On Tuesday, Michelle Yeoh shared an article to her Instagram page that may not only have violated the Academy’s regulations related to campaigning for nominees, but also raised a few eyebrows with its content. Yeoh has since the deleted the post, but its repercussions are still rippling through the film fandom and Oscars forums alike.
The article, titled “It’s Been Over Two Decades Since We’ve Had a Non-White Best Actress Winner. Will That Change in 2023?” is a think piece by Radhika Seth, arts & film editor at British Vogue. Seth points out the lack of diversity among the winners in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category across the Oscars’ 94-year history, and places on Yeoh’s potential win the weight of historic change. The hard facts that the article exposes are incontestable; namely, that there’s only ever been one non-white winner in Yeoh’s category — Halle Berry for Monster’s Ball, in 2002 — and that actresses of color are far more likely awarded if they take on supporting roles, leading some, like Viola Davis in 2016, to campaign for Best Supporting Actress category from the jump, even though her effort in Fences was very much that of the protagonist, and not a secondary character.
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