Youn Yuh-jung
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 19, 1947 (age 79)
- Birthplace
- Gaeseong, Gyeonggi, Korea
Biography
Youn Yuh-jung (Korean: 윤여정; pronounced [junjʌdʑʌŋ]; born June 19, 1947) is a South Korean actress. Youn gained attention on Korean television in the late 1960s and rose to prominence with the film Woman of Fire (1971). She retired in the mid-1970s after marrying and immigrating to the United States. However, she returned to acting in the late 1980s following her divorce. Known as the "Godmother of Chungmu-ro," Youn's notable films include The Housemaid (2010), The Taste of Money (2012), The Bacchus Lady (2016) and Canola (2016), as well as a series of matriarch roles in television dramas such as Men of the Bath House (1995), Be Strong, Geum-soon! (2005), Daughters-in-Law (2007), My Husband Got a Family (2012) and Dear My Friends (2016). She gained international recognition for her role in Minari (2020), becoming the first Korean actress to win a Screen Actors Guild Award, an Independent Spirit Award, a British Academy Film Award, and an Academy Award, all for Best Supporting Actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Youn Yuh-jung, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Photos
Filmography
Haesol: The Soul Guide's Journey
Movie · as Yoosun (voice)
The Wedding Banquet
Movie · as Ja-Young
Dog Days
Movie · as Min-seo
Earl.
Movie · as Self
Sohn's Questions
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Nattering with Nah
TV · as Self · 1 ep
BEEF
TV · as Chairwoman Park · 8 eps
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
TV · as Sun-Hee (voice) · 1 ep
Youn's Unexpected Journey
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Pachinko
TV · as Older Sunja · 16 eps
Be a Wicked Woman
Movie · as Ms. Choi
Heaven: To the Land of Happiness
Movie · as Ms. Yoon
Next Entertainment, Visionary
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Youn Stay
TV · as Self · 12 eps
Beasts Clawing at Straws
Movie · as Soon Ja
Minari
Movie · as Soonja
Lucky Chan-sil
Movie · as Grandmother
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Never Twice
TV · as Bok Mak-Rye · 72 eps
Modern Korea
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Keys to the Heart
Movie · as In-sook
You Quiz on the Block
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ladies Of The Forest
Movie · as Soon-shim
Youn's Kitchen
TV · as Self · 20 eps
Master In The House
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Canola
Movie · as Gye-choon
The Bacchus Lady
Movie · as So-young
Dear My Friends
TV · as Oh Choong-nam · 16 eps
Salut d'Amour
Movie · as Geum-nim
Right Now, Wrong Then
Movie · as Kang Deoksoo
Intimate Enemies
Movie · as Yeo-jung
The Producers
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Sense8
TV · as Min-Jung · 7 eps
Hill of Freedom
Movie · as Innkeeper
Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Wonderful Days
TV · as Jang So-sim · 50 eps
Behind the Camera
Movie · as Self
Boomerang Family
Movie · as Mother
The Queen's Classroom
TV · as Yong Hyun-ja · 16 eps
Noonas Over Flowers
TV · as Self · 8 eps
The Taste of Money
Movie · as Baek Geum-ok
In Another Country
Movie · as Park Sook
The King 2 Hearts
TV · as Bang Yang-seon (the Queen Mother) · 20 eps
My Husband Got a Family
TV · as Uhm Chung-ae · 58 eps
重複刪除
TV · as 嚴清愛 · 20 eps
Hindsight
Movie · as Madame Kang
List
Movie · as Mi-hye's Mother
Listen to My Heart
TV · as Hwang Soon-geum · 30 eps
The Housemaid
Movie · as Miss Cho
Ha Ha Ha
Movie · as Moonkyung's Mother
Home Sweet Home
TV · as Sung Eun-sook · 16 eps
Golden Fish
TV · as Cho Yoon-hee · 133 eps
The Actresses
Movie · as Youn Yuh-jung
Heading to the Ground
TV · as Ae Ja · 16 eps
The Road Home
TV · as Bam Soon-jung · 1 ep
A Tale of Legendary Libido
Movie · as Old Woman
Worlds Within
TV · as Oh Min-suk · 16 eps
Chunja's Happy Events
TV · as Yang Boon-hee · 111 eps
The Old Garden
Movie · as Hyun-woo's Mother
Hwang Jin Yi
Movie · as Old Woman
The Person I Love
TV · as Yoon Min-ja · 20 eps
Daughters-in-Law
TV · as Seo Mi-soon · 52 eps
Maundy Thursday
Movie · as Sister Monica
Pure in Heart
TV · as Myeong Hye · 167 eps
The President's Last Bang
Movie · as Mother
A Farewell to Sorrow
TV · as Lee Yeon-sim · 60 eps
Be Strong, Geum-soon!
TV · as Kim Jin-soon · 1 ep
Springtime
Movie · as Mother
Ireland
TV · as Shi Yeon's Mother · 16 eps
A Good Lawyer's Wife
Movie · as Hong Byeong-han
Pearl Necklace
TV · as Yoon Hae-Myung · 52 eps
Who's My Love?
TV · as In-ae · 84 eps
Ruler of Your Own World
TV · as 정유순 · 20 eps
사랑은 이런거야
TV · as Lee Jung-Ja · 172 eps
Hotelier
TV · as Yoon Bong-sook · 20 eps
Hur Jun
TV · as Sung In-cheol's wife · 64 eps
Did We Really Love?
TV · as Choi Hye-ja · 44 eps
KAIST
TV · as Professor · 14 eps
내가 사는 이유
TV · as 손미나 · 1 ep
Open Your Heart
TV · as Choi Soon Joo · 1 ep
목욕탕집 남자들
TV · as Roh Hye-young · 87 eps
산다는 것은
TV · 50 eps
How's Your Husband?
TV · 70 eps
여자의 방
TV · 1 ep
What is Love?
TV · as Han Sim-ae · 66 eps
MBC Bests Theater
TV · as 정혜 · 1 ep
배반의 장미
TV · as 옥선 · 2 eps
KBS Drama Awards
TV · as Host · 1 ep
Woman Requiem
Movie · as Ms. Hong
The Day and Night of a Korean-American
Movie · as Mrs. Hyun
Tto Sun Yi, a college girl
Movie · as Bok-nyeo
Insect Woman
Movie · as Myung-ja
Woman of Fire
Movie · as Myeong-ja
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps