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Youn Yuh-jung

Acting Born Jun 19, 1947 Gaeseong, Gyeonggi, Korea 24 credits

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.

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Known for

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

You Quiz on the Block

as Self

BEEF

as Chairwoman Park

Pachinko

as Older Sunja

Master In The House

as Self

Full filmography

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
  • You Quiz on the Block (2018) as Self
  • BEEF (2023) as Chairwoman Park
  • Pachinko (2022) as Older Sunja
  • Sense8 (2015) as Min-Jung
  • Nattering with Nah (2023) as Self
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • MBC Bests Theater (1991) as 정혜
  • Master In The House (2017) as Self
  • The Producers (2015) as Self
  • The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022) as Sun-Hee (voice)
  • KBS Drama Awards (1987) as Host
  • Next Entertainment, Visionary (2021) as Self
  • A Tale of Legendary Libido (2008) as Old Woman
  • 사랑은 이런거야 (2001) as Lee Jung-Ja
  • Modern Korea (2019) as Self (archive footage)
  • 목욕탕집 남자들 (1995) as Roh Hye-young
  • Dear My Friends (2016) as Oh Choong-nam
  • Never Twice (2019) as Bok Mak-Rye
  • KAIST (1999) as Professor
  • The King 2 Hearts (2012) as Bang Yang-seon (the Queen Mother)
  • Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village (2014) as Self
  • The Queen's Classroom (2013) as Yong Hyun-ja
  • Daughters-in-Law (2007) as Seo Mi-soon