Youn Yuh-jung

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 74

Gender Female

Birthday 1947-06-19 (75 years old)

Place of Birth Gaeseong, Gyeonggi, Korea

Also Known As

윤여정
Youn Yuhjung
Yoon Yeo-jeong
Yoon Yeo-jung
Yoon Yuh-jung
Yun Yeo-jeong
尹汝貞
尹汝贞

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Youn Yuh-jung

Biography

Youn Yuh-jung (born June 19, 1947) is a South Korean actress. In a film and television career spanning nearly 40 years, Youn is best known for starring in Kim Ki-young's Woman of Fire (1971), Im Sang-soo's The Housemaid (2010), The Taste of Money (2012), and Minari (2020) for which she gained international fame along with numerous awards from this performance, winning an award each from Critics Choice, SAG, BAFTA, and Academy Awards for her supporting performance.

Known For

Acting

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2022		Youn's Unexpected Journey (5 episodes) as Self
2022		Pachinko (8 episodes) as Older Sunja
2022		The Boys Presents: Diabolical (1 episode) as Sun-Hee (voice)

2021		Heaven: To The Land of Happiness
2021		Minari as Soonja
2021		Next Entertainment, Visionary (1 episode) as Self
2021		Youn Stay (12 episodes) as Self

2020		Lucky Chan-sil as Grandmother
2020		Beasts Clawing at Straws as Soon-ja

2019

(72 episodes) as Bok Mak-Rye

2018		You Quiz On The Block (1 episode) as Self
2018		Keys to the Heart as In-sook

2017		Master In The House (2 episodes) as Herself
2017		Ladies Of The Forest as Soon-shim
2017		Youn's Kitchen (32 episodes) as Self

2016		The Bacchus Lady as So-young
2016		Canola as Gye-choon
2016		Dear My Friends (16 episodes) as Oh Choong-Nam

2015		Right Now, Wrong Then as Kang Deok-soo
2015		Intimate Enemies as Yuh-jung
2015		Sense8 (7 episodes) as Min-Jung
2015		The Producers (2 episodes) as Self
2015		Salut d'Amour as Geum-nim

2014		Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village (2 episodes) as Self
2014		Hill of Freedom as Innkeeper
2014		Wonderful Days (50 episodes) as Jang So-sim

2013		Noonas Over Flowers (8 episodes) as Self
2013		The Queen’s Classroom (16 episodes) as Yong Hyun-ja
2013		Boomerang Family as Mother
2013		Behind the Camera as Self

2012		In Another Country as Park Sook
2012		The Taste of Money as Baek Geum-ok
2012		The King 2 Hearts (20 episodes) as Bang Yang-seon (the Queen Mother)
2012		My Husband Got a Family (58 episodes) as Uhm Chung-ae

2011		List as Mi-hye's Mother
2011		Hindsight as Madame Kang
2011		Can You Hear My Heart? (30 episodes) as Hwang Soon-geum

2010		Home Sweet Home (16 episodes) as Sung Eun-sook
2010		The Housemaid as Byeong-sik
2010		Ha Ha Ha as Moon-kyung's Mother
2010		Golden Fish (133 episodes) as Cho Yoon-hee

2009		Actresses as Youn Yuh-jung
2009		Heading to the Ground (16 episodes) as Ae Ja
2009		The Road Home (1 episode) as Bam Soon-jung

2008		Worlds Within (16 episodes) as Oh Min-suk
2008		Chunja's Happy Events (111 episodes) as Yang Boon-hee
2008		A Tale of Legendary Libido as Hal-meom

2007		Daughters-in-Law (52 episodes) as Seo Mi-soon
2007		Hwang Jin Yi as Old Woman

2006		The Old Garden as Hyun-woo's Mother
2006		Maundy Thursday as Sister Monica

2005		A Farewell to Sorrow (60 episodes) as Lee Yeon-sim
2005		The President's Last Bang as Mother

2004

as Mother

2003

as Hong Byeong-han

2002		Ruler of Your Own World (20 episodes) as Jung Yoo-soon
2002		Who's My Love? (84 episodes) as In-ae

2001

(20 episodes) as Yoon Bong-sook

1999		Hur Jun (64 episodes) as Sung In-cheol's wife
1999		Did We Really Love? (44 episodes) as Choi Hye-ja
1999		KAIST (14 episodes) as Professor

1997

(1 episode) as 손미나

1995

(87 episodes) as Roh Hye-young

1992

(1 episode)

1991

(66 episodes) as Han Sim-ae

1990

as Ms. Choi

1987

(1 episode) as Host

1985

as Ms. Hong

1978

as Mrs. Hyun

1973

as Bok-nyeo

1972

as Myung-ja

1971

as Myeong-ja

1953

(2 episodes) as Self

Writing

2009

… Co-Writer

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