Michelle Yeoh is the first Asian lead actress to win an Oscar

Michelle Yeoh cemented Oscars 

On Sunday night, Michelle Yeoh made Oscar history by becoming the first person of Asian descent to win for main actress.Yeoh won her first Academy Award for best actress in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” capping off an illustrious career. The humorous sci-fi thriller, which was directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, stars Yeoh as Evelyn Wang, a middle-aged laundromat owner who learns she must communicate with alternate versions of herself in order to stop a global catastrophe while being audited by the IRS.

Yeoh is the first person in the lead category to win an acting award at the Oscars, and she is just the third Asian woman overall (after Yuh-Jung Youn for “Minari” and Miyoshi Umeki for “Sayonara”) to do so. Yeoh triumphed over Cate Blanchett’s performance in “Tár,” Michelle Williams‘ in “The Fabelmans,” Andrea Riseborough’s in “To Leslie,” and Ana de Armas’ in “Blonde” to win the award.
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Yeoh was the odds-on favorite to win despite the fierce competition because she received recognition at almost every preceding event, including the SAG Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, and Golden Globes.

With this achievement, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” has had a record-breaking awards season. It is only the fifth movie in history to win four major guild awards (DGA, PGA, SAG and WGA). It received an unprecedented 11 nominations for the Academy Awards, including best picture, best director for the Daniels, best supporting actresses Stephanie Hsu and Jamie Lee Curtis (who won the award), and best supporting actor Ke Huy Quan (who also won in his category).

About a year ago, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” had its SXSW debut and quickly gained both critical and commercial acclaim. The movie eventually made more than $100 million worldwide, becoming A24’s all-time highest-grossing release.

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