- Michelle Yeoh took to Instagram to share a photo of her mother posing with her Oscar on Wednesday.
- Last month, the 60-year-old from Ipoh, Malaysia, became the first Asian woman to win the award for Best Actress.
Michelle Yeoh took to Instagram to share a photo of her mother posing with her Oscar on Wednesday — a month after making history as the first Asian woman to win the award for Best Actress.
Yeoh also shared a photo of her bringing the award to visit her late father's grave. In the background of the image, various offerings can be seen in front of her father's headstone.
It's currently the Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Festival, where families visit the tombs of their ancestors in order to pay their respects. It's observed across various Asian countries, including Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.
The 60-year-old from Ipoh, Malaysia, fulfilled a promise that she'd made during her acceptance speech at the Academy Awards ceremony last month.
Yeoh won the award for her role as Evelyn Wang in "Everything Everywhere All At Once," a sci-fi movie that swept seven Oscars in total, including one for Best Picture.
In her speech, Yeoh dedicated her historic win to her mother, who was watching the show with the rest of her family in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
"I have to dedicate this to my mom, all the moms in the world, because they are really the superheroes. And without them, none of us will be here tonight," Yeoh said. "She's 84, and I'm taking this home to her."