A scene from the film ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ with Michelle Yeoh (centre), Ke Huy Guan (right) and Stephanie Hsu playing a Chinese immigrant family in the US. – A24 Films via AP
MANY Asian people are raising a toast to 60-year-old actress Michelle Yeoh, who won her first-ever statuette at the 80th Golden Globes last Wednesday. The Malaysian actress who has starred in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Crazy Rich Asians and Everything Everywhere All at Once stood at the centre stage of Hollywood after what has been a long and arduous journey.
In her acceptance speech, Yeoh, whose movie career started in Hong Kong in the 1980s, reflected on her early years in Hollywood when she encountered racism.
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