Actress Cha Joo-young shed tears of joy after winning the best actress award for "The Queen Who Crowns."
On the 29th afternoon at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) Art Hall 1 in Seoul, the 11th APAN Star Awards (2025 Seoulcon APAN Star Awards) was held. The 2025 APAN Star Awards, hosted by actor Kim Seungwoo and broadcaster Park Sun-young, is the only integrated drama awards ceremony in Korea that covers all channels' content, including terrestrial broadcasters, general programming cable, cable, OTT, and web dramas.
On that day, the best actress award in the mid-length drama category went to actress Cha Joo-young. Praising her acting in "The Queen Who Crowns," Cha Joo-young expressed her joy, saying, Thank you for giving me such a big and precious award. This is the first time I've received an award from a work in which I took on my first leading title role since my debut.
She said, I am so grateful, and I think that casting me as Queen Wongyeong in the work "The Queen Who Crowns" was an adventure from the start. Many adventurers gathered to make this work. Portraying a historical figure was not easy, but as soon as I received the script I wanted to accomplish it with all my heart. I think someone whose name is not even left in history left such a great achievement, and not knowing how to do it, I just performed with all my body and heart sincerely, and finally she showed tears.
She continued, When I first attended the script reading, I said I was lacking but would approach it calmly and fiercely; I am very grateful to everyone, and I especially thank the director, the writer, and fellow senior and junior actors, and I am also very grateful to actor Lee Hyun-wook, who played Yi Bang-won and acted with me throughout my life. I don't know when I will receive an award like this again while continuing my acting career. I want to say I am truly grateful. Thank you, she said in her remarks.
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