Yuh Jung Youn on Supporting Actress Oscar Win for Minari and Finally Meeting Producer Brad Pitt

Legendary Korean actress Yuhjung Youn took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as an immigrant grandmother in Minari, Lee Isaac Chungs semiautobiographical drama about a family that relocates to rural Arkansas in the 1980s to start a farm. Youn made history as only the second Asian woman and first Korean to win an acting prize at the Oscars. During her acceptance speech, the goodhumored actress jokingly acknowledged her first time meeting Brad Pitt, a producer on Minari, and reveals backstage at the 93rd Academy Awards what the experience of accepting the award felt like.