Everything Everywhere All At Once: The Malaysian Star Made History at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday Night (Around 9pm ETEST)
Like her character in “All at Once”, “everything Everywhere All at Once” has become an unstoppable force as she goes through awards season.
In her latest triumph, Yeoh made history on Sunday night at the Screen Actors Guild Awards when she won the award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role, becoming the first Asian woman to win in that category.
Yeoh said that her fellow actors are all here because they love what they do. The star let various profanities slip mid- speech while the crowd laughed and cheered her on.
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” had a huge night at the SAG Awards, winning the ceremony’s top award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture. In addition to Yeoh, co-stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan also won awards in their respective categories.
The movie has also earned 11 Oscar nominations, including for best picture and Yeoh for best actress. Yeoh took home a Golden Globe award for her performance in the film last month.
The Malaysian actress has appeared on and off screen for decades, and is currently sweeping the awards season for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once.
The Oscars are in her final stop of this impressive run after she got a Screen Actors Guild award on Sunday and also dropped a F-bomb in her acceptance speech.
She’s an O’Ray! I’m a little girl, but I am afraid I can’t tell you what she is saying
Who is she? You may know her most recently as Evelyn Wang from EEAO, the overwhelmed mother and laundromat owner who is grappling with her complicated relationship with her daughter.
It’s f**k! Thank you! This is for any little girl that looks like me. Thank you for giving me a seat at the table, because so many of us need this. We would like to be seen. We want to be heard. Tonight, you have shown us that it is possible.
Source: https://www.npr.org/2023/02/27/1159799266/michelle-yeoh-oscar-awards-win-representation-everything-everywhere-all-at-once
What Do We Need to Say? When Are We Going to Say “No More” to Her? Why Did She Give Us a Chance?
We have to say, ‘Look at us’. Give us a chance. Because guess what? We are a part of your society. We are part of the society and part of the community as well. If we are unable to say ‘OK, I’ll turn the other cheek’ if we fight for it, then we will not get more opportunities. Dang — no more turning the other cheek.
Those of us who’ve known her and watched her from the very beginning of her career realize that this is not new for her, either, the sort of belated acknowledgement of her achievements, her talent, her skills. In a world where men, and white men in particular, are just naturally seen as kind of the center of the universe, there’s something really lovely about the fact she’s getting her due now … Why did it take so long?