Youn Yuh-jung
Birthday
1947/06/19 (77 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Gaeseong, Gyeonggi, Korea
Also know as
윤여정, Youn Yuhjung, Yoon Yeo-jeong, Yoon Yeo-jung, Yoon Yuh-jung, Yun Yeo-jeong, 尹汝貞, 尹汝贞
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.
Acting
(2024) Dog Days
as Yuh-jung
(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
(2011) Hindsight
as Madame Kang
(2010) The Housemaid
as Byeong-sik
(2003) A Good Lawyer's Wife
as Hong Byeong-han
(2008) A Tale of Legendary Libido
as Old Woman
(2014) Hill of Freedom
as Innkeeper
(2009) Actresses
as Youn Yuh-jung
(2010) Ha Ha Ha
as Moon-kyung's Mother
(2006) The Old Garden
as Hyun-woo's Mother
(2007) Hwang Jin Yi
as Old Woman
(2006) Maundy Thursday
as Sister Monica
(2004) Springtime
as Mother
(1971) Woman of Fire
as Myeong-ja
(1972) Insect Woman
as Myung-ja
(2015) Salut d'Amour
as Geum-nim
(2025) The Wedding Banquet
as Grandmother
(2016) Canola
as Gye-choon
(2011) List
as Mi-hye's Mother
(2016) The Bacchus Lady
as So-young
(2015) Right Now, Wrong Then
as Kang Deok-soo
(2018) Keys to the Heart
as In-sook
(1985) Woman Requiem
as Ms. Hong
(2020) Beasts Clawing at Straws
as Soon-ja
(2021) Minari
as Soonja
(1990) Be a Wicked Woman
as Ms. Choi
(2020) Lucky Chan-sil
as Grandmother
(2005) The President's Last Bang
as Mother
(2017) Ladies Of The Forest
as Soon-shim
(2021) Heaven: To The Land of Happiness
as Ms. Yoon
(2015) Intimate Enemies
as Yuh-jung
(1978) The Day and Night of a Korean-American
as Mrs. Hyun
(1973) Tto Sun Yi, a college girl
as Bok-nyeo
(1999) Hur Jun
as Sung In-cheol's wife
(1999) Did We Really Love?
as Choi Hye-ja
(1992) 여자의 방
as ---
(2005) A Farewell to Sorrow
as Lee Yeon-sim
(2007) The Person I Love
as Yoon Min Ja [Aunt]
(2001) 사랑은 이런거야
as Lee Jung-Ja
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(2009) Heading to the Ground
as Ae Ja
(2013) The Queen’s Classroom
as Yong Hyun-ja
(2008) Worlds Within
as Oh Min-suk
(2012) The King 2 Hearts
as Bang Yang-seon (the Queen Mother)
(2015) The Producers
as Self
(2009) The Road Home
as Bam Soon-jung
(2016) Dear My Friends
as Oh Choong-nam
(2011) Can You Hear My Heart?
as Hwang Soon-geum
(2002) Who's My Love?
as In-ae
(2001) Hotelier
as Yoon Bong-sook
(1999) KAIST
as Professor
(2004) Ireland
as Shi Yeon's Mother
(2014) Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village
as Self
(2003) 진주목걸이
as Yoon Hae-Myung
(2012) My Husband Got a Family
as Uhm Chung-ae
(2010) Home Sweet Home
as Sung Eun-sook
(1997) 내가 사는 이유
as 손미나
(2006) Pure in Heart
as Myeong Hye
(2013) Noonas Over Flowers
as Self
(2017) Youn's Kitchen
as Self
(2022) The Boys Presents: Diabolical
as Sun-Hee (voice)
(2018) You Quiz On The Block
as Self
(2019) The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
(2022) Youn's Unexpected Journey
as Self
(2021) Next Entertainment, Visionary
as Self
(2023) Nattering with Nah
as Self
(1991) 사랑이 뭐길래
as Han Sim-ae
(2015) Sense8
as Min-Jung
(2014) Wonderful Days
as Jang So-sim
(2017) Master In The House
as Herself
(2019) Never Twice
as Bok Mak-Rye
(1987) KBS Drama Awards
as Host
(2019) Modern Korea
as Self (archive footage)
(2022) Pachinko
as Older Sunja
(2002) Ruler of Your Own World
as 정유순
(2010) Golden Fish
as Cho Yoon-hee
(1995) 목욕탕집 남자들
as Roh Hye-young
(2007) Daughters-in-Law
as Seo Mi-soon
(2008) Chunja's Happy Events
as Yang Boon-hee
(2021) Youn Stay
as Self
(1991) MBC Bests Theater
as 정혜
(2024) 손석희의 질문들
as Self
(1993) 산다는 것은
as ---
(1993) 댁의 남편은 어떠십니까
as ---