Oscars 2023: Ke Huy Quan And Jamie Lee Curtis Win Best Supporting Actor And Actress For Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Best Supporting Actor and Actress were won by Vietnamese-American actor Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'.
Oscars 2023: The Best Supporting Actor and Actress were won by Vietnamese-American actor Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'.
Ke Huy Quan made history as the first Vietnam-born actor to win an Oscar. He was nominated with Brendan Gleeson ('The Banshees of Inisherin'), Brian Tyree Henry ('Causeway'), Judd Hirsch ('The Fabelmans') and Barry Keoghan ('The Banshees of Inisherin').
A tearful Ke Huy Quan while accepting his award said, "My mom is 84-years-old and she is watching the ceremony at home. Mom, I just won an Oscar. My journey started on a boat, I spent a year in a refugee camp and today I'm at one of the biggest events of the movies. They say stories like this only happen once in a while. This is the American dream."
Jamie Lee Curtis, who won the Oscar for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' was nominated alongside Angela Bassett ("Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"), Hong Chau ("The Whale"), Kerry Condon ("The Banshees of Inisherin") and Stephanie Hsu ("Everything Everywhere All at Once").
Lee Curtis dedicated the honour to everyone from her family to her fans. "I am 100's of people... Daniels, the entire crew... The art group of artists we just won an Oscar. To my family, my beautiful husband, our daughters, my sister Kelly... We just won an Oscar. To all of those who have supported my genre movies... We have just won an oscar together. My mother and father were nominated in different categories. I have just won an Oscar,” she said while accepting the award.
The film centres on Evelyn Wang, a Chinese-American immigrant who, while being audited by the IRS, discovers that she must connect with parallel universe versions of herself to prevent a powerful being from destroying the multiverse.
The film stars Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn, with Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, Jenny Slate, Harry Shum Jr., James Hong and Jamie Lee Curtis in supporting roles.
(With IANS input)
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