Irving Thalberg as a Chinese peasant, she was required to act totally subservient to her husband, being perpetually huddled in submission, and barely spoke a word of dialogue during the entire film. Rainer recalls that Mayer did not approve of the film being produced or her part in it: "He was horrified at Irving Thalberg's insistence for me to play O-lan, the poor uncomely little Chinese peasant." However, she again won the Oscar for Best Actress, becoming the first actress to win two consecutive Oscars, a feat not matched until Katharine Hepburn's two Oscar wins thirty years later. Besides bringing a distinctive
Parvathy (actress) to win IFFI Best Actor Award (Female), becoming the first ever Indian film Actress to win the silver peacock award. She was also nominated for National Film Award for Best Actress, where she lost to Sridevi in the final round. But went on to win her first National Film Award – Special Mention and her second Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress. She made her Bollywood debut opposite Irrfan Khan in the movie Qarib Qarib Singlle. Her upcoming films are My Story opposite Prithviraj Sukumaran, Tamil film "Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum", Koode opposite Prithviraj & Nazriya Nazim and Autorickshawkkarante