Academy Awards 2023: Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian actress to win an Oscar - why did it take almost 100 years?

Michelle Yeoh wanted to get rid of one thing in her acceptance speech: "For all the little boys and girls who look like me and who are watching tonight, this is a sign of hope and opportunity.

Academy Awards 2023: Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian actress to win an Oscar - why did it take almost 100 years?

Michelle Yeoh wanted to get rid of one thing in her acceptance speech: "For all the little boys and girls who look like me and who are watching tonight, this is a sign of hope and opportunity."

And it was indeed a sign: when Yeoh received the Oscar for her leading role in the science fiction comedy "Everything Everywhere All at Once" that evening, she was the first Asian actress in the nearly hundred-year history of the Academy Awards Origin, which was awarded with what is probably the most prestigious award for actors in the world.

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