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.

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, 60, took home the Best Actress trophy at the 95th Academy Awards. Read her full remarks.

I have to dedicate this to my mom, all the moms in the world, because they are really the superheroes. She’s 84, and I’m taking this home to her. [95th Academy Awards](https://time.com/6262178/oscars-recap-2023/) on Sunday night, making history in the process as the first Asian woman to win an Oscar for lead actress. For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities. Everything Everywhere All at Once marks the first Everything Everywhere All at Once won seven of the 11 awards for which it was nominated Sunday night, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Yeoh made history as the first Asian woman to be nominated for Best Actress in nearly 90 years.

* [Everything Everywhere All at Once](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/300826548/everything-everywhere-proves-asians-can-do-anything-anywhere--even-hollywood?rm=a), Yeoh has won a string of honours this season, including the Golden Globe, [Screen Actors Guild](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/300817836/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-dominates-at-screen-actors-guild-awards) and Independent Spirit Awards. [Michelle Yeoh](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/300827098/oscar-nominee-michelle-yeoh-deletes-instagram-post-that-may-have-violated-academy-rules) has won Best Actress for her leading role as Evelyn Wong in the 2022 sci-fi comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once.

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

Merle Oberon, who was nominated in 1935 for The Dark Angel but didn't win, hid her South Asian heritage, according to birth records. And ladies, don't let anyone ever tell you you're past your prime.” The Malaysian-born actor became the first Asian woman to win the Academy Award for best actress this afternoon for her multifaceted performance in the multiversal Everything Everywhere All at Once.

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.

Brendan Fraser is among nominees at the 95th Academy Awards, which are being hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.

The network is also streaming the ceremony on its website and app. Unusually, that means British viewers can watch the Oscars on Freeview and Freesat. He also paid tribute to composer John Williams, the oldest nominee in Oscars history. The Banshees of Inisherin has four acting nominations, including Colin Farrell and Kerry Condon. He most recently presided over the 2018 event. This is the American dream. Interestingly, Halle Berry has also been invited to present. "They say Hollywood is running out of ideas. At the Oscars, the World War One epic is the bookies' second favourite to take the top prize, followed by The Banshees of Inisherin. At this point, Everything Everywhere All at Once is the clear frontrunner, having won nearly every major precursor it needed to - with the notable exception of Bafta. Thank you so much for welcoming me back." Later in the ceremony, Everywhere All at Once is the favourite to win best picture after success on this year's awards' circuit.

"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.

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.

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.

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.