Michelle Yeoh took home an award and made history at last night’s National Board of Review gala. The Oscar favorite received Best Actress honors for “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” a sci-fi comedy about a Chinese American woman who is forced to deal with the fallout of an interdimensional rupture. “I am so incredibly proud to be the first Asian actress in 45 years to receive this honor,” Yeoh said at the ceremony, per Indiewire.
The star announced, “My real name is Yeoh Choo-Kheng.” Yeoh was told she “needed to take a Western name.” Thus, “Yeoh Choo-Kheng became Michelle Yeoh. We were told it would make it easier to sell