Oscar-winning actress Youn Yuh-jung parts ways with scandal-hit Hook Entertainment
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Actress Youn Yuh-jung won best supporting actress at the Oscars for her role in immigrant drama Minari in 2021.
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SEOUL – Veteran South Korean actress Youn Yuh-jung has parted ways with her management agency Hook Entertainment, which made the news over unpaid fees to singer-actor Lee Seung-gi.
Youn, 75, who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 2021 for immigrant drama Minari, will not be renewing her contract after five years with the agency.
Hook Entertainment released a statement on Monday saying: “We are informing you that our contract with actress Youn Yuh-jung, who has been with us since March 2017, has been terminated. We will be rooting for her to always be healthy and to see her in good works.”
Rumours swirling over Youn’s departure since November had previously been denied by the agency.
Besides being an Oscar winner, Youn had also won Best Supporting Actress at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and British Academy Film Awards, making her the first South Korean actress to win at any of the three prestigious ceremonies. She last appeared in the television adaptation of the novel Pachinko (2022).
Last week, Lee, 35, announced his plans to terminate his contract with Hook Entertainment after 18 years, having been with the agency since his 2004 debut.
One of South Korea’s highest-paid celebrities in 2021, he is in a dispute with the agency over music-streaming earnings which he claimed he did not receive.
Apart from Lee’s case, Hook Entertainment is under police investigation and was subject to a search and seizure in November.
Other celebrities in its stable include actor Lee Seo-jin, actress Park Min-young and veteran singer Lee Sun-hee.
