Malaysian actress Yeo Yann Yann wins Best Actress at Golden Horse Awards


Malaysian actress Yeo Yann Yann with her award for Best Leading Actress at the 56th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei, Taiwan. Photo: AP

Malaysian actress Yeo Yann Yann won the Best Actress award at last Saturday's Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan, for her role in Singaporean director Anthony Chen's Wet Season, in which she plays a teacher struggling with infertility and a loveless marriage.

Yeo, who had previously won the Best Supporting Actress award in 2013 for Ilo Ilo (also directed by Chen), beat another Malaysian actress to the gong – Lee Sinje, who had been nominated for her role in The Garden Of Evening Mists.

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