Youn Yuh-jung
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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
A Tale of Legendary Libido (2008)
as Old Woman
Minari (2021)
as Soonja
The Housemaid (2010)
as Byeong-sik a.k.a. Miss Cho
A Good Lawyer's Wife (2003)
as Hong Byeong-han
The Taste of Money (2012)
as Baek Geum-ok
Beasts Clawing at Straws (2020)
as Soon-ja
The Wedding Banquet (2025)
as Ja-Young
Keys to the Heart (2018)
as In-sook
Hindsight (2011)
as Madame Kang
Right Now, Wrong Then (2015)
as Kang Deoksoo
Canola (2016)
as Gye-choon
Dog Days (2024)
as Yuh-jung
Maundy Thursday (2006)
as Sister Monica
The President's Last Bang (2005)
as Mother
Boomerang Family (2013)
as Mother
Springtime (2004)
as Mother
The Bacchus Lady (2016)
as So-young
In Another Country (2012)
as Park Sook
Lucky Chan-sil (2020)
as Grandmother
Ha Ha Ha (2010)
as Moonkyung's Mother
Intimate Enemies (2015)
as Yeo-jung
Behind the Camera (2013)
as Self
Salut d'Amour (2015)
as Geum-nim
Hill of Freedom (2014)
as Innkeeper
List (2011)
as Mi-hye's Mother
The Actresses (2009)
as Youn Yuh-jung
Heaven: To the Land of Happiness (2021)
as Ms. Yoon
Hwang Jin Yi (2007)
as Old Woman
The Old Garden (2007)
as Hyun-woo's Mother
Insect Woman (1972)
as Myung-ja
Woman of Fire (1971)
as Myeong-ja
Ladies Of The Forest (2017)
as Soon-shim
Woman Requiem (1985)
as Ms. Hong
Be a Wicked Woman (2021)
as Ms. Choi
Tto Sun Yi, a college girl (1973)
as Bok-nyeo
The Day and Night of a Korean-American (1978)
as Mrs. Hyun
Earl. (2024)
as Self
Haesol: The Soul Guide's Journey (—)
as Yoosun (voice)