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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Filmography (94 Appearances)

Haesol: The Soul Guide's Journey

TBA

The Wedding Banquet

2025

Sohn's Questions

2024

Earl.

2024

Dog Days

2024

Nattering with Nah

2023

BEEF

2023

Youn's Unexpected Journey

2022

Pachinko

2022

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

2022

Heaven: To the Land of Happiness

2021

Be a Wicked Woman

2021

Minari

2021

Next Entertainment, Visionary

2021

Youn Stay

2021

Lucky Chan-sil

2020

Beasts Clawing at Straws

2020

Never Twice

2019

Modern Korea

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

You Quiz on the Block

2018

Keys to the Heart

2018

Master In The House

2017

Ladies Of The Forest

2017

Youn's Kitchen

2017

The Bacchus Lady

2016

Canola

2016

Dear My Friends

2016

Right Now, Wrong Then

2015

Intimate Enemies

2015

Sense8

2015

The Producers

2015

Salut d'Amour

2015

Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village

2014

Hill of Freedom

2014

Wonderful Days

2014

Noonas Over Flowers

2013

The Queen's Classroom

2013

Boomerang Family

2013

Behind the Camera

2013

In Another Country

2012

The Taste of Money

2012

The King 2 Hearts

2012

My Husband Got a Family

2012

重複刪除

2012

List

2011

Hindsight

2011

Listen to My Heart

2011

Home Sweet Home

2010

The Housemaid

2010

Ha Ha Ha

2010

Golden Fish

2010

The Actresses

2009

Heading to the Ground

2009

The Road Home

2009

Worlds Within

2008

Chunja's Happy Events

2008

A Tale of Legendary Libido

2008

Daughters-in-Law

2007

Hwang Jin Yi

2007

The Person I Love

2007

The Old Garden

2007

Maundy Thursday

2006

Pure in Heart

2006

A Farewell to Sorrow

2005

Be Strong, Geum-soon!

2005

The President's Last Bang

2005

Springtime

2004

Ireland

2004

Pearl Necklace

2003

A Good Lawyer's Wife

2003

Ruler of Your Own World

2002

Who's My Love?

2002

사랑은 이런거야

2001

Hotelier

2001

Hur Jun

1999

Did We Really Love?

1999

KAIST

1999

내가 사는 이유

1997

Open Your Heart

1996

목욕탕집 남자들

1995

산다는 것은

1993

How's Your Husband?

1993

여자의 방

1992

What is Love?

1991

MBC Bests Theater

1991

배반의 장미

1990

KBS Drama Awards

1987

Woman Requiem

1985

The Day and Night of a Korean-American

1978

Tto Sun Yi, a college girl

1973

Insect Woman

1972

Woman of Fire

1971 Debut

The Oscars

1953
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