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.

Filmografi

The Wedding Banquet2025 · Ja-YoungMinari2020 · SoonjaA Tale of Legendary Libido2008 · Old WomanThe Housemaid2010 · Miss ChoA Good Lawyer's Wife2003 · Hong Byeong-hanBeasts Clawing at Straws2020 · Soon JaThe Taste of Money2012 · Baek Geum-okDog Days2024 · Min-seoRight Now, Wrong Then2015 · Kang DeoksooHindsight2011 · Madame KangMaundy Thursday2006 · Sister MonicaThe President's Last Bang2005 · MotherKeys to the Heart2018 · In-sookIn Another Country2012 · Park SookSalut d'Amour2015 · Geum-nimCanola2016 · Gye-choonHa Ha Ha2010 · Moonkyung's MotherIntimate Enemies2015 · Yeo-jungHill of Freedom2014 · InnkeeperThe Bacchus Lady2016 · So-youngEarl.2024 · SelfSpringtime2004 · MotherHeaven: To the Land of Happiness2021 · Ms. YoonBoomerang Family2013 · Mother