Actor Cha Joo-young shed tears of joy after winning the grand prize for The Queen Who Crowns.
On the 29th afternoon at Seoul Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) Art Hall 1, the 11th APAN Star Awards (2025 Seoul Con APAN Star Awards) was held. The 2025 APAN Star Awards, hosted by actor Kim Seungwoo and broadcaster Park Sun-young, is the only integrated domestic drama awards ceremony that covers all channels' content including terrestrial, comprehensive programming, cable, OTT and web dramas.
On the day, the best actress award for mid-length dramas went to actor Cha Joo-young. Cha Joo-young, who had suffered noise including an R-rated controversy through The Queen Who Crowns, expressed her joy, saying she was grateful to receive such a large and precious award and that this was the first time she had ever received an award for a work in which she had the first title role since her debut.
She said she was very grateful and thought the casting of her as Queen Won-gyeong in The Queen Who Crowns was itself a gamble. Many adventurers gathered to make this work. It was not easy to portray a real person, but the moment I received the script I wanted to accomplish it with all my heart. I felt that someone whose name is not even left in history left such a great achievement, so without knowing the method I acted sincerely with all my body and heart, and finally showed tears.
She added that when she first attended the script reading she said she was very lacking but would approach it calmly and fiercely, and expressed deep thanks to everyone, especially the director, the writer, fellow seniors and juniors, and Lee Hyun-wook, who played Yi Bang-won and acted alongside her throughout her life. She said she did not know when she might receive such an award again in her acting career and wanted to convey her sincere gratitude, saying, Thank you.
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