From ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ to ‘Minari’: How Asian representation has changed in film and TV 

The Academy Awards saw a number of firsts this year. Chloé Zhao made history as the first Asian woman to win the Best Director award for “Nomadland,” while “Minari”’s Youn Yuh-jung made history as the first South Korean woman to be nominated for and awarded the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The last Asian woman to win Best Supporting Actress, Miyoshi Umeki, won in 1957 for her performance in the film “Sayonara,” a film about a U.S. fighter pilot who falls in love with a Japanese dancer.

Source: From ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ to ‘Minari’: How Asian representation has changed in film and TV – The DePaulia