Yuh-Jung Youn, winner of Greatest Actress in a Supporting Function for “Minari.”Chris Pizzello-Pool/Getty Photos
This 12 months, 4 Asian actors had been nominated in the primary 4 performing classes.
Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu, and Hong Chau had been nominated for notable performances.
Ben Kingsley is lauded as the primary Asian winner for Greatest Actor for his function in “Gandhi” (1982). He went on to obtain nominations for “Home of Sand and Fog” (2003), “Bugsy” (1991), and “Attractive Beast” (2001).
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Born Krishna Pandit Bhanji, Kingsley grew up in Britain to an English mom and an Indian Gujrati father.
It took 38 years for one more Asian actor to be nominated for Greatest Actor, when Riz Ahmed and Steven Yuen clinched the dignity on the 2020 Academy Awards.
Riz Ahmed.Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic/Getty Photos
Riz Ahmed was acknowledged for his efficiency as heavy-metal drummer Ruben Stone in “The Sound of Steel” (2019).
Steven Yuen led the critically-acclaimed movie “Minari” in 2020 along with his nomination for Greatest Actor. He grew to become the primary Asian American nominee to be nominated for the award.
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This 12 months marks essentially the most variety of Oscar nominations for actors of Asian descent. Michelle Yeoh snagged a Greatest Actress nomination for her function in “The whole lot In every single place All At As soon as.”
Michelle Yeoh received the Golden Globe for Greatest Actress.Invision
Yeoh already received the Golden Globe for Greatest Actress for her function as Evelyn Wang.
Earlier than Michelle Yeoh, the final time an Asian actress was nominated by the Academy for Greatest Actress was in 1935. Eighty-eight years in the past, Merle Oberon was nominated for her function as Kitty Vane in “The Darkish Angel.”
Sessue Hayakawa, famed Japanese silent movie icon, grew to become the primary Asian man nominated for Greatest Supporting Actor for his function in “The Bridge on the River Kwai” in 1957.
Sessue Hayakawa alongside Anna Could Wong in “Daughter of the Dragon”Donaldson Assortment/Getty Photos
Mako Iwamatsu was nominated for Greatest Supporting Actor in 1966. He was acknowledged for his efficiency as Po-Han in “The Sand Pebbles.”
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Iwamatsu was a co-founder of the East West Players theater firm, the nation’s largest and longest operating Asian American theater company.
Haing S. Ngor was a Cambodian American OB-GYN and actor. In 1984, he grew to become the primary and solely Asian man to win Greatest Supporting Actor along with his efficiency in “The Killing Fields.”
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For his function as Mr. Miyagi in “The Karate Child” (1984), Pat Morita was nominated for Greatest Supporting Actor.
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In 2003, Ken Watanabe was acknowledged by the Academy for his function as Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in “The Final Samurai.”
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Following Ben Kingsley, Dev Patel grew to become the second man of Indian descent to be nominated for Greatest Supporting Actor in 2016 for his efficiency as Saroo Brierley in “Lion.”
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This 12 months, Ke Huy Quan is up for Greatest Supporting Actor for his function in “The whole lot In every single place All At As soon as.”
Ke Huy Quan on the engraving desk on the 2023 Golden Globe Awards.Michael Buckner/Billboard through Getty Photos
In 1957, Miyoshi Umeki made historical past as the primary Asian lady to be nominated and win the Academy Award for Greatest Supporting Actress for her function in “Sayonara” (1957).
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Canadian American sisters Meg and Jennifer Tilly had been each nominated for Greatest Supporting Actress for his or her roles in “Agnes of God” (1985) and “Bullets Over Broadway” (1994), respectively.
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Rinko Kikuchi was nominated for Greatest Supporting Actress in 2006 for her function in “Babel.”
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Hailee Steinfeld’s function in 2010’s “True Grit” earned her an Oscar nomination for Greatest Supporting Actress on the age of 14.
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Steinfeld has Filipino ancestry by her maternal grandfather.
Youn Yuh-jung grew to become the second Asian actress and first Korean lady to win Greatest Supporting Actress in 2020. She performed Quickly-ja within the critically-acclaimed “Minari.”
South Korean actress Youn Yuh-jung attends the 94th Oscars on the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022.ANGELA WEISS/AFP through Getty Photos
Stephanie Hsu is nominated for Greatest Supporting Actress for her function in “The whole lot In every single place All At As soon as.” In complete, the film earned 11 nominations.
Stephanie Hsu in “The whole lot In every single place All At As soon as.”A24
Hong Chau is nominated for Greatest Supporting Actress for her function in “The Whale.” This marks the primary 12 months two Asian actresses are nominated within the performing class.
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