Oscars: Michelle Yeoh is first Asian to win best actress for Everything Everywhere All At Once
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LOS ANGELES - Michelle Yeoh on Sunday made history by becoming the first Asian to win the best actress Oscar, for her exuberant portrayal of an immigrant business owner in the sci-fi trip Everything Everywhere All At Once. The film also bagged the Best Picture award.
Yeoh, 60, was widely regarded as the front-runner for the award after claiming a Screen Actors Guild honour and a Golden Globe award for the role. This was her first Oscar nomination.
“For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities. This is proof that dream big and dreams do come true,” Yeoh said while accepting her award. “And ladies, don’t let anybody ever tell you you are past your prime.”
In Everything Everywhere, Yeoh’s character, Evelyn Wang, is struggling to finish her taxes when she is swept into alternate universes. The science-fiction film was a critical and commercial success and also won the best picture Oscar.
A still from Everything Everywhere All At Once starring (from left) Stephanie Hsu, Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan.
PHOTO: MM2 ENTERTAINMENT
Yeoh got her start in Hong Kong action movies in the 1990s and broke through in Hollywood when she was cast as the first ethnic Chinese Bond girl in 1997’s Tomorrow Never Dies opposite Pierce Brosnan.
Since then, she has enjoyed success in a range of genres, solidifying her reputation as both a big-budget action star and formidable acting talent.
Her best-known films include Lee Ang’s 2000 martial arts movie Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, the 2005 period drama Memoirs Of A Geisha and the 2018 romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians. AFP, REUTERS
2023 Oscars Winners
Best Picture
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Actress
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Actor
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Best Director
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Editing
Everything Everywhere All At Once (Paul Rogers)
Adapted Screenplay
Women Talking (Sarah Polley)
Original Song
Naatu Naatu, by M.M. Keeravaani and Chandrabose (RRR)
Original Score
All Quiet On The Western Front (Volker Bertelmann)
Original Screenplay
Everything Everywhere All At Once (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert)
Animated Short
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse
Costume Design
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Ruth Carter)
Makeup and Hairstyling
The Whale”(Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Annemarie Bradley)
Cinematography
All Quiet On The Western Front (James Friend)
Live-Action Short
An Irish Goodbye
Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way Of Water (Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett)
International Feature
All Quiet On The Western Front, Germany
Sound
Top Gun: Maverick (Mark Weingarten, James Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor)
Production Design
All Quiet On The Western Front (Christian M. Goldbeck and Ernestine Hipper)
Documentary Feature
Navalny
Documentary Short
The Elephant Whisperers
Best Supporting Actor
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Supporting Actress
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Animated Feature
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
