Turns out, the Academy really liked doing laundry and taxes with “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star Michelle Yeoh, who capped off her recent sweep of best actress awards with a resounding historic win at the 95th Role. . She is the first leading actress of Asian descent to win in all 95 years of the Academy Awards.
Yeoh, a titan of Asian cinema who pulled off a series of stunts in death-defying action classics like “Supercop” and “Yes, Madam” before finding his way in the Bond film “Tomorrow Never Dies,” the classic by Ang Lee. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, “Memoirs of a Geisha” and “Crazy Rich Asians”. She is a beloved industry legend and the Daniels wrote the role of Evelyn Wang in “Everything Everywhere All at Once” especially for her.
During her time on the awards campaign, she has spoken about the challenges of finding three-dimensional roles in Hollywood throughout her career. Always the boundary-breaker, she will soon be adding musicals to her filmography: She stars as Madame Morrible in Jon M. Chu’s upcoming big-screen adaptation of “Wicked.”
Merle Oberon, an Indian-born mixed-race actress who emerged in Hollywood’s Golden Age, is the first woman of Asian descent to receive an Oscar nomination, for 1935’s “The Dark Angel.” But fears that the industry ostracized her led her to hide her heritage for much of her career.
The last woman of color to win the Oscar for best leading actress was Halle Berry in 2002, for “Monster’s Ball.” (It was a historic night during which she and “Training Day” Best Actor winner Denzel Washington became the first black co-winners in history.) as “Parasite” writer-producer-director Bong Joon-ho, “Minari” actress Youn Yuh-jung, and tonight, Ke Huy Quan, who won the supporting actor award for his portrayal of the Evelyn’s husband, Waymond.
