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Michelle Yeoh Wins Best Actress Award, Making Oscar History

Michelle Yeoh accepts the Best Actress award during the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12.Photographer: Kevin Winter/Getty Images North America

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michelle Yeoh has won the Academy Award for best actress and made history all at once.

The Malaysian-born actor became the first Asian woman to win the Academy Award for best actress on Sunday night for her multifaceted performance in the multiversal “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”