Michelle Yeoh

The Malaysia-born actress, 60, was clad in a white gown by Dior Haute Couture as she made her way through entrances at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.

Keeravaani, lyrics by Chandrabose - WINNER The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse - WINNER Mark Weingarten, James H. Volker Bertelmann - All Quiet on the Western Front - WINNER Notorious: Last year's awards had been looking like a comeback edition before 'the slap' came to define the ceremony. But larger concerns are swirling around the movie business. Goldbeck and Ernestine Hipper - All Quiet on the Western Front - WINNER The two films swept the Golden Globes earlier this month. James Friend - All Quiet on the Western Front - WINNER All Quiet on the Western Front - WINNER Though he could have still been nominated, Smith's performance as a runaway slave in Emancipation didn't catch on with voters. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert - Everything Everywhere All at Once - WINNER

The Malaysian-born actor made history by winning the Academy Award for best actress in a leading role for her performance in Everything Everywhere All at ...

This is the only way we will get more opportunities — if we fight for it and no longer be able to say, OK, I'll turn the other cheek. Michelle Yeoh accepted the Oscar for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once, in which she plays Evelyn Wang, the Chinese first-generation immigrant owner of a laundromat around whom the film's absurdist multiverse revolves. We are part of the society and very, very much an intricate part of this whole community.

Superstar Michelle Yeoh of "Everything Everywhere All at Once" scored an Oscar on her first nomination, becoming the first Asian lead actress to win.

[Cate Blanchett](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-xpm-2012-jul-14-la-et-cm-cate-blanchett-20120715-story.html) (for “ [Tár](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/newsletter/2023-01-10/todd-field-tar-cate-blanchett-the-envelope-podcast-edition)”). She also starred in several massively popular movies Stateside, including best picture nominee and foreign-language film Oscar winner “ [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-02-16/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-re-release-michelle-yeoh-oscars)” (2000), the James Bond entry “ [Tomorrow Never Dies](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-nov-26-ca-47830-story.html)” (1997) and the blockbuster “ [Crazy Rich Asians](https://www.latimes.com/112526077-132.html)” (2018). “Everything Everywhere,” blending science fiction with absurd comedy, romance and family drama, features Yeoh’s protagonist, Evelyn Wang, inadvertently traversing the multiverse, inhabiting around 70 different versions of herself in a mind-bending host of what-might-have-beens from put-upon wife, mother and laundromat operator to action hero to glamorous star. “We deserve to be heard. We deserve to be seen. We deserve to have equal opportunity so we can have a seat at the table. But Yeoh took more than 40, as well as the most important Oscar precursor: the [Screen Actors Guild award](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9bDZ35ZMs0). [60](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2022-11-28/michelle-yeoh-everything-everywhere-all-at-once), made her name in the 1990s, performing her own stunts in a string of action movies in Hong Kong — including “ [Supercop](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-07-26-ca-27970-story.html),” in which she starred alongside [Jackie Chan](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-jackie-chan-career-in-pictures-photos-photogallery.html). “This is proof that ... “Ladies, don’t let anybody ever tell you you are past your prime. “I have to dedicate this to my mom — all the moms in the world — because they are really the superheroes.” dream big, and dreams do come true.”

Yeoh's win, for her role in 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' makes her the first Asian woman to win the category in the Academy Awards' 95-year history.

[Oscar race](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/03/awards-insider-oscar-winner-predictions-2023), Michelle Yeoh has been crowned the victor, making her the first Asian woman to win a lead-actress Oscar in the awards show’s 95-year history. Yeoh had another historically significant win in late February, when she became the first Asian actor to win the best-actress category at the SAG Awards. Oberon went to great lengths to hide her Asian heritage— [bleaching](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/06/merle-oberon-oscars-best-actress) her skin, refining a posh accent, and claiming she was from Tasmania. [Vanity Fair Oscar Party](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/photos/2023/03/photos-inside-2023-vf-oscar-party?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-oscars-2023) And of those 23, only four—before Sunday evening—won their category. Everything Everywhere All at Once earned 11 Oscar nominations, more than any other film this year, with other acting nominations going to Yeoh’s costars Stephanie Hsu, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Ke Huy Quan. In a supernatural twist, she transverses universes as a superhero version of herself. But in general, it’s always an older man.” Yeoh, who has been acting for about 40 years, initially rose to fame overseas in Hong Kong action films before breaking out with US audiences in 1997’s James Bond film, Tomorrow Never Dies, playing a Chinese spy opposite Pierce Brosnan’s 007. “Thank you for giving me a seat at the table, because so many of us need this. The first was Merle Oberon, a Mumbai-born actor who was nominated for 1935’s The Dark Angel; however, while alive, Oberon This is proof that dreams do come true,” Yeoh said in her speech, receiving cheers in response.

Malaysian-born Yeoh becomes the first south-east Asian performer to win the best actress award, adding to her Golden Globe and SAG awards for the role.

She continued: “This is the beacon of hope and possibility. Yeoh dedicated the award to “all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight”. Born in Malaysia, Yeoh becomes the first person of south-east Asian descent to win the best actress Oscar for her role as laundromat manager Evelyn Wang, who stumbles across a “multiverse” of alternative realities.

It was a disappointing evening for Irish talent with The Banshees Of Inisherin going home empty-handed despite its nine nominations. 95th Academy Awards – Show ...

“My journey started on a boat,” he said. Last year the UK won six. Elsewhere on the night, Elizabeth Banks tripped as she took to the stage to present the award for best visual effects, which went to Avatar: The Way Of Water, but quickly managed to steady herself. Vietnam-born American star Ke Huy Quan received a standing ovation as he took to the stage after claiming best supporting actor for his role in Everything Everywhere All At Once, becoming the first person from an Asian background to win the category. The actress, who is the daughter of Hollywood stalwarts Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, added: “And my mother and father were both nominated for Oscars in different categories, I just won an Oscar.” Taking to the stage, she said: “For all the little boys and girls who look like me, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities.

Michelle Yeoh on Sunday night used her acceptance speech to declare: 'Ladies, don't let anybody tell you you're ever past your prime.

Keeravaani, lyrics by Chandrabose - WINNER The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse - WINNER Mark Weingarten, James H. All Quiet on the Western Front - WINNER Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert - Everything Everywhere All at Once - WINNER Huge congrats to her!'

The multiverse sci-fi epic, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, claimed seven prizes at the 95th Oscars - including three acting gongs, best directing ...

Best Director: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert - Everything Everywhere All at Once Best Writing (Original Screenplay): Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert - Everything Everywhere All at Once Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once Last year the UK won six. “My journey started on a boat,” he said. Best Picture: Everything Everywhere All at Once

It was a disappointing evening for Irish talent with The Banshees Of Inisherin going home empty-handed despite its nine nominations. 95th Academy Awards – Show ...

“My journey started on a boat,” he said. Last year the UK won six. Elsewhere on the night, Elizabeth Banks tripped as she took to the stage to present the award for best visual effects, which went to Avatar: The Way Of Water, but quickly managed to steady herself. Vietnam-born American star Ke Huy Quan received a standing ovation as he took to the stage after claiming best supporting actor for his role in Everything Everywhere All At Once, becoming the first person from an Asian background to win the category. The actress, who is the daughter of Hollywood stalwarts Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, added: “And my mother and father were both nominated for Oscars in different categories, I just won an Oscar.” Taking to the stage, she said: “For all the little boys and girls who look like me, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities.

Michelle Yeoh took an apparent dig at CNN's Don Lemon during her Best Actress acceptance speech at the Oscars on Sunday (12 March). The 60-year-old actor, ...

[You can find the list of winners at the 2023 Oscars in full here](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/oscars-2023-winners-full-list-b2299468.html). The movie also won Best Film Editing and Best Screenplay. I’ve heard you, I’m learning from you, and I’m committed to doing better. A woman is considered to be in their prime in 20s and 30s and maybe 40s.” [Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan won Best Supporting Actress](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/oscars-best-supporting-actress-jamie-lee-curtis-b2299287.html) and [Best Supporting Actor, respectively](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/oscars-best-actor-ke-huy-quan-b2299293.html). He later issued a second apology, saying: “To my network, my colleagues and our incredible audience – I’m sorry. “And ladies, don’t ever let anyone tell you you are ever past your prime. She says people, you know, politicians or something are not in their prime,” Lemon said. [Oscar](/topic/oscar) award to her mother, and “all the mums in the world”, calling them the “real superheroes”. “Nikki Haley isn’t in her prime, sorry. [said in a statement that he regretted his “inartful and irrelevant” comments](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/don-lemon-nikki-haley-prime-cnn-b2283766.html), which many deemed “sexist” and “misogynistic”. [Catch up with the Oscars as it happened here](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/oscars-2023-winners-best-picture-latest-news-b2299486.html).

Michelle Yeoh made history at the Oscars 2023 tonight (March 12), becoming the first Asian person to win Best Actress at the event.

[Byrne wore the hot dog fingers from Everything Everywhere All At Once](https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-david-byrne-perform-hot-dog-fingers-oscars-2023-3412184). Rihanna also received [a standing ovation for her performance of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘s ‘Lift Me Up’](https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-rihanna-powerful-performance-lift-me-up-oscars-2023-3412290). Jamie Lee Curtis won Best Supporting Actress and [called for “more women anywhere, anytime, all at once”](https://www.nme.com/news/jamie-lee-curtis-wants-see-more-women-anywhere-anytime-all-once-oscars-3412297), while the film was named Best Picture. [an “uncomfortable” red carpet interview with Hugh Grant has gone viral](https://www.nme.com/news/uncomfortable-hugh-grant-red-carpet-interview-viral-oscars-2023-3412168) online after the star gave concise answers and appeared to raise his eyebrows at presenter Ashley Graham. She is also on the second person of colour to collect the trophy, following Halle Berry in 2002. She added a message for women around the world, telling them not to “let anybody ever tell you that you are past your prime – never give up”.

"Malaysia boleh!" Janet Yeoh said, blowing kisses to her daughter. "Boleh" - which means nothing is impossible - certainly captured the mood not just in Los ...

Closing her acceptance speech, Yeoh took on the ageism in Hollywood that is biased against women. "This is proof that dreams - dream big, and dreams do come true," a tearful Yeoh said in her acceptance speech on Sunday night. This, this, is the American Dream." And popular Hong Kong singer-actress Josie Ho Chiu posted a photo of Yeoh's Oscar moment with the words, "Dreams do come true". And billboards on display on the highways of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital, proclaimed her as the pride of the country. At the watch party in Kuala Lumpur, Janet Yeoh was promptly drowned in news camera lights as soon as her daughter was proclaimed the winner.

The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star is the first Asian actor to win an Oscar in the Best Actress category.

And it’s fitting that a legend like Yeoh has been at the centre of this transformational period for Asian representation in Hollywood. It says a lot about the state of the industry that an icon like Yeoh was, for much of awards season, an underdog in the Best Actress race. In a nod to that history, Halle Berry, until now the first and only woman of colour to win the Best Actress Oscar, presented the award to Yeoh on Sunday night. [the film’s cast took home the night’s top prize](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-ensemble-speech_n_63fc1f13e4b0cab1fa2ff4c1), they turned the mic over to veteran character actor James Hong. “For all the little boys and girls who look like me, watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities. [Yeoh told me last year](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-movie-michelle-yeoh_n_623d3c31e4b0846e7c4c4983), describing the first time she read writer-directors Daniel Scheinert and Dan Kwan’s script. Everything loomed so large: The prospect of Yeoh becoming the first Asian actor to win an Oscar in the Best Actress category (and only the second woman of colour ever) and the grim statistics. “I remember when I first came to Hollywood, it was a dream come true — until I got here. [she still gets asked questions](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michelle-yeoh-asian-representation-american-born-chinese_n_63c23979e4b0ae9de1c84e1c) — usually by white reporters — that ignore the fact she’s been atop movie marquees since the 1980s. Yet all of that was far from assured, given the academy’s abysmal history when it comes to representation and inclusion. While Blanchett’s performance in “TÁR” was undeniably a towering achievement, another awards season contender will likely come along for her in due course. [Michelle Yeoh](https://www.huffpost.com/voices/topic/michelle-yeoh) has long been an icon and a legend, with or without an [Oscar](https://www.huffpost.com/entertainment/topic/the-oscars).

Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian woman to win the Academy Award for best actress for her performance in 'Everything Everywhere All at Once.

She is also preparing to reunite with “Crazy Rich Asians” director Jon M. Yeoh will be seen later this year in the Disney+ series “American Born Chinese." Merle Oberon, who was nominated in 1935 for “The Dark Angel” but didn't win, hid her South Asian heritage, according to birth records. “For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibility. I kung fu-ed it out and shattered it,” Yeoh said. Meanwhile some criticised the grassroots campaigning by A-listers on social media for Riseborough.

For Yeoh, who was previously best known for starring in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Crazy Rich Asians, the recognition has been extremely welcome. The ...

[Crazy Rich Asians](/topic/crazy-rich-asians) was one of the biggest films of the year, becoming the most lucrative American rom com of the last ten years. Beginning in 1947, at the assassination of Suu Kyi’s politician father, Aung San, the film then follows Suu Kyi’s life as she is educated in England, falls in love, but is called back to Burma, a country devastated by militarism. When she is invited to accompany him to a wedding in Singapore, she quickly realises Nick is not who she first thought. [Pierce Brosnan](https://www.standard.co.uk/topic/pierce-brosnan) was still playing the MI6 agent, Bond Girls were still heavy-chested and short-lived, and Dench was still M. The high stakes story is about Chiyo’s rise to power as she navigates the complicated social and political scenes of Twenties Japan. The idea is a very human one: Planet Earth decides to drop a giant bomb on the sun to jump start it. In 2018, Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi became a global pariah: Amnesty International called for her to be stripped of her accolades as over 700,000 Rohingya muslims fled persecution in Myanmar and her government stood by and did little about the country’s ethnic cleansing. The sun is dying much, much, earlier than expected, so a group of astronauts are sent on a perilous mission to try and reignite it. One of the most beautiful films ever made, Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was nominated for ten Oscars in 2000, winning four. He relays the news that the universe is under threat from an alternative version of their daughter, and so Evelyn must take on the challenge and destroy all of these spin-off versions of Joy. The Malaysian actor has been working for four decades, and even though she starred in some brilliant films, she had not become a household name. I came here and was told you’re a minority, and I was like that’s not possible,” she said.

Michelle Yeoh is the first Asian woman to win the Oscar for best actress. From Malaysia to Hollywood via ballet school, beauty pageants and death-defying ...

From Malaysia to Hollywood via ballet school, beauty pageants and death-defying stunts, Sky News takes a look at her journey to the Academy Awards. Just getting the nominations was terrifying… [ Yeoh told Sky News](https://news.sky.com/video/michelle-yeoh-on-insane-latest-film-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-12814160): "Normally people would go like, this is too insane. "So, I don't understand how intense it is. Her early dream was to be a ballet dancer and at the age of 15 she moved to England to train at London's Royal Academy of Dance. From Malaysia to Hollywood via ballet school, beauty pageants and death-defying stunts, Sky News takes a look at the 60-year-old's journey to

The Malaysian-born Yeoh is only the second woman of color ever to win best actress at the Oscars.

"If this is your passion, this is your love, you have to stand up for yourself and for what you believe in and for what you want to do," she told reporters backstage. "She's 84, and I'm taking this home to her," Yeoh added. "I think this is something that we have been working so hard towards for a very long time, and tonight we freaking broke that glass ceiling," she continued. "For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities. The Malaysian-born Yeoh is only the second woman of color ever to take home the award. This is proof — dream big and dreams do come true," Yeoh said during her acceptance speech.

Michelle Yeoh's mother and family broke down in tears during the 2023 Oscars telecast, where Yeoh was awarded the best actress prize for her performance in ...

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” won a total of seven Oscars, including best picture. “Malaysia Boleh (Malaysia Can)!” The actress’ mom, Janet Yeoh, and other family members watched the Oscars live in Malaysia and cheered, wept and screamed when Michelle’s name was called as the winner.

At Sunday's Oscars ceremony, naturally glowing skin was the standout beauty statement of the night. From Lady Gaga, who performed her Oscar-nominated song ...

“I use the warmth of my hands to apply it with my fingers.” Celebrity facial masseur, Lord Gavin McLeod-Valentine, is the skin wizard behind a number of luminescent faces. “The key is to apply the thinnest veil you can get away with; what’s important, not just for Cate, but for every woman as they get older is to be sparing with base,” she says. “Cate really looks after her skin, it’s the pinnacle of her beauty routine,” says Greenwell, who credits Armani Beauty’s Luminous Silk Foundation as the perfect complement to the Tar actress’s innate glow. Best actress nominee Cate Blanchett, 53, has a phosphorescent glow that makes her the envy of women half her age. The message of a quiet rebellion against

'I have to dedicate this to my mum,' Yeoh said in her acceptance speech.

“This is something she earned with her hard work,” she added to CNA’s Melissa Goh in Chinese. I’m bringing this home to you.” [talking points from the night here](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/oscars-2023-biggest-talking-points-b2299476.html) and the [full winners list here.](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/oscars-2023-winners-full-list-b2299468.html) I’m taking this home to her. [ first win for an Asian actor in the category itself.](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/oscars-2023-records-break-b2292067.html) [Michelle Yeoh](/topic/michelle-yeoh)’s historic win at the [2023 Oscars](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/oscars) was felt worldwide, but especially in Malaysia, where her mother, Janet Yeoh, tuned in via live stream.

I am no movie critic but I was, for once, greatly pleased to see “Everything, Everywhere, All At Once” showered by the Academy awards. The movie didn't have ...

I liked “Everything, Everywhere, All At Once” less than Butler and Loder (I’ve a few ounces of cynicism in my blood) but I thought it was something that shows great creative powers. First, I watched “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” a little before and thought nothing particularly interesting could come out of the multiverse idea, which turned out to be on a dead track, at least in the hands of Marvel’s screenwriters. I found “Everything, Everywhere, All At Once” uplifting for two reasons. The consequences of paths not taken, the contingencies that have brought us to the moments we inhabit, how to make sense of a world that can seem to lack meaning — through the lens of the multiverse, Everything Everywhere All at Once shines a light on our own reality, raising questions about our own lives and humbly attempting to supply its own answers. This is a movie without an ounce of cynicism in its narrative bones. I am no movie critic but I was, for once, greatly pleased to see “Everything, Everywhere, All At Once” showered by the Academy awards.

Even as we wildly celebrate Michelle Yeoh's Oscar for best actress, I've been asking myself: Why does this count so much? Why is this such a landmark ...

For non-dominant groups—women of color most definitely included—this internal narrative allows us to move into the world with healthy boundaries, the ability to use our voices to advocate for ourselves, and the By being seen and heard, each of us gets a seat at the table to put forth our ideas, agendas, and philosophies. It seems apparent that world and societal leaders have shaped culture, political systems, and education to favor the status and psychology of the in-dwelling dominant powers. One obvious factor is our families of origin, but at last, the fields of psychology and To be funny, to be real, to be sad. Taken another step, what is the impact of being denigrated, abused, and actively suppressed within a culture?

You might not get to give an acceptance speech at the Academy Awards, but you might get a moment in the spotlight accepting an award.

“And then she ended with the film's last words: ‘Your story will be different from ours.’ As a father of a daughter, I wanted to see the movie.” For those who want to improve their speaking techniques, Toastmasters International is a worldwide nonprofit educational organization that helps individuals to become more effective communicators and leaders. “Sarah Polley, Best Adapted Screenplay for Women Talking, made me laugh by apologizing for putting the words ‘Women’ and ‘Talking’ so close together,” said Tate. “By the time he was done, I was rooting for him and wanted to see his movie. “This is the repetition of a phrase, like Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a Dream.’” “Jamie Lee Curtis, Best Supporting Actress for Everything Everywhere All At Once, used a rhetorical device called anaphora,” said Tate.

Michelle Yeoh - a ballerina turned beauty queen turned action hero turned Oscar winner - was in no doubt of the significance of the 95th Academy Awards last ...

His first role was in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1984 as a child actor playing Short Round. He was just 12 when he appeared as Short Round opposite Ford, now 80, in Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster but later quit acting when he found a lack of roles for Asian actors. British actress Lily James said that she had been moved to tears by his performance and said that she was hoping to bump into him at the Vanity Fair party in the Wallis Annenberg Centre for the Performing Arts. I am a product of them and a proud product of them and I know that they would be incredibly proud of me.’ Quan was saluted with an ovation, kissed the Oscar and wept. I knew I was – maybe not Ruby per se – but I knew I was different.’ Ms Curtis has said her daughter’s change of name from Tom was the hardest thing. Daughter Ruby said in an interview: ‘When I was about 16, a friend of mine who is trans asked me what my gender was. ‘And of course, the inclusivity... Ms Yeoh, 60, made history as the first person of Asian descent to win Best Actress for her performance as Evelyn Wang in Everything Everywhere All at Once. And all were huge sentimental favourites with the crowd at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. She dedicated it to her parents, saying: ‘This is the thrill of my life. The Oscars showed that actors of a certain age can still achieve long-held dreams

Ke Huy Quan's comeback story from childhood star of '80s flicks coupled with Michelle Yeoh's historic win as the first Asian best-actress winner Sunday ...

He called the impact of the wins massive. But all the movie’s Oscars (it also won best-supporting actress for Jamie Lee Curtis and film editing) mean a lot to Asian Americans, she said. The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” co-stars bring the total number of Asians who have earned acting Oscars to just six in the awards’ 95-year history. “It does tell the community that we have done enough … To actually see it happen was “phenomenal.” It really just kind of lets us feel like we can accomplish things that normally are not in our lane.”

Yeoh also made first on-screen appearance while in Australia in 1980s – in a Guy Laroche watch advertisement alongside Jackie Chan.

[According to reports](https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/everything-everywhere-even-moomba-oscar-winner-michelle-yeoh-s-aussie-connection-20230314-p5crv3.html), the Moomba win may have placed Yeoh in the eyeline of action movie star Jackie Chan, whose parents lived in Australia from the 1960s. [cast Yeoh in her first film roles](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000706/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm) – first as a damsel-in-distress, and then as an action hero, drawing upon Yeoh’s ballet skills. “Because of the years of training as a ballerina, as a dancer, I was able to learn movements in a very short period of time,” Yeoh said. [Jackie Chan](https://www.theguardian.com/film/jackie-chan),” Yeoh told an interviewer last year. [Melbourne](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/melbourne), Australia, in March 1984. [first Asian woman](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/12/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-oscars-2023-winner-awards-best-picture) to win best actress at the Academy Awards – but an Australian broadcaster has since unearthed archival footage of the actor at a beauty pageant at a Melbourne community festival in 1984.

Michelle Yeoh reflects on her historic Oscar win and never predicted that "such a little film" could enjoy such success at the annual awards ceremony.

It was a disappointing evening for Irish talent with The Banshees Of Inisherin going home empty-handed despite its nine nominations. 95th Academy Awards – Show ...

“My journey started on a boat,” he said. Last year the UK won six. Elsewhere on the night, Elizabeth Banks tripped as she took to the stage to present the award for best visual effects, which went to Avatar: The Way Of Water, but quickly managed to steady herself. Vietnam-born American star Ke Huy Quan received a standing ovation as he took to the stage after claiming best supporting actor for his role in Everything Everywhere All At Once, becoming the first person from an Asian background to win the category. The actress, who is the daughter of Hollywood stalwarts Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, added: “And my mother and father were both nominated for Oscars in different categories, I just won an Oscar.” Taking to the stage, she said: “For all the little boys and girls who look like me, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities.

Michelle Yeoh's history-making Oscar win caused jubilation this week in her native Malaysia, but it also sparked false rumors that a national holiday had ...

“I’ll call her to come home (to Malaysia) and celebrate very soon. “I’m taking this home to her,” Yeoh said in her acceptance speech. “The news is false,” it said. I’m bringing this home to you,” she said. She is very hardworking,” her mother told local reporters. There was “no truth” to claims of an Oscar public holiday, the statement from Anwar’s office read.

An image, supposedly from Malaysia's popular English-language newspaper The Star, showed the publication running with the headline: 'PM Anwar declares ...

An image, supposedly from Malaysia's popular English-language newspaper The Star, showed the publication running with the headline: 'PM Anwar declares public holiday on a Wednesday: "This is the pride of a nation!" Yeoh's family and two Cabinet ministers were among the supporters roaring with joy at Yeoh's win during a special Academy Awards viewing party in Malaysia on Monday morning. 'Way to go, Michelle!' 'It was such a jaw-dropping moment. 'The nominees are really strong, but we had no doubt. ' on Monday.

Michelle Yeoh may have made Oscar history in Los Angeles, but her primary residence is nearly 6000 miles away in Geneva, Switzerland.

Megan also focused on travel writing during her time living in Paris, where she produced content for a French travel site. She and Jean Todt also own homes in Paris and Ipoh, a city in northwestern Malaysia. During her BA in English Literature and Creative Writing, she gained writing experience in the US while studying in New York. Alongside this (her principal residence), Michelle and her French motor racing executive partner Jean Todt, have properties in Paris and Ipoh, Malaysia, where she was born. Michelle Yeoh recently made history as the first south-east Asian performer to receive the best actress in a leading role Oscar from The Academy. Michelle Yeoh primarily lives in a refurbished historical apartment in Geneva, Switzerland.