Youn Yuh-jung
June 19, 1947 (78 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
- 2024 · Earl. as Self
- 2023 · Nattering with Nah as Self
- 2023 · BEEF as Chairwoman Park
- 2022 · Pachinko as Older Sunja
- 2022 · The Boys Presents: Diabolical as Sun-Hee (voice)
- 2021 · Be a Wicked Woman as Ms. Choi
- 2020 · Beasts Clawing at Straws as Soon-ja
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2018 · You Quiz on the Block as Self
- 2017 · Master In The House as Herself
- 2017 · Ladies Of The Forest as Soon-shim
- 2016 · The Bacchus Lady as So-young
- 2015 · Right Now, Wrong Then as Kang Deoksoo
- 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 · Wonderful Days as Jang So-sim
- 2013 · Boomerang Family as Mother
- 2013 · Behind the Camera as Self
- 2012 · The Taste of Money as Baek Geum-ok
- 2012 · My Husband Got a Family as Uhm Chung-ae
- 2011 · Hindsight as Madame Kang
- 2011 · Can You Hear My Heart? as Hwang Soon-geum
- 2010 · The Housemaid as Byeong-sik a.k.a. Miss Cho
- 2010 · Golden Fish as Cho Yoon-hee
- 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
- 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
- 2004 · Springtime as Mother
- 2003 · Pearl Necklace as Yoon Hae-Myung
- 2002 · Who's My Love? as In-ae
- 2001 · 사랑은 이런거야 as Lee Jung-Ja
- 1999 · Hur Jun as Sung In-cheol's wife
- 1991 · What is Love? as Han Sim-ae
- 1991 · MBC Bests Theater as 정혜
- 1987 · KBS Drama Awards as Host
- 1978 · The Day and Night of a Korean-American as Mrs. Hyun
- 1972 · Insect Woman as Myung-ja
- 1971 · Woman of Fire as Myeong-ja
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Haesol: The Soul Guide's Journey as Yoosun (voice)
- 2025 · The Wedding Banquet as Ja-Young
- 2024 · Sohn's Questions as Self
- 2024 · Dog Days as Yuh-jung
- 2022 · Youn's Unexpected Journey as Self
- 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
- 2019 · Never Twice as Bok Mak-Rye
- 2019 · Modern Korea as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Keys to the Heart as In-sook
- 2017 · Youn's Kitchen as Self
- 2016 · Canola as Gye-choon
- 2016 · Dear My Friends as Oh Choong-nam
- 2014 · Hill of Freedom as Innkeeper
- 2013 · Noonas Over Flowers as Self
- 2013 · The Queen's Classroom as Yong Hyun-ja
- 2012 · In Another Country as Park Sook
- 2012 · The King 2 Hearts as Bang Yang-seon (the Queen Mother)
- 2012 · 重複刪除 as 嚴清愛
- 2011 · List as Mi-hye's Mother
- 2010 · Home Sweet Home as Sung Eun-sook
- 2010 · Ha Ha Ha as Moonkyung's Mother
- 2009 · The 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
- 2007 · The Person I Love as Yoon Min-ja
- 2005 · Be Strong, Geum-soon! as Kim Jin-soon
- 2005 · The President's Last Bang as Mother
- 2004 · Ireland as Shi Yeon's Mother
- 2003 · A Good Lawyer's Wife as Hong Byeong-han
- 2002 · Ruler of Your Own World as 정유순
- 2001 · Hotelier as Yoon Bong-sook
- 1999 · Did We Really Love? as Choi Hye-ja
- 1999 · KAIST as Professor
- 1997 · 내가 사는 이유 as 손미나
- 1996 · Open Your Heart as Choi Soon Joo
- 1995 · 목욕탕집 남자들 as Roh Hye-young
- 1993 · 산다는 것은 as
- 1993 · How's Your Husband? as
- 1992 · 여자의 방 as
- 1990 · 배반의 장미 as 옥선
- 1985 · Woman Requiem as Ms. Hong
- 1973 · Tto Sun Yi, a college girl as Bok-nyeo
- Future · Dajeongdahan as