Michelle Yeoh makes Oscars history as Everything Everywhere All at Once sweeps the board - see full list of winners
13 March 2023, 08:02 | Updated: 13 March 2023, 08:46
Michelle Yeoh has made history at the Oscars after sci-fi film Everything Everywhere All at Once swept the board.
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The multiverse sci-fi epic, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, claimed seven prizes including best directing and best picture, the biggest of the night.
Lead Michelle Yeoh won best actress for her portrayal of laundromat manager Evelyn Wang, who stumbles across a “multiverse” of alternative realities, becoming the first person of south-east Asian descent to win the award.
Taking to the stage, she said: "For all the little boys and girls who look like me, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities.
"Dream big, dreams do come true. Ladies, never let anyone tell you you are past your prime."
She added: "This is history in the making."
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Yeoh later added that she had "kung-fud" the "glass ceiling" with her win.
"I think this is something that we have been working so hard towards for a very long time and tonight we frigging broke that glass ceiling," she said.
"I kung-fud it out and shattered it, and we need this because there are so many who have felt unseen or unheard."
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Meanwhile, Jamie Lee Curtis won her first Oscar for best supporting actress in the film, along with former Indiana Jones child star Ke Huy Quan taking best supporting actor.
Lee Curtis paid tribute to all the special people in her life after her win, giving a particular nod to her parents, Hollywood stalwarts Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis.
She said: "My mother and father were both nominated for Oscars in different categories, I just won an Oscar."
Vietnam-born American star Ke Huy Quan received a standing ovation as he took to the stage, becoming the first person from an Asian background to win the category.
"My journey started on a boat," he said.
"I spent a year in a refugee camp and somehow I ended up here on Hollywood's biggest stage."
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert jointly known as "The Daniels", took home the award for best directing - only the third time it has gone to a duo.
The pair used their acceptance speech to denounce the anti-LGBTQ+ bill in the US.
Scheinert said: “This one is dedicated to the mommies of the world, to our moms, specifically my mom and dad, thank you for not squashing my creativity when I was making really disturbing horror films or really perverted comedy films or dressing in drag as a kid, which is a threat to nobody!”
Everything Everywhere All at Once also won the awards for best writing and best film editing.
Among other winners was Brendan Fraser, who won best actor for The Whale.
The Mummy actor, 54, was visibly emotional as he thanked director Darren Aronofsky for "throwing me a creative life-line".
Costume designer Ruth E Carter became the first African-American to win two Academy Awards for best costume design - for her work on the first Black Panther film and now its sequel, Wakanda Forever.
Meanwhile, All Quiet On The Western Front also enjoyed a successful night, continuing its runaway success at the Baftas last month, by securing four awards including best cinematography and original score.
Full list of 2023 Oscar winners:
Best Picture
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once - Winner
The Fabelmans
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Tár
Ana de Armas, Blonde
Andrea Riseborough
Michelle Williams, The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once - Winner
Best Actor
Austin Butler, Elvis
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser, The Whale - Winner
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Bill Nighy, Living
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once - Winner
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway
Judd Hirsch, The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Jamie Lee Curtis , Everything Everywhere All At Once - Winner
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau, The Whale
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Directing
Everything Everywhere All At Once - Winner
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Fabelmans
Tár
Triangle of Sadness
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Everything Everywhere All at Once - Winner
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Fabelmans
Tár
Triangle of Sadness
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Women Talking - Winner
All Quiet on the Western Front
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
LivingTop Gun: Maverick
Best Visual Effects
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water - Winner
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Cinematography
All Quiet on the Western Front - Winner
Bardo, False Chronicles of a Handful of Truths
Elvis
Empire of Light
Tár
Best International Feature Film
All Quiet on the Western Front - Winner
Argentina, 1985
Close
EO
The Quiet Girl
Best Animated Feature Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio - Winner
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Sea Best
Turning Red
Best Animated Short Film
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse - Winner
The Flying SailorIce Merchants
My Year of Dicks
An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe it
Best Documentary Feature Film
Navalny - Winner
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
A House made of Splinters
Best Documentary Short Film
The Elephant Whisperers - Winner
Haulout
How Do You Measure a Year?
The Marsha Mitchell Effect
Stranger at the Gate
Best Live Action Short Film
An Irish Goodbye - Winner
Ivalu
Le Pupille
Night Ride
The Red Suitcase
Best Costume Design
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Winner
Babylon
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris
Best Film Editing
Everything Everywhere All at Once - Winner
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
The Whale - Winner
Best Music (Original Score)
All Quiet on the Western Front - Winner
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Best Music (Original Song)
Naatu Naatu from RRR - Winner
Applause from Tell It Like a Woman
Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick
Lift Me Up from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
This is a Life from Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Production Design
All Quiet on the Western Front - Winner
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
The Fabelmans
Best Sound
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Elvis
Top Gun: Maverick
