Youn Yuh Jung Get Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role In SAG Awards 2021
JAKARTA - Actress Youn Yuh Jung won the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role award at the 27th Screen Actor Guild (SAG) Awards which was held on Sunday, April 4, United States time.
This award she got was thanks to her role in the film Minari in which she played Soonja.
For the first time, the Korean-blooded actress was nominated and won this award. Youn Yuh Jung defeats Maria Bakalova, Glenn Close, Olivia Coleman, and Helena Zengel.
Through her speech, Youn Yuh Jung admitted that she didn't know how to describe her current feelings. “It's a great honor especially my fellow actors who chose me as a supporting actress. I don't know, am I telling you right? My English is not perfect. "
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Via virtual, another nominee gave her appreciation and said that she was perfect.
"I am very satisfied and happy. Thank you," she said closing the moment of the speech.
Minari is a film by Lee Isaac Chung that tells the story of a South Korean family living a new life on the outskirts of America. This film will be Youn Yuh Jung's first non-Korean project.