Youn Yuh-jung
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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.
Known for
Credits
Minari (2020)
as Soonja
A Tale of Legendary Libido (2008)
as Old Woman
The Wedding Banquet (2025)
as Ja-Young
The Housemaid (2010)
as Miss Cho
A Good Lawyer's Wife (2003)
as Hong Byeong-han
Beasts Clawing at Straws (2020)
as Soon Ja
The Taste of Money (2012)
as Baek Geum-ok
The President's Last Bang (2005)
as Mother
Hindsight (2011)
as Madame Kang
Salut d'Amour (2015)
as Geum-nim
Canola (2016)
as Gye-choon
Keys to the Heart (2018)
as In-sook
Right Now, Wrong Then (2015)
as Kang Deoksoo
Maundy Thursday (2006)
as Sister Monica
Ha Ha Ha (2010)
as Moonkyung's Mother
In Another Country (2012)
as Park Sook
Boomerang Family (2013)
as Mother
Dog Days (2024)
as Min-seo
Hill of Freedom (2014)
as Innkeeper
Behind the Camera (2013)
as Self
Heaven: To the Land of Happiness (2021)
as Ms. Yoon
The Bacchus Lady (2016)
as So-young
Hwang Jin Yi (2007)
as Old Woman
Springtime (2004)
as Mother
Intimate Enemies (2015)
as Yeo-jung
The Actresses (2009)
as Youn Yuh-jung
Earl. (2024)
as Self
The Old Garden (2007)
as Hyun-woo's Mother
Lucky Chan-sil (2020)
as Grandmother
Insect Woman (1972)
as Myung-ja
Be a Wicked Woman (2021)
as Ms. Choi
Ladies Of The Forest (2017)
as Soon-shim
Tto Sun Yi, a college girl (1973)
as Bok-nyeo
Woman of Fire (1971)
as Myeong-ja
Woman Requiem (1985)
as Ms. Hong
List (2011)
as Mi-hye's Mother
The Day and Night of a Korean-American (1978)
as Mrs. Hyun
Haesol: The Soul Guide's Journey (—)
as Yoosun (voice)