Brendan Fraser and Michelle Yeoh the Best at the Oscars

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Brendan Fraser and Michelle Yeoh the Best at the Oscars

By Naveel Krishant

Monday 13/03/2023

Photo:Variety

Brendan Fraser and Michelle Yeoh have won the Best Actor and Actress Awards respectively at the Oscars.

The Whale marked Fraser’s first lead role for 12 years.

He plays a reclusive and morbidly obese English professor who wants to reconnect with his estranged daughter.

Yeoh's win is highly significant as she is the first Asian winner for best actress.

She starred in Everything Everywhere All at Once which also won the Best Picture.

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