This undated photo provided by Jasmine Cho shows Cho with a cookie portrait of Ke Huy Quan’s character from “Everything Everywhere All at Once” made by Cho, a “cookie activist” based in Pittsburgh. Quan’s best supporting actor win and comeback story from childhood star of ’80s flicks, coupled with Michelle Yeoh’s historic win as the first Asian best actress winner ever had viewers of Asian descent shedding tears of happiness — and grinning. The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” co-stars bring the total number of Asians who have earned acting Oscars to just six in the awards’ 95-year history. (Jasmine Cho via AP) This undated photo provided by Jasmine Cho shows a cookie portrait of Michelle Yeoh’s character from “Everything Everywhere All at Once” made by Cho, a “cookie activist” based in Pittsburgh. Ke Huy Quan’s best supporting actor win and comeback story from childhood star of ’80s flicks, coupled with Yeoh’s historic win as the first Asian best actress winner ever had viewers of Asian descent shedding tears of happiness — and grinning. The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” co-stars bring the total number of Asians who have earned acting Oscars to just six in the awards’ 95-year history. ( Jasmine Cho via AP) This undated photo provided by Jasmine Cho shows cookie portraits of Ke Huy Quan’s roles from “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “The Goonies,” made by Cho, a “cookie activist” based in Pittsburgh. Quan’s best supporting actor win and comeback story from childhood star of ’80s flicks, coupled with Michelle Yeoh’s historic win as the first Asian best actress winner ever had viewers of Asian descent shedding tears of happiness — and grinning. The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” co-stars bring the total number of Asians who have earned acting Oscars to just six in the awards’ 95-year history. ( Jasmine Cho via AP) Michelle Yeoh, winner of the Oscar for lead actress, arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Ke Huy Quan, from left, Michelle Yeoh, Brendan Fraser and Jamie Lee Curtis pose with their awards in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Brendan Fraser, third from left, won best performance by an actor in a leading role for “The Whale.” Ke Huy Quan, from left, Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis all won for their leading and supporting roles in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) Ke Huy Quan, center, winner of the award for best performance by an actor in a supporting role for “Everything Everywhere All At Once” poses with Troy Kotsur, left, and Ariana DeBose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) Ke Huy Quan, winner of the best supporting actor award, arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Janet Yeoh, mother of Michelle Yeoh, celebrates after her daughter won in the best actress category during the 95th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, as seen in a live view event at a cinema in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, March 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
For Asian Americans, Yeoh, Quan’s Oscar wins are theirs too
