“Every actor and actress puts their heart and soul into these films and you don’t necessarily start thinking you’re going to be nominated.”

michelle yeo supports the “integrity” of her fellow Best Actress Oscar nominees.

The ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ star addressed the controversy surrounding Andrea Riseborough‘s Oscar nomination for the independent film ‘To Leslie’ following talk of possible voter tampering.

“The Academy has always prided itself on having rules and playing by the rules and if [cheating them] was so easy he would have done it before,” Yeoh said on BBC Radio 4’s “Today” program (via The Independent). “We are always evolving how to protect our integrity and I am confident that we will continue to do so.”

Oscar darlings Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Charlize Theron, Amy Adams, Jennifer Aniston and Jane Fonda campaigned for Riseborough’s nomination, which led to an investigation by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. While Riseborough’s nomination still stands, Academy CEO Bill Kramer announced that “social media and outreach campaign tactics that have raised concerns” will be dealt with under new regulations for campaigns in the future.

Writer-director Paul Schrader and actress Christina Ricci also defended Riseborough in the middle of the ‘elitist» Academy survey.

Best Actress favorite Yeoh also spoke out on ‘The Woman King’ star and EGOT winner’s supposed snubs Viola Davis and “Till” escape Danielle Deadwyler.

“I like [Viola and Danielle] to the extreme and wish we all got Oscars, but it’s hard,” Yeoh said. “It took me 40 years to even get a nomination. Every actor and actress puts their heart and soul into these films and you don’t necessarily start thinking you’re going to be nominated. The stories we want to tell are more important.

‘Till’ star Deadwyler recently speculated that Academy voters chose not to see the historic film dealing with the death of Emmett Till.

“We are talking about people who may have chosen not to see the film. We’re talking about misogynoir, as it comes in all sorts of ways, whether direct or indirect,” Deadwyler said. “It impacts who we are.”

The actress added, “I think the question is more about people who live in whiteness, white people’s assessment of the spaces that are privileged to them.”

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