MKE Film presents: 'Just Say Yeoh'

MKE Film presents: 'Just Say Yeoh'

From Cinebuds by Radio Milwaukee

March 4, 2026 · 28 min

About this episode

This episode highlights the multifaceted career of Michelle Yeoh, exploring her journey from ballet dancer to acclaimed action star and humanitarian.

We use the phrase “action star” to describe the massive talent at the center of this episode, but Michelle Yeoh has demonstrated over the course of her remarkable career that she’s so much more than that. In fact, her career as a performer didn’t start with scripts or stunts. She was more focused on pirouettes and pliés as a classically trained ballet dancer, getting all the way to London’s Royal Academy of Dance before a spinal injury set her on a path to the big screen (but not before becoming a literal beauty queen). Dori and Kpolly get into Yeoh’s off-screen activities — even touching on her humanitarian work and activism — as they give her the star treatment for this episode. It’s a well-deserved spotlight considering everything Yeoh has accomplished across her 40-year career, from performing her own stunts despite zero marital-arts training to winning Best Actress for Everything Everywhere All at Once at the 2023 Academy Awards. That’s just one of the Yeoh-centric movies you can check out at the Oriental Theatre throughout March as Milwaukee Film presents its irresistibly titled “ Just Say Yeoh ” series. You’ll hear our dynamic duo discuss all four movies in the series, a…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dori, Kpolly

Topics covered

  • Michelle Yeoh
  • film career
  • humanitarian work
  • action star
  • Milwaukee Film
  • Just Say Yeoh series

Keywords

  • Michelle Yeoh
  • action star
  • ballet dancer
  • humanitarian
  • Academy Awards
  • Milwaukee Film
  • Just Say Yeoh

Sponsors

Joe Wilde Garage Door Company

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MKE Film, Milwaukee Film

Books & works: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Places: London, Oriental Theatre

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