already has the Golden Globe and the Film Actors Guild Award for his role in all at once everywhere. A price story that michelle yeo can crown with Oscar Awards; For now, he has already made history by being the first woman of Asian descent by being named.
The Malaysian actress, starring in the sci-fi comedy directed by the daniels —Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert— who arrived to revolutionize the billboard, is one of the stars of the moment at 60 years old. Although she’s not exactly a new face on the Billboard.
She began in the world of cinema – after having been forced to give up dancing because of an injury – by participating in numerous productions of the famous actor Jackie Chan. It didn’t take long for her to become one of the best-known actresses in Asian cinema and one of the regular performers in martial arts films.
was a bond girl
He made his international leap by joining the cast of tomorrow never dies, the 18th film in the James Bond saga. But after being a Bond girl, unlike other actresses who saw their careers revived, Yeoh stopped her career.
“At that time, James Bond was macho and the girls who accompanied him had only seductive names,” he recently said of what this role meant in his career. Yeoh then decided to stop and step away from the world of cinema for a while: “I didn’t work for almost two years, until tiger and dragonbecause I didn’t want to do the stereotypical roles I was offered”.
The Oscar-winning action and martial arts co-production is the one that brought Michelle Yeoh back to the big screen in the year 2000. The film, with dialogue in Mandarin Chinese — which she had to memorize because she doesn’t speak that language —, won numerous awards around the world and had ten Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film. In it, Yeoh showed his unrivaled skills for dance and martial arts Well, the actress didn’t – and never did – use stunt doubles.
Years later, he created Memories of a Geisha, the adaptation of the best-selling novel, which caused great controversy because none of its three protagonists had Japanese ancestry. then they came The Mummy: The Emperor’s Tomb, guardians of the galaxy and, in 2022, Avatar: the sense of water —and it’s already confirmed for parts 3 and 4 of the saga—.
among the most beautiful
Michelle Yeoh is one of the few Asian actresses to have managed to find a place for herself in the Hollywood firmament, in addition to her acting skills, for her elegance and beauty. In 1983, she won the beauty contest Miss Malaysia; in 1997, People He chose her as one of the “50 most beautiful people in the world”; and in 2009, the same publication selected her as one of the “35 Screen Beauties of All Time”. Moreover, in 2022, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in its annual list.
Her latest red carpet appearances, dressed as Valentino, Chanel or Dior, did not go unnoticed, as did her speeches when she went upstairs to pick up her awards. The Actors Guild award was dedicated to him To all Asian girls and women who dream of a future without hate: “It’s not just for me. It’s also for all the girls who look like me. Thank you for giving me a place at this desk because so many of us need it. We want to be seen, we want be heard, and tonight they showed us that it was possible, and I’m grateful to them. And my mom will be forever grateful to you!”
Racial sensitivity and justification also turned the actress away from all at once everywhere featured in a noisy controversy just a few days ago. The actress wanted to file a complaint against the racism of the industry in the West and shared in her networks the front page of an article by vogue: “It has been more than two decades since there has been a non-white winner of the Oscar for best actress. Will the situation change in 2023?”.
In this article, the publication supports Yeoh in his race for the Oscars, believing that the Malaysian interpreter has not had as many opportunities as his rival, Cate Blanchett. The excitement was such that the actress withdrew her publication after a few hours.