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'If Michelle and Ke Huy Quan go up the stage at the Dolby Theatre, they will be the first actors to be named Oscar winners for playing Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese-speaking characters.'
LOS ANGELES, USA – Will Michelle Yeoh make history as the first Asian to win best actress after almost a century in the Oscars history? Will both Michelle and Ke Huy Quan, up for best supporting actor, triumph and set a record as the first time in the Academy’s history that two Asian performers – and for the same film – won in a single year?Academy Awards this Sunday evening , March 12, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
If Ke Huy Quan wins, it will be a dramatic victory for the actor who put his career on hold for decades due to the lack of Asian roles. The former child actor could be the first Vietnam native to bag an Oscar acting recognition. In the best supporting actress race, another first in the Academy’s 95-year history – two Asian women in this category: Stephanie and Hong. If Stephanie prevails, she will be the first performer of Chinese heritage to win. If Hong goes up the stage, she will be the first Thailand-born and performer of Chinese descent to get the 8.5-pound acting trophy.
The movie’s other Asian American nominees include Mitski, with David Byrne and Ryan Lott, for best song, “This Is a Life”); Ian Chang and Rafiq Bhatia of Son Lux , best score; and Shirley Kurata, best costume design.
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