Squid Game’s Lee You-mi wins Guest Actress in a Drama Series for show at Emmys | Web Series
South Korean actor Lee You-mi, known for her role in the Netflix series Squid Game, has become the first Korean female actor to win the award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her appearance in the show, at the Emmys 2022. Taking to Twitter, the Television Academy tweeted, “Congratulations to Lee You-mi who just won the #Emmys for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for @SquidGame (@Netflix)! #Emmys #Emmys2022.” (Also Read | Emmys 2022 nominations: Squid Game is first non-English show to vie for best drama)
You-mi won the award for her appearance in the Squid Game episode Gganbu as Ji-yeong. Taking to her Instagram, You-mi shared a photo of herself holding the award as she smiled for the camera. For the occasion, she wore a black and white outfit. She captioned the post in Korean, “Thank you so much for this meaningful award.”
She also added, “Television Academy and director Hwang Dong-wook, thank you very much for our teams who played together in Squid Game, and thank you very much to Netflix. Thank you for loving Jiyoung and I will continue to work harder. And that’s right entertainment family I love you so much! I love my parents, brother and grandmother so much. I feel so good. I’m so happy!”
As per Soompi, she also spoke after receiving the award, “I’m so happy, and I honestly can’t believe it. I can’t wait to tell my close friends and brag to them. Thank you so much!” The other nominees for this category were–Hope Davis (Succession), Marcia Gay Harden (The Morning Show), Martha Kelly (Euphoria), Sanaa Lathan (Succession), and Harriet Walter (Succession).
Squid Game also won three other awards–Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Single Episode, Outstanding Stunt Performance, and Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More).
The Television Academy tweeted, “Lim Tae-hoon, Shim Sang-min, Kim Cha-i, and Lee Tae-young land an #Emmy win for Outstanding Stunt Performance for their work on @SquidGame (@Netflix)! Congratulations!” “That’s right! Chae Kyoung-sun, Gim En-jee, and Kim Jeong-gon win the #Emmy for Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More) for @SquidGame (@Netflix)!” read another tweet.
