Acting · Gaeseong, Gyeonggi, Korea · Born June 19, 1947
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.
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as Ja-Young
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as Self
MovieEarl.
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as Self
MovieDog Days
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as Min-seo
TVNattering with Nah
2023
as Self
TVBEEF
2023
as Chairwoman Park
TVYoun's Unexpected Journey
2022
as Self
TVPachinko
2022
as Older Sunja
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2022
as Sun-Hee (voice)
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2021
as Ms. Yoon
MovieBe a Wicked Woman
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as Ms. Choi
MovieMinari
2021
as Soonja
TVNext Entertainment, Visionary
2021
as Self
TVYoun Stay
2021
as Self
MovieLucky Chan-sil
2020
as Grandmother
MovieBeasts Clawing at Straws
2020
as Soon-ja
TVNever Twice
2019
as Bok Mak-Rye
TVModern Korea
2019
as Self (archive footage)
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
TVYou Quiz on the Block
2018
as Self
MovieKeys to the Heart
2018
as In-sook
TVMaster In The House
2017
as Self
MovieLadies Of The Forest
2017
as Soon-shim
TVYoun's Kitchen
2017
as Self
MovieThe Bacchus Lady
2016
as So-young
MovieCanola
2016
as Gye-choon
TVDear My Friends
2016
as Oh Choong-nam
MovieRight Now, Wrong Then
2015
as Kang Deoksoo
MovieIntimate Enemies
2015
as Yeo-jung
TVSense8
2015
as Min-Jung
TVThe Producers
2015
as Self
MovieSalut d'Amour
2015
as Geum-nim
TVThree Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village
2014
as Self
MovieHill of Freedom
2014
as Innkeeper
TVWonderful Days
2014
as Jang So-sim
TVNoonas Over Flowers
2013
as Self
TVThe Queen's Classroom
2013
as Yong Hyun-ja
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2013
as Mother
MovieBehind the Camera
2013
as Self
MovieIn Another Country
2012
as Park Sook
MovieThe Taste of Money
2012
as Baek Geum-ok
TVThe King 2 Hearts
2012
as Bang Yang-seon (the Queen Mother)
TVMy Husband Got a Family
2012
as Uhm Chung-ae
重複刪除
2012
as 嚴清愛
MovieList
2011
as Mi-hye's Mother
MovieHindsight
2011
as Madame Kang
TVCan You Hear My Heart?
2011
as Hwang Soon-geum
TVHome Sweet Home
2010
as Sung Eun-sook
MovieThe Housemaid
2010
as Byeong-sik a.k.a. Miss Cho
MovieHa Ha Ha
2010
as Moonkyung's Mother
TVGolden Fish
2010
as Cho Yoon-hee
MovieThe Actresses
2009
as Youn Yuh-jung
TVHeading to the Ground
2009
as Ae Ja
TVThe Road Home
2009
as Bam Soon-jung
TVWorlds Within
2008
as Oh Min-suk
TVChunja's Happy Events
2008
as Yang Boon-hee
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2008
as Old Woman
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2007
as Seo Mi-soon
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2007
as Old Woman
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2007
as Yoon Min-ja
MovieThe Old Garden
2007
as Hyun-woo's Mother
MovieMaundy Thursday
2006
as Sister Monica
TVPure in Heart
2006
as Myeong Hye
TVA Farewell to Sorrow
2005
as Lee Yeon-sim
TVBe Strong, Geum-soon!
2005
as Kim Jin-soon
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2005
as Mother
MovieSpringtime
2004
as Mother
TVIreland
2004
as Shi Yeon's Mother
TVPearl Necklace
2003
as Yoon Hae-Myung
MovieA Good Lawyer's Wife
2003
as Hong Byeong-han
TVRuler of Your Own World
2002
as 정유순
TVWho's My Love?
2002
as In-ae
사랑은 이런거야
2001
as Lee Jung-Ja
TVHotelier
2001
as Yoon Bong-sook
TVHur Jun
1999
as Sung In-cheol's wife
TVDid We Really Love?
1999
as Choi Hye-ja
TVKAIST
1999
as Professor
TV내가 사는 이유
1997
as 손미나
TVOpen Your Heart
1996
as Choi Soon Joo
TV목욕탕집 남자들
1995
as Roh Hye-young
산다는 것은
1993
How's Your Husband?
1993
여자의 방
1992
TVWhat is Love?
1991
as Han Sim-ae
TVMBC Bests Theater
1991
as 정혜
TV배반의 장미
1990
as 옥선
TVKBS Drama Awards
1987
as Host
MovieWoman Requiem
1985
as Ms. Hong
MovieThe Day and Night of a Korean-American
1978
as Mrs. Hyun
MovieTto Sun Yi, a college girl
1973
as Bok-nyeo
MovieInsect Woman
1972
as Myung-ja
MovieWoman of Fire
1971
as Myeong-ja
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
MovieHaesol: The Soul Guide's Journey
as Yoosun (voice)
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