Youn Yuh-jung

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1.9213

Gender

Female

Birthday

19-Jun-1947

Age

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Gaeseong, Gyeonggi, Korea

Also Known As
  • 윤여정
  • Youn Yuhjung
  • Yoon Yeo-jeong
  • Yoon Yeo-jung
  • Yoon Yuh-jung
  • Yun Yeo-jeong
  • 尹汝貞
  • 尹汝贞
  • یون یو-جونگ

Youn Yuh-jung

Biography

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.


Credits

산나물 처녀 산나물 처녀 (2017) Character: Soon-shim
Soon-shim, a spinster from an unknown planet, comes to the Earth to find her husband. However, no man is in sight. Soon-shim encounters Dal-rae, who was collecting wild greens on a mountain. One day, they save a deer from a hunter, and it wants to repay them by making their wish come true. This is an allegorical love story that comically depicts the journey of seeking true love and happiness.
다른 나라에서 다른 나라에서 (2012) Character: Park Sook
A young woman and her mother run away to the seaside town of Mohang to escape their mounting debt. The young woman begins writing a script for a short film in order to calm her nerves: There are three women named Anne, and each woman consecutively visits the seaside town of Mohang. A young woman tends to the small hotel by the Mohang foreshore owned by her parents. A certain lifeguard can be seen restlessly wandering up and down the beach that lies nearby. Each Anne stays at this small hotel, receives some assistance from the owner's daughter, and ventures onto the beach where they meet the lifeguard.
죽여주는 여자 죽여주는 여자 (2016) Character: So-young
So-young, an elderly prostitute working in Seoul, tries to take care of a young Korean-Filipino child she meets in a hospital and make ends meet. So-young's life takes a dark turn when several of her old clients try to reconnect with her.
하녀 하녀 (2010) Character: Byeong-sik a.k.a. Miss Cho
Eun-yi is hired as a maid in a mansion owned by a wealthy businessman. He quickly starts seducing his employee who seemingly has little choice but to comply with his sexual advances. Soon the women of the family plot against Eun-yi who must fight an equally devious battle to protect herself.
그것만이 내 세상 그것만이 내 세상 (2018) Character: In-sook
An older brother is a washed-up boxer. His younger brother is a genius pianist with physical disability. The brothers make up through their mother who is full of stories of her past.
도그데이즈 도그데이즈 (2024) Character: Min-seo
Min-sang, a meticulous planner and tidy single man, is frustrated daily by his tenant, Jin-young, a veterinarian who turns his newly mortgaged building into a mess. During another quarrelsome day with Jin-young, Min-sang encounters an elderly lady at the animal hospital, who turns out to be the world-renowned architect Min-seo. Desperate for Min-seo's approval for an ongoing project, Min-sang starts to persuade Jin-young and her cared-for puppy to impress Min-seo. Meanwhile, Hyun, the leader of a small band, is left bewildered while looking after his absent girlfriend's dog, especially when her ex-boyfriend Daniel shows up unexpectedly, demanding to see the dog, claiming he used to raise it together and insisting on visiting the dog once a month.
지푸라기라도 잡고 싶은 짐승들 지푸라기라도 잡고 싶은 짐승들 (2020) Character: Soon-ja
A struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girlfriend runs off with money he borrowed from a loan shark.
그때 그사람들 그때 그사람들 (2005) Character: Mother
On October 26, 1979, President Park Chung-hee, who had ruled South Korea since 1961, was assassinated by his director of intelligence. The film depicts the events of that night.
여배우들 여배우들 (2009) Character: Youn Yuh-jung
When six famous Korean actresses gather for a Vogue fashion photo shoot, egos collide in funny and touching ways in this ingenious mockumentary, where all actresses involved play (not so) fictional versions of themselves.
Earl. Earl. (2024) Character: Self
Earl. profiles the inspiring and complex life of an unknown, brilliant American composer. Earl's story crosses boundaries from classical music to politics, education, cultural self-awareness, war, human rights, and even weapons of mass destruction. Most of all, it is a story of the profound power of music to change lives.
Minari Minari (2021) Character: Soonja
A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
고령화 가족 고령화 가족 (2013) Character: Mother
Based on an original written by Cheon Myeong-gwan, a 48 year-old movie director moves into the house where his mother and 50 year-old brother lives until his sister moves in with her niece.
The Wedding Banquet The Wedding Banquet (2025) Character: Ja-Young
Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her partner Lee's expensive IVF. Elopement plans are upended, however, when Min's grandmother surprises them with an extravagant Korean wedding banquet.
리스트 리스트 (2011) Character: Mi-hye's Mother
While waiting at a seaside town with her mother for a relative, a young woman creates a list of things she wants to do during her time there.
오래된 정원 오래된 정원 (2007) Character: Hyun-woo's Mother
Political activist Hyun-woo is released from prison after a 17-year stint. Journeying back to the village where he spent some time as a fugitive he recalls the time spent with Yoon-hee, a woman who gave him shelter and companionship.
하하하 하하하 (2010) Character: Moonkyung's Mother
Over drinks, two friends agree to swap fond memories of their recent trips to the same seaside town. As the stories unfold in flashback, it becomes evident their accounts take place at the same time and with the same people.
계춘할망 계춘할망 (2016) Character: Gye-choon
A girl who went missing after an accident returns 10 years later and reunites with her grandmother.
푸른소금 푸른소금 (2011) Character: Madame Kang
A young assassin is sent to kill a retired mob boss. But things get complicated when she begins to like him.
장수상회 장수상회 (2015) Character: Geum-nim
Sung-chil works at the Jang-soo Store which is owned by Jang-soo. Sung-chil is stubborn and has a bad temper, but he changes after meeting Geum-nim. Geun-nim runs a flower shop and her daughter Min-jung does not like her meeting Sung-chil.
뒷담화: 감독이 미쳤어요 뒷담화: 감독이 미쳤어요 (2013) Character: Self
An odd director leaves for Hollywood to shoot a film via Skype and cellphones. 14 actors and actresses are devastated after being dumped by the director. Now, the 14 actors and actress prepare for the counterattack.
죽어도 좋은 경험: 천사여 악녀가 되라 죽어도 좋은 경험: 천사여 악녀가 되라 (2021) Character: Ms. Choi
Two housewives, wounded by their husbands' betrayals, meet by chance. They decide to carry out "exchange murders" and work towards the perfect alibis. Under what they know to be perfect plans, they kill each other's husbands. Although the police are able to prove that they're guilty, these two women are found innocent by the court of law.
나의 절친 악당들 나의 절친 악당들 (2015) Character: Yeo-jung
Four strangers discover a bag full of money which belongs to a corrupt politician. Instead of using the money for themselves, they decide to join forces to take down corrupt conglomerates.
돈의 맛 돈의 맛 (2012) Character: Baek Geum-ok
The assistant of a wealthy socialite reveals her husband's salacious affair. The fallout entangles him in a web of sex, love and deceit that could threaten his life and career.
행복의 나라로 행복의 나라로 (2021) Character: Ms. Yoon
In order to find the last happiness of his life, inmate 203 escapes from prison. Nam-sik is poor and sick. These two men happen to meet and obtain a large amount of money. Nam-sik joins inmate 203's journey to find the last happiness.
꽃피는 봄이 오면 꽃피는 봄이 오면 (2004) Character: Mother
A struggling musician takes a job teaching music to middle school children in a rural mining town.
어미 어미 (1985) Character: Ms. Hong
After the rape and subsequent suicide of a college student, her mother takes revenge on those responsible.
충녀 충녀 (1972) Character: Myung-ja
A schoolgirl goes from braids to bouffant when her mother makes her a bar hostess/prostitute. She cures impotence for Professor Lee and becomes his concubine. His entrepreneurial wife is initially shocked but soon accepts the arrangement and even gives the girl an allowance.
바람난 가족 바람난 가족 (2003) Character: Hong Byeong-han
A woman, married and with a child but becoming increasingly distant from her husband who is already cheating on her, reluctantly enters a secret relationship with her neighbor, a teenage boy.
찬실이는 복도 많지 찬실이는 복도 많지 (2020) Character: Grandmother
With the death of her long-time director, Chan-sil, a film producer, is now unemployed. While working as a cleaning lady at an actress' house, she meets a young man. Attracted to him, Chan-sil realises old anxieties are about to emerge: her already gone-youth, messed-up love life, and broken career.
자유의 언덕 자유의 언덕 (2014) Character: Innkeeper
Kwon returns to Seoul from a restorative stay in the mountains. She is given a packet of letters left by Mori, who has come back from Japan to propose to her. Kwon drops and scatters the letters, all of which are undated. When she reads them, she has to make sense of the chronology.
지금은맞고그때는틀리다 지금은맞고그때는틀리다 (2015) Character: Kang Deoksoo
By mistake, film director Ham Chunsu arrives in Suwon a day early. With time to kill before his lecture the next day, Chunsu stops by a restored, old palace and meets an artist named Yoon Heejung. Together, they go to Heejung's workshop to look at her paintings, have Sushi with Soju for dinner, and get close. Later, they go to another café and have more drinks with Heejung's acquaintances. When asked if he is married, Chunsu is forced to reveal the fact that he is, and Heejung gets deeply disappointed...
황진이 황진이 (2007) Character: Old Woman
Although born a daughter of an aristocratic family, Jin-yi discovers the secret behind her birth and enters into a life in a brothel as a gisaeng.
우리들의 행복한 시간 우리들의 행복한 시간 (2006) Character: Sister Monica
Yu-jeong is suicidal, yet she reluctantly goes to prison for volunteer work. There, she meets a prisoner who is waiting for death penalty. The two quickly fall in love despite their differences, yet they do not have much time.
가루지기 가루지기 (2008) Character: Old Woman
A monk gives an impaired man the secret to a strong arousal. The man had been teased and tortured until the travelling man decides to help him out.
화녀 화녀 (1971) Character: Myeong-ja
The lives of a composer and his wife, who live on a chicken farm, are thrown into turmoil when a femme fatale joins their household.



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