 units within 3 months. Nasimuddin’s first shop lot was built in Taman Maluri which was selling around 10-15 units a month on average. Not long after, he opened a branch in Kampung Baru in the capital of Malaysia doing retail and selling, on average, 40 to 60 cars every month.

As an aspiring entrepreneur, Tan Sri SM Nasimuddin faced a bunch of obstacles which included financing, and how to convince customers to purchase pre-owned vehicles especially when the community was not keen on imported automobiles back then. Despite having those tricky problems, his burning passion and strong faith in his business pushed him to great success that has really been proven by the results of his company. A quote he left us to take in that I truly believe in was “to succeed you must love what you do and you must know what you are doing”.

Tan Sri SM Nasimuddin has received multiple honorable awards and recognition for his magnificent success in his business career. As a symbol of gratitude for his incomparable services and contributions to the people and economy of Malaysia, he received the federal award Panglima Setia Mahkota (P.S.M) from His Majesty Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong, which holds the highly respectable title Tan Sri. Nasimuddin was also gifted one of South Korea’s most prestigious awards from the President of South Korea, the Presidential Award Industrial Service Medal, for his contribution to the automotive field. Tan Sri SM Nasimuddin became the first ever Malaysian to receive that particular award. Somewhere in the early 2000’s, News Straits Times named him “Motoring Man of The Year”.

All in all, I consider Tan Sri SM Nasimuddin SM Amin as one of my main idols because of his determination and for his exceptional entrepreneurship values. Besides that, he was also a very down to earth man despite being one of the richest individual in Malaysia, which I tremendously respect.  I aspire to be as victorious as the man himself and leave an incredible positive mark to our society as well as creating more job opportunity for the community in my future businesses

7) Heath Ledger

Written by Mohamed Shain

A young Heath ledger
Source: https://www.pinterest.com/explore/heath-ledger/

FULL-NAME: Heathcliff Andrew ledger

BORN: 1978 

DIED: 2008

OCCUPATION: Actor, director

NOTABLE WORKS: 10 Things I Hate About You, Brokeback Mountain, The Dark Knight

People come and go, but some leave a mark on you before they go. Heathcliff Andrew Ledger, an actor of the highest caliber, was one such person. It seemed that even from a young age, he was destined for show business as he left home at the tender age of 17 to find a place on the silver screen. What followed was a meteoric rise to fame and a tragic end for this gifted young man.

 Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles on the promotional cover of 10 Things I Hate About You

Source: https://ameliatcreativemedia.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/10thingsihateaboutyou.jpg

FILMOGRAPHY

Heath Ledger was made famous in Hollywood by the now classic teen romance movie 10 Things I Hate About You. Where he starred opposite Julia Stiles as a young rebel who stole the the hearts of girls everywhere with his easy charm and inviting smile. From there he moved on to bigger and bolder things such as Monsters Ball and Mel Gibson’s Patriot. Another of his most celebrated works would he Brokeback Mountain. A bold movie chronicling the doomed romance of two young gay lovers in the deeply religious south of America. However his most famous work is without question The Dark Knight directed by Christopher Nolan. His career as an actor is defined by the various contrasting roles he took upon, stating “I feel like I am wasting my time if I repeat myself”. He rarely played a character similar to another of his characters. Which is a rare thing in today’s Hollywood. A true method actor, Ledger was often praised by his cast mates for his near zealous devotion to his roles. Yet he despised the notion of perfection and often told that he preferred things to look real and perfection was not real.

HOW HE GAINED MY RECOGNITION

The joker during the lock up scene in The Dark Knight Source: https://juninoa.wordpress.com/2015/04/01/the-brilliant-mind-of-heath-ledger-in-the-dark-knight/

It was The Dark Knight that opened my eyes to the artistry of Heath Ledger. His now iconic performance as the joker was of such raw grit and raging emotion that I could not help but be enthralled by his every action. It takes a great villain to make you root for him instead of the hero. But then when that hero is Batman, it takes something Herculean to sway the masses in the favour of a deranged psychotic madman. Yet Heath Ledger pulled that off. He was ridiculed and lambasted when he first took the job as he was formally known as just a Hollywood pretty boy who sold tickets only using his good looks. Of course he silenced his critics once they saw him in his make-up (which he did himself). The once perfectly sculpted face hideously dabbled in white corpse like makeup whilst his wavy blonde hair was transformed into a sickly green stringy mess. It was truly daunting to see a man transformed so much with just some dabs of paint. I was very young child when the dark knight first came out, yet even at that young age I knew that what I was watching was special. I was watching master at work. From the eerie calm drawl he spoke in to the way to the micro expressions that clouded his face. It was a truly bone chilling look into what a true nihilist would look like.

Picture taken shortly before his passing
Source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/26951297750269049/

DEATH

Shortly after filming stopped on The Dark Knight. Heath Ledger was found dead in his home from a prescription drug overdose. It is widely believed that he died due to the stresses bought open by how much he got into the role of the mad clown and his journal revealed how disturbed he was by the character.

He posthumously won an academy award for his role as the joker .the first time in history that a comic book adaptation had gotten such an accolade.

His acting career was relatively short. Yet he will go down with the likes of buster Keaton and Steve McQueen due to the perfection he acted with. A man of hidden depths and undeniable talent, his untimely death took away one of the most promising actors of this generation.

Last page of Heath Ledgers journal
Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/177720/bye-bye-heaths-chilling-last-words-in-his-diary/

8) Michelle Yeoh

Written by Loka Raam Charan

Source: https://www.theplace2.ru/photos/Michelle-Yeoh-md3120/

Tan Sri Dato' Seri Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng (conceived in 6 August 1962) is a Malaysian performer, best known for playing out her own tricks in the Hong Kong activity films that got her to distinction the mid 1990s. Conceived in Ipoh, Malaysia, she was picked by People as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" in 1997.

She is known for her parts in the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, playing Wai Lin, and the Chinese-dialect hand to hand fighting film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for which she was designated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in 2000. In 2008, the film faultfinder site Rotten Tomatoes positioned her the best activity champion of all time. In 2009, she was recorded by People as one of the "35 All-Time Screen Beauties"— the main Asian on-screen character to make the list.

She is credited as Michelle Khan in some of her prior movies. This nom de plume was picked by the D&B studio who figured it may be more attractive to universal and western gatherings of people. Yeoh later favored utilizing her genuine name.

Yeoh was conceived in Ipoh, Malaysia, to an ethnic Chinese group of blended Cantonese and Hokkien descent. Her folks are Janet Yeoh and Yeoh Kian Teik, a legal advisor and MCA politician.

She was enthusiastic about move from an early age, starting artful dance at four years old. At 15 years old, she moved with her folks to the United Kingdom, where she was selected in an all inclusive school. Yeoh later learned at the Royal Academy of Dance in London, majoring in artful dance. Nonetheless, spinal damage kept her from turning into an expert ballet artist, and she exchanged her regard for movement and different expressions. She later got a B.A. degree in Creative Arts with a minor in Drama.

In 1983, at 20 years old, Yeoh won the Miss Malaysia magnificence pageant. She spoke to Malaysia at the Queen of the Pacific 1983 excellence event which was held in Australia and won the crown. She was additionally Malaysia's illustrative at the Miss World 1983 exhibition in London. From that point, she showed up in a TV plug with Jackie Chan which got the consideration of a youngster Hong Kong film creation organization, D&B Films. Yeoh began her movie vocation acting in real life and hand to hand fighting movies, for example, Yes, Madam in 1985, after which she did the greater part of her own stunts. The D&B Group in Hong Kong was controlled by Dickson Poon. Yeoh wedded Poon in 1987 and resigned from acting. After the couple separated in 1992, Yeoh came back to acting.

Yeoh was at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. Yeoh's execution in Police Story 3: Super Cop denoted her rebound. She acted in The Heroic Trio in 1993, and the Yuen Woo-ping films Tai Chi Master and Wing Chun in 1994. Yeoh learned English and Malay before Cantonese. She took in the Mandarin lines for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon phonetically.

She played Wai Lin in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). Brosnan was awed, portraying her as an "awesome on-screen character" who was "not kidding and conferred about her work". He alluded to her as a "female James Bond" in reference to her battle capacities. She needed to play out her own particular tricks yet was avoided on the grounds that executive Roger Spottiswoode thought of it as excessively perilous. In any case, she played out every last bit of her own battling scenes. Thereafter, she was offered the part of Seraph in the two spin-offs of The Matrix, yet she couldn't acknowledge because of a booking struggle (the Matrix authors at that point changed Seraph into a male character and cast Collin Chou in the role). In 2002, she delivered her first English film, The Touch, through her own generation organization, Mythical Films.

In October 2011, she was picked by Guerlain to be its skincare ambassador. Yeoh will assume a part in reinforcing the French beauty care products organization's association with Asia. Apart from activity films, she is celebrated for playing patriots in two biopics. In 1997, she played Soong Ai-ling in the honor winning The Soong Sisters. In 2011, she depicted Aung San Suu Kyi in Luc Besson's The Lady. Yeoh was boycotted by the Burmese government purportedly as a result of her investment in The Lady; she was rejected passage to Myanmar on 22 June 2011 and was extradited on the same day.

Yeoh has additionally as of late spread out into TV, as it was declared in September 2014 that she had acknowledged her first TV part on the fifth and last period of Strike Back. Yeoh assumes the part of Mei Foster, spouse to the British Ambassador to Thailand, and who is covertly a North Korean government operative named Li-Na.

In 2016, Yeoh was given a role as Federation Captain Philippa Georgiou of the Shenzhou in the arrangement Star Trek Discovery.[20][21] In March 2017, she was additionally given a role as family female authority Eleanor Young in Jon M. Chu's film adjustment of Kevin Kwan's book Crazy Rich Asians close by Constance Wu.