Michelle Yeoh has become the first Asian star to win the best actress Oscar, one of seven awards taken home by "Everything Everywhere All At Once" at Sunday's Academy Awards, including top prize.
Yeoh won for her role as a laundromat owner working out family problems across the multiverse.
"This is proof that dreams big and dreams do come true. And ladies, don't let anybody ever tell you you are ever past your prime. Never give up."
Yeoh was presented the award by Halle Berry, who was the first and only other woman of color to win best actress back in 2002.
'Everything Everywhere' also took three of the four acting awards... going to Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan, a onetime child star, born in Vietnam, who has spoken about given up acting for two decades because there weren't enough opportunities for Asian actors.
"They say stories like this only happen in the movies, I cannot believe it's happening to me. This, this is the American dream."
Best actor went to Brendan Fraser for 'The Whale", where he plays a morbidly obese man trying to reconnect with his daughter completing his own comeback story after nearly decade-long absence.
And another notable winner, "All Quiet on the Western Front" for best international feature, an adaptation of the classic novel that focuses on the horrors of war.
All in all it was a more predictable show after last year's now-infamous slap of Chris Rock by Will Smith, a crisis response team was on hand in case of an unexpected twist.
Performances for the night included Lady Gaga, a pregnant Rihanna, and Everything star Stephenie Hsu singing a best song nominee from the film, alongside Talking Heads front man David Byrne, complete with the 'hot dog fingers' from one of the film's many alternate universes.
