'Minari's Yuh-Jung Youn Reflects on 50-Year Career: "I'm a Very Old-Time Actress"

Yuh-jung Youn can see through Brad Pitt’s tricks.

as a flirtatious overture, it wasn’t. In an interview post-Oscars, the Korean actress Youn revealed what she told Pitt once she got offstage.

Oscars press room when a journalist asked what Brad Pitt smelled like. The 73-year-old South Korean actor, who won Best Supporting Actress for Minari, was given the trophy by Pitt.

Chloé Zhao’s history-making Oscars sweep, winning best director and best picture, is being met with a muted response in her country of birth, and even censorship.

The 2021 Oscars didn’t look like a typical awards show. It surely didn’t flow like a typical awards show.

Staying honest! Oscar winner Yuh-Jung Youn had a perfect response when asked what Brad Pitt, who presented her with her Oscar, smelled like during the 2021 Academy Awards on Sunday, April 25.

An award season like no other has finally come to a close with the 93rd Academy Awards rolling up the virtual red carpet on a year of movie-watching at home. Today, a new crop of winners — Daniel Kaluuya, Anthony Hopkins, Frances McDormand, Yuh-jung Youn — are basking in Oscar’s glow, getting ready to tackle their first post-win projects.

Minari star Yuh-Jung Youn made history at the Oscars by becoming the first Korean to win an acting Academy Award and delivered another endearing acceptance speech. The 73-year-old actress from South Korea has a career in film and television that spans over five decades but only recently rose to prominence in the US thanks to her role in Minari.

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.

Yuh-JungYoun has made history at the 2021 Oscars. The Minari star won best supporting actress at the annual awards ceremony on Sunday night and, in doing so, became the first Korean actor or actress to win an Oscar in the show's 93-year history.

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.

was backstage celebrating her history-making Oscars win for Best Supporting Actress, which Pitt presented to her.According to a tweet from journalist Kevin Polowy, Youn was asked by a reporter what the “Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood” star smelled like during her backstage interview with the press. She responded, “I didn’t smell him.

Yuh-Jung Youn has made Oscars history.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterRaise a glass of Mountain Dew to Yuh-Jung Youn.The celebrated Korean actress won an Oscar on Sunday night for her supporting role in “Minari,” Lee Isaac Chung’s semi-autobiographical drama about a family that relocates to rural Arkansas in the 1980s to start a farm.

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.

Oscar 2021 history.Brad Pitt presented the best supporting actress award to the scene-stealing “Minari” star — after referencing her love of Brit actress Maggie Smith and American auteur filmmaker Robert Altman. “Nice to meet you Mr.