Actress Yoon Yeo-jeong, the first Korean to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, was selected as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World this year by Time Magazine.
In the list of 'The 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2021' announced by Time on the 15th local time, Yeo-jeong Yoon was named along with Korean-American actress Steven Yeun, US President Joe Biden, and Apple CEO Tim Cook, who appeared together in the movie 'Minari'. I uploaded it.
The feature is that two actors who appeared in 'Minari' are included in the list, and Yeo-jeong Yoon and Steven Yeun were selected in the 'titans' and 'artists' categories in detail, respectively.
Yoon Yeo-jeong won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 93rd Academy Awards for her role as Sun-ja in the movie 'Minari' in April.
He is the first Korean actor and the first Asian actor in 64 years since Miyoshi Umeki in 'Sayonara' (1957).
Yoon Yeo-jeong was internationally acclaimed for her unique and unique acting career that she had built for 56 years by winning 42 awards at major film festivals around the world, including the Academy Awards, the American Actors Guild Award, and the British Academy Award.
Steven Yeun, who co-starred in 'Minari', said in a recommendation for Time magazine, "I've never met anyone as confident as Yoon Yeo-jeong. I think it's a confidence that comes from deep within."
About the news of the selection, Yoon Yeo-jeong said, "I was just doing what I always did, but it was a year that received undeserved praise. I am also surprised that I was selected in the 100 people." It is an honor to be listed with great people,” he said.