Youn Yuh-jung
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 19, 1947
- Birthplace
- Gaeseong, Gyeonggi, Korea
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
Haesol: The Soul Guide's Journey TBA
as Yoosun (voice)
The Wedding Banquet 2025
as Ja-Young
Earl. 2024
as Self
Dog Days 2024
as Min-seo
Heaven: To the Land of Happiness 2021
as Ms. Yoon
Be a Wicked Woman 2021
as Ms. Choi
Minari 2020
as Soonja
Lucky Chan-sil 2020
as Grandmother
Beasts Clawing at Straws 2020
as Soon Ja
Keys to the Heart 2018
as In-sook
Ladies Of The Forest 2017
as Soon-shim
The Bacchus Lady 2016
as So-young
Canola 2016
as Gye-choon
Right Now, Wrong Then 2015
as Kang Deoksoo
Intimate Enemies 2015
as Yeo-jung
Salut d'Amour 2015
as Geum-nim
Hill of Freedom 2014
as Innkeeper
Boomerang Family 2013
as Mother
Behind the Camera 2013
as Self
In Another Country 2012
as Park Sook
The Taste of Money 2012
as Baek Geum-ok
List 2011
as Mi-hye's Mother
Hindsight 2011
as Madame Kang
The Housemaid 2010
as Miss Cho
Ha Ha Ha 2010
as Moonkyung's Mother
The Actresses 2009
as Youn Yuh-jung, Co-Writer
A Tale of Legendary Libido 2008
as Old Woman
Hwang Jin Yi 2007
as Old Woman
The Old Garden 2007
as Hyun-woo's Mother
Maundy Thursday 2006
as Sister Monica
The President's Last Bang 2005
as Mother
Springtime 2004
as Mother
A Good Lawyer's Wife 2003
as Hong Byeong-han
Woman Requiem 1985
as Ms. Hong
The Day and Night of a Korean-American 1978
as Mrs. Hyun
Tto Sun Yi, a college girl 1973
as Bok-nyeo
Insect Woman 1972
as Myung-ja
Woman of Fire 1971
as Myeong-ja
Credits from TMDB.