'Squid Game' star Lee You-mi wins Emmy, first for Korean actor

Lee You-mi poses in the press room with the award for outstanding guest actress in a drama series for 'Squid Games' on night two of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Photo: AP

Lee You-mi, 28, won the Emmy Award for outstanding guest actress in a drama series on Monday (Sept 5).

At the televised ceremony of the 2022 Creative Arts Emmys, Lee was named the winner of outstanding guest actress in a drama series, beating Marcia Gay Harden from The Morning Show, Martha Kelly from Euphoria” and Hope Davis, Sanaa Lathan and Harriet Walter from Succession.