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“Thank you to everyone who helped me grow into a healthy person and to the fans who quietly supported me”
Actress Shin Se-kyung won the Best Supporting Actress award in the film category at the 62nd Baeksang Arts Awards.
At the ‘62nd Baeksang Arts Awards with Gucci’, held on the afternoon of the 8th at COEX Hall D in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Shin Se-kyung took home the honor for the film ‘Humint’, surpassing formidable nominees. It was the result of her role as ‘Chae Sun-hwa’, who forges her own destiny amid the cold realities of Vladivostok, displaying a daring transformation and charisma that commanded the screen.
Clutching the trophy, Shin Se-kyung said, “I came here without any thought of receiving an award, so my mind went completely blank,” sharing her nerves. She continued, “I sincerely thank the actors who took part in every step of making the film and the ‘Humint’ team members,” crediting the colleagues who toiled alongside her.
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Shin Se-kyung moved listeners by sharing candid reflections as an actor who has walked her path quietly for a long time. She said, “I am grateful to those who helped me grow into a fairly healthy person over a not-short period of doing this work, my family, friends, and everyone at my agency,” and added, “I may be an actor with a slow pace, but thanks to the fans who quietly waited and cheered for me, I have grown well and am living well. I will continue to be diligent and quietly do my work with all my effort.”
In the film ‘Humint’, Shin Se-kyung becomes ‘Chae Sun-hwa’, a North Korean restaurant worker and human intelligence asset, delivering a performance as a so-called ‘self-directed survivor’. Blending razor-sharp survival instincts into her signature classical elegance, her acting drew audiences deep into the screen. In particular, even among actors with weighty energy such as Jo In-sung and Park Jung-min, her unyielding grit and delicate emotional calibration were praised as a key driving force of the narrative.
From the time the film opened, critics and audiences alike hailed it as “a rediscovery of Shin Se-kyung” and “an actor who changes the flow of the air by mere presence,” and this win became a decisive indicator once again confirming that she has built the most intense ‘career-defining character’ in her filmography.
With this Baeksang Arts Awards Supporting Actress win, Shin Se-kyung once again imprinted the power of the ‘genre called Shin Se-kyung’. Having strengthened her craft at her own pace without being confined to genre or character, attention now turns to what sincere steps she will take next to surprise the public.
