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Youn Yuh-jung
Youn Yuh-jung (Korean: 윤여정; pronounced [junjʌdʑʌŋ]; born June 19, 1947) is a South Korean actress.
Born June 19, 1947 Gaeseong, Gyeonggi, Korea1 movie on MoviHero
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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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- 2025The Wedding BanquetJa-Young
- 2024Earl.Self
- 2024Dog DaysMin-seo
- 2021Heaven: To the Land of HappinessMs. Yoon
- 2021Be a Wicked WomanMs. Choi
- 2020Lucky Chan-silGrandmother
- 2020Beasts Clawing at StrawsSoon Ja
- 2018Keys to the HeartIn-sook
- 2017Ladies Of The ForestSoon-shim
- 2016The Bacchus LadySo-young
- 2016CanolaGye-choon
- 2015Right Now, Wrong ThenKang Deoksoo
- 2015Intimate EnemiesYeo-jung
- 2015Salut d'AmourGeum-nim
- 2014Hill of FreedomInnkeeper
- 2013Boomerang FamilyMother
- 2013Behind the CameraSelf
- 2012In Another CountryPark Sook
- 2012The Taste of MoneyBaek Geum-ok
- 2011ListMi-hye's Mother
- 2011HindsightMadame Kang
- 2010The HousemaidMiss Cho
- 2010Ha Ha HaMoonkyung's Mother
- 2009The ActressesWriter · Youn Yuh-jung
- 2008A Tale of Legendary LibidoOld Woman
- 2007Hwang Jin YiOld Woman
- 2007The Old GardenHyun-woo's Mother
- 2006Maundy ThursdaySister Monica
- 2005The President's Last BangMother
- 2004SpringtimeMother
- 2003A Good Lawyer's WifeHong Byeong-han
- 1985Woman RequiemMs. Hong
- 1978The Day and Night of a Korean-AmericanMrs. Hyun
- 1973Tto Sun Yi, a college girlBok-nyeo
- 1972Insect WomanMyung-ja
- 1971Woman of FireMyeong-ja
- Haesol: The Soul Guide's JourneyYoosun (voice)
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