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Youn Yuh-jung of 'Minari' wins Oscar for best supporting actress
Posted : 2021-04-26 10:59
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Youn Yuh-jung, winner of the award for best actress in a supporting role for 'Minari,' poses in the press room at the Oscars in Los Angeles, Calif., April 25. Reuters-Yonhap
Youn Yuh-jung, winner of the award for best actress in a supporting role for "Minari," poses in the press room at the Oscars in Los Angeles, Calif., April 25. Reuters-Yonhap

Youn Yuh-jung has won best supporting actress at this year's Academy Awards for her performance in the immigrant film "Minari," becoming the first South Korean to win an acting Oscar.

At the awards ceremony held at Union Station in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday (U.S. time), Youn was awarded Best Actress in a Supporting Role, beating Maria Bakalova for "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm," Glenn Close for "Hillbilly Elegy," Olivia Colman for "The Father" and Amanda Seyfried for "Mank."

"Thank you. Tremendous thanks to the academy members who vote for me," she said in an acceptance speech after last year's best supporting actor winner Brad Pitt called her name. "Thank you, wonderful 'Minari' family, Steven (Yeun), (Lee) Isaac (Chung), (Han) Yeri, Noel (Kate Cho) and Alan (Kim). We became a family."

She said she cannot believe that she is accepting an Oscar as she has watched the Academy Awards on TV for decades in Korea.

She also gave special thanks to director Chung, who wrote his fourth feature "Minari" based on his childhood memories and was nominated for best director and best original screenplay this year.

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"Most of all, above all, (I want to thank) Lee Isaac Chung. Without him, I couldn't be here," she said. "He was our captain, and my director. Tremendous thanks to you."

The 73-year-old Korean actress said her honor is the result of "American hospitality" for a Korean actor, and she wants to share the glory with the four other nominees.

It is the first time for a South Korean to clinch an Oscar in an acting category. Last year's best picture winner "Parasite" had no acting nominees even though it had an overall six nominations, including best director and original screenplay for Bong Joon-ho.

And Youn became just the second Asian actress to win best supporting actress in Oscar history, following Japanese actress Miyoshi Umeki from the 1957's "Sayonara."

Youn is also the third oldest supporting actress award recipient after 77-year-old Peggy Ashcroft for "A Passage to India" in 1985 and 74-year-old Josephine Hull for "Harvey" in 1951.

In "Minari," Youn took the role of the untraditional grandmother named Soon-ja, who flies to the United States to help her daughter's family, which is starting a new life in rural Arkansas.

She brought seeds of "minari," a watery herb that thrives in hostile ground, serving as a metaphor for the family's resilience and efforts to realize their American dream.

Written and directed by Korean American Lee Isaac Chung, "Minari" earned six nominations at this year's Academy Awards ― best picture for producer Christina Oh, best director and best original screenplay for director Chung, best actor for Korean American actor Steven Yeun, best supporting actress for Youn and best original score for Emile Mosseri.

Meanwhile, "Parasite" director Bong, the winner of last year's best directing Oscar, presented the award for this year from Seoul. In a pre-recorded video, he introduced the five nominees in the category ― Thomas Vinterberg for "Another Round," David Fincher for "Mank," Lee Isaac Chung for "Minari," Chloe Zhao for "Nomadland" and Emerald Fennell for "Promising Young Woman."

"The Oscar goes to," he said, "Chloe Zhao for 'Nomadland.'" (Yonhap)


 
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