| Evelyn Quan Wang | |
|---|---|
| Everything Everywhere All at Once character | |
 Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn Quan Wang | |
| Created by | Daniel Kwan Daniel Scheinert |
| Portrayed by | Michelle Yeoh |
| In-universe information | |
| Full name | Evelyn Quan Wang |
| Species | Verse-jumped human |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Laundromat owner |
| Family | Gong Gong (father) |
| Spouse | Waymond Wang (husband) |
| Significant others | Deirdre Beaubeirdre (Hot Dog Dimension) |
| Children | Joy Wang (daughter) Jobu Tupaki (daughter; Dimension Alpha) |
Evelyn Quan Wang is a fictional character and the protagonist of the 2022 absurdist comedy-drama film Everything Everywhere All at Once. Portrayed by Michelle Yeoh and created by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert,[a] Evelyn is a Chinese-American immigrant and laundromat owner. While being audited by the IRS, Evelyn discovers she must connect with versions of herself across parallel universes to stop an omnicidal nihilist version of her daughter from another dimension from destroying her universe, along with the multiverse. Yeoh also portrays multiple alternate versions of Evelyn from different dimensions.
Initially, the filmmakers considered casting Jackie Chan in the lead role, but the script was later revised to feature a female protagonist.[1] The character and the film were inspired by the works of Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai, the children's book Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, and the video game Everything. Yeoh garnered universal acclaim for her performance, earning the Academy Award for Best Actress at the 95th Academy Awards. She made history as the first Asian to win Best Actress, the second woman of color to achieve this honor, and the first Malaysian to win any Academy Award.[2][3][4][5]
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