The Ipoh-born actress cut her teeth on Hong Kong action flicks and became an international name with the Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and martial-arts hit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).
But as her peers faded from view, she revived her career with a scene-stealing role in the comedy Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and Star Trek: Discovery (2017 to present).
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