Malaysian born actress, Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh is ending the year with a bang after being named as Time magazine’s 2022 Icon of the Year!
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According to The Star, this year alone, Michelle Yeoh has been involved in several projects including The School Of Good And Evil, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, and the most anticipated film of 2022, directed by James Cameron, Avatar: The Way of Water.
However, an indie film called Everything Everywhere All At Once that was released in March, got Michelle all the rave reviews!
If you think that’s impressive, the 60-year-old actress has starred in other iconic Hollywood movies like Crazy Rich Asians, Memoirs of a Geisha, Tomorrow Never Dies, Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings, The Mummy and more!
Time wrote: "Yeoh is carrying an added weight in this year’s Academy Awards race: the understanding that victory for her would be received by Asians everywhere as victory for them too. No Asian woman has won Best Actress."
Yeoh knows what a nomination and a win would mean, not only for her but to her legion of fans as well.
“I've given it some thought,” she admitted, “And not just me; I believe the entire Asian community in my area has given it some thought. You're doing it for us, they say whenever they approach me.”
Yeoh was previously included in Time magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential People of 2022 earlier this year.
In the same list as Yeoh, other visionaries included Tim Cook of Apple, Oprah Winfrey, Hwang Dong-hyuk, the creator of the Squid Game, and Kris Jenner, the matriarch of the Kardashian family.
Ahh, she’s always been such a great and kind woman. We’re so proud of you, Michelle Yeoh!
By: Aishah Akashah Ahadiat
