Overview
- Yeoh’s star is the 2,836th on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was unveiled Feb. 18 outside the TCL Chinese Theatre.
- Directors Ang Lee and Jon M. Chu emceed and praised her career, with Lee joking to organizers, “What took so long?”
- Attendees included Ke Huy Quan, Sandra Oh, Awkwafina, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Paul Feig and Academy leader Janet Yang.
- Yeoh dedicated the honor to her parents, saying “This is our star,” and reflected on her journey from Malaysia and cross-border storytelling.
- The public tribute follows her Berlinale Honorary Golden Bear earlier this month; her husband Jean Todt was traveling in India and did not attend.