Youn Yuh-jung
Acting
Born: June 19, 1947 (age 79) · Gaeseong, Gyeonggi, Korea
Highest Rated
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
Sense8
2015
Minari
2021
BEEF
2023
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
2022
The Housemaid
2010
Beasts Clawing at Straws
2020
Pachinko
2022
Right Now, Wrong Then
2015
In Another Country
2012
The Producers
2015
Never Twice
2019
The Oscars
1953
Photos (5)
Movies (35)
A Tale of Legendary Libido
Old Woman
Minari
Soonja
The Housemaid
Byeong-sik a.k.a. Miss Cho
The Wedding Banquet
Ja-Young
Beasts Clawing at Straws
Soon Ja
A Good Lawyer's Wife
Hong Byeong-han
The Taste of Money
Baek Geum-ok
Right Now, Wrong Then
Kang Deoksoo
Keys to the Heart
In-sook
Dog Days
Min-seo
Salut d'Amour
Geum-nim
Canola
Gye-choon
The President's Last Bang
Mother
In Another Country
Park Sook
Hindsight
Madame Kang
Ladies Of The Forest
Soon-shim
Intimate Enemies
Yeo-jung
Maundy Thursday
Sister Monica
The Old Garden
Hyun-woo's Mother
Springtime
Mother
Hwang Jin Yi
Old Woman
Lucky Chan-sil
Grandmother
Boomerang Family
Mother
Hill of Freedom
Innkeeper
The Actresses
Youn Yuh-jung
Ha Ha Ha
Moonkyung's Mother
Woman of Fire
Myeong-ja
The Bacchus Lady
So-young
Insect Woman
Myung-ja
Be a Wicked Woman
Ms. Choi
Woman Requiem
Ms. Hong
Heaven: To the Land of Happiness
Ms. Yoon
List
Mi-hye's Mother
The Day and Night of a Korean-American
Mrs. Hyun
Tto Sun Yi, a college girl
Bok-nyeo
TV Shows (38)
BEEF
Chairwoman Park · 8 eps
MBC Bests Theater
정혜 · 1 eps
Sense8
Min-Jung · 7 eps
Pachinko
Older Sunja · 16 eps
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Sun-Hee (voice) · 1 eps
KAIST
Professor · 14 eps
Daughters-in-Law
Seo Mi-soon · 52 eps
목욕탕집 남자들
Roh Hye-young · 87 eps
Dear My Friends
Oh Choong-nam · 16 eps
Pure in Heart
Myeong Hye · 167 eps
The King 2 Hearts
Bang Yang-seon (the Queen Mother) · 20 eps
KBS Drama Awards
Host · 1 eps
Hur Jun
Sung In-cheol's wife · 64 eps
Wonderful Days
Jang So-sim · 50 eps
Chunja's Happy Events
Yang Boon-hee · 111 eps
My Husband Got a Family
Uhm Chung-ae · 58 eps
Hotelier
Yoon Bong-sook · 20 eps
The Queen's Classroom
Yong Hyun-ja · 16 eps
Golden Fish
Cho Yoon-hee · 133 eps
Listen to My Heart
Hwang Soon-geum · 30 eps
What is Love?
Han Sim-ae · 66 eps
Ruler of Your Own World
정유순 · 20 eps
Worlds Within
Oh Min-suk · 16 eps
Never Twice
Bok Mak-Rye · 72 eps
Home Sweet Home
Sung Eun-sook · 16 eps
Ireland
Shi Yeon's Mother · 16 eps
Who's My Love?
In-ae · 84 eps
Did We Really Love?
Choi Hye-ja · 44 eps
Open Your Heart
Choi Soon Joo · 1 eps
A Farewell to Sorrow
Lee Yeon-sim · 60 eps
Pearl Necklace
Yoon Hae-Myung · 52 eps
The Person I Love
Yoon Min-ja · 20 eps
Heading to the Ground
Ae Ja · 16 eps
Be Strong, Geum-soon!
Kim Jin-soon · 1 eps
배반의 장미
옥선 · 2 eps
The Road Home
Bam Soon-jung · 1 eps
重複刪除
嚴清愛 · 20 eps
내가 사는 이유
손미나 · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (16)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 eps
You Quiz on the Block
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 2 eps
Nattering with Nah
Self · 1 eps
Master In The House
Self · 2 eps
The Producers
Self · 2 eps
Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village
Self · 2 eps
Sohn's Questions
Self · 1 eps
Next Entertainment, Visionary
Self · 1 eps
Youn's Kitchen
Self · 20 eps
Modern Korea
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Youn Stay
Self · 12 eps
Noonas Over Flowers
Self · 8 eps
Youn's Unexpected Journey
Self · 5 eps
Earl.
Self
Behind the Camera
Self
