Youn Yuh-jung has won her first Screen Actors Guild award!
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As Youn asked, “I don’t know, am I saying right?” her fellow nominees gave a resounding yes as they celebrated the actress’s win.
“My English is not perfect,” Youn said. “I’m really pleased and happy and thank you for the SAG-AFTRA. Thank you, so much thank you, Olivia, Glenn, Maria and everybody. Thank you.”
Her fellow nominees were Maria Bakalova (Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm), Olivia Colman (The Father), Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy), and Helena Zengel (News of the World).
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Youn, 73, is an established movie titan in her native South Korea but on the set of the small, independent filmMinari, she described herself as “a Far East nobody,” in an interview withVulturelast month.
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Youn blamesParasitedirector Bong Joon Ho for the commotion her nomination has caused in the Korean press, telling Vulture, “If Bong Joon Ho hadn’t won, then Korean people wouldn’t be all that interested.”
The actress viewedMinarifor the first time at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, telling the outlet she “cried” when she saw the film’s director Lee Isaac Chung receive a standing ovation.
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“I was so proud of him,” she said. “I always cry when reality comes.”
The 27th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are airing Sunday, April 4 on TNT and TBS.
source: people.com
