KUCHING, March 13: Malaysian international star Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh has won the Best Actress award at the 95th Academy Awards or popularly known as the ‘Oscars’ at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles today.
The 60-year-old Ipoh-born actress won the award for her role in the comedic adventure flick, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”, making her the first South East Asian woman to win an Oscar.
The other nominees in the Best Actress category were Cate Blanchett for “Tár”; Ana De Armas for “Blonde”; Andrea Riseborough for “To Leslie”; and Michelle Williams for “The Fabelmans”.
“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 (when you) dream big, dreams do come true.
“And ladies, don’t let anybody ever tell you (that) you are ever past your prime. Never give up!” she said during her acceptance speech at the Oscars.
Playing the role of laundromat manager Evelyn Wang in the film, Yeoh attracted attention prior to the Oscars including getting a Best Actress nomination at the 76th British Academy Film Awards (Bafta), Best Actress win at the Golden Globes, and winning Best Actress at 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Yeoh rose to fame performing her own stunts in Hong Kong movies such as “Yes, Madam” and “Police Story 3: Supercop” before landing a role in the 1997 James Bond movie “Tomorrow Never Dies”.
She went on to international stardom after starring in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, a 2000 film which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2001 and the Best Narrative Feature at the 37th Golden Horse Awards.
Yeoh was also recently named 2022’s Icon of the Year by Time magazine. — DayakDaily
