First-time Golden Globe nominee Michelle Yeoh wins Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy
After 40 years in the industry, Michelle Yeoh finally gets her flowers in Hollywood.
On January 10th in Beverly Hills California, Yeoh receives the award for ‘Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Motion Picture’.
This same night, her Everything Everywhere All At Once on-screen husband, Ke Huy Quan, is proud to finally prove to himself that it is possible to continue to do what you love – even if it’s 30 years after your first big break – with his win as ‘Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture’. Watch his moving award acceptance speech here.
Isn’t this the lesson that our parents taught us all our lives? To work hard, wait, and then eventually…maybe…we’ll get some sort of recognition?
That’s not what Michelle Yeoh would like to see.
Cold Tea Collective attended the 80th Golden Globe Awards and had the chance to celebrate these monumental wins for both actors.
With an already incredible body of work and more recently with Everything Everywhere All At Once, Yeoh has completely flipped the script for what it means to be a leading woman in Hollywood – and it’s finally giving her the recognition she deserves.
See also: Get to know Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Michelle Yeoh’s advice for the Asian diaspora
Cold Tea Collective’s Executive Producer and Founder Natasha Jung asks Yeoh: “what advice do you have specifically for the Asian diaspora who have unfulfilled dreams from different versions of themselves from different universes?”
See the full press room speech here.
“If you believe in yourself, if you have passion in what you do, you don’t give up,” the Golden Globe winner says.
“I do believe that times are changing. There is much more inclusivity. There’s more diversity. And it’s not lip service anymore. Whatever that glass ceiling was, we just ninja-kicked and shattered it – and we have to keep it that way,” says Yeoh.
With respect to diverse and inclusive storytelling, Yeoh believes that change is already happening. “I’m just so happy that I’m still here when this change has happened. I’m not in my rocking chair thinking, “why didn’t I get that chance?”
At age 60, Michelle Yeoh doesn’t plan on slowing down.
“I am overwhelmed at this moment, but at least I am here, so I’m going to work hard so that this is not going to be the only time that I am here. And for all that look like us, we are going to move forward and find bigger and better opportunities.”
Watch the full press room speech here.
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