michelle Yeoh has reached the Oscars 2023 certain to win. And so it was. The candidacy of him as best leading actress with Everything everywhere all at once was added to the other 10 collected since movie. A victory announced, therefore, that saw her triumph among long applause, accompanied by a standing ovation, at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles at the 95th edition of the Academy Awards.
Michelle Yeoh: “Don’t let anyone tell you you’re past a certain age, ever”
“To all the boys and girls watching me right now: this is a beacon of hope and possibilityhe said in his acceptance speech. “It goes to show that dreams dream big. Dreams do come true and don’t let anyone tell you that you are past a certain age, ever».
«I want to dedicate this award to my mother and to all the mothers of the world», he continues, «because they really are the superheroines. Without them, no one would be here tonight.” Then she turns to her mother, who is following the ceremony from Malaysia: «I’ll take it home».
He also thanks his extended family of Hong Kong, « where I started my career. Thank you for giving me the chance to get me so high to be here tonight.” Finally, a thank you to the dearest loved ones: «Thanks to my goddaughters, to my family. Thanks to the Academy, it’s a dream come true.”.
Michelle Yeoh, winner of the 2023 Academy Award for Best Actress with the film “Everything Everywhere All at Once”. (Getty Images)
Who is Michelle Yeoh, the beginnings in dance and the victory of Miss Malaysia 1983
Born in 1962 in Malaysiasince she was a child she has nurtured the dream of becoming dancer. It follows the bachelor of arts and moved into United Kingdom, where he specialized in ballet, contemporary dance and jazz. Dreams of glory, however, are shattered by a spinal accident during rehearsals for a show.
Michelle Yeoh can no longer dance. She then decides to open a dance school, but at the age of 21 he returns to his homeland. Won Miss Malaysia 1983 pageant and the following year he starts working as model in Hong Kong. However, the runways are not his ultimate goal: he wants to become actress and, after a series of commercials, he approaches acting.
Bond girl ne Tomorrow never dies
He takes his first steps in some action moviein which thanks to the experience with dance he doesn’t need stunt doubles. The first turning point arrives in 1997when he plays next to Pierce Brosnan neither Tomorrow never dieseighteenth chapter of the saga 007. It is considered one of Bond girl best ever.
Despite the success of the film, popularity still has to wait a few years. In 2000 it is Shu Lien ne The tiger and the dragonwhich he gets 4 Academy Awards and is the highest-grossing foreign film ever in the United States. The first is Life is Beautiful by Roberto Benigni. After that, she is offered to star in matrixbut some prior commitments prevent her from accepting.
Michelle Yeoh is the Bond girl Wai Lin in the film “Tomorrow Never Dies”, in which she plays opposite Pierce Brosnan. (Getty Images)
Michelle Yeoh in Memoirs of a geisha and the other movies
Michelle Yeoh does not give up and continues to shoot one film after another. In 2005 begins to glimpse the turning point with Memoirs of a geishabased on the novel of the same name by Arthur Goldenin which she is entrusted with the role of Mameha. The film receives 3 Academy Awards: best cinematography, best set design and best costumes.
Other films follow including Babylon AD, True legend, The Lady, until you get to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.in which he plays Aletha OgordAnd Last Christmas. In the latter it is Natalia, the boss of the protagonist Kate (Emilia Clarke). She also acts in television, particularly in series Star Trek: Discovery And Star Trek: Short Treksas the captain Philippa Georgiou.
Michelle Yeoh and Isabella Leong at the premiere of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. (Getty Images)
From the Golden Globe to the Oscars 2023
Almost forty years after the beginning, the consecration finally arrives. The movie is Everything everywhere all at oncein which it is the protagonist Evelyn Quan Wang. In the castamong others, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis. The success is overwhelming. Wins a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture or Musical Comedya Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Performance and a SAG Awards as best film leading actress. Additionally, she garners a Critics’ Choice Awards, BAFTA and Satellite Award nominations.
From the Golden Globe to the Oscars 2023 the step is short. Even before the exploit with Everything everywhere all at oncesomething was already moving in his career. In 2020 she was drafted by James Cameron to play the doctor Karina Mogue in the saga of Avatars. Although it does not appear in the second chapter, Avatar – The way of waterwas confirmed for the next two.
Michelle Yeoh and partner Jean Todt. (Getty Images)
The relationship with Jean Todt
About his private life, from 1988 to 1992 she was married to entrepreneur Dickson Poon. In the 1998 started one story with US cardiologist Alan Heldman And in 2004 meets the one who would become the partner of life. It’s about Jean Todtat the time he was general manager and managing director of Scuderia Ferrari, later appointed president of the FIA (International Automobile Federation).
For the first few years he lived his relationship in the utmost secrecy. The official confirmation, in fact, came only in 2008during ainterview released to Craig Ferguson in the program The Late Late Show. The couple has no children. In 2001 Yeoh was awarded the title of Given’ from the Sultan of Perak, the state where she was born.
Furthermore, he is a buddhist, he believes in reincarnation and is engaged in protection of the South China tigerendangered, through the Save China’s Tigers project.
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