Youn Yuh-jung
Biography
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.
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Acting History
2025
The Wedding Banquet as Ja-Young
2024Sohn's Questions as Self
2024Earl. as Self
2024Dog Days as Yuh-jung
2023Nattering with Nah as Self
2022Youn's Unexpected Journey as Self
2022Pachinko as Older Sunja
2022The Boys Presents: Diabolical as Sun-Hee (voice)
2021Heaven: To The Land of Happiness as Ms. Yoon
2021Be a Wicked Woman as Ms. Choi
2021Minari as Soonja
2021Next Entertainment, Visionary as Self
2021Youn Stay as Self
2020Lucky Chan-sil as Grandmother
2020Beasts Clawing at Straws as Soon-ja
2019Never Twice as Bok Mak-Rye
2019Modern Korea as Self (archive footage)
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2018You Quiz on the Block as Self
2018Keys to the Heart as In-sook
2017Master In The House as Herself
2017Ladies Of The Forest as Soon-shim
2017Youn's Kitchen as Self
2016The Bacchus Lady as So-young
2016Canola as Gye-choon
2016Dear My Friends as Oh Choong-nam
2015Right Now, Wrong Then as Kang Deoksoo
2015Intimate Enemies as Yuh-jung
2015Sense8 as Min-Jung
2015The Producers as Self
2015Salut d'Amour as Geum-nim
2014Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village as Self
2014Hill of Freedom as Innkeeper
2014Wonderful Days as Jang So-sim
2013Noonas Over Flowers as Self
2013The Queen's Classroom as Yong Hyun-ja
2013Boomerang Family as Mother
2013Behind the Camera as Self
2012In Another Country as Park Sook
2012The Taste of Money as Baek Geum-ok
2012The King 2 Hearts as Bang Yang-seon (the Queen Mother)
2012My Husband Got a Family as Uhm Chung-ae
2012重複刪除 as 嚴清愛
2011List as Mi-hye's Mother
2011Hindsight as Madame Kang
2011Can You Hear My Heart? as Hwang Soon-geum
2010Home Sweet Home as Sung Eun-sook
2010The Housemaid as Byeong-sik
2010Ha Ha Ha as Moonkyung's Mother
2010Golden Fish as Cho Yoon-hee
2009The Actresses as Youn Yuh-jung
2009Heading to the Ground as Ae Ja
2009The Road Home as Bam Soon-jung
2008Worlds Within as Oh Min-suk
2008Chunja's Happy Events as Yang Boon-hee
2008A Tale of Legendary Libido as Old Woman
2007Daughters-in-Law as Seo Mi-soon
2007Hwang Jin Yi as Old Woman
2007The Person I Love as Yoon Min-ja
2006The Old Garden as Hyun-woo's Mother
2006Maundy Thursday as Sister Monica
2006Pure in Heart as Myeong Hye
2005A Farewell to Sorrow as Lee Yeon-sim
2005Be Strong, Geum-soon! as Kim Jin-soon
2005The President's Last Bang as Mother
2004Springtime as Mother
2004Ireland as Shi Yeon's Mother
2003Pearl Necklace as Yoon Hae-Myung
2003A Good Lawyer's Wife as Hong Byeong-han
2002Ruler of Your Own World as 정유순
2002Who's My Love? as In-ae
2001사랑은 이런거야 as Lee Jung-Ja
2001Hotelier as Yoon Bong-sook
1999Hur Jun as Sung In-cheol's wife
1999Did We Really Love? as Choi Hye-ja
1999KAIST as Professor
1997내가 사는 이유 as 손미나
1995목욕탕집 남자들 as Roh Hye-young
1993산다는 것은
1993How's Your Husband?
1992여자의 방
1991What is Love? as Han Sim-ae
1991MBC Bests Theater as 정혜
1990배반의 장미 as 옥선
1987KBS Drama Awards as Host
1985Woman Requiem as Ms. Hong
1978The Day and Night of a Korean-American as Mrs. Hyun
1973Tto Sun Yi, a college girl as Bok-nyeo
1972Insect Woman as Myung-ja
1971Woman of Fire as Myeong-ja
1953The Oscars as Self
—Haesol: The Soul Guide's Journey as Yoosun (voice)