Name
Youn Yuh-jung
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1947-06-19 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
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- 2024 Dog Days as Min-seo
- 2012 The Taste of Money as Baek Geum-ok
- 2003 A Good Lawyer's Wife as Hong Byeong-han
- 2013 Behind the Camera as Self
- 2012 In Another Country as Park Sook
- 2010 The Housemaid as Byeong-sik a.k.a. Miss Cho
- 2008 A Tale of Legendary Libido as Old Woman
- 2013 Boomerang Family as Mother
- 2011 Hindsight as Madame Kang
- 2009 The Actresses as Youn Yuh-jung
- 2010 Ha Ha Ha as Moonkyung's Mother
- 2007 The Old Garden as Hyun-woo's Mother
- 2006 Maundy Thursday as Sister Monica
- 2014 Hill of Freedom as Innkeeper
- 1971 Woman of Fire as Myeong-ja
- 2007 Hwang Jin Yi as Old Woman
- 2004 Springtime as Mother
- 1972 Insect Woman as Myung-ja
- 2015 Salut d'Amour as Geum-nim
- 2025 The Wedding Banquet as Ja-Young
- 2016 Canola as Gye-choon
- 2011 List as Mi-hye's Mother
- 2016 The Bacchus Lady as So-young
- 2015 Right Now, Wrong Then as Kang Deoksoo
- 2018 Keys to the Heart as In-sook
- 1985 Woman Requiem as Ms. Hong
- 2020 Beasts Clawing at Straws as Soon Ja
- 2021 Minari as Soonja
- 2021 Be a Wicked Woman as Ms. Choi
- 2020 Lucky Chan-sil as Grandmother
- 2005 The President's Last Bang as Mother
- 2017 Ladies Of The Forest as Soon-shim
- 2021 Heaven: To the Land of Happiness as Ms. Yoon
- 2015 Intimate Enemies as Yeo-jung
- 1978 The Day and Night of a Korean-American as Mrs. Hyun
- 1973 Tto Sun Yi, a college girl as Bok-nyeo
- 2024 Earl. as Self
- Soon Haesol: The Soul Guide's Journey as Yoosun (voice)
- 1999 Hur Jun ( 64 episodes ) as Sung In-cheol's wife
- 1999 Did We Really Love? ( 44 episodes ) as Choi Hye-ja
- 1992 여자의 방 ( 1 episode )
- 2005 A Farewell to Sorrow ( 60 episodes ) as Lee Yeon-sim
- 2007 The Person I Love ( 20 episodes ) as Yoon Min-ja
- 2001 사랑은 이런거야 ( 172 episodes ) as Lee Jung-Ja
- 1953 The Oscars ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2009 Heading to the Ground ( 16 episodes ) as Ae Ja
- 2013 The Queen's Classroom ( 16 episodes ) as Yong Hyun-ja
- 2015 The Producers ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2012 The King 2 Hearts ( 20 episodes ) as Bang Yang-seon (the Queen Mother)
- 2008 Worlds Within ( 16 episodes ) as Oh Min-suk
- 2009 The Road Home ( 1 episode ) as Bam Soon-jung
- 2016 Dear My Friends ( 16 episodes ) as Oh Choong-nam
- 2011 Listen to My Heart ( 30 episodes ) as Hwang Soon-geum
- 2002 Who's My Love? ( 84 episodes ) as In-ae
- 2001 Hotelier ( 20 episodes ) as Yoon Bong-sook
- 1999 KAIST ( 14 episodes ) as Professor
- 2004 Ireland ( 16 episodes ) as Shi Yeon's Mother
- 2014 Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2003 Pearl Necklace ( 52 episodes ) as Yoon Hae-Myung
- 2012 My Husband Got a Family ( 58 episodes ) as Uhm Chung-ae
- 2010 Home Sweet Home ( 16 episodes ) as Sung Eun-sook
- 1997 내가 사는 이유 ( 1 episode ) as 손미나
- 2006 Pure in Heart ( 167 episodes ) as Myeong Hye
- 2013 Noonas Over Flowers ( 8 episodes ) as Self
- 2017 Youn's Kitchen ( 20 episodes ) as Self
- 2022 The Boys Presents: Diabolical ( 1 episode ) as Sun-Hee (voice)
- 2018 You Quiz on the Block ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 Youn's Unexpected Journey ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 2021 Next Entertainment, Visionary ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2023 Nattering with Nah ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1991 What is Love? ( 66 episodes ) as Han Sim-ae
- 2015 Sense8 ( 7 episodes ) as Min-Jung
- 2014 Wonderful Days ( 50 episodes ) as Jang So-sim
- 2017 Master In The House ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2019 Never Twice ( 72 episodes ) as Bok Mak-Rye
- 1987 KBS Drama Awards ( 1 episode ) as Host
- 2019 Modern Korea ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 Pachinko ( 16 episodes ) as Older Sunja
- 2002 Ruler of Your Own World ( 20 episodes ) as 정유순
- 2010 Golden Fish ( 133 episodes ) as Cho Yoon-hee
- 2008 Chunja's Happy Events ( 111 episodes ) as Yang Boon-hee
- 2007 Daughters-in-Law ( 52 episodes ) as Seo Mi-soon
- 1995 목욕탕집 남자들 ( 87 episodes ) as Roh Hye-young
- 2021 Youn Stay ( 12 episodes ) as Self
- 1991 MBC Bests Theater ( 1 episode ) as 정혜
- 2024 Sohn's Questions ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1993 산다는 것은 ( 50 episodes )
- 1993 How's Your Husband? ( 70 episodes )
- 1990 배반의 장미 ( 2 episodes ) as 옥선
- 2005 Be Strong, Geum-soon! ( 1 episode ) as Kim Jin-soon
- 2012 重複刪除 ( 20 episodes ) as 嚴清愛
- 1996 Open Your Heart ( 1 episode ) as Choi Soon Joo
- 2023 BEEF ( 8 episodes ) as Chairwoman Park
