Youn Yuh-jung Becomes First Asian Actress To Win An Oscar In 63 Years

Oscar winner Youn Yuh-jung, who won the 2021 award for her work in Minari, was asked numerous questions about Brad Pitt after her big win.

The highlight of Oscars 2021 was undoubtedly Youn Yuh Jung's sassy wit throughout the prestigious award ceremony. The Minari star made history with her Oscar win as she is now the first Korean woman to win the Academy Award in the Best Actress in a Supporting Role category.

Youn Yuh-jung is sharing her thoughts on a future role alongside Brad Pitt!

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.

Oscar - the highest accolade in film - must be pretty overwhelming. But winning an Oscar, and being handed your trophy by Brad Pitt? That's enough to get anyone flustered, as Minari actress Youn Yuh-jung proved when she was awarded best supporting actress last night.

It won't be wrong to state that Youn Yuh Jung's scene-stealing act as David Yi's (Alan Kim) unconventional grandmother Soon Ja deserved not just an Oscar nomination but a win as well.

The 93rd Academy Awards were held on April 25, 2021. After facing a tough year worldwide thanks to the pandemic, the awards ceremony honoured the work of films that still released and entertained audiences in these trying times.

The Oscars 2021 has come to an end and brought with it an exhilarating set of winners. In a stark contrast to the annual award show, this year the scaled-down Oscars 2021 stood out on many levels.

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.

Yuh-Jung Youn has made Oscars history.

Team Minari is super excited and rightfully so. They have 6 nominations at the Oscars tonight - Best Picture, Best Director (Lee Isaac Chung), Steven Yeun (Best Actor), Best Supporting Actress (Yuh-Jung Youn), Writing (Best Original Screenplay), and Music (Original Score).The team’s Steven Yeun, Youn Yuh Jung, Christina Oh, Alan Kim, and Han Yeri are seen here walking the red carpet.

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.

Minari, written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung has made its way into the Oscar 2021 nominations and the team could not be more excited.

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!

Chloe Zhao completed her awards season sweep on Sunday, taking home the Academy Award for Best Director for her stunning 2020 film, “Nomadland”. With the win, Zhao becomes the first woman of colour, and second woman ever, to take home the Oscars’ top directing honour.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” hair department head Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson, Viola Davis’ personal hairstylist, have become the first Black women to win an Oscar for makeup and hairstyling.Neal and Wilson won alongside Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Davis’ personal makeup artist.