'Hommage' Lee Jung-eun Wins APSA Best Actress Award

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Actor Lee Jung-eun received the Best Performance Award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) for the film "Hommage."

According to the APSA website on the 14th, Lee Jung-eun was announced as the Best Performance winner at the 15th ceremony held on the 12th in Gold Coast, Australia. She became the seventh Korean actor to win an acting award at APSA. Previous recipients include Lee Byung-hun for "Masquerade," Choi Min-sik for "Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time," Jung Jae-young for "Right Now, Wrong Then," Jeon Do-yeon for "Secret Sunshine," Yoon Jeong-hee for "Poetry," and Kim Hye-ja for "Mother."

APSA introduced Lee Jung-eun as "an actor widely known for her role as the housekeeper in director Bong Joon-ho's 'Parasite'." The lead film "Hommage" tells the story of a middle-aged female director who restores the film of Korea's first-generation female filmmaker. It was directed by Shin Su-won, known for "Pluto," "Madonna," and "Glass Garden." Lee Jung-eun also won the LEAFF Best Actress Award at the London East Asia Film Festival in October for this film.

APSA is an event organized by Queensland, Australia, in collaboration with CNN International, UNESCO, and others to introduce films from the Asia-Pacific region to the world. It mainly highlights films that reflect indigenous cultures and have excellent artistic quality.

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