Youn Yuh-jung
Born: 1947-06-19 in Gaeseong, Gyeonggi, Korea
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- The Wedding Banquet as Ja-Young
2024
- Sohn's Questions as Self
- Dog Days as Yuh-jung
- Earl. as Self
2023
- BEEF as Chairwoman Park
- Nattering with Nah as Self
2022
- Pachinko as Older Sunja
- The Boys Presents: Diabolical as Sun-Hee (voice)
- Youn's Unexpected Journey as Self
2021
- Next Entertainment, Visionary as Self
- Minari as Soonja
- Youn Stay as Self
- Heaven: To The Land of Happiness as Ms. Yoon
- Be a Wicked Woman as Ms. Choi
2020
- Beasts Clawing at Straws as Soon-ja
- Lucky Chan-sil as Grandmother
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Modern Korea as Self (archive footage)
- Never Twice as Bok Mak-Rye
2018
- You Quiz on the Block as Self
- Keys to the Heart as In-sook
2017
- Master In The House as Self
- Youn's Kitchen as Self
- Ladies Of The Forest as Soon-shim
2016
- Dear My Friends as Oh Choong-nam
- Canola as Gye-choon
- The Bacchus Lady as So-young
2015
- Sense8 as Min-Jung
- The Producers as Self
- Right Now, Wrong Then as Kang Deoksoo
- Salut d'Amour as Geum-nim
- Intimate Enemies as Yuh-jung
2014
- Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village as Self
- Wonderful Days as Jang So-sim
- Hill of Freedom as Innkeeper
2013
- The Queen's Classroom as Yong Hyun-ja
- Noonas Over Flowers as Self
- Boomerang Family as Mother
- Behind the Camera as Self
2012
- The King 2 Hearts as Bang Yang-seon (the Queen Mother)
- My Husband Got a Family as Uhm Chung-ae
- The Taste of Money as Baek Geum-ok
- In Another Country as Park Sook
- 重複刪除 as 嚴清愛
2011
- Can You Hear My Heart? as Hwang Soon-geum
- Hindsight as Madame Kang
- List as Mi-hye's Mother
2010
- The Housemaid as Byeong-sik a.k.a. Miss Cho
- Home Sweet Home as Sung Eun-sook
- Golden Fish as Cho Yoon-hee
- Ha Ha Ha as Moonkyung's Mother
2009
- The Road Home as Bam Soon-jung
- Heading to the Ground as Ae Ja
- The Actresses as Youn Yuh-jung
2008
- A Tale of Legendary Libido as Old Woman
- Worlds Within as Oh Min-suk
- Chunja's Happy Events as Yang Boon-hee
2007
- Daughters-in-Law as Seo Mi-soon
- The Person I Love as Yoon Min-ja
- The Old Garden as Hyun-woo's Mother
- Hwang Jin Yi as Old Woman
2006
- Pure in Heart as Myeong Hye
- Maundy Thursday as Sister Monica
2005
- A Farewell to Sorrow as Lee Yeon-sim
- Be Strong, Geum-soon! as Kim Jin-soon
- The President's Last Bang as Mother
2004
- Ireland as Shi Yeon's Mother
- Springtime as Mother
2003
- Pearl Necklace as Yoon Hae-Myung
- A Good Lawyer's Wife as Hong Byeong-han
2002
- Ruler of Your Own World as 정유순
- Who's My Love? as In-ae
1999
- KAIST as Professor
- Hur Jun as Sung In-cheol's wife
- Did We Really Love? as Choi Hye-ja
1997
- 내가 사는 이유 as 손미나
1996
- Open Your Heart as Choi Soon Joo
1995
- 목욕탕집 남자들 as Roh Hye-young
1992
1991
- MBC Bests Theater as 정혜
- What is Love? as Han Sim-ae
1990
- 배반의 장미 as 옥선
1987
- KBS Drama Awards as Host
1985
- Woman Requiem as Ms. Hong
1978
- The Day and Night of a Korean-American as Mrs. Hyun
1973
- Tto Sun Yi, a college girl as Bok-nyeo
1972
- Insect Woman as Myung-ja
1971
- Woman of Fire as Myeong-ja
1953
- The Oscars as Self