Michelle Yeoh Makes Oscars History as First Asian Lead Actress Winner

Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh's acting roots can be traced back to Manchester, as the city's Metropolitan university has revealed she graduated with a BA in creative arts in 1983.

Michelle Yeoh’s mother couldn’t be prouder at her history-making win at the Oscars.

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The Oscars 2023 returned to our screens on Sunday night, celebrating the very best talent in film, design and sound.

Michelle Yeoh gave an emotional speech at the Oscars as she was awarded Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once. Accepting her award from Halle Berry and Jessica Chastian, Michelle, 60, said in her speech: “Thank you. For all the little boys and girls who look like me who are watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities.This is proof that dreams dream big, and dreams do come true.

Oscars 2023 tonight (March 12), becoming the first Asian person to win Best Actress at the event.The ceremony took place at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre tonight, with Everything Everywhere All At Once taking home the most awards.Yeoh’s award for Best Actress was one of the film’s seven trophies collected, honouring her for her role as Evelyn Wang. “Thank you, thank you,” she said as she got up on stage to accept the award.

Michelle Yeoh is rewriting the record books, becoming the first Asian Best Actress winner in the Academy Awards' 95-year history.The Malaysian-born star, 60, became the first actress who identifies as Asian to win the Oscar in the Best Actress category for her multilayered performance as Evelyn Wang in the genre-bending film, . This is Yeoh's first Oscar.After being presented the award by Jessica Chastain and Halle Berry — a moment that was extra special as it marked just the second time a woman of color has won for Best Actress, with Berry first winning the award in 2001 -- Yeoh emotionally took the stage, where she was greeted to a standing ovation by the crowd and her castmates, including fellow winner, Jamie Lee Curtis.«For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities,» Yeoh began.

is a Best Picture winner!The lauded absurdist film took home the top honor at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday, following wins earlier in the night for Jamie Lee Curtis's Best Supporting Actress, Ke Huy Quan's Best Supporting Actor, Michelle Yeoh's Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, the Daniels' Best Director and Best Editing. «There is no movie without our brilliant and big-hearted cast and crew,» producer Jonathan Wang said. «I never thought I would get to say this, so I say this with one voice: Thank you to the Academy.» Wang went on to dedicate the win to his wife, quoting one of his film's most famous lines, «In another life, I would have really liked doing laundry and taxes with you.» The film now holds the most Oscars of all time, and is the first film in over three decades to win three acting Academy Awards. The Daniels gave similarly moving speeches when accepting Best Director. «Our fellow nominees, our nominees in this category, you guys are our heroes,» Daniel Scheinert said.

Everything Everywhere All at Once” star Michelle Yeoh, who completed her recent sweep of best actress prizes with a thunderous, history-making win at the 95th Oscars for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She is the first-ever lead actress of Asian descent to win in all 95 years of the Academy Awards.Yeoh, a titan of Asian cinema who famously performed a number of stunts in death-defying action classics such as “Supercop” and “Yes, Madam” before finding her way into the Bond movie “Tomorrow Never Dies,” the Ang Lee classic “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” “Memoirs of a Geisha,” and “Crazy Rich Asians.” She is a beloved industry legend and the Daniels wrote the role of Evelyn Wang in “Everything Everywhere All at Once” especially for her.

for her performance(s) as so many versions of an ambitious woman in Everything Everywhere All At Once. , a huge win for inclusion and representation. Her fellow nominees included Andrea Riseborough, Cate Blanchett, Michelle Williams, and Ana de Armas.“For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching at home, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities,” Yeoh began her emotional acceptance speech.

Everything Everywhere All At Once.”Yeoh, 60, is the second woman of color to win in the category, following Halle Berry for “Monster’s Ball” (2001).In her speech on stage at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, she tearfully thanked her cast and crew in “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and her family. “For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities,” Yeoh said.

Michelle Yeoh made history as the first Asian woman to win Best Actress at the Academy Awards. It’s a triumphant and moving moment for the thesp who killed in her role as a time-traveling Chinese-American laundromat owner navigating an IRS audit and complex relationships with her husband and daughter in Everything Everywhere All At Once. It was her first Oscar nomination.

WATCH: Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at Oscars 2022Per Academy Awards tradition, the reigning Best Actor award-winner presents the following year’s Best Actress with her statue.With King Richard star Will Smith out for the count, we’re all wondering who will present Michelle Yeoh, Cate Blanchett, Ana de Armas, Michelle Williams or Andrea Riseborough with the Best Actress in a Motion Picture award at the 95th Academy Awards.See the best red carpet looks from the 2023 Academy AwardsCate is nominated for Best Actress, but if she wins, who will present the award?So far, the event organisers are staying tight-lipped on who exactly will present the award but have revealed there will be a shake-up.“I came in and everyone says, ‘This is what we used to do' and there is no more, ‘This is what we used to do,’” Oscars co-producer Ricky Kirshner said.“We rethought the show and we put presenters together in ways that make sense for the category and you’ll see on Sunday night.”Host Jimmy Kimmel address last year's controversy in his opening monologue.

Andrea Riseborough makes a stylish arrival at the 2023 Academy Awards on Sunday (March 12) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

awards season with the 2023 Oscars. The 95th annual Academy Awards will be handed out live at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California, during a ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. Going into the ceremony,  led the pack with 11 nominations total, including nods for Best Picture and Best Director, while its stars -- Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu — all competed in the acting categories.  The four co-stars are among the acting categories' record 16 first-time Oscar nominees, which also included Ana de Armas (), Austin Butler (), Colin Farrell (), Hong Chau () and Paul Mescal ().

2023 Academy Awards! As A-listers stepped onto the red carpet ahead of Sunday's ceremony, a trend of bridal chic was quick to emerged.Ana de Armas stunned in a sequined, scoop-necked gown with ruffle details. In an interview with ET, de Armas revealed that her fashion look was a nod to Marilyn Monroe, whom the Oscar-nominated actress played in .«Nicholas from Louis Vuitton designed it and I fell in love with it,» she said.

Cate Blanchett is gracing the red carpet.

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Will Smith shockingly smacked Chris Rock onstage at the Academy Awards after Rock made a joke about Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith, the comedian reignited the feud with his Netflix stand-up special “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage” last Saturday.“Will is embarrassed and hurt by what Chris said about him and his family in his Netflix special,” a Smith source told “Entertainment Tonight.”Embarrassed or not, last year’s Best Actor winner received a 10-year ban from the Oscars and other associated Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences events, so he cannot present the trophy for Best Actor in 2023 as tradition dictates. And a source told Page Six the violent dust-up won’t go unmentioned Sunday night.“We’re going to acknowledge it, and then we’re gonna move on,” executive producer Molly McNearney said in a press conference.

Michelle Yeoh is having the best year of her four decades-long career – and it’s only March. Last week, as she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once, the 60-year-old actress was overcome with emotion as she stood on the podium, clutching yet another gong.