Youn Yuh-jung
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Series
You Quiz on the Block
Self
2018
Series
MBC Bests Theater
정혜
1991
Series
BEEF
Chairwoman Park
2023
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Sense8
Min-Jung
2015
Series
Pachinko
Older Sunja
2022
Series
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Sun-Hee (voice)
2022
Series
Nattering with Nah
Self
2023
Series
Master In The House
Self
2017
Series
The Producers
Self
2015
Series
KAIST
Professor
1999
Series
Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village
Self
2014
Series
목욕탕집 남자들
Roh Hye-young
1995
Series
Pure in Heart
Myeong Hye
2006
Film
Minari
Soonja
2021
Film
A Tale of Legendary Libido
Old Woman
2008
Series
Wonderful Days
Jang So-sim
2014
Series
Open Your Heart
Choi Soon Joo
1996
Series
Daughters-in-Law
Seo Mi-soon
2007
Series
Hur Jun
Sung In-cheol's wife
1999
Film
The Wedding Banquet
Ja-Young
2025
Series
KBS Drama Awards
Host
1987
Series
My Husband Got a Family
Uhm Chung-ae
2012
Film
The Housemaid
Byeong-sik a.k.a. Miss Cho
2010
Series
Golden Fish
Cho Yoon-hee
2010
Series
The Queen's Classroom
Yong Hyun-ja
2013
Series
Never Twice
Bok Mak-Rye
2019
Series
Dear My Friends
Oh Choong-nam
2016
Series
Chunja's Happy Events
Yang Boon-hee
2008
Series
Can You Hear My Heart?
Hwang Soon-geum
2011
Series
Who's My Love?
In-ae
2002
Series
Sohn's Questions
Self
2024
Series
Hotelier
Yoon Bong-sook
2001
Series
Next Entertainment, Visionary
Self
2021
Series
Modern Korea
Self (archive footage)
2019
Series
The King 2 Hearts
Bang Yang-seon (the Queen Mother)
2012
사랑은 이런거야
Lee Jung-Ja
2001
Series
Youn's Kitchen
Self
2017
Series
Ireland
Shi Yeon's Mother
2004
Film
The Taste of Money
Baek Geum-ok
2012
Series
Pearl Necklace
Yoon Hae-Myung
2003
Film
A Good Lawyer's Wife
Hong Byeong-han
2003
Series
What is Love?
Han Sim-ae
1991
Series
Ruler of Your Own World
정유순
2002
Film
Right Now, Wrong Then
Kang Deoksoo
2015
Series
Worlds Within
Oh Min-suk
2008
Series
Home Sweet Home
Sung Eun-sook
2010
Series
Youn Stay
Self
2021
Series
A Farewell to Sorrow
Lee Yeon-sim
2005
Series
Heading to the Ground
Ae Ja
2009
Series
Did We Really Love?
Choi Hye-ja
1999
Film
Beasts Clawing at Straws
Soon-ja
2020
Series
Be Strong, Geum-soon!
Kim Jin-soon
2005
Film
Dog Days
Min-seo
2024
Film
Canola
Gye-choon
2016
Series
Noonas Over Flowers
Self
2013
Film
Keys to the Heart
In-sook
2018
Film
Salut d'Amour
Geum-nim
2015
Series
Youn's Unexpected Journey
Self
2022
How's Your Husband?
1993
Series
The Person I Love
Yoon Min-ja
2007
Series
The Road Home
Bam Soon-jung
2009
Film
In Another Country
Park Sook
2012
Film
Intimate Enemies
Yeo-jung
2015
Series
重複刪除
嚴清愛
2012
Film
The President's Last Bang
Mother
2005
Series
배반의 장미
옥선
1990
Film
Hindsight
Madame Kang
2011
Film
Lucky Chan-sil
Grandmother
2020
산다는 것은
1993
Film
Springtime
Mother
2004
Film
Hwang Jin Yi
Old Woman
2007
Film
Maundy Thursday
Sister Monica
2006
Film
The Bacchus Lady
So-young
2016
Film
Boomerang Family
Mother
2013
Film
Hill of Freedom
Innkeeper
2014
Film
Behind the Camera
Self
2013
Film
Be a Wicked Woman
Ms. Choi
2021
Film
The Old Garden
Hyun-woo's Mother
2007
Series
내가 사는 이유
손미나
1997
Film
Ha Ha Ha
Moonkyung's Mother
2010
Film
The Actresses
Youn Yuh-jung
2009
Film
Heaven: To the Land of Happiness
Ms. Yoon
2021
Film
Woman of Fire
Myeong-ja
1971
Film
Insect Woman
Myung-ja
1972
Film
Earl.
Self
2024
여자의 방
1992
Film
Ladies Of The Forest
Soon-shim
2017
Film
List
Mi-hye's Mother
2011
Film
The Day and Night of a Korean-American
Mrs. Hyun
1978
Film
Tto Sun Yi, a college girl
Bok-nyeo
1973
Film
Woman Requiem
Ms. Hong
1985
Film
Haesol: The Soul Guide's Journey
Yoosun (voice)