Veteran South Korean star Yuh-Jung Youn became the first South Korean actor to win the Oscar for the best-supporting actress Oscar for "Minari". Youn, 73, is the only second Asian woman to win best-supporting actress Oscar after Miyoshi Umeki for "Sayonara" (1957). In true Oscars tradition, Youn was presented her best-supporting trophy by last year`s best supporting actor winner Brad Pitt on Sunday night. She emerged as a favourite to win in the category only recently by bagging a number of precursor awards ahead of the Oscars.

She was nominated alongside Amanda Seyfried for "Mank", Maria Bakalova for "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm", Glenn Close for "Hillbilly Elegy", Olivia Colman for "The Father". Besides winning several accolades back home, the 73-year-old actor has won the Best Supporting Actress trophy at the BAFTA awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Independent Spirit Awards. In a thriving career for five decades, Youn has acted in several South Korean TV series and films and is one of the most respected stars back home.