Jubilant family and friends cheer as Michelle Yeoh wins best actress Oscar

Record ID: 1715053

  • Title: Jubilant family and friends cheer as Michelle Yeoh wins best actress Oscar
  • Date: 13th March 2023
  • Summary: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA (MARCH 13, 2023) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** ELECTRONIC SCREEN AT ACADEMY AWARDS VIEWING PARTY SHOWING IMAGE OF ACTRESS MICHELLE YEOH, WORDS READING (English): “THE PRIDE OF MALAYSIA, EXCLUSIVE VIEWING PARTY, OSCARS 2023” AUDIENCE SEATED YEOH'S RELATIVES SEATED AMONG AUDIENCE VARIOUS OF YEOH'S MOTHER SEATED WITH FAMILY MEMBERS YEOH'S MOTHER AND FAMILY MEMBERS CHEERING DURING ANNOUNCEMENT CAMERA RECORDING YEOH'S FAMILY SEATED AT NEWS CONFERENCE SMARTPHONE RECORDING (SOUNDBITE) (English) MOTHER OF ACTRESS MICHELLE YEOH, JANET YEOH, SAYING: "Sure my daughter, she'll win." NIECE OF ACTRESS MICHELLE YEOH, VICKI YEOH, SAYING: "She has no doubts that her daughter will win." "Because she's a very hardworking girl, you know. Everybody knows it." NEWS CONFERENCE ONGOING (SOUNDBITE) (English) NIECE OF ACTRESS MICHELLE YEOH, VICKI YEOH, SAYING: "It's a jaw dropping moment, I couldn't have - I was speechless, I cried. Everything was, it happened so quickly, and we are so happy that she won, that our auntie won." REPORTERS FILMING (SOUNDBITE) (English) YEOH FAMILY FRIEND, DERRICK LEE, SAYING: "As a fellow Malaysian from Ipoh we are extremely proud of her in achieving this award. The efforts that she put in for this film is extraordinary and I believe she will be an inspiration to all of Malaysians who would like to put themselves in this entertainment industry, movie industry." YEOH'S MOTHER SPEAKING TO RELATIVES YEOH’S RELATIVES LOOKING ON IMAGE OF YEOH ON POSTER SIGN ON POSTER READING (English): “MICHELLE YEOH, THE PRIDE OF MALAYSIA”
  • Embargoed: 27th March 2023 07:20
  • Keywords: Best Actress Malaysia Michelle Yeoh Oscars family first win win
  • Location: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
  • City: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
  • Country: Malaysia
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Celebrities,Arts/Culture/Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVA001680313032023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Family and friends of Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh cheered on Monday (March 13) as she won the Oscar for Best Lead Actress, the first in Academy Awards history for an Asian actress.
    “She's a very hardworking girl, you know. Everybody knows it," Yeoh’s mother, Janet Yeoh, told reporters at an Oscars viewing party in Kuala Lumpur, adding that she had no doubts her daughter would win the award.
    Yeoh won the Academy Award on Sunday (March 12) in Los Angeles for her role as a Chinese American laundromat owner dealing with family turmoil across multiple dimensions in "Everything Everywhere All At Once."
    Yeoh, 60, was widely regarded as the front-runner for the award after claiming a Screen Actors Guild honour and a Golden Globe award for the role. This was her first Oscar nomination.
    (Production: Ebrahim Harris, Zahra Matarani)
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