Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh is an award winning actor and humanitarian. In 2016, she was appointed UNDP Goodwill Ambassador; in this role, Michelle focuses on empowering the most vulnerable, including women, those living in poverty and those facing disasters and crises as well as advocating for the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Since 2008 Michelle has been a road safety ambassador, for the Make Roads Safe campaign and the FIA Foundation. She is currently the Spokesperson for the FIA’s High Level Panel for Road Safety. Michelle Yeoh began working with the FIA Foundation in 2008, and has visited many countries on behalf of the Foundation. She led the ‘Call for a Decade of Action’ in 2008-2009 and spoke on the issue at the UN General Assembly on behalf of her own country, Malaysia, in 2010 and 2014. Her work supporting road safety in Cambodia was recognised by the Deputy Prime Minister in 2014. She is also a prominent supporter of the #SaveKidsLives campaign.

Internationally acclaimed for her roles in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, Ang Lee’s multiple Academy Award-winning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and its recently released sequel; and portraying Aung San Suu Kyi in Luc Besson’s biopic The Lady, Michelle Yeoh has transferred her skills to the small screen in two BBC documentaries on road safety, produced by the FIA Foundation. For the documentaries, Michelle spoke with road traffic victims, argued on screen with highway engineers, visited hospitals and dodged traffic to highlight the need for action.