Malay of Chinese descent Michelle Yeoh won the Best Actress Oscar for her role in the movie today. ‘Everything is everywhere at once’, in his first nomination.
“To all the little boys and girls who look like me and watch me tonight. It’s a beacon of hope and possibility.” said the Malaysian actor after receiving the award.
This is proof, he added, ” Big dreams come true.”
Yeoh was one of the favorites for this 95th edition, along with Australian Cate Blanchett. The Hollywood Academy has finally decided to follow the trend of recent years and bet on diversity.
Yeoh already beat Blanchett Ana de Armas, Andrea Riseborough and Michelle Williams.
The reward comes a few days later. The Actors Guild also recognized her as best actress. A year where he also won the Golden Globe for best musical or comedy performance.
In the story created by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Yeoh plays Evelyn Wang, an immigrant in the United States. He’s overloaded with work and family duties where he must save the world by jumping to the rhythm of kung fu beats between parallel universes.
The actress devoted herself in interviews and speeches. making an advocacy for racial diversity in cinema and for the roles of middle-aged actresses, the barriers she had to face in Hollywood to overcome.
At the age of 53 and having a fruitful career of more than 40 years, Yeoh was named “icon of the year” in 2022 by Time magazine.
La Malaya was a Bond girl in the 1997 movie ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’. and his most successful role to date was the co-star in Ang Lee’s Oscar-winning film ‘Tiger and Dragon’ (2020).