
Youn Yuh-jung
Acting
1947-06-19 · 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

The Wedding Banquet
2025 · Movie

Sohn's Questions
2024 · Series

Earl.
2024 · Movie

Dog Days
2024 · Movie

Nattering with Nah
2023 · Series

BEEF
2023 · Series

Youn's Unexpected Journey
2022 · Series

Pachinko
2022 · Series

The Boys Presents: Diabolical
2022 · Series

Heaven: To the Land of Happiness
2021 · Movie

Be a Wicked Woman
2021 · Movie

Next Entertainment, Visionary
2021 · Series

Youn Stay
2021 · Series

Minari
2020 · Movie

Lucky Chan-sil
2020 · Movie

Beasts Clawing at Straws
2020 · Movie

Never Twice
2019 · Series

Modern Korea
2019 · Series

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series

You Quiz on the Block
2018 · Series

Keys to the Heart
2018 · Movie

Master In The House
2017 · Series

Ladies Of The Forest
2017 · Movie

Youn's Kitchen
2017 · Series

The Bacchus Lady
2016 · Movie

Canola
2016 · Movie

Dear My Friends
2016 · Series

Right Now, Wrong Then
2015 · Movie

Intimate Enemies
2015 · Movie

Sense8
2015 · Series

The Producers
2015 · Series

Salut d'Amour
2015 · Movie

Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village
2014 · Series

Hill of Freedom
2014 · Movie

Wonderful Days
2014 · Series

Noonas Over Flowers
2013 · Series

The Queen's Classroom
2013 · Series

Boomerang Family
2013 · Movie

Behind the Camera
2013 · Movie

In Another Country
2012 · Movie

The Taste of Money
2012 · Movie

The King 2 Hearts
2012 · Series

My Husband Got a Family
2012 · Series

重複刪除
2012 · Series

List
2011 · Movie

Hindsight
2011 · Movie

Listen to My Heart
2011 · Series

Home Sweet Home
2010 · Series

The Housemaid
2010 · Movie

Ha Ha Ha
2010 · Movie

Golden Fish
2010 · Series

The Actresses
2009 · Movie

Heading to the Ground
2009 · Series

The Road Home
2009 · Series

Worlds Within
2008 · Series

Chunja's Happy Events
2008 · Series

A Tale of Legendary Libido
2008 · Movie

Daughters-in-Law
2007 · Series

Hwang Jin Yi
2007 · Movie

The Person I Love
2007 · Series

The Old Garden
2007 · Movie

Maundy Thursday
2006 · Movie

Pure in Heart
2006 · Series

A Farewell to Sorrow
2005 · Series

Be Strong, Geum-soon!
2005 · Series

The President's Last Bang
2005 · Movie

Springtime
2004 · Movie

Ireland
2004 · Series

Pearl Necklace
2003 · Series

A Good Lawyer's Wife
2003 · Movie

Ruler of Your Own World
2002 · Series

Who's My Love?
2002 · Series
사랑은 이런거야
2001 · Series

Hotelier
2001 · Series

Hur Jun
1999 · Series

Did We Really Love?
1999 · Series

KAIST
1999 · Series

내가 사는 이유
1997 · Series

Open Your Heart
1996 · Series

목욕탕집 남자들
1995 · Series
산다는 것은
1993 · Series
How's Your Husband?
1993 · Series
여자의 방
1992 · Series

What is Love?
1991 · Series

MBC Bests Theater
1991 · Series

배반의 장미
1990 · Series

KBS Drama Awards
1987 · Series

Woman Requiem
1985 · Movie

The Day and Night of a Korean-American
1978 · Movie

Tto Sun Yi, a college girl
1973 · Movie

Insect Woman
1972 · Movie

Woman of Fire
1971 · Movie

The Oscars
1953 · Series

Haesol: The Soul Guide's Journey
Movie