Academy Award-winning actress Michelle Yeoh received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Wednesday as she was honored for her career and success behind multiple films, including “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Upon receiving the star, the Malaysia-born actress said she had never dreamed that she would have her own star etched into the ground of Hollywood Boulevard as she thanked her fans, family, “chosen family” and colleagues.
“The star may carry one name, but it represents so many people who made this journey possible,” Yeoh said.
Yeoh, in her flowy, yellow gown, attended the star-unveiling ceremony, accompanied by Oscar-winning director Ang Lee and Jon M. Chu, who directed her in “Crazy Rich Asians” and the “Wicked” films.
“What took so long?” Lee jokingly said, speaking to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce about the much-delayed star for his friend.
Lee, who directed Yeoh in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” that won four Academy Wards in 2001, called her a “great movie star” and applauded the 63-year-old actress for her talent, professionalism and dedication.
“(After ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Michelle just kept going and going until she has the next generation great film maker, Jon Chu,” the Taiwanese filmmaker said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if five, 10 years from now that some new generation filmmaker may come up here and celebrate her.”
Noting “Asian excellence” at display at her unveiling ceremony, Chu praised Yeoh’s grace as she has “moved through the world like royalty who never needs to announce it.”
“You carry dignity like a superhero cape, effortless, natural,” the “Wicked” director said.
Chu also called Yeoh a “beacon of hope and possibility,” reminding he audience at the ceremony that she was the first Asian woman to win the best actress award at the Oscars in 2023.
“(The Oscar was) a career win, but even more so a generational shift, making a fact that no one can dispute,” he said.
Yeoh, who began training in classical ballet at a young age, is known to do many of her own stunts following her breakthrough in Hong Kong action cinema, long before American and international audiences got to know her. She was one of the few women in the 80s and 90s to play lead roles in Hong Kong action movies.
Her global breathhrought came with “Tomorrow Never Dies,” a James Bond film, in which she played an equal partner to Bond
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