Actor Yoon Yeo-jeong, who received more than 30 trophies for the
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movie <Watermelon>, was the first Korean actor to receive the Best Supporting Actress Award at the'British Academy' awards ceremony.
The awards mixed with humor also attracted great attention.
The American Academy Awards, called the Oscars, also came two weeks later.
Reporter Jung Hye-kyung reports.
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[The winner is Yeojung Yoon of <Buttercup>!]
British Academy Awards ceremony held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on the 11th local time.
The Best Supporting Actor Award went to Yoon Yeo-jung from the movie'Minari'.
[Yoon Yeo-jung/Actor: I am Korean actress Yoon Yeo-jung.
I don't know how to say it.
It's just very glorious]
After last week's American Actors Guild Awards, this is the 37th award in the acting category at major world film awards.
After expressing condolences for the death of Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away on the 10th, Yoon Yeo-jung raised the atmosphere in the intestine with a joke mixed feelings from her years of age.
[Yoon Yeo-jung/Actor: I am honored to be recognized as a good actor by British people who are known as such noble people. I'm very happy.]
Filmmakers around the world responded greatly to these awards.
Director Edgar Wright of the movie <Baby Driver> wrote on his Twitter account that Yoon Yeo-jung was "winning the entire awards season" with this award.
The British Academy Awards are one of the most prestigious film awards in the British and American world. Director Park Chan-wook's <Girl> and Bong Joon-ho's <Parasite> have been awarded, but this is the first time a Korean actor has been awarded.
Hollywood awards betting site Gold Derby predicted Yoon Yeo-jung as the strongest candidate for the Best Supporting Actress category at the Academy Awards ceremony on the 25th.
(Video editing: Jeon Min-gyu)