Washington: South Korean actor Yuh-Jung Youn took house the 2021 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, for her highly effective efficiency in ‘Minari’.
In Minari, Youn performed the position of Soon-ja, ‘grandma’ to younger David, who comes from Korea to stick with the household on their farm in Arkansas. She brings together with her the ‘minari’ seeds that give the movie its title.
The actor defeated a powerful set of contenders together with Glenn Close for ‘Hillbilly Elegy’, Olivia Colman for ‘The Father’ and Amanda Seyfried for ‘Mank’.
She has beforehand bagged the Screen Actors Guild and Bafta best-supporting actress awards.
Later within the ceremony, the 2020 Netflix movie ‘Mank’, which was snubbed at Golden Globes, took house two awards – Best Production Design and Best Cinematography.
Apart from ‘Mank’, Riz Ahmed-starrer ‘Sound of Metal’ bagged an Oscar for Film Editing.
‘Minari’ has been directed by Lee Isaac Chung and it stars Steven Yeun, Han Ye-ri, Alan Kim, Noel Kate Cho, Youn Yuh-Jung, and Will Patton.
The movie is a semi-autobiographical tackle Chung`s upbringing and the plot follows a household of South Korean immigrants who attempt to make it in rural America in the course of the Nineteen Eighties.
‘Minari’ had its world premiere on the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2020, successful each the US Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the US Dramatic Audience Award.
The 93rd Academy Awards are being held at each the Dolby Theatre and Union Station. The ceremony is going down two months later than initially deliberate, as a result of influence left by the COVID-19 pandemic on the leisure trade.
The nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards have been introduced on March 15 this yr. This is simply the fourth time in historical past that the Academy Awards have been postponed.
‘Mank’ leads the nominations this yr after being nominated for 10 accolades whereas ‘The Father’, ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’, ‘Minari’, ‘Nomadland’, ‘Sound of Metal’ and ‘The Trial of Chicago 7’ have been nominated in six classes.
