Michelle Yeoh

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.

At the 2023 Oscars the star of Everything Everywhere All at Once gives a moving speech, as the film claims three out of the four major acting awards.

The win is even more historic for the Academy, as it is the first time an Asian actress won the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Police Story 3) before leaping to Hollywood film as Chinese spy Wai Lin in the 1997 Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies. “For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities,” Yeoh said in her acceptance speech. “This is proof that dreams come true. [Everything Everywhere All at Once](https://www.polygon.com/23021092/everything-everywhere-interview-daniel-kwan-daniel-scheinert-daniels) only the third movie in Oscars history to [win three out of the four](https://www.polygon.com/23636834/oscars-2023-ke-huy-quan-best-supporting-actor-speech-everything-everywhere-all-at-once) major acting awards — the previous being Sidney Lumet’s Network and Elia Kazan’s A Streetcar Named Desire. [Everything Everywhere All at Once](https://www.polygon.com/reviews/23006000/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-review) triumphantly took the stage for her performance in the lead role of Evelyn Wang, claiming the third of the three major acting awards the film was nominated for.

Michelle Yeoh has won best actress at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday night, becoming the first woman of Asian descent to win the award.

In total, the film won seven Academy Awards out of 11 nominations, including best picture. [The Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/michelle-yeoh-historic-2023-oscar-nomination-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-1235308400/) that “it’s taken a long time. This is proof to dream big and dreams do come true,” Yeoh gushed while I totally understand.’ All this time, they’ve not been recognized, they’ve not been heard.” [Michelle Yeoh ](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/10/entertainment/michelle-yeoh-best-movies/index.html)has won best actress at the [95th Academy Awards](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/12/entertainment/oscar-winners-2023/index.html) on Sunday night, becoming the first woman of Asian descent to win the award. Yeoh is the fifth person of Asian descent to win an Oscar in an acting category and the first to win in a lead acting category.

Michelle Yeoh on Sunday made history by becoming the first Asian woman to win the best actress Oscar, for her exuberant portrayal of an immigrant business ...

"We've gone through such a crazy, chaotic time in our life, and we all needed something to fill us with hope and ensure... dream big and dreams do come true," Yeoh said as she accepted the award. Never give up," she said to cheers. But ultimately Evelyn returns to a mundane "normal" life -- one which the audience can relate to -- in which she must navigate the complexity, pain and strength of family ties. In one of the myriad versions of her life, Evelyn has hot dogs for fingers, and is in a relationship with the tax inspector who is auditing her (played with comic aplomb by Jamie Lee Curtis). This is proof that....

"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." Yeoh's award was one of seven picked up by Everything Everywhere All at Once, which swept the evening. 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 go watch Everything Everywhere All at Once, a must-see movie about the multiverse and the meaning of life. Yeoh burst into Hollywood in the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, playing a Chinese femme fatale opposite Pierce Brosnan's 007. And billboards on display on the highways of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital, proclaimed her as the pride of the country. This is a great movie, one the best I’ve seen a long time. 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. Twitter in Asia had some some 350,000 congratulatory posts while Weibo, China's version of Twitter, said a hashtag lauding her win was viewed about 360 million times. And the elation was there to see.

"Everything Everywhere All at Once" star Michelle Yeoh took the chance to call out ageism in Hollywood during her Oscar acceptance speech on March 12.

dream big, and dreams do come true," said the actress in her Oscar acceptance speech, encouraging fellow Asians to aspire to greatness. Besides winning Best Actress at the Oscars and the Golden Globes, Yeoh has also bagged the [95th Academy Awards](https://www.insider.com/2023-oscars-red-carpet-winners-and-losers-live-blog-2023-3) ceremony on Sunday, history was made when Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh accepted the Oscar for Best Actress. The This is proof that ... Never give up."

Michelle Yeoh cemented Oscars history on Sunday night as she became the first Asian person to win for lead actress. Yeoh took home the first Academy Award ...

The prize adds to a record awards season for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” which became only the fifth film in history to sweep four major guild awards (DGA, PGA, SAG and WGA). She’s also just the second woman of color to win best actress after Halle Berry in 2002 for “Monster’s Ball.” “They are the real superheroes, and without them, none of us will be here tonight,” she said.

Michelle Yeoh appeared to throw shade at CNN host Don Lemon at the Oscars 2023 while accepting an award for her role in "Everything Everywhere All at Once."

He later [offered a rambling apology](https://nypost.com/2023/02/17/don-lemon-apologizes-gets-rebuke-from-cnn-ceo-over-sexist-remarks/) to his staff, saying in part, “The people I am closest to in this organization are women. And while taking home a trophy at the 2023 SAG Awards last month, she told the crowd, “I think if I speak, my heart will explode. “I appreciate the opportunity to be back on @CNNThisMorning today,” he wrote. “If you Google, ‘When is a woman in her prime?’ it’ll say 20s, 30s and 40s,” he retorted. Women from all walks of life regularly face age discrimination.” [another wrote](https://twitter.com/slackrguy/status/1635244434769199107). She’s proof it’s all nonsense. [one netizen tweeted](https://twitter.com/Anewluemerges/status/1635240757216026624). George added](https://twitter.com/RobGeorge/status/1635121301403897861). “For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities. [Matt Wilstein agreed](https://twitter.com/mattwilstein/status/1635120932804259840). [Stephanie Hamill tweeted](https://twitter.com/STEPHMHAMILL/status/1635136049994428416).

Performer is the first Asian to win the Academy Award for best actress in a leading role.

“History created for Asia and Malaysia,” wrote Syed Saddiq, a legislator. Dedicating her triumph to her mother and all the mothers in the world, she also said, “Ladies, don’t let anybody tell you you are ever past your prime. In her acceptance speech, Yeoh called her win a “beacon of hope and possibilities” for “all the boys and girls who look like me”. On Malaysian social media, Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh was trending. Yeoh made her Hollywood breakthrough when she was cast as the first ethnic Chinese Bond girl in 1997’s Tomorrow Never Dies opposite Pierce Brosnan. “She’s a very hardworking girl, you know.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In the video, a crowd watching a livestream of the awards show cheers as presenter Halle Berry calls out her daughter's name, and Janet Yeoh immediately stands ...

All the moms in the world,” Michelle declared. [Michelle Yeoh](https://www.vulture.com/2023/03/oscars-2023-michelle-yeoh-best-actress.html) continues to [do it for the mommies](https://www.vulture.com/2023/03/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-oscars-history.html) but not without forgetting her own [mother](https://www.vulture.com/2023/03/michelle-yeoh-win-independent-spirit-awards.html). “Because they are really the superheroes, and without them, none of us would be here tonight.”

Michelle Yeoh's mom may not have been present in the Dolby Theater on Sunday to see her daughter win an Oscar but cameras were rolling as she watched the ...

Carter](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/12/entertainment/ruth-carter-oscar-black-panther-cec/index.html) became the first woman of color to win two Academy Awards on Sunday, she revealed in her speech that her mother recently died at the age of 101. Carter said her work on “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” prepared her for the moment and dedicated the award to her late mom. He spoke about spending a year in a refugee camp as a child and finding himself as an adult on Hollywood’s biggest stage. [Ke Huy Quan](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/12/entertainment/ke-huy-quan-oscars-acceptance-speech/index.html), who won the award for best supporting actor for his role in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” also thanked his mom for the sacrifices she made during his acceptance speech. [“Everything Everywhere All at Once”](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/13/entertainment/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-academy-awards-takeaways/index.html) is a film about the importance of family and the dynamics of familial relationships, particularly between a mother and daughter (Stephanie Hsu). [Michelle Yeoh’s](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/12/entertainment/michelle-yeoh-oscars-winner/index.html) mom may not have been present in the Dolby Theater on Sunday to see her daughter win an [Oscar](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/12/entertainment/oscar-winners-2023/index.html) but cameras were rolling as she watched the historic moment live in Malaysia.

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.