Michelle Yeoh has become the first Asian winner of the best actress Oscar, for her performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once.
The creative multiverse adventure also won best picture, best original screenplay and best director.
Accepting her statuette, Yeoh said, for all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities.
Also, Brendan Fraser capped his comeback by winning an Oscar for his performance in The Whale.
The 54-year-old won best actor after years away from the Hollywood spotlight. Thanking the film’s director, Fraser said he is grateful to Darren Aronofsky for throwing him a creative lifeline.
Fraser was a huge film star at the turn of the millennium, starring in films such as George of the Jungle and The Mummy. But he spent years out of the spotlight as he struggled to recapture his earlier success, mostly taking on smaller roles.
Meanwhile, Yeoh’s co-star Ke Huy Quan, a Vietnamese, won best-supporting actor at the ceremony, while his co-star Jamie Lee Curtis won best-supporting actor.
The 51-year-old Quan took an extended break from acting after rising to fame as a child star in films such as The Goonies and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
