Nonconformist Youn Yuh-jung: Korea's first Oscar-nominated actress

Septuagenarian Youn Yuh-jung, the first South Korean actress nominated for an Oscar, has spent decades portraying nonconformist characters, from a vicious heiress to an ageing prostitute, challenging social norms in both her career and life. Her role in "Minari", a family drama about Korean immigrants in the US, is more conventional: grandmother to a mischievous young boy trying to fit into rural Arkansas.

source https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2021/03/689_305968.html?fl

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