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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

96

Gender

Female

Birthday

1947-06-19 (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 (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.

Known For

Acting

Dog Days

2024

Dog Days

as

Yuh-jung

A Good Lawyer's Wife

2003

A Good Lawyer's Wife

as

Hong Byeong-han

Boomerang Family

2013

Boomerang Family

as

Mother

The Housemaid

2010

The Housemaid

as

Byeong-sik a.k.a. Miss Cho

In Another Country

2012

In Another Country

as

Park Sook

The Taste of Money

2012

The Taste of Money

as

Baek Geum-ok

Hindsight

2011

Hindsight

as

Madame Kang

The Actresses

2009

The Actresses

as

Youn Yuh-jung

Hill of Freedom

2014

Hill of Freedom

as

Innkeeper

Woman of Fire

1971

Woman of Fire

as

Myeong-ja

Maundy Thursday

2006

Maundy Thursday

as

Sister Monica

Springtime

2004

Springtime

as

Mother

The Old Garden

2006

The Old Garden

as

Hyun-woo's Mother

Insect Woman

1972

Insect Woman

as

Myung-ja

Ha Ha Ha

2010

Ha Ha Ha

as

Moonkyung's Mother

Hwang Jin Yi

2007

Hwang Jin Yi

as

Old Woman

Salut d'Amour

2015

Salut d'Amour

as

Geum-nim

The Wedding Banquet

2025

The Wedding Banquet

as

Ja-Young

Canola

2016

Canola

as

Gye-choon

List

2011

List

as

Mi-hye's Mother

The Bacchus Lady

2016

The Bacchus Lady

as

So-young

Right Now, Wrong Then

2015

Right Now, Wrong Then

as

Kang Deoksoo

Keys to the Heart

2018

Keys to the Heart

as

In-sook

Woman Requiem

1985

Woman Requiem

as

Ms. Hong

Minari

2021

Minari

as

Soonja

Be a Wicked Woman

2021

Be a Wicked Woman

as

Ms. Choi

Lucky Chan-sil

2020

Lucky Chan-sil

as

Grandmother

Ladies Of The Forest

2017

Ladies Of The Forest

as

Soon-shim

Intimate Enemies

2015

Intimate Enemies

as

Yuh-jung

Earl.

2024

Earl.

as

Self

Hur Jun

Hur Jun

as

Sung In-cheol's wife

Did We Really Love?

Did We Really Love?

as

Choi Hye-ja

A Farewell to Sorrow

A Farewell to Sorrow

as

Lee Yeon-sim

The Person I Love

The Person I Love

as

Yoon Min-ja

The Queen's Classroom

The Queen's Classroom

as

Yong Hyun-ja

Worlds Within

Worlds Within

as

Oh Min-suk

The King 2 Hearts

The King 2 Hearts

as

Bang Yang-seon (the Queen Mother)

The Road Home

The Road Home

as

Bam Soon-jung

Dear My Friends

Dear My Friends

as

Oh Choong-nam

Can You Hear My Heart?

Can You Hear My Heart?

as

Hwang Soon-geum

Hotelier

Hotelier

as

Yoon Bong-sook

KAIST

KAIST

as

Professor

Ireland

Ireland

as

Shi Yeon's Mother

Pearl Necklace

Pearl Necklace

as

Yoon Hae-Myung

Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

as

Sung Eun-sook

Pure in Heart

Pure in Heart

as

Myeong Hye

What is Love?

What is Love?

as

Han Sim-ae

Sense8

Sense8

as

Min-Jung

Wonderful Days

Wonderful Days

as

Jang So-sim

Never Twice

Never Twice

as

Bok Mak-Rye

Modern Korea

Modern Korea

as

Self (archive footage)

Pachinko

Pachinko

as

Older Sunja

Daughters-in-Law

Daughters-in-Law

as

Seo Mi-soon

목욕탕집 남자들

목욕탕집 남자들

as

Roh Hye-young

Golden Fish

Golden Fish

as

Cho Yoon-hee

Chunja's Happy Events

Chunja's Happy Events

as

Yang Boon-hee

Youn Stay

Youn Stay

as

Self

Be Strong, Geum-soon!

Be Strong, Geum-soon!

as

Kim Jin-soon

重複刪除

重複刪除

as

嚴清愛

Open Your Heart

Open Your Heart

as

Choi Soon Joo

BEEF

BEEF

as

Chairwoman Park

Production

Crew

Directing