Youn Yuh-jung
Acting
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
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movieThe Wedding Banquet
2025
Ja-Young
movieEarl.
2024
Self
movieDog Days
2024
Min-seo
tvBEEF
2023
Chairwoman Park
tvPachinko
2022
Older Sunja
tvThe Boys Presents: Diabolical
2022
Sun-Hee (voice)
movieBe a Wicked Woman
2021
Ms. Choi
movieMinari
2021
Soonja
tvYoun Stay
2021
Self
movieLucky Chan-sil
2020
Grandmother
tvNever Twice
2019
Bok Mak-Rye
tvModern Korea
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieKeys to the Heart
2018
In-sook
movieLadies Of The Forest
2017
Soon-shim
movieThe Bacchus Lady
2016
So-young
movieCanola
2016
Gye-choon
tvDear My Friends
2016
Oh Choong-nam
movieRight Now, Wrong Then
2015
Kang Deoksoo
movieIntimate Enemies
2015
Yeo-jung
tvSense8
2015
Min-Jung
movieSalut d'Amour
2015
Geum-nim
movieHill of Freedom
2014
Innkeeper
tvWonderful Days
2014
Jang So-sim
tvThe Queen's Classroom
2013
Yong Hyun-ja
movieIn Another Country
2012
Park Sook
movieThe Taste of Money
2012
Baek Geum-ok
tvThe King 2 Hearts
2012
Bang Yang-seon (the Queen Mother)
tvMy Husband Got a Family
2012
Uhm Chung-ae
movieList
2011
Mi-hye's Mother
movieHindsight
2011
Madame Kang
tvCan You Hear My Heart?
2011
Hwang Soon-geum
tvHome Sweet Home
2010
Sung Eun-sook
movieThe Housemaid
2010
Byeong-sik a.k.a. Miss Cho
movieHa Ha Ha
2010
Moonkyung's Mother
tvGolden Fish
2010
Cho Yoon-hee
movieThe Actresses
2009
Youn Yuh-jung
tvThe Road Home
2009
Bam Soon-jung
tvWorlds Within
2008
Oh Min-suk
tvChunja's Happy Events
2008
Yang Boon-hee
movieA Tale of Legendary Libido
2008
Old Woman
tvDaughters-in-Law
2007
Seo Mi-soon
movieHwang Jin Yi
2007
Old Woman
tvThe Person I Love
2007
Yoon Min-ja
movieThe Old Garden
2007
Hyun-woo's Mother
movieMaundy Thursday
2006
Sister Monica
tvPure in Heart
2006
Myeong Hye
tvA Farewell to Sorrow
2005
Lee Yeon-sim
tvBe Strong, Geum-soon!
2005
Kim Jin-soon
movieSpringtime
2004
Mother
tvIreland
2004
Shi Yeon's Mother
tvPearl Necklace
2003
Yoon Hae-Myung
movieA Good Lawyer's Wife
2003
Hong Byeong-han
tvWho's My Love?
2002
In-ae
사랑은 이런거야
2001
Lee Jung-Ja
tvHotelier
2001
Yoon Bong-sook
tvHur Jun
1999
Sung In-cheol's wife
tvDid We Really Love?
1999
Choi Hye-ja
tvKAIST
1999
Professor
tvOpen Your Heart
1996
Choi Soon Joo
tv목욕탕집 남자들
1995
Roh Hye-young
tvWhat is Love?
1991
Han Sim-ae
movieWoman Requiem
1985
Ms. Hong
movieInsect Woman
1972
Myung-ja
movieWoman of Fire
1971
Myeong-ja
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
movieHaesol: The Soul Guide's Journey
Yoosun (voice)
Writing1
movieThe Actresses
2009
Co-Writer