Youn Yuh-jung
윤여정
- Born
- June 19, 1947
- Place of Birth
- Gaeseong, Gyeonggi, Korea
- Known For
- 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.
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Drama(30)
MBC Bests Theater
as 정혜
MainDear My Friends
as Oh Choong-nam
사랑은 이런거야
as Lee Jung-Ja
MainNever Twice
as Bok Mak-Rye
MainThe King 2 Hearts
as Bang Yang-seon (the Queen Mother)
MainPure in Heart
as Myeong Hye
MainWhat is Love?
as Han Sim-ae
MainKAIST
as Professor
MainMy Husband Got a Family
as Uhm Chung-ae
Main목욕탕집 남자들
as Roh Hye-young
How's Your Husband?
Worlds Within
as Oh Min-suk
MainDaughters-in-Law
as Seo Mi-soon
MainHur Jun
as Sung In-cheol's wife
MainThe Queen's Classroom
as Yong Hyun-ja
MainHome Sweet Home
as Sung Eun-sook
MainHotelier
as Yoon Bong-sook
MainChunja's Happy Events
as Yang Boon-hee
MainWonderful Days
as Jang So-sim
MainCan You Hear My Heart?
as Hwang Soon-geum
MainGolden Fish
as Cho Yoon-hee
MainRuler of Your Own World
as 정유순
MainIreland
as Shi Yeon's Mother
Heading to the Ground
as Ae Ja
MainThe Road Home
as Bam Soon-jung
Be Strong, Geum-soon!
as Kim Jin-soon
MainDid We Really Love?
as Choi Hye-ja
Main배반의 장미
as 옥선
MainThe Person I Love
as Yoon Min-ja
MainOpen Your Heart
as Choi Soon Joo
Movies(30)
MainFilmA Tale of Legendary Libido
as Old Woman
MainFilmThe Housemaid
as Byeong-sik a.k.a. Miss Cho
MainFilmThe Taste of Money
as Baek Geum-ok
MainFilmKeys to the Heart
as In-sook
MainFilmA Good Lawyer's Wife
as Hong Byeong-han
MainFilmBeasts Clawing at Straws
as Soon-ja
MainFilmThe Old Garden
as Hyun-woo's Mother
FilmThe President's Last Bang
as Mother
MainFilmRight Now, Wrong Then
as Kang Deoksoo
MainFilmCanola
as Gye-choon
MainFilmHindsight
as Madame Kang
MainFilmMaundy Thursday
as Sister Monica
FilmHwang Jin Yi
as Old Woman
MainFilmIn Another Country
as Park Sook
MainFilmLucky Chan-sil
as Grandmother
MainFilmSpringtime
as Mother
MainFilmBoomerang Family
as Mother
MainFilmHill of Freedom
as Innkeeper
MainFilmDog Days
as Yuh-jung
MainFilmHa Ha Ha
as Moonkyung's Mother
MainFilmThe Bacchus Lady
as So-young
MainFilmThe Actresses
as Youn Yuh-jung
MainFilmHeaven: To the Land of Happiness
as Ms. Yoon
MainFilmWoman of Fire
as Myeong-ja
MainFilmInsect Woman
as Myung-ja
MainFilmBe a Wicked Woman
as Ms. Choi
MainFilmWoman Requiem
as Ms. Hong
MainFilmList
as Mi-hye's Mother
MainFilmTto Sun Yi, a college girl
as Bok-nyeo
MainFilmThe Day and Night of a Korean-American
as Mrs. Hyun