Youn Yuh-jung

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Youn Yuh-jung, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

2025

The Wedding Banquet
The Wedding Banquet
as Ja-Young
Movie - Released: 4/18/2025

2024

Dog Days
Dog Days
as Yuh-jung
Movie - Released: 2/7/2024
Earl.
Earl.
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/26/2024
Sohn's Questions
Sohn's Questions
as Self
TV - Released: 7/13/2024

2023

Nattering with Nah
Nattering with Nah
as Self
TV - Released: 6/2/2023
BEEF
BEEF
as Chairwoman Park
TV - Released: 4/6/2023

2022

The Boys Presents: Diabolical
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
as Sun-Hee (voice)
TV - Released: 3/3/2022
Youn's Unexpected Journey
Youn's Unexpected Journey
as Self
TV - Released: 5/8/2022
Pachinko
Pachinko
as Older Sunja
TV - Released: 3/24/2022

2021

Minari
Minari
as Soonja
Movie - Released: 2/12/2021
Be a Wicked Woman
Be a Wicked Woman
as Ms. Choi
Movie - Released: 7/15/2021
Heaven: To The Land of Happiness
Heaven: To The Land of Happiness
as Ms. Yoon
Movie - Released: 10/6/2021
Next Entertainment,  Visionary
Next Entertainment, Visionary
as Self
TV - Released: 1/18/2021
Youn Stay
Youn Stay
as Self
TV - Released: 1/8/2021

2020

Beasts Clawing at Straws
Beasts Clawing at Straws
as Soon-ja
Movie - Released: 2/19/2020
Lucky Chan-sil
Lucky Chan-sil
as Grandmother
Movie - Released: 3/5/2020

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/9/2019
Never Twice
Never Twice
as Bok Mak-Rye
TV - Released: 11/2/2019
Modern Korea
Modern Korea
as Self (archive footage)
TV - Released: 10/31/2019

2018

Keys to the Heart
Keys to the Heart
as In-sook
Movie - Released: 1/17/2018
You Quiz on the Block
You Quiz on the Block
as Self
TV - Released: 8/29/2018

2017

Ladies Of The Forest
Ladies Of The Forest
as Soon-shim
Movie - Released: 9/21/2017
Youn's Kitchen
Youn's Kitchen
as Self
TV - Released: 3/24/2017
Master In The House
Master In The House
as Self
TV - Released: 12/31/2017

2016

Canola
Canola
as Gye-choon
Movie - Released: 5/19/2016
The Bacchus Lady
The Bacchus Lady
as So-young
Movie - Released: 10/6/2016
Dear My Friends
Dear My Friends
as Oh Choong-nam
TV - Released: 5/13/2016

2015

Salut d'Amour
Salut d'Amour
as Geum-nim
Movie - Released: 4/9/2015
Right Now, Wrong Then
Right Now, Wrong Then
as Kang Deoksoo
Movie - Released: 9/24/2015
Intimate Enemies
Intimate Enemies
as Yuh-jung
Movie - Released: 6/25/2015
The Producers
The Producers
as Self
TV - Released: 5/15/2015
Sense8
Sense8
as Min-Jung
TV - Released: 6/5/2015

2014

Hill of Freedom
Hill of Freedom
as Innkeeper
Movie - Released: 9/4/2014
Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village
Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village
as Self
TV - Released: 10/17/2014
Wonderful Days
Wonderful Days
as Jang So-sim
TV - Released: 2/22/2014

2013

Boomerang Family
Boomerang Family
as Mother
Movie - Released: 5/9/2013
Behind the Camera
Behind the Camera
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/28/2013
The Queen's Classroom
The Queen's Classroom
as Yong Hyun-ja
TV - Released: 6/12/2013
Noonas Over Flowers
Noonas Over Flowers
as Self
TV - Released: 11/29/2013

2012

In Another Country
In Another Country
as Park Sook
Movie - Released: 5/31/2012
The Taste of Money
The Taste of Money
as Baek Geum-ok
Movie - Released: 5/17/2012
The King 2 Hearts
The King 2 Hearts
as Bang Yang-seon (the Queen Mother)
TV - Released: 3/21/2012
My Husband Got a Family
My Husband Got a Family
as Uhm Chung-ae
TV - Released: 2/25/2012
TV
重複刪除
as 嚴清愛
TV - Released: 2/25/2012

2011

Hindsight
Hindsight
as Madame Kang
Movie - Released: 8/31/2011
List
List
as Mi-hye's Mother
Movie - Released: 10/7/2011
Can You Hear My Heart?
Can You Hear My Heart?
as Hwang Soon-geum
TV - Released: 4/2/2011

2010

The Housemaid
The Housemaid
as Byeong-sik a.k.a. Miss Cho
Movie - Released: 5/13/2010
Ha Ha Ha
Ha Ha Ha
as Moonkyung's Mother
Movie - Released: 5/6/2010
Home Sweet Home
Home Sweet Home
as Sung Eun-sook
TV - Released: 10/27/2010
Golden Fish
Golden Fish
as Cho Yoon-hee
TV - Released: 5/3/2010

2009

The Actresses
The Actresses
as Youn Yuh-jung
Movie - Released: 12/10/2009
Heading to the Ground
Heading to the Ground
as Ae Ja
TV - Released: 9/9/2009
The Road Home
The Road Home
as Bam Soon-jung
TV - Released: 1/12/2009

2008

A Tale of Legendary Libido
A Tale of Legendary Libido
as Old Woman
Movie - Released: 4/30/2008
Worlds Within
Worlds Within
as Oh Min-suk
TV - Released: 10/27/2008
Chunja's Happy Events
Chunja's Happy Events
as Yang Boon-hee
TV - Released: 5/19/2008

2007

The Old Garden
The Old Garden
as Hyun-woo's Mother
Movie - Released: 1/4/2007
Hwang Jin Yi
Hwang Jin Yi
as Old Woman
Movie - Released: 6/6/2007
The Person I Love
The Person I Love
as Yoon Min-ja
TV - Released: 1/15/2007
Daughters-in-Law
Daughters-in-Law
as Seo Mi-soon
TV - Released: 7/28/2007

2006

Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday
as Sister Monica
Movie - Released: 9/14/2006
Pure in Heart
Pure in Heart
as Myeong Hye
TV - Released: 5/22/2006

2005

The President's Last Bang
The President's Last Bang
as Mother
Movie - Released: 2/3/2005
A Farewell to Sorrow
A Farewell to Sorrow
as Lee Yeon-sim
TV - Released: 6/11/2005
Be Strong, Geum-soon!
Be Strong, Geum-soon!
as Kim Jin-soon
TV - Released: 2/14/2005

2004

Springtime
Springtime
as Mother
Movie - Released: 9/16/2004
Ireland
Ireland
as Shi Yeon's Mother
TV - Released: 9/1/2004

2003

A Good Lawyer's Wife
A Good Lawyer's Wife
as Hong Byeong-han
Movie - Released: 8/14/2003
Pearl Necklace
Pearl Necklace
as Yoon Hae-Myung
TV - Released: 9/20/2003

2002

Who's My Love?
Who's My Love?
as In-ae
TV - Released: 3/2/2002
Ruler of Your Own World
Ruler of Your Own World
as 정유순
TV - Released: 7/3/2002

2001

TV
사랑은 이런거야
as Lee Jung-Ja
TV - Released: 10/29/2001
Hotelier
Hotelier
as Yoon Bong-sook
TV - Released: 4/4/2001

1999

Hur Jun
Hur Jun
as Sung In-cheol's wife
TV - Released: 11/22/1999
Did We Really Love?
Did We Really Love?
as Choi Hye-ja
TV - Released: 1/27/1999
KAIST
KAIST
as Professor
TV - Released: 1/24/1999

1997

내가 사는 이유
내가 사는 이유
as 손미나
TV - Released: 5/7/1997

1996

Open Your Heart
Open Your Heart
as Choi Soon Joo
TV - Released: 9/7/1996

1995

목욕탕집 남자들
목욕탕집 남자들
as Roh Hye-young
TV - Released: 11/18/1995

1993

TV
산다는 것은
TV - Released: 4/24/1993
TV
How's Your Husband?
TV - Released: 2/22/1993

1992

TV
여자의 방
TV - Released: 11/4/1992

1991

What is Love?
What is Love?
as Han Sim-ae
TV - Released: 11/23/1991
MBC Bests Theater
MBC Bests Theater
as 정혜
TV - Released: 7/7/1991

1990

배반의 장미
배반의 장미
as 옥선
TV - Released: 1/6/1990

1987

KBS Drama Awards
KBS Drama Awards
as Host
TV - Released: 12/31/1987

1985

Woman Requiem
Woman Requiem
as Ms. Hong
Movie - Released: 11/1/1985

1978

The Day and Night of a Korean-American
The Day and Night of a Korean-American
as Mrs. Hyun
Movie - Released: 4/8/1978

1973

Tto Sun Yi, a college girl
Tto Sun Yi, a college girl
as Bok-nyeo
Movie - Released: 2/23/1973

1972

Insect Woman
Insect Woman
as Myung-ja
Movie - Released: 10/6/1972

1971

Woman of Fire
Woman of Fire
as Myeong-ja
Movie - Released: 4/1/1971

1953

The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self
TV - Released: 3/19/1953

Unknown

Haesol: The Soul Guide's Journey
Haesol: The Soul Guide's Journey
as Yoosun (voice)
Movie