2023 Oscars Best Reaction Shots: Stephanie Hsu’s Michelle Yeoh Scream & More (PHOTOS)
Oh, what a night! History was made at the 2023 Oscars as Everything Everywhere All at Once enjoyed a near clean sweep of the night’s biggest awards. And with the big wins came audience reactions that were just delicious.
From a production standpoint, no one had a bigger night than the production studio A24. They won every single major category thanks to Everything Everywhere All at Once and The Whale.
The former won Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Directing, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Editing. The latter won Best Actor and Best Makeup and Hairstyling, making A24 the first studio to win all of these categories in one night.
Netflix‘s All Quiet on the Western Front was the night’s other big winner, snagging Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best International Feature Film, and Best Original Score.
Ruth E. Carter became the second Black woman in history to win two Oscars in any category for her Black Panther: Wakanda Forever costume design. And with her Best Actress win, Michelle Yeoh became the first woman who identifies as Asian to win Best Actress.
The “identifies as Asian” descriptor is important, as the only other Asian Best Actress nominee, Merle Oberon, hid her South Asian heritage to avoid discrimination in 1930s Hollywood. Her heritage wasn’t revealed until her death in 1979.
Yeoh is also the first woman of color to win Best Actress since Halle Berry became the first in 2002. Berry had the honor of presenting the Oscar to Yeoh, making for an emotional moment for them both.
See that moment and more in the best Oscars reactions gallery below.
Stephanie Hsu screams in excitement over Michelle Yeoh's Best Actress win
Andrew Garfield reacts to Jimmy Kimmel slap joke
Michelle Yeoh smiles ear to ear as she wins Best Actress
Brendan Fraser hugs his sons as he wins Best Actor
Halle Berry is overwhelmed with emotion as she gives Michelle Yeoh her historic Oscar
Harrison Ford & Ke Huy Quan reunite as Everything Everywhere All at Once wins Best Picture
Michelle Yeoh, Halle Berry & Jessica Chastain walk off stage arm-in-arm
Ke Huy Quan in disbelief over winning Best Supporting Actor
Jamie Lee Curtis is overcome as she wins Best Supporting Actress
Ariana DeBose, Ke Huy Quan, Troy Kotsur & Jamie Lee Curtis pose backstage after supporting acting wins
Guillermo del Toro smiles with his Oscar for Best Animated Feature
Best Cinematography winner James Friend is stunned by his win with presenters Jonathan Majors & Michael B. Jordan
The Daniels do a happy dance backstage after winning Best Original Screenplay
Florence Pugh & Andrew Garfield celebrate with Best Adapted Screenplay winner Sarah Polley
All Quiet on the Western Front's Ernestine Hipper gets a hug backstage after winning Best Production Design
Top Gun: Maverick's Mark Taylor & James H. Mather giddily laugh backstage with their Best Sound awards
Ruth E. Carter poses backstage with her second Oscar for Black Panther costume design
Michelle Yeoh celebrates with The Daniels as they win Best Directing for Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Daniels & Ke Huy Quan celebrate in the audience after their Best Directing win
Documentary Short Subject winners Kartiki Gonsalves & Guneet Monga pose proudly with their awards backstage
Daniel Kwan has a 'pinch me' moment after winning Best Directing with Daniel Scheinert
Best Original Song winners Chandrabose & M. M. Keeravani bask in their victory glow
Stephanie Hsu cries as Everything Everywhere All at Once wins Best Picture, James Hong holds the Oscar with pride (plus, his wonderful googly-eye bow tie)
