[E-Daily Starin Gim Ga Yeong Reporter] Actress Yoon Yeo-jeong has been nominated for an Emmy Award, considered the most prestigious television award ceremony in the United States.

According to the U.S. entertainment news outlet Deadline, Yoon Yeo-jeong was nominated for “Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries, Movie, or Anthology Series” at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, as announced by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) on the 8th.
In Season 2 of the Netflix series “Angry People,” Yoon Yeo-jeong plays Chairman Park, a Korean billionaire who has recently acquired a country club. She shares the screen with Song Kang-ho, who makes a special appearance as Dr. Kim, portraying a couple with an age gap.
Yoon Yeo-jeong made a name for herself on the global stage in 2021 when she became the first Korean actress to win the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film “Minari.” Attention is now focused on whether she will follow up her Academy Award win with an Emmy. In 2022, Lee Jung-jae, who played the lead character Seong Gi-hun in the Netflix series “Squid Game,” won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
Season 1 of “Angry People” garnered significant attention at the 75th Emmy Awards held in 2024, winning eight awards, including Outstanding Miniseries or TV Movie, Outstanding Directing, Outstanding Writing, Outstanding Lead Actor, Outstanding Lead Actress, Outstanding Casting, Outstanding Editing, and Outstanding Costume Design.
Season 2 has also been nominated in numerous categories, including Outstanding Mini-Series or Anthology Series (equivalent to Best Series), Outstanding Lead Actress, Outstanding Lead Actor, Outstanding Supporting Actor, Outstanding Casting, Outstanding Contemporary Costume Design, Outstanding Directing, and Outstanding Editing.
Meanwhile, the Emmy Awards, which began in 1949, are the most prestigious awards in the U.S. broadcasting industry, organized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), and are often referred to as the “Academy Awards of television.” The 78th Emmy Awards, for which Yoon Yeo-jeong has been nominated, will be held on September 14 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles (LA).