I was just looking though Ziyi's awards, and although she was nominated for a Golden Globe, SAG and BAFTA for Leading Ac
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candygirl16 — 15 years ago(July 08, 2010 10:31 PM)
Sadly I have to agree. Between the ridiculously beautiful novel, adaptation, and how the actors brought those precious characters to life I was very disappointed at the lack of respect at the Academy Awards.
I don't shut up!
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mariahfan-1 — 15 years ago(March 16, 2011 07:28 PM)
not true there's Asian stars that have won academy awards Miyoshi Umeki won best supporting actress in 1958 for her stellar work in the movie Sayonara opposite Marlon Brando. Maybe the studio didn't lobby enough for Ms Ziyi to be nominated and other actors that work prodminantly in other languages have won Oscars Sophia Loren comes to mind.
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tich1030 — 11 years ago(July 09, 2014 03:15 PM)
Yeah but asian actors/actresses have NEVER won MAIN BEST ACTOR/ACTRESSES AWARD. Only best SUPPORTING awards. As for Ang Lee h5b4e won a award for best director which is okay for the academy award since it is BEHIND THE CAMERA.
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thomvic — 15 years ago(January 01, 2011 07:13 PM)
Very few asian actors get nominations, though Ken Watanabe got a nominiation for The Last Samurai.
I thought for Crouching Tiger that Michelle Yeoh or Ziyi Zhang should definitely have gotten a nomination considering they gave top notch performances. For Memoirs, I thought Zhang's performance was respectable. I think this is just the academy having some sort of bias against asians sometimes.
I mean to get a best picture nomination, the film most likely has to be both popular and critically acclaimed. How many foreign language films are so much better than the ones that get nominated and don't even get a nod? It's just bias. -
moviechicko_o — 15 years ago(November 03, 2010 02:45 AM)
She was most likely ditched in favor of Keira Knightley in P&P, which is understandable since P&P was much better reviewed than Memoirs.
I don't think her being Asian had anything to do with it. Her spot was shaky at best, considering her film had only a 35% on rotten tomatoes. She just missed out to a better performance. -
moviesbest — 15 years ago(December 10, 2010 09:44 AM)
What is Oscar ? Of-Special-Connection-American-Relationship. Their awards are NEVER fair. How many times have you ever seen a foreign actress won Best Actress in a foreign language film ? I only recall Sophia Loren; and that is because she hab68s a husband with good connections with the Americans.
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moviesbest — 15 years ago(December 19, 2010 12:01 AM)
I did not watch her in that movie but I saw her in Nine and I think she is a fine actress, much better than many past Oscar winners like Nicole who can never acted without something on her face and that Shakespeare in Love girl I don't even bother with her name.
Where are these 2 now ? Time is the best evidence to prove whether one can act or not, not the oscars.