In a four-decade career already marked by trailblazing and unprecedented achievement for female performers, Michelle Yeoh just notched a big one: becoming the first Asian woman to win the Academy Award for best actress.
Yeoh’s Oscar-winning performance in A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once was the first time the Malaysia-born actress had been No. 1 on a Hollywood call sheet, playing a struggling laundromat owner and lifelong loser who finds herself the savior of the multiverse (and learns to reconcile with her long-suffering husband and estranged daughter in the process).
“Ladies, don’t let anybody tell you you are past your prime,” said Yeoh, who at 60 was the oldest nominee in her category. “For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities.”
With her win, Yeoh becomes the first woman of full Asian descent to earn best actress in Oscars history. Just over two decades ago, Halle Berry broke the color barrier with her win for Monster’s Ball in 2002. And Berry was a part of the Oscars moment, as she joined 2022 best actress winner Jessica Chastain to present the award to Yeoh (2022’s best actor winner Will Smith has been banned from attending Academy events for 10 years).
In the other 93 years, the Academy Award went to a white woman or one who passed for white, including Luise Rainer, who won her second straight best actress Oscar at the 10th ceremony in 1938 for playing the Chinese character of O-Lan in The Good Earth. Past winners Vivien Leigh, Cher and Natalie Portman have ties to Western Asian heritage, but none considered or considers themselves to be Asian.
“Tonight, we broke that glass ceiling,” Yeoh said backstage after her win. “It's not just the Asian Community, but for anybody who’s been identified as a minority. We deserve to be seen. We deserve to have equal opportunity so we can have a seat at the table. That’s all we’re asking for. Give us that opportunity; let us prove that we’re worth it.”
After making her name in Hong Kong and greater China as a leading lady who could hold her own in action films, Yeoh made her Hollywood debut in 1997’s James Bond flick Tomorrow Never Dies and began building an international profile with films like Memoirs of a Geisha, Sunshine and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which earned four Oscars and a best picture nod, among other nominations.
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这位《瞬息全宇宙》的主演是95年来第一位获得女主角奖的全亚裔女性，也是第二位有色人种女性。
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当地时间2023年3月12日，第95届奥斯卡奖颁奖典礼在美国好莱坞杜比剧院举行。备受瞩目的最佳女主角奖项由60岁的杨紫琼摘得，她凭借《瞬息全宇宙》成功超越音乐剧情片《塔尔》(Tár)主演凯特·布兰切特和剧情片《造梦之家》(The Fabelmans)主演米歇尔·威廉姆斯等竞争对手，在本届奥斯卡奖的激烈赛道上脱颖而出，成为史上首位获得奥斯卡最佳女主角的华裔演员。
杨紫琼在当天的致辞时表示：“这个奖项就像一座灯塔，我要告诉所有像我这样的亚裔男孩女孩，要勇敢做梦，总有一天梦想会成真。我要把奖项献给我的母亲，献给全世界的母亲，她们都是超级英雄，没有她们就没有我们。”
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对一名女演员来说，杨紫琼（Michelle Yeoh）在过去40年演艺事业中所取得的成就既是开拓性的，又前所未有。刚刚，她又获得了一个巨大的荣誉：成为第一个获得奥斯卡最佳女主角的亚洲女性。
杨紫琼凭借电影《瞬息全宇宙》中的表演摘得奥斯卡，这也是这位马来西亚女演员第一次成为通告单上的一番。她在影片中饰演一位生活困难的自助洗衣店老板，一辈子屡屡失败，有一天她发现自己是多重宇宙的救世主，并在这个过程中学会与长期受苦的丈夫和疏远的女儿和解。
现年60岁的杨紫琼是最年长的提名者。她说：“女士们，不要让任何人告诉你，你曾经过了你的黄金时期。永远不要放弃。对于今晚像我一样观看仪式的少男少女们来说，这是一个希望和可能性的灯塔。”
凭借这次获奖，杨紫琼成为奥斯卡历史上第一位获得最佳女主角的纯亚洲血统女性。二十多年前，哈莉·贝瑞凭借2002年的电影《死囚之舞》夺得奥斯卡影后，打破了肤色障碍。而贝瑞本身就是奥斯卡颁奖典礼的一部分，她与2022年最佳女主角得主杰西卡·查斯坦一起向杨紫琼颁奖（2022年最佳男主角得主威尔·史密斯被禁止参加奥斯卡颁奖典礼已有10年）。
在其它的93届里，奥斯卡金像奖都颁给了白人女性或被当作是白人的女性。其中包括路易斯·雷纳，她在1938年的第十届奥斯卡颁奖典礼上因在《大地》中扮演中国角色奥兰而连续第二次获得奥斯卡最佳女主角奖。往届的获奖者费雯·丽、雪儿和娜塔莉·波特曼虽然都有西亚血统，但她们都不认为自己是亚洲人。
“今晚，我们打破了无形顶障，”Yeoh在获胜后在后台说道。“这不仅仅是亚洲群体的问题，这是为了任何被认定为少数群体的人们我们应该被看到。我们应该有平等的机会，这样我们才能在谈判桌上占有一席之地。这就是我们所要求的。给我们这个机会；让我们证明我们值得。”
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