INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption
Sandra Oh's win is being called momentous for Asian representation
Sandra Oh has hailed the diversity at this year's Golden Globe Awards, after she won for Best Actress in a TV Drama, the first Asian
woman to do so in almost 40 years.In a heartfelt speech, she praised the "faces of change" she saw in Hollywood, saying the "moment is
real".She also thanked her parents in her native Korean, bowing to them.Asians celebrated her win on social media as a landmark moment for
Asian representation in Hollywood
"I said yes to the fear of being on this stage tonight because I wanted to look out onto this audience and witness this moment of change,"
said Oh, who also made history as the first Asian woman to host the Golden Globes, in her opening monologue
"Next year could be different, but right now this moment is real
Because I see you all these faces of change
And now so will everyone else."She also thanked her parents in Korean, saying "Mum, dad I love you" - and topped it off with a bow, a
respectful greeting in Korean culture
Oh also managed to fit in a dig at the whitewashing present in Hollywood while talking about the blockbuster Crazy Rich Asians
"It is the first studio film with an Asian-American lead since Ghost in the Shell and Aloha," she said
Both films were criticised in recent years for casting white female leads to play Asian and Hawaiian characters
Her roast prompted the lead of "Aloha", Emma Stone, to shout "I'm sorry!" across the room.But Oh wasn't the only win for diversity in
Darren Criss, who won Best Actor in a Limited Series gave a shout out to his Filipino mother in his acceptance speech.Image copyrightGetty
ImagesImage caption
Darren Criss thanked his Filipino mum
"This has been a marvellous year for
representation I am so enormously proud to be a teeny tiny part of that as a son of a firecracker Filipino woman that dreamed of coming into
"Mom, I know you're watching this I dedicate this to you."Asian-American actress Constance Wu and her film Crazy Rich Asians were also
nominated for awards this year - though both failed to win.But that didn't matter to some people.And it wasn't only a win for diversity -
but also a night for women
Actress Regina King, who won best supporting actress in a motion picture for her role in If Beale Street Could Talk, pledged that everything
she would produce in the next two years would be "50% women"."I challenge you to challenge yourself and stand with us in solidarity," she
said in her acceptance speech.
