Youn Yuh-jung signs with Hollywood management firm Creative Artists Agency
![Youn Yuh-jung [HOOK ENTERTAINMENT]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2023/01/10/a10e0bc6-e3fd-47bf-9710-7a46032cc29e.jpg)
Youn Yuh-jung [HOOK ENTERTAINMENT]
Actor Youn Yuh-jung signed with Hollywood management firm CAA (Creative Artists Agency), according to the actor’s staff on Tuesday.
Youn, a veteran star who debuted in 1966, was the first Korean actor to win an Academy Award, in 2021. She took home Best Supporting Actress in for her role in the 2020 film “Minari.”
CAA also manages big Hollywood names like Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Zendaya and Reese Witherspoon. Korean actors Lee Jung-jae and Jung Ho-yeon from “Squid Game” (2021) and Kang Dong-won are also signed with CAA.
Yoon was previously under the agency Hook Entertainment, but her contract ended last month.
BY HALEY YANG [yang.hyunjoo@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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