
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.
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Filmography

The Wedding Banquet
2025
as Ja-Young

Earl.
2024
as Self

Dog Days
2024
as Min-seo

Heaven: To the Land of Happiness
2021
as Ms. Yoon

Be a Wicked Woman
2021
as Ms. Choi

Minari
2021
as Soonja

Lucky Chan-sil
2020
as Grandmother

Beasts Clawing at Straws
2020
as Soon Ja

Keys to the Heart
2018
as In-sook

Ladies Of The Forest
2017
as Soon-shim

The Bacchus Lady
2016
as So-young

Canola
2016
as Gye-choon

Right Now, Wrong Then
2015
as Kang Deoksoo

Intimate Enemies
2015
as Yeo-jung

Salut d'Amour
2015
as Geum-nim

Hill of Freedom
2014
as Innkeeper

Boomerang Family
2013
as Mother

Behind the Camera
2013
as Self

In Another Country
2012
as Park Sook

The Taste of Money
2012
as Baek Geum-ok

List
2011
as Mi-hye's Mother

Hindsight
2011
as Madame Kang

The Housemaid
2010
as Byeong-sik a.k.a. Miss Cho

Ha Ha Ha
2010
as Moonkyung's Mother