Malaysia-born actress Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh is set to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden for her significant contributions to film and cultural endeavors. The 61-year-old, known for roles in ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ and ‘Tomorrow Never Dies,’ joins past recipients like Martin Luther King Jr. and Oprah Winfrey. However, her attendance at the May 3 ceremony is unconfirmed due to prior commitments.
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Michelle Yeoh honored
Yeoh has won the Oscar for best actress for superhero comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Born in Malaysia, Yeoh becomes the first person of south-east Asian descent to win the best actress Oscar for her role as laundromat manager Evelyn Wang, who stumbles across a “multiverse” of alternative realities.
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