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Lee Jung-jae (centre), Park Hae-soo (right) and Oh Young-soo appear in a scene from the Korean series Squid Game. Photo: Netflix via AP

Squid Game makes history with Screen Actors Guild Award nominations

  • The Korean Netflix hit became the first non-English-language TV series to score a nomination
  • Stars Lee Jung-jae and Jung Ho-yeon, meanwhile, are in the running for individual prizes
Squid Game
Squid Game made history on Wednesday as the first non-English-language television series and the first Korean series to score a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award.
The hit Netflix show, created by Hwang Dong-hyuk, is nominated for ensemble in a drama series alongside The Handmaid’s Tale, The Morning Show, Succession and Yellowstone.
Squid Game stars Lee Jung-jae and Jung Ho-yeon also landed individual nominations for actor and actress in a drama series, respectively.

In the dystopian drama about debt-ridden people who compete in a series of deadly children’s games for a lofty cash prize, Lee plays earnest father Seong Gi-hun, and Jung makes her acting debut as guarded North Korean defector Kang Sae-byeok.

Jung Ho-yeon plays North Korean defector Kang Sae-byeok in Squid Game. Photo: Netflix

After it was released in September, Squid Game quickly became Netflix’s most-watched series of all time, surpassing other fan favourites such as Bridgerton and Lupin.

The Squid Game milestone comes three years after Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning Korean thriller Parasite became the first non-English-language project to win a Screen Actors Guild Award for film ensemble.

Twenty-one years prior, Roberto Benigni’s Oscar-winning Italian drama Life Is Beautiful became the first non-English-language project to nab an ensemble nomination.

Over the weekend, Squid Game star O Yeong-su became the first Korean actor to win a Golden Globe for his performance as ailing contestant Oh Il-nam. The gruesome show also earned a 2022 Golden Globe nomination for drama series, while Lee received a nod for actor in a drama series.

Golden Globes 2022: West Side Story, Succession, The Power of the Dog win

The 2022 Screen Actors Guild Award nominations were announced Wednesday by Tick, Tick … Boom! star Vanessa Hudgens and Dopesick star Rosario Dawson.

Leading the film nominees this year are House of Gucci and The Power of the Dog, with three nominations apiece, while television series Ted Lasso and Succession are tied for five.

The 28th SAG Awards ceremony is expected to air on February 27 at 5pm Pacific Time on TNT and TBS.

No host has been announced for the show, which will be broadcast from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.

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