SEOUL – South Korean actress Song Hye-kyo has won her first Best Actress award at the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards held in Incheon last Friday, while South Korean actress Park Eun-bin won Grand Prize (Television), the highest honour in the TV category.
Recognising excellence in film, television and theatre in South Korea, it is one of the three most prestigious award ceremonies in the country, alongside the Daejong Film Awards and Blue Dragon Film Awards.
Song, 41, won for her role as Moon Dong-eun, a victim of school violence who plots revenge against her perpetrators in the popular Netflix K-drama.
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The Glory also won Best Drama and Best Supporting Actress for Lim Ji-yeon, who played the wicked ringleader-antagonist Park Yeon-jin in the series.
“I won the prize, Yeon-jin, I’m so thrilled right now, ” she said, according to a translation by Yonhap News Agency, as Lim, 32, smiled and clapped at her table. Song also thanked the production crew for its hard work in making The Glory a success.
Song, who made her debut in the entertainment industry in 1996, was previously nominated for Best Actress at Baeksang for Full House in 2005, That Winter, The Wind Blows in 2013 and Descendants Of The Sun in 2016.
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Park, 30, won the Grand Prize for her role as the titular autistic lawyer Woo Young-woo in the legal drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo, which also nabbed her a Best Actress nomination.
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“When I was young, I thought to myself that if I don’t give up on my dream of becoming an actor, I may become a star who gets this award, ” she said. “Thanks for making my dream come true.”
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For Baeksang Arts Awards’ film category, romantic crime thriller Decision To Leave picked up the Grand Prize, Best Director for Park Chan-wook and Best Actress for Chinese star Tang Wei.
Tang, 43, who rose to fame in Taiwanese director Lee Ang’s erotic espionage thriller Lust, Caution (2007), won Best Actress at Baeksang in 2011 for Late Autumn (2010).
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South Korea’s top actress Song Hye Kyo received huge praise for the portrayal of a tortured woman who sets out for revenge in the TV series, The Glory. Her outstanding performance as Moon Dong-eun received a great response from every corner of the globe.
The 59th Baeksang Art Awards took place at Incheon Paradise City in South Korea today. Several popular K-dramas were honoured with prestigious awards, and ‘The Glory’ won big at this event.
The Glory took away three top awards which include Best Drama Award, Best Actress (Song Hye Kyo) and Best Supporting Actress Award(Lim Ji-yoon). Lim Ji-yoon plays the supporting character of Park Yeon-jin, a woman from the privileged family and the main target of Hye Kyo's character Moon Dong-eun, whom she wants to destroy.
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As soon as the news about her big win was declared, all the fans of Hye Kyo couldn’t contain their excitement and started congratulating the actress on social media. Within no time, she went trending on Twitter.
Talking about the actress, Song Hye Kyo last appeared in the second season of the Korean TV series, The Glory. She later starred in the documentary ‘Grandma is back’ as a narrator.
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SEOUL – South Korean actress Song Hye-kyo has won her first Best Actress award at the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards held in Incheon last Friday, while South Korean actress Park Eun-bin won Grand Prize (Television), the highest honour in the TV category.
Recognising excellence in film, television and theatre in South Korea, it is one of the three most prestigious award ceremonies in the country, alongside the Daejong Film Awards and Blue Dragon Film Awards.
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Song, 41, won for her role as Moon Dong-eun, a victim of school violence who plots revenge against her perpetrators in the popular Netflix K-drama.
The Glory also won Best Drama and Best Supporting Actress for Lim Ji-yeon, who played the wicked ringleader-antagonist Park Yeon-jin in the series.
“I won the prize, Yeon-jin, I’m so thrilled right now, ” she said, according to a translation by Yonhap News Agency, as Lim, 32, smiled and clapped at her table. Song also thanked the production crew for its hard work in making The Glory a success.
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Song, who made her debut in the entertainment industry in 1996, was previously nominated for Best Actress at Baeksang for Full House in 2005, That Winter, The Wind Blows in 2013 and Descendants Of The Sun in 2016.
Park, 30, won the Grand Prize for her role as the titular autistic lawyer Woo Young-woo in the legal drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo, which also nabbed her a Best Actress nomination.
“When I was young, I thought to myself that if I don’t give up on my dream of becoming an actor, I may become a star who gets this award, ” she said. “Thanks for making my dream come true.”
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South Korean actress Park Eun-bin won the Grand Prize - Television at the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards ceremony on April 28, 2023. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
For Baeksang Arts Awards’ film category, romantic crime thriller Decision To Leave picked up the Grand Prize, Best Director for Park Chan-wook and Best Actress for Chinese star Tang Wei.
Chinese actress Tang Wei won Best Actress for Decision To Leave at the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards ceremony on April 28, 2023. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
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Tang, 43, who rose to fame in Taiwanese director Lee Ang’s erotic espionage thriller Lust, Caution (2007), won Best Actress at Baeksang in 2011 for Late Autumn (2010).
The Best Film award went to period thriller The Night Owl, with its director Ahn Tae-jin winning Best New Director and male lead Ryu Jun-yeol scoring Best Actor.
