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SEOUL September 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean actor Lee Jung-jae and actress Jung Ho-yeon from Netflix series “Squid Game” will be participating at the Emmys as a presenter.
According to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, AAAS on September 8 which is in charge of hosting Emmys on September 12 (US Time) sent out a statement including both Lee Jung-jae and Jung Ho-yeon as a initial list of presenters.
The awards both actors will present has not been disclosed. However both Lee Jung-jae and Jung Ho-yeon are currently nominated for “Film Award for Lead Actors” and “Best Supporting Actress.”
Actor Lee Jung-jae departed to United States on Thursday in order to participate at the award ceremony, and actress Jeong Ho-yeon will join in after she wraps up her schedule aboard.
“Squid Game” is the first foreign drama to be nominated through six of the categories starting with “Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series,” “Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series,” “Outstanding Lead Actor in a drama series,” “Outstanding Supporting Actors in a drama series,” “Outstanding Supporting Actress in a drama series” and more.
Through the creative Arts Emmys Awards which was held on September 4 (US time) South Korean actress Lee Yoo-mi received “Outstanding Guest Actress” award, and the drama “Squid Game” received “Stunt Performance Award” and “Production Design Award.”
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)
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