Youn Yuh-jung
June 19, 1947 (77 years old) in Gaeseong, Gyeonggi, Korea
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
Credits
- 2025 · The Wedding Banquet as Grandmother
- 2024 · 손석희의 질문들 as Self
- 2024 · Dog Days as Yuh-jung
- 2023 · Nattering with Nah as Self
- 2022 · Youn's Unexpected Journey as Self
- 2022 · Pachinko as Older Sunja
- 2022 · The Boys Presents: Diabolical as Sun-Hee (voice)
- 2021 · Heaven: To The Land of Happiness as Ms. Yoon
- 2021 · Minari as Soonja
- 2021 · Next Entertainment, Visionary as Self
- 2021 · Youn Stay as Self
- 2020 · Lucky Chan-sil as Grandmother
- 2020 · Beasts Clawing at Straws as Soon-ja
- 2019 · Never Twice as Bok Mak-Rye
- 2019 · Modern Korea as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2018 · You Quiz On The Block as Self
- 2018 · Keys to the Heart as In-sook
- 2017 · Master In The House as Herself
- 2017 · Ladies Of The Forest as Soon-shim
- 2017 · Youn's Kitchen as Self
- 2016 · The Bacchus Lady as So-young
- 2016 · Canola as Gye-choon
- 2016 · Dear My Friends as Oh Choong-nam
- 2015 · Right Now, Wrong Then as Kang Deok-soo
- 2015 · Intimate Enemies as Yuh-jung
- 2015 · Sense8 as Min-Jung
- 2015 · The Producers as Self
- 2015 · Salut d'Amour as Geum-nim
- 2014 · Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village as Self
- 2014 · Hill of Freedom as Innkeeper
- 2014 · Wonderful Days as Jang So-sim
- 2013 · Noonas Over Flowers as Self
- 2013 · The Queen’s Classroom as Yong Hyun-ja
- 2013 · Boomerang Family as Mother
- 2013 · Behind the Camera as Self
- 2012 · In Another Country as Park Sook
- 2012 · The Taste of Money as Baek Geum-ok
- 2012 · The King 2 Hearts as Bang Yang-seon (the Queen Mother)
- 2012 · My Husband Got a Family as Uhm Chung-ae
- 2011 · List as Mi-hye's Mother
- 2011 · Hindsight as Madame Kang
- 2011 · Can You Hear My Heart? as Hwang Soon-geum
- 2010 · Home Sweet Home as Sung Eun-sook
- 2010 · The Housemaid as Byeong-sik
- 2010 · Ha Ha Ha as Moon-kyung's Mother
- 2010 · Golden Fish as Cho Yoon-hee
- 2009 · Actresses as Youn Yuh-jung
- 2009 · Heading to the Ground as Ae Ja
- 2009 · The Road Home as Bam Soon-jung
- 2008 · Worlds Within as Oh Min-suk
- 2008 · Chunja's Happy Events as Yang Boon-hee
- 2008 · A Tale of Legendary Libido as Old Woman
- 2007 · Daughters-in-Law as Seo Mi-soon
- 2007 · Hwang Jin Yi as Old Woman
- 2007 · The Person I Love as Yoon Min Ja [Aunt]
- 2006 · The Old Garden as Hyun-woo's Mother
- 2006 · Maundy Thursday as Sister Monica
- 2006 · Pure in Heart as Myeong Hye
- 2005 · A Farewell to Sorrow as Lee Yeon-sim
- 2005 · The President's Last Bang as Mother
- 2004 · Springtime as Mother
- 2004 · Ireland as Shi Yeon's Mother
- 2003 · 진주목걸이 as Yoon Hae-Myung
- 2003 · A Good Lawyer's Wife as Hong Byeong-han
- 2002 · Ruler of Your Own World as 정유순
- 2002 · Who's My Love? as In-ae
- 2001 · 사랑은 이런거야 as Lee Jung-Ja
- 2001 · Hotelier as Yoon Bong-sook
- 1999 · Hur Jun as Sung In-cheol's wife
- 1999 · Did We Really Love? as Choi Hye-ja
- 1999 · KAIST as Professor
- 1997 · 내가 사는 이유 as 손미나
- 1995 · 목욕탕집 남자들 as Roh Hye-young
- 1992 · 여자의 방 as
- 1991 · 사랑이 뭐길래 as Han Sim-ae
- 1991 · MBC Bests Theater as 정혜
- 1990 · Be a Wicked Woman as Ms. Choi
- 1987 · KBS Drama Awards as Host
- 1985 · Woman Requiem as Ms. Hong
- 1978 · The Day and Night of a Korean-American as Mrs. Hyun
- 1973 · Tto Sun Yi, a college girl as Bok-nyeo
- 1972 · Insect Woman as Myung-ja
- 1971 · Woman of Fire as Myeong-ja
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self