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Youn wins best supporting actress Oscar for Minari

Youn wins best supporting actress Oscar for Minari

Youn Yuh-jung and Han Ye-ri arrive at the 93rd Academy Awards, at Union Station, in Los Angeles on Sunday. (Reuters photo)

LOS ANGELES: South Korean film icon Youn Yuh-jung won the best supporting actress Oscar on Sunday for her role as a spirited and unconventional grandmother in <i>Minari</i>.

Youn, 73, is the first South Korean actor to win an Oscar and the first actor from that country ever to clinch an Academy Award nomination.

Youn’s win was announced onstage by Brad Pitt, last year’s supporting actor winner.

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