Watch as Michelle Yeoh meets fans in Kuala Lumpur after Oscars win
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Your support makes all the difference.Watch as actor Michelle Yeoh meets fans in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday after winning an Oscar at last month’s star-studded ceremony.
The Hollywood star, 60, became the first Asian to win the Academy Award for best actress for her performance as a laundromat owner in Everything Everywhere All at Once.
The film itself won a total of seven awards, including best picture.
Returning to her native Malaysia to celebrate her mother’s birthday, Yeoh said she felt a sense of relief after clinching the award and reiterated that her Oscars victory was a “beacon of hope” for Asian women.
“It was a roller coaster ride that started last year when the movie first came out. It was a whole year of not knowing, wanting, hoping, wishing,” she told a news conference.
“During the journey, everyone was asking, ‘Do you want the Oscar?’ I said, hell, yes, of course I want the Oscar. Who doesn’t? I am not going to beat around the bush and say no because it represents so much to so many of us.”
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