Michelle Yeoh Becomes First Asian Best Actress Oscar Winner

Actress Michelle Yeoh, who starred in the Best Picture Oscar winner “Everything Everywhere All At Once” is the first woman of Asian descent to win an Academy Award for Best Actress.

In fact, she is not only the first Asian woman to win an Oscar, but she is also the second woman to win in the leading actress category after actress Halle Berry won “Monster’s Ball” in 2002.

WATCH Michelle Yeoh Receives Best Actress Oscar For ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’

Michelle Yeoh received the Oscar for Best Actress for her outstanding performance in ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ #Oscars #Oscars95 pic.twitter.com/fIDMBH1rEy

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In her speech, Michelle Yeoh did not gloss over the fact that this was a “historic moment” for the Academy. “I really have to thank the Academy for recognizing and embracing true diversity and representation,” the Maysian-born actress said in her acceptance speech.

“This is something we’ve been working towards, for a very long time…I’m still here today. Finally, after 40 years I got this,” he said, holding up his Oscar. “It just shows we’re going to win. That’s what we do. Don’t give up, because once you give up it’s a loss.”

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“Don’t let anyone put you in a box, don’t let anyone say you’re past your prime,” he added. Yeoh, who is 60, is the oldest of the Best Actress nominees, which include Cate Blanchett for “Tar,” Andrea Riseborough for “To Leslie,” Michelle Williams for “The Fablemans” and Ana de Armas for “Blonde.”

“We need this because there are so many who feel unseen and unheard, not only in the Asian community—this is for the Asian community—but for anyone who identifies as a minority,” he added. “We deserve, to be heard, we deserve to be seen, we deserve an opportunity so that we can have a place at the table. That’s all we ask. Give us that chance. Let us prove that we are worth it.”

MEGAMichelle Yeoh is not the only actress to win an Oscar. In addition to scooping awards for Best Film, Best Film Editing, Best Original Screenplay, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheiner won for Best Director, Jamie Lee Curtis won Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and Ke Huy Quan won Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

Ke Huy Quan Picks Best Supporting Actress For ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’

“Mom, I just won an Oscar!”

Ke Huy Quan’s acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actor touched our hearts. ? pic.twitter.com/CzHuHU45Ip

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Ke Huy Quan, famous for playing Data in 1985’s “The Goonies” and Short Round in 1989’s “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” finally won an Oscar after a long hiatus from Hollywood. The 51-year-old actor who was born in Vietnam recalled his emotional story during his acceptance speech.

“My journey started on a boat,” he recalled as he became emotional on stage. “I spent a year in a refugee camp and somehow I ended up here on Hollywood’s biggest stage.”

We can only hope everyone is as excited about the 95th Oscars as Ke Huy Quan! #Oscars95 pic.twitter.com/xQ93CyLtFg

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“They say stories like this only happen in movies. I can’t believe it happened to me. This is the American dream!” he exclaimed which was met with thunderous applause from the audience.

“I owe everything to the love of my life: my wife, Echo, who month after month, year after year for 20 years told me that one day my time would come,” he said as he wrapped up his speech. “A dream is something you have to believe in. I almost gave up on my dream. To all of you out there: Please keep your dreams alive!”

Jamie Lee Curtis received the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once.’ #Oscars95 pic.twitter.com/1H3tJEmgGF

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“Halloween” actress Jamie Lee Curtis, 64, told Good Morning America that the prize from her Oscar win was not a “golden statuette” but the “goodwill” the film spread.

“Goodwill, that’s what you can take home,” Curtis said. “Not the golden statue, not the shiny thing I talk about so much. It’s goodwill, the goodwill that the film evokes with its message of kindness and love and reunification at a time when it feels like we’re all really struggling with reunification. This is a film that says you are seen and loved.”

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