Yuh-jung Youn becomes first Korean to win acting Oscar

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Yuh-jung Youn becomes first Korean to win acting Oscar

By Chloe Melas

Updated 0602 GMT (1402 HKT) April 26, 2021

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Best supporting actress Yuh-jung Youn steals the show

(CNN)Yuh-jung Youn won the Oscar for best supporting actress for her performance in "Minari" on Sunday and made history by becoming the first Korean actor to win an Academy Award.

During her acceptance speech, Youn spoke about how she would watch the Oscars back home in South Korea, where she's long been a film star, and that it was a surreal experience to be at the ceremony.

"Me, being here by myself, I cannot believe I'm here ... let me pull myself together," she said, before thanking the Academy.

"Minari" is about a family from South Korea who move to Arkansas to start a new life. It ends up being more challenging than expected, so their grandmother, played by Youn, comes to live with them.

The film, as well as Youn, have received critical acclaim throughout awards season, with Youn winning a Screen Actors Guild Award and a BAFTA before her Oscar win.

Yuh-jung Youn and Brad Pitt in the press room at the Academy Awards. (Photo by Chris Pizzello-Pool/Getty Images)

Yuh-jung Youn and Brad Pitt in the press room at the Academy Awards. (Photo by Chris Pizzello-Pool/Getty Images)

She explained how frequently her name has been mispronounced throughout her travels and said, "tonight you are all forgiven."

Youn also acknowledged her fellow nominees in the category, Amanda Seyfried, Olivia Colman, Maria Bakalova and Glenn Close, who Youn said she has long admired.

"I don't believe in competition," Youn said.

Among her many charming moments on stage, Youn, who was presented the award by Brad Pitt, gushed a bit about their encounter.

"Mr. Brad Pitt, finally, nice to meet you!" she joked.

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BAFTAS APR. 11, 2021

Youn Yuh-jung Thanks British Snobs for Liking Her Minari Performance

By Rebecca Alter@ralter

Here it is, the best awards-acceptance speech of 2021. On the second night of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards (BAFTAs if you’re nasty), Korean actress Youn Yuh-jung won the Supporting Actress award for her role as Soonja in Minari. Accepting the award remotely, the 73-year-old actress gave her condolences about the Duke of Edinburgh before continuing, “Thank you so much for this award. Every award is meaningful, but this one, especially [to be] recognized by British people, known as very snobbish people, and they approve me as a good actor. So I’m very, very privileged and happy.” Calling Brits out as “very snobbish people” during a BAFTA acceptance speech, to their faces, and making the whole room laugh and be totally charmed by it? Youn is a legend. Just look at the joy on presenter David Oyelowo’s face as he bowls over with laughter at her little bit of observational comedy. We hope she wins the Oscar, partially because she gives an incredible performance in Minari but mostly so she can roast us next.

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Brad Pitt fan and Oscar-winner Yuh-jung Youn has been a bright light of award season

Sandra Gonzalez

By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN

Updated 0601 GMT (1401 HKT) April 26, 2021

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Best supporting actress Yuh-jung Youn steals the show

(CNN)One of the most "stars are just like us" moments at Sunday's Academy Awards happened while Yuh-jung Youn was on stage becoming a winner among them.

"Mr. Brad Pitt, finally. It's nice to meet you," she said to crowd laughs after being presented the award for best supporting actress by Pitt, last year's winner for best supporting actor. "Where were you while we were filming? It's an honor to meet you."

Youn, who won for her role in "Minari," chalked up her reaction backstage to being star-struck. She's been a longtime fan, she said, and "maybe I blacked out a couple of seconds."

A Korean icon long before American audiences were talking about "Minari," Youn's unfiltered views have, since the film's rise began months ago, been a refreshing alternative to the over-trained responses usually seen during award season.

For instance, there was her BAFTA's speech, in which she thanked the voting body by saying, "Every award is meaningful, but this one, especially [to be] recognized by British people, known as very snobbish people, and they approve me as a good actor. "

Or, when speaking to the blog run by "Minari" production company A24, she boasted about her love of leisure time.

"Staying in my bed the whole day is my pleasure and my hobby," she said. "I like to watch TV or just doze, not thinking about anything -- it's whatever I want to do. I'm sorry to say that I'm really enjoying quarantine, because I can rest. I don't have to see anybody. I can just stay home 24 hours a day and stay in bed, my favorite place.

Much like her character in "Minari," a lovingly quirky grandmother, there's been so much to appreciate about Youn's honesty and good humor and the sense of connection it brought to an award season defined largely by a sense of disconnection.

In a year where little felt the same, it was a small, charming and familiar pleasure to revel in watching someone enjoying the crazy ride of awards success -- one we hope continues for Youn for years to come.

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