Actress Michelle Yeoh has made history with her win for best actress for leading role at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, becoming the first Asian woman to win a leading film acting award.
She said, “I think if I speak my heart will explode,” an emotional Yeoh said on stage while accepting her award. “SAG- AFTRA, to get this from you who understand what it is to get here… everyone of you know the journey, the roller coaster ride, the ups and downs. But most importantly we never give up. I thank you… This is not just for me, this is for every little girl who looks like me.”
The actress then paused, turning away from the podium to compose herself, “Thank you for giving me a seat at the table and tonight you’ve shown us that it is possible, I’m grateful and my mom will be eternally grateful to all of you.”
Only the second Asian woman nominated as best actress after Ziyi Zhang for “Memoirs of a Geisha” (2005), Yeoh is also the second Asian woman ever to win a film acting prize after following Yuh Jung Youn’s supporting actress triumph for “Minari” 3 years ago.
Yeoh isn’t the only Asian nominee (or winner) from this year’s ceremony. Her “Everything Everywhere All at Once” co-star Ke Huy Quan became the first Asian male to win an individual film acting award, and Stephanie Hsu was also nominated in supporting actress. Nominated alongside Hsu was Hong Chau from “The Whale,” marking the first time in SAG history two Asians were nominated in the same category.
Recently, the Producers Guild Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards went for “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” are they building their momentum before the Oscar glory?
Final Oscar voting takes place from March 2-7.
Check out the list of Winners.
Movies
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Winner : Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Women Talking
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett (Tar)
Viola Davis (The Woman King)
Ana de Armas (Blonde)
Danielle Deadwyler (Till)
Winner “Michelle Yeoh(Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Austin Butler (Elvis)
Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Winner : Brendan Fraser(The Whale)
Bill Nighy (Living)
Adam Sandler (Hustle)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Hong Chau (The Whale)
Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Winner : Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Paul Dano (The Fabelmans)
Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Winner : Ky Huy Quan(Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse)
Life Achievement Award: Sally Field
TELEVISION
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Better Call Saul
The Crown
Ozark
Severance
Winner : The White Lotus
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Winner : Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus)
Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown)
Julia Garner (Ozark)
Laura Linney (Ozark)
Zendaya (Euphoria)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul)
Winner : Jason Bateman
Jeff Bridges (The Old Man)
Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
Adam Scott (Severance)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Winner :
Winner : Abbott Elementary
Barry
The Bear
Hacks
Only Murders in the Building
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate (Dead to Me)
Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
Jenna Ortega (Wednesday)
Winner : Jean Smart(Hacks)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Carrigan (Barry)
Bill Hader (Barry)
Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building)
Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)
Winner : Jeremy Allen White(The Bear)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Emily Blunt (The English)
Winner : Jessica Chastain( George & Tammy)
Julia Garner (Inventing Anna)
Niecy Nash-Betts (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)
Amanda Seyfried (The Dropout)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Steve Carell (The Patient)
Taron Egerton (Black Bird)
Winner : Sam Eliott (1883)
Paul Walter Hauser (Black Bird)
Evan Peters (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)
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