She has previously bagged the Screen Actors Guild and Bafta best-supporting actress awards
Washington: South Korean actor Yuh-Jung Youn took home the 2021 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, for her powerful performance in ‘Minari’.
In Minari, Youn played the role of Soon-ja, ‘grandma’ to young David, who comes from Korea to stay with the family on their farm in Arkansas. She brings with her the ‘minari’ seeds that give the film its title.
The actor defeated a strong set of contenders including Glenn Close for ‘Hillbilly Elegy’, Olivia Colman for ‘The Father’ and Amanda Seyfried for ‘Mank’.
She has previously bagged the Screen Actors Guild and Bafta best-supporting actress awards.
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Oscars 2021: Yuh-Jung Youn gives wins best supporting actress, gives memorable speech
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Yuh-Jung Youn speaks after accepting the Oscar for Actress in a Supporting Role in the movie Minari, April 25, 2021, in Los Angeles.
Yuh-Jung Youn won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her performance in Minari at the 2021 Oscars on Sunday.
The 73-year-old became the first Korean to win an acting award in Oscars history. Mr. Brad Pitt, finally. Nice to meet you, Youn said while taking the stage to accept the Oscar. It s an honor to meet you. I cannot believe I m here, Youn continued, saying she became family with the rest of the Minari cast and thanking director Isaac Chung Lee as their captain.
Youn Yuh Jung s remarks about Brad Pitt in Oscar-winning speech go viral ANI | Updated: Apr 26, 2021 18:11 IST
Washington [US], April 26 (ANI): Youn Yuh Jung, who bagged Oscar for Best Supporting Female Actor for Minari , has been hogging the limelight for the adorable remarks she made about Brad Pitt in her winning speech.
It seems the Minari star has a fan girl inside her which shed its inhibitions after seeing the charming Moneyball star in front of her.
Youn, who delivered perhaps the most memorable acceptance speech of the 2021 Oscars, has been trending over social media since she made adorable onstage remarks about Minari executive producer Brad Pitt after he presented her with Best Supporting Actress.