The nominations for the 95th Academy Awards were announced on January 24 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills by Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams. Keeravaani and Chandrabose who are nominated for best original song for Naatu Naatu from the Indian movie, RRR. See also: Michelle Yeoh and more Asian stars wow on the Golden Globes red carpetĪpart of Yeoh, Quan, and Hsu, other Asians on the list of nominees include Hong Chau, nominated for best supporting actress for The Whale Daniel Kwan, one half of the Daniels nominated for best director for Everything Everywhere All at Once director Domee Shi, nominated for best animated film for Turning Red and M.M. According to the article, Oberon was born to a mother of mixed South Asian origin and a white British father, but she obscured her biracial identity to make it in Hollywood. While technically Yeoh is the first person who identifies as Asian to be nominated for best actress Oscar, an article in Washington Post dated January 25, 2023, highlighted that Merle Oberon, a biracial actress was the first Asian to be nominated in the category, for Dark Angel in 1936. The indie turned juggernaut Everything Everywhere All at Once also leads the Oscar race with a total of 11 nominations, including best picture. She is a hot favourite to win the category-her only real contender is Cate Blanchett, who is nominated for Tár. Her nomination comes on the heels of her historic win at the Golden Globes. Yeoh is now the first Malaysian ever to be nominated for a best actress Oscar. Chu for the screen adaptation of the musical “Wicked.As expected, Everything Everywhere All At Once garnered acting nominations for best actress ( Michelle Yeoh), best supporting actor ( Ke Huy Quan), and best supporting actress (Jamie Lee Curtis and-surprise, surprise-Stephanie Hsu). Yeoh will be seen later this year in the Disney+ series “American Born Chinese." She is also preparing to reunite with “Crazy Rich Asians” director Jon M. The multiverse movie was also a showcase across a bevy of genres - drama, comedy, sci-fi and fantasy.Īt 60, Yeoh has been heavily in demand since her standout turn as a controlling matriarch in “Crazy Rich Asians.” From there, she has done everything from a “Star Trek” spinoff to Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.” When she first read the script for “Everything Everywhere,” Yeoh thought it was “an independent film on steroids.” She was ultimately swayed by the opportunity to give voice to immigrant mothers and grandmothers who go unnoticed. Yeoh got her start in the kung fu cinema world but rose to stardom in 1992 as Jackie Chan's co-star in “Supercop." American audiences got to know her even better over the next decade with hits like “Tomorrow Never Dies” and Ang Lee's “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon." Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert won for best directors and original screenplay. Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan also won best supporting actor Oscars. Her win was one of seven Oscars for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” including best picture and editing. Yeoh appeared a lock after winning seemingly every award everywhere, including the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award, for her nuanced portrayal of Evelyn, an immigrant Chinese wife, mother and laundromat operator bracing for a tax audit. Janet Yeoh got to watch her daughter's win at a live Oscar watch party in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. “I have to dedicate this to my mom and all the moms in the world because they are really the superheroes and without them none of us would be here tonight,” she said. Yeoh also used her speech to honor her 84-year-old mother. Meanwhile some criticized the grassroots campaigning by A-listers on social media for Riseborough. The category also received notice for who wasn't nominated: In a year of strong performances from Black women like Viola Davis ("The Woman King") and Danielle Deadwyler ("Till"), they were shut out. Yeoh beat out past Oscar winner Cate Blanchett ("Tár"), as well as Michelle Williams (“The Fabelmans”), Ana de Armas ("Blonde") and Andrea Riseborough ("To Leslie"). Merle Oberon, who was nominated in 1935 for “The Dark Angel” but didn't win, hid her South Asian heritage, according to birth records. As a nominee, Yeoh was the first in the category who identified as Asian.
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