KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia-born international actress Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh is reportedly going to be awarded by the President of the United States, Joe Biden, with the nation's highest civilian honour, the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony on May 3.
In a recent news report, the 61-year-old has been chosen as the recipient of the award, which is bestowed under a presidential decision to recognise people who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the US, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavours."
Past recipients of the medal include Mother Teresa, John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Stephen Hawking, Sidney Poitier, Yo-Yo Ma, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, Steve Jobs, Audrey Hepburn and Henry Kissinger, Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Neil Armstrong, Jacques Cousteau, Duke Ellington, Tiger Woods, and Rosa Parks.
Yeoh's movie credits include global hits such as 007's 'Tomorrow Never Dies', 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon', 'Memoirs Of A Geisha', 'Mummy 3', Everything, Everywhere, All At Once'', and the soul-stirring biopic, 'The Lady'.
However, it is understood that Yeoh has yet to confirm the May 3 date due to her numerous commitments.
