Youn Yuh-jung
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
The Kelly Clarkson Show
You Quiz on the Block
BEEF
Pachinko
The Oscars
Sense8
Nattering with Nah
MBC Bests Theater
All Movies (38)
- The Wedding Banquet2025 · as Ja-Young
- Earl.2024 · as Self
- Dog Days2024 · as Yuh-jung
- Heaven: To the Land of Happiness2021 · as Ms. Yoon
- Be a Wicked Woman2021 · as Ms. Choi
- Minari2021 · as Soonja
- Lucky Chan-sil2020 · as Grandmother
- Beasts Clawing at Straws2020 · as Soon-ja
- Keys to the Heart2018 · as In-sook
- Ladies Of The Forest2017 · as Soon-shim
- The Bacchus Lady2016 · as So-young
- Canola2016 · as Gye-choon
- Right Now, Wrong Then2015 · as Kang Deoksoo
- Intimate Enemies2015 · as Yeo-jung
- Salut d'Amour2015 · as Geum-nim
- Hill of Freedom2014 · as Innkeeper
- Boomerang Family2013 · as Mother
- Behind the Camera2013 · as Self
- In Another Country2012 · as Park Sook
- The Taste of Money2012 · as Baek Geum-ok
- List2011 · as Mi-hye's Mother
- Hindsight2011 · as Madame Kang
- The Housemaid2010 · as Byeong-sik a.k.a. Miss Cho
- Ha Ha Ha2010 · as Moonkyung's Mother
- The Actresses2009 · as Youn Yuh-jung
- A Tale of Legendary Libido2008 · as Old Woman
- Hwang Jin Yi2007 · as Old Woman
- The Old Garden2007 · as Hyun-woo's Mother
- Maundy Thursday2006 · as Sister Monica
- The President's Last Bang2005 · as Mother
- Springtime2004 · as Mother
- A Good Lawyer's Wife2003 · as Hong Byeong-han
- Woman Requiem1985 · as Ms. Hong
- The Day and Night of a Korean-American1978 · as Mrs. Hyun
- Tto Sun Yi, a college girl1973 · as Bok-nyeo
- Insect Woman1972 · as Myung-ja
- Woman of Fire1971 · as Myeong-ja
- Haesol: The Soul Guide's Journey— · as Yoosun (voice)
All TV Shows (56)
- Sohn's Questions2024 · as Self
- Nattering with Nah2023 · as Self
- BEEF2023 · as Chairwoman Park
- Youn's Unexpected Journey2022 · as Self
- Pachinko2022 · as Older Sunja
- The Boys Presents: Diabolical2022 · as Sun-Hee (voice)
- Next Entertainment, Visionary2021 · as Self
- Youn Stay2021 · as Self
- Never Twice2019 · as Bok Mak-Rye
- Modern Korea2019 · as Self (archive footage)
- The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
- You Quiz on the Block2018 · as Self
- Master In The House2017 · as Self
- Youn's Kitchen2017 · as Self
- Dear My Friends2016 · as Oh Choong-nam
- Sense82015 · as Min-Jung
- The Producers2015 · as Self
- Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village2014 · as Self
- Wonderful Days2014 · as Jang So-sim
- Noonas Over Flowers2013 · as Self
- The Queen's Classroom2013 · as Yong Hyun-ja
- The King 2 Hearts2012 · as Bang Yang-seon (the Queen Mother)
- My Husband Got a Family2012 · as Uhm Chung-ae
- 重複刪除2012 · as 嚴清愛
- Can You Hear My Heart?2011 · as Hwang Soon-geum
- Home Sweet Home2010 · as Sung Eun-sook
- Golden Fish2010 · as Cho Yoon-hee
- Heading to the Ground2009 · as Ae Ja
- The Road Home2009 · as Bam Soon-jung
- Worlds Within2008 · as Oh Min-suk
- Chunja's Happy Events2008 · as Yang Boon-hee
- Daughters-in-Law2007 · as Seo Mi-soon
- The Person I Love2007 · as Yoon Min-ja
- Pure in Heart2006 · as Myeong Hye
- A Farewell to Sorrow2005 · as Lee Yeon-sim
- Be Strong, Geum-soon!2005 · as Kim Jin-soon
- Ireland2004 · as Shi Yeon's Mother
- Pearl Necklace2003 · as Yoon Hae-Myung
- Ruler of Your Own World2002 · as 정유순
- Who's My Love?2002 · as In-ae
- 사랑은 이런거야2001 · as Lee Jung-Ja
- Hotelier2001 · as Yoon Bong-sook
- Hur Jun1999 · as Sung In-cheol's wife
- Did We Really Love?1999 · as Choi Hye-ja
- KAIST1999 · as Professor
- 내가 사는 이유1997 · as 손미나
- Open Your Heart1996 · as Choi Soon Joo
- 목욕탕집 남자들1995 · as Roh Hye-young
- 산다는 것은1993
- How's Your Husband?1993
- 여자의 방1992
- What is Love?1991 · as Han Sim-ae
- MBC Bests Theater1991 · as 정혜
- 배반의 장미1990 · as 옥선
- KBS Drama Awards1987 · as Host
- The Oscars1953 · as Self