Michelle Yeoh’s mother couldn’t be prouder at her history-making win at the Oscars. The “Everything Everywhere All At Once” star made history on Sunday night as she became the first Asian woman to win Best Actress at the Academy Awards.
Her 84-year-old mother, Janet, watched the ceremony with a huge crowd of supporters from Malaysia. READ MORE: Oscars 2023: Michelle Yeoh Says She ‘Kung Fu’d’ Glass Ceiling As Halle Berry read off Yeoh’s name, the crowd erupted in cheers and a few tears in the video captured by People.
The crowd congratulated the proud mother, reaching out to shake her hand and celebrate with her as her daughter made history.
Yeoh kept her family close in her heart as she thanked her mother in her acceptance speech and “all the moms in the world,” praising them as “really the superheroes.” “And without them none of us would be here tonight,” the actress said, famously playing the mother Evelyn Wang that won her the award. “She’s 84, and I’m taking this home to her.
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