Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian woman to take home the best actress accolade at the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday night.
Everything Everywhere All At Once dominated the Oscars and won seven awards including best picture, director, and original screenplay. Yeoh played a Chinese-American laundrette owner stuck in a failing marriage to her husband played by Ke Huy Quan, and had a strained relationship with her daughter Joy, played by Stephanie Hsu.
Yeoh, 60, became the second woman of colour to win best leading actress, following Halle Berry for Monster's Ball more than two decades ago. Accepting her award, she said: "For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities."
