“Ladies, Don’t Let Anybody Tell You You’re Past Your Prime”: Oscar Winner Michelle Yeoh!
She just scripted history!
Michelle Yeoh starrer Everything Everywhere All At Once has been on a winning streak at the Oscars 2023. The film has bagged 7 Oscars with actress Michelle Yeoh winning the Best Actress award for her role in the film. This win was much anticipated after her role in the critically acclaimed film. In her Oscar award acceptance speech, the actress made sure to highlight how this win is huge not just for her and her career but for her entire race as she made history. ICYMI, Michelle is the first Asian woman in the history of the Academy Award to win the Best Actress Oscar.
In her Oscar acceptance speech, Michelle Yeoh said that this win is a beacon of hope and possibility for all those kids who look like her, highlighting how this win will give hope to people of her race. Speaking further, the 60-year-old actress told women to not let anyone tell them that they’re past their prime. Calling her mother a “superhero” the Everything Everywhere All At Once actress dedicated the win to her mother.
Michelle Yeoh accepts her #Oscar for Best Actress: "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 dreams do come true." https://t.co/ndiKiHfmID pic.twitter.com/pQN8nHDhCx
— Variety (@Variety) March 13, 2023
Michelle Yeoh’s win is historical because she happens to be the first actress who identifies as Asian to win an Oscar. Before the Malaysian actress, Vivien Leigh (two-time Oscar winner) and Oscar nominee Merle Oberon passed off as white and hid their Asian lineage. Further, actresses Cher, Salma Hayek and Natalie Portman who have won Oscars do not identify as Asian.
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For the unversed, Michelle Yeoh won the best actress Oscar for her role in Everything Everywhere All At Once by beating previous Oscar winner Cate Blanchett (Tár), Michelle William (The Fablemans), Ana de Armas (Blonde) and Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie). Apart from this, her film Everything Everywhere All At Once has bagged 7 wins including Best Picture, Best Director (Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert), Best Film Editing (Paul Rogers), Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan), Best Supporting Actress (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Best Lead Actress (Michelle Yeoh).
