The 95th Oscars ceremony scheduled for Sunday, March 11 in the evening in Los Angeles is marked in particular by an unprecedented breakthrough by actors of Asian origin.
Four nominations for Asian actresses is unheard of. Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Stephanie Hsu have a chance to win the famous statuette for their performance in the comedy Everything Everywhere All At Once favorite this year with eleven nominations. For her part, actress Hong Chau is in the running for her supporting role in The Whale.
And in addition to these nominations, the epic Indian film of more than three hours RRR part favorite for the prize for the best song and the Nobel Prize for Literature Kazuo Ishiguro is nominated for the best screenplay with Living (Live in France) an adaptation of the great eponymous classic by Kurosawa in the city of London.
1.2% of actors and actresses nominated for 95 years
An exceptional Asian vintage for these Oscars. Malaysian Michelle Yeoh is likely to become the first actress of Asian origin, awarded the Oscar for best actress, for her role as a Chinese immigrant forced to save the universe in the comedy Everything Everywhere All At Once.
The inclusion of Asian communities at the Oscars has always been limited. In 95 years, only 23 actors have been nominated, i.e. 1.2% of nominations. The only one to have been nominated more than once is Indian-born actor Ben Kingsley. It is therefore a breakthrough this year that the actors of Asian origin also find very late.
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