Hyeri takes the Rising Star Asia Award in New York for Victory
Hyeri received the Rising Star Asia Award at the 23rd New York Asian Film Festival on July 12, 2024, the same night Victory had its world premiere there. The award recognises emerging talent in Asian cinema; Minah took the same prize three years earlier for Snowball.
In Victory, directed by Park Beom-su, Hyeri plays Pil-sun, a high school student on Geoje Island who talks her way through the island’s feuds and dances through the rest. It is a cheerleading film built on nerve rather than polish, and the part leans on the same forward energy that carried her earlier comedy roles.
The performance also brought her a Best New Actress nomination at the 61st Baeksang Arts Awards.