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" "But once I got to America, I was like, 'I'm really a minority here, I have no representation.' One of the worst things was, every time there was a role to read, it was so stereotypical. It was of the Chinese girl from Chinatown or the waitress, you know, the old cliches. I fought against that for a very long time. I had the luxury of saying no, I won't endorse these kinds of roles. But I can totally understand that there are so many actors and actresses who (have to take on those roles) to work for a living.
Michelle Yeoh Choo-kheng (born 6 August 1962) is a Malaysian actress of Chinese descent who rose to fame in 1990s Hong Kong action films and is famous internationally for her roles in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) the martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), along with recent international English-language films and series. She won the Academy Award for "Best Actress" for her role in the "Best Picture" award winner Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022).
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