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Michelle yeoh with great godchildren

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Michelle Yeohis sharing her love for her goddaughter’s children.

“Time flies and so blessed with my beautiful goddaughter children 😍😍😍🌹,” she captioned the post.

“An amazing family, plus lots of love,” one person wrote.

“What a lovely photo of a beautiful and loving family,” said another.

Yeoh toldBustlein March that she left acting at 28 to have kids. However, she was unable to have children of her own and it led her to her returning to animpressiveacting career.

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Michelle Yeoh attends the TAAF Heritage Heroes Awards Dinner

“I was very, very fortunate that when I stepped away from our [marriage], it was the media in Hong Kong that actually said, ‘The audience is still waiting for you,’” Yeoh said.

In March, the Malaysia-born star became thefirst Asian woman in historyto win the award for Best Actress at the Oscars.

“This is actually a historical moment, and I have to thank the Academy for acknowledging, embracing diversity and true representation,” Yeoh told reporters afterher big winfor her role inEverything Everywhere All at Once.

“I think this is something that we have been working so hard towards for a very long time, and tonight we freaking broke that glass ceiling,” she added. “I Kung Fu’d it out and shattered it, and we need this because there are so many who felt unseen, unheard.”

“It’s not just the Asian community,” she continued. “This is for the Asian community and anyone who has been identified as a minority.”

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Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh accepts the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 12, 2023.

Yeoh said the Asian community “deserves to be heard” and seen.

“We deserve to have the equal opportunity so we can have a seat at table,” she said. “That’s all we’re asking for. Give us an opportunity. Let us prove we are worth it.”

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As far as what advice she has for others who may want to follow in her footsteps, Yeoh said that people should “never be afraid” of trying to live out their dreams.

source: people.com