Michelle’s triumph is everywhere all at once

THERE was terror along with triumph for Michelle Yeoh at the Golden Globes this week. The actress suffers from ‘terrible’ stage fright and says that being faced with any audience turns her to jelly.

Yeoh was the wildly popular winner of the Best Actress gong at the Globes for her performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once.

Yeoh has already been named Time magazine’s Icon Of The Year and is enjoying a remarkable renaissance. On stage she said: ‘I turned 60 this year. All of you women will understand this — as the days and the years and the numbers get bigger . . . the opportunities get smaller.’

As a girl, Yeoh hoped to be a ballet dancer but a back injury put paid to that. After winning the Miss Malaysia beauty pageant she started appearing in Hong Kong action movies, doing her own stunts.

Her first Hollywood role was in Tomorrow Never Dies. She then starred in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in 2000. Yeoh is tipped to win best actress at the Oscars — although she will have to defeat Tar star Cate Blanchett.

The actress, who lives in Switzerland with her motor racing millionaire partner, Jean Todt, brought the house down when a pianist tried to play her off the stage. She said: ‘Shut up please. I can beat you up, OK, and that’s serious.’