DEForum 'THE enormity of Tan Sri Michelle Yeohs success at the very peak of the world’s entertainment industry is not easy to fathom and fully appreciated on the first take.' - Raymond Tombung
Winning the best actress award in the Golden Globes, Screen Actors; Guild and the independent Spirit Awards, and to top it up magnificently with a firm clutch of the universally-coveted Oscar – all within a couple of months and as the very first Asian to do so – is towering, historic victory by any measure.
After failing in her ambition to be a ballet dancer due to a back injury, she went on to star in advertisements and movies in Hong Kong in the early 1980s. To date she has totalled 51 movies, by far exceeding Elizabeth Taylor’s 44! The significance of her achievement in becoming an Oscar luminary is immeasurable when appreciated within the context of the pride of Malaysia, Asia, and non-white Hollywood stars. It happened after 95 years of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – five years shy of a century!
The king posted felicitations on Instagram, expressing the royal couple’s “pride and joy over Michelle’s achievement that has placed Malaysia on the world map. But none was more excited and prouder than Datin Janet Yeoh, Michelle’s mom, when her daughter was announced as best actress.
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