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Anna May Wong seated in her mother's lap, c. 1905 This is a duplicate copy of the Certificate of Identity issued to actress Anna May Wong. Anna May Wong was born Wong Liu Tsong (黃柳霜, Liu Tsong literally meaning "willow frost") on January 3, 1905, on Flower Street in Los Angeles, one block north of Chinatown, in an integrated community of Chinese, Irish, German and Japanese residents.
Best Actress: Year Name Country Film Role Status Milestone / Notes 1935 Merle Oberon / The Dark Angel: Kitty Vane Nominated Part-Sri Lankan and Māori (Polynesian) descent. [22] First Asian nominated for any Academy Award. First actress of Asian descent to be nominated for Best Actress. 1987 Cher / Moonstruck: Loretta Castorini Won
Tired of being both typecast and passed over for lead East Asian character roles in favor of European American actresses, Wong left Hollywood in 1928 for Europe. [6] Interviewed by Doris Mackie for Film Weekly in 1933, Wong complained about her Hollywood roles: "I was so tired of the parts I had to play."
Anna Sawai Wants More for Asian Women in Hollywood. Cate Matthews. February 20, 2025 at 4:14 AM. ... Sawai, 32, became the first Asian woman to win the Emmy for Lead Actress in a Drama, ...
Eng's 2011 indie film Inseparable, starring Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey and Daniel Wu, was the first fully-Chinese funded film to have a Hollywood star in the lead and was on Wall Street Journal's "Top 10 Most Notable Asian Films of 2011". [48]
Yeoh was born on 6 August 1962 in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, [11] to Janet Yeoh and Yeoh Kian-teik. Her father was elected as a Senator of Malaysia from 1959 to 1969 as a member of Perak's Malaysian Chinese Association, [12] [13] [14] the Chairman of the Perak Bar Association, [when?] [12] and the founder of "Sri Maju" in 1975, a major intercity coach service in Malaysia and Singapore.
Michelle Yeoh just became the first Asian actress to win the academy award for best actress. She took the stage on Sunday night very emotional and began her speech with a shoutout to people ...
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