KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 24 -- Malaysian actress Yeo Yann Yann has snagged a Best Actress nomination at the upcoming 2020 International Emmy Awards.

Johor-born and Singapore-based Yeo was nominated for her role in the HBO Asia original miniseries Invisible Stories where she plays Lian, a burnt-out and financially drained single mother struggling to cope with her autistic 19-year-old son.

Not to be confused with the recently concluded Primetime Emmy Awards, the International Emmy Awards recognises the best television programmes initially produced and aired outside the US.

The six-part miniseries is set in a fictional neighbourhood housing estate in multicultural Singapore and shines a light on untold stories from the heartlands.

Filmed enti...