Two months after her Best Actress Oscar, the first awarded to an Asian performer, Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh, 60, will receive the Women in Motion award in May at the Cannes Film Festival, in honor of women in
cinema
. .
“Internationally acclaimed Malaysian-born actress and producer Michelle Yeoh has been shaking up conventions for decades. By embodying the roles of complex and determined women on screen, she has helped to fight against gender and age stereotypes in cinema
,” the organizers said in a press release.
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The James Bond
Tomorrow Never Dies
and
Tiger and Dragon
actress won the Best Actress Oscar in March for her role in
Everything Everywhere All At Once
.
The
Women in Motion
award was created in Cannes by the luxury group Kering in 2015 and awarded to Jane Fonda, Isabelle Huppert and Viola Davis.
