BAFTA Supporting Actress Winner Yuh-Jung Youn Cracks Up David Oyelowo With “Snobbish Brits” Comment

In 2017, three actresses from “Saturday Night Live” were nominated in the Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series category for the 69th Emmy Awards. That was half the nominees in that category.

His floppy blonde locks won over a generation in Thelma And Louise. And Brad Pitt once again rocked an impressive golden 'do on Sunday - this time tied back into a short ponytail as he presented at the Academy Awards.The 57-year-old unveiled his new hair style as he presented the Best Supporting Actress Oscar to Yuh-Jung Youn, 73, who was the first Korean and only second person of Asian heritage to win the category.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSouth Korean media were quick to celebrate the Oscar win, as best supporting actress in “Minari,” for veteran Yuh-jung Youn. It was a first ever acting win for a Korean actor.

Minari at the 93rd Academy Awards, which are taking place in Los Angeles. In Minari, Youn plays Soon-ja, “grandma” to young David, who comes from Korea to stay with the family on their farm in Arkansas.

Unlike all the virtual awards this season, the Oscars 2021 was an in-person event and gave netizens several reasons to cheer. From  drop dead gorgeous red carpet looks to candid reactions, the live ceremony was a rage on social media.

Brad Pitt shared a special moment with South Korean film veteran, Yuh-Jung Youn. The actor stepped onstage at the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday to present the award for Best Supporting Actress, which went to Youn for her role in The actor, who rocked a ponytail, looked dashing in a classic suit and bow tie from Brioni and jewelry from David Yurman.

Yuh-Jung Youn has made Oscars history.

Veteran actress Yuh-Jung Youn made history when she became the first South Korean actress ever to receive an Oscar nomination in the supporting actress category, and again made history tonight as the first Korean ever to win an acting Oscar for her portrayal as the feisty grandma in Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari.

on Sunday, making her the first Korean and second female Asian acting winner in the history of the Academy Awards.“Lee Isaac Chung, without him I wouldn’t be here tonight.

LOS ANGELES -- Youn Yuh-jung,'' the feisty grandmother in “Minari,” captured more than her grandson's heart.Youn, a prominent film and TV actor in her home country of South Korea, won the best supporting actress award at Sunday’s Oscars.

Youn Yuh-jung has made Oscars history!

Sending love to Leo DiCaprio! Brad Pitt presented the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 2021 Oscars on Sunday, April 25.

Youn Yuh-Jung is joined by her on-screen daughter on the 2021 Academy Awards red carpet!

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWhen “Minari’s” Steven Yeun first saw Lee Issac Chung’s script for the film, the words deeply resonated with him. “It spoke very confidently and it didn’t need anything outside of it to justify the story,” he tells Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast.

Yuh-Jung Youn is feeling the pressure ahead of the 93rd Academy Awards.

In Minari, Soon-ja (Yuh-Jung Youn) moves in with her daughter's family in Arkansas, where her grandson complains that she's not like other grandmas. "They bake cookies! They don't swear! They don't wear men's underwear!" David nags at Soon-ja, who in his view is coarse instead of cuddly, preferring to watch pro wrestling and chug Mountain Dew over softer, more stereotypical pursuits.

In Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari, actress Yuh-Jung Youn plays the grandmother who swoops in from South Korea to the small Arkansas town where her Korean-American family have made their home, delightfully disrupting their lives. With her abundant charm and unfiltered ways, she makes a significant impact in this heartwarming story of the American dream.