For her breakout performance as Monica in Minari, Han earned several Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress nominations and awards. Han further proved her versatility as an actress when she starred in the historical drama, Six Flying Dragons and youth comedy, Hello, My Twenties. Eventually, she landed her first leading role in Commitment, Haemoo and A Dramatic Night. Han gained the attention of the public and critics in the sports drama, As One where she learned the Hamgyŏng dialect specifically for her role as a real-life North Korean table tennis player, Yu Sun-bok. It’s amazing to think how Han Ye-ri’s acting career started off with short films and independent film projects to eventually starring in the Oscar-nominated film, Minari. Most recently, she starred in the Netflix historical zombie drama, Kingdom which brought the popularity of Korean shows to the global audience.ĭon’t miss: The Best Sci-Fi Movies to Watch on Netflix Making her leap to Hollywood, Bae worked with the Wachowskis for two movies, Cloud Atlas, Jupiter Ascending and then fan favourite series, Sense8 where she also acted in English alongside Minari actress, Youn Yuh-jung.īae’s performance in Cloud Atlas was widely praised by critics and was well-loved by the Wachowskis that who eventually worked with her again. Bae cemented her status as a formidable actress when she took on the role of a political activist in Park Chan-wook’s Sympathy for Mr Vengeance and in another Bong film, The Host-working with two of the most renowned directors in South Korea.įurther on, she also worked with notable Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda in Air Doll and the two are reuniting for Koreeda’s first Korean film, Baby Box Boxer. Her work for A Girl at My Door-produced by Lee Chang-dong, another renowned Korean director-earned her a Best Actress award at the Asian Film Awards. Most people these days might have heard of Bong Joon-ho but did you know that the actress who starred in Bong’s directorial debut, Barking Dogs Never Bite, is none other than Bae Doona? Since then, Bae has risen to become one of the most sought after stars of her generation. He has also been working on many films, Ashfall, The Man Standing Next and Emergency Declaration, all of which screened at international film festivals.ĭon’t miss: All the Winners From the Asian Film Awards 2021 Most recently, Lee received the Asian Film Excellence Award at the 15th Asian Film Awards, the first Korean actor to be selected. Along with actor Ahn Sung-ki, they were the first South Korean actors to imprint their hands and footprints at the forecourt of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Paving the way for many Korean stars after him, Lee became the first South Korean actor to present an Oscar at the annual Academy Awards and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He has also appeared in Red 2, Terminator Genisys and The Magnificent Seven. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and the sequel, G.I. Lee made his debut in the US as Storm Shadow in G.I.
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His most well-known TV projects include Iris and Mr Sunshine and he recently made a cameo in Squid Game. Some of his most notable movies include Joint Security Area, A Bittersweet Life, The Good, the Bad, the Weird, I Saw the Devil, Masquerade and Inside Men-almost all of these movies earned him awards from prestigious award ceremonies. Lee Byung-hun is a household name in South Korea, having received critical acclaim for his work across various genres.