Michelle Yeoh

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.

Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh made showbiz history at the Academy Awards when she took home the Best Actress award for her performance in Everything Everywhere All ...

Yeoh has been steadily working in Hollywood since, starring in blockbusters such as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. It is truly the role of a lifetime. She's also the first Malaysian to be nominated and win in the Academy Awards. I'm bringing this home to you," Yeoh continued. For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities. Other nominees in the Best Actress category included Ana De Armas, Michelle Williams and Andrea Riseborough.

For her performance in 'Everything Everywhere All at Once', the Ipoh-born star has just clinched the prize for Best Actress at the Academy Awards.

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