Michelle Yeoh, who starred in «Everything Everywhere All at Once» is the first Asian actress in more than 85 years to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.
Michelle Yeoh has been an actor for more than 30 years, but it’s only this year that she’s been nominated for best actress for her role in «Everything Everywhere All at Once.» Not only is this her first Oscar nomination, but it is also the first time in over 85 years an Asian actress has been in the running in this category. In the run-up to Sunday, the movie has swept the awards circuit, and hopes are high that she’ll make history.
If you’ve seen the movie, then you understand just how unique this film is. Yeoh knew it herself the instant she read the script.
“That is such a precious, precious gem,” she told me. “And when I read it, it was like, you know, it’s all the years that I have trained as an actor, I’m given a chance in this one movie to show you what I am capable of.”
Yeoh and I got a chance to sit down a few days before the Oscars.
