Youn Yuh-jung
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.
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Acting
Movie
Minari
as Soonja
2021
TV
Sense8
as Min-Jung
2015
TV
BEEF
as Chairwoman Park
2023
TV
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
as Sun-Hee (voice)
2022
Movie
The Housemaid
as Byeong-sik a.k.a. Miss Cho
2010
Movie
Beasts Clawing at Straws
as Soon-ja
2020
TV
Pachinko
as Older Sunja
2022
Movie
Right Now, Wrong Then
as Kang Deoksoo
2015
Movie
In Another Country
as Park Sook
2012
TV
The Producers
as Self
2015
TV
Never Twice
as Bok Mak-Rye
2019
TV
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Movie
A Good Lawyer's Wife
as Hong Byeong-han
2003
Movie
Hindsight
as Madame Kang
2011
Movie
Hill of Freedom
as Innkeeper
2014
TV
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
Movie
The Taste of Money
as Baek Geum-ok
2012
Movie
Ha Ha Ha
as Moonkyung's Mother
2010
Movie
The Wedding Banquet
as Ja-Young
2025
Movie
Canola
as Gye-choon
2016
Movie
The President's Last Bang
as Mother
2005
Movie
Keys to the Heart
as In-sook
2018
Movie
A Tale of Legendary Libido
as Old Woman
2008
Movie
Maundy Thursday
as Sister Monica
2006
