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“Minari” Oscar winner Youn Yuh-jung has joined Season 2 of “Beef.”

Netflix officially announced on Wednesday that the series, from Lee Sung Jin and A24, would return for a second season with Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton and Cailee Spaeny.

The logline for the eight-episode Season 2 goes as follows: “A young couple witnesses an alarming fight between their boss and his wife, triggering chess moves of favors and coercion in the elitist world of a country club and its Korean billionaire owner.”

Youn is best known for her Academy Award-winning performance in 2020’s “Minari,” in which she starred opposite “Beef” Season 1 star Steven Yeun. She became the first Korean to win an acting Oscar.

Youn’s credits also include Apple TV+’s “Pachinko,” Kim Ki-young’s “Woman of Fire” and the upcoming “The Wedding Banquet,” as well as “The Housemaid,” “The Taste of Money,” “The Bacchus Lady” and “Canola.” The...

Korean Oscar-winning actor Youn Yuh-jung has been the focus of attention for the past week as the subject of a retrospective series at The Academy Museum in Los Angeles.

Youn came to the attention of many late in her career playing the grandmother role in Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari.” But her entertainment history dates back to one of Korean cinema’s golden eras and a screen-scorching 1971 debut in legendary director Kim Ki-young’s “Woman of Fire.”

“Youn refused to compromise her practice to serve the patriarchal systems which dominate the majority of mainstream cinema in Korea. As an iconic figure and role model to many actors in Korea, Youn continues to push boundaries in her incredible scope of storytelling, routed through her bold and forthright perception of each character she portrays,” says the Academy’s notes to the seven-film series.

What that fails to convey is Youn’s down-to-earth pragmatism,...

It is always great to watch veterans receiving international acclaim, and the Oscar, cemented a great year for the 73-year old actress, who received recognition for her great performance in “Minari” from a plethora of the most prestigious awards around the world. This success was the best way to celebrate a career that spans for more than 5 decades and includes a number of great performances. Ten of them are included in this list, as our own way to congratulate this great actress.

1. Myeong-ja in Woman of Fire

Youn Yuh-jung plays Myeong-ja, a country bumpkin that has been the victim of a rape attack, in a series of events that ended up with her killing one of her attackers, and her subsequent self-exile from the area. Through a job broker, she is hired by Jeong-sook, who runs a poultry farm and is also in charge of her household, which includes her composer husband,...

Yuh-Jung Youn has made Oscars history as the first Korean performer to win an Academy Award in one of the four acting categories. Youn took home the Best Supporting Actress prize for her performance in Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari.” Young was nominated against Maria Bakalova (“Borat Subsequent Movie Film”), Olivia Colman (“The Father”), Amanda Seyfried (“Mank”), and Glenn Close (“Hillbilly Elegy”). Prior to the Oscars, Youn emerged as the category’s frontrunner after winning Best Supporting Actress prizes at the BAFTA Film Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Youn’s Academy Award win for Best Supporting Actress came from one of six Oscar nominations “Minari” received at the 93rd Academy Awards. The film also picked up nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Steven Yeun, Best Original Score, and Best Original Screenplay. Youn’s victory gives distributor A24 yet another acting Academy Award after the likes...