How Youn Yuh-jung’s Oscars acceptance speech stole the show: the first Korean to win an Academy Award, for Minari, won over the world with her grace and honesty Youn Yuh-jung, winner of best actress in a supporting role for Minari, poses in the press room at the 93rd annual Academy Awards ceremony at Union Station in Los Angeles – where her unguarded interview touched hearts around the world. Photo: EPA-EFE Youn Yuh-jung just made history. The Oscars 2021 were a crowning moment in the talented septuagenarian's life, where she became the first Korean actor to win an Academy Award. And as well as striking a pleasant contrast with the event's typical glitz and glamour, there's the matter of her headline-making Oscar acceptance speech.