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