Oscar-winnares Michelle Yeoh ontvangt Presidential Medal of Freedom

Oscar-winnares Michelle Yeoh is een van de ontvangers van de Presidential Medal of Freedom van dit jaar.

Op het officiële @POTUS X/Twitter-account is er een video gedeeld waarin 19 personen zijn genomineerd voor de Presidential Medal of Freedom, de hoogste burgerlijke onderscheiding van de VS. De genomineerden hebben de medaille ontvangen tijdens een ceremonie in het Witte Huis op 3 mei. De clip voor Yeoh toonde haar Oscar-winnende rol in Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Een persbericht van het Witte Huis stelt dat de president van de Verenigde Staten elk jaar de medailles uitreikt aan een groep “individuen die voorbeeldige bijdragen hebben geleverd aan de welvaart, waarden of veiligheid van de Verenigde Staten, wereldvrede, of andere belangrijke maatschappelijke, publieke of privé inspanningen.”

Yeoh staat bekend om haar memorabele rollen in talloze blockbusters in de afgelopen vier decennia, waaronder haar hoofdrol in de martial arts-film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon van Ang Lee, de filmadaptatie van Memoirs of a Geisha van Rob Marshall, haar rol als Captain Geogiou in Star Trek: Discovery en de MCU-film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings van Destin Daniel Cretton.

Onlangs maakte ze geschiedenis met een alom geprezen optreden als Evelyn Wang in A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once. Ze won de Academy Award voor beste actrice en werd daarmee de eerste Aziatische die in die categorie won. Het Witte Huis merkt op dat ze een actrice is die “stereotypen blijft doorbreken en de Amerikaanse cultuur blijft verrijken.”

oscar-winnares michelle yeoh ontvangt presidential medal of freedom
Michelle Yeoh. Bron afbeelding: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

Andere ontvangers van de Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2024 zijn Michael Bloomberg, Gregory Boyle, James Clyburn, Elizabeth Dole, Phil Donahue, Medgar Evers (postuum), Al Gore, Clarence B. Jones, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg (postuum), Kathleen Ledecky, Opal Lee, Ellen Ochoa, Nancy Pelosi, Jane Rigby, Teresa Romero, Judy Shepard, en James Thorpe (postuum).

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