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Youn Yuh-jung

Profession
Acting
Born
June 19, 1947 · Gaeseong, Gyeonggi, Korea

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.

Known for

Minari poster
Minari
Film · 2020 · ★ 7.4
Sense8 poster
Sense8
Series · 2015 · ★ 7.7
BEEF poster
BEEF
Series · 2023 · ★ 7.8
The Boys Presents: Diabolical poster
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Series · 2022 · ★ 7.1
The Housemaid poster
The Housemaid
Film · 2010 · ★ 6.3
Beasts Clawing at Straws poster
Beasts Clawing at Straws
Film · 2020 · ★ 7.1
Pachinko poster
Pachinko
Series · 2022 · ★ 7.9
Right Now, Wrong Then poster
Right Now, Wrong Then
Film · 2015 · ★ 7.0
In Another Country poster
In Another Country
Film · 2012 · ★ 6.1
The Producers poster
The Producers
Series · 2015 · ★ 7.4
The Oscars poster
The Oscars
Series · 1953 · ★ 7.1
A Good Lawyer's Wife poster
A Good Lawyer's Wife
Film · 2003 · ★ 5.7

Filmography