Michelle Yeoh defends Andrea Riseborough’s Oscar nomination

Michelle Yeoh attending the 72nd British Academy Film Awards (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Michelle Yeoh has spoken about the controversy surrounding Andrea Riseborough’s Oscar nomination reinforcing that if it was “so easy” to cheat the Academy then it could have been done before.

British actress Riseborough, 41, was nominated for her performance in independent film To Leslie, which sees her play a single mother who has turned to alcoholism after winning the lottery before turning her life around when a motel owner offers her a job.