Youn Yuh-jung
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1947-06-19 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Gaeseong, Gyeonggi, Korea
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.
Acting
(2025)
The Wedding Banquet
as Ja-Young
(2024)
Dog Days
as Yuh-jung
(2024)
Earl.
as Self
(2021)
Minari
as Soonja
(2021)
Heaven: To The Land of Happiness
as Ms. Yoon
(2020)
Beasts Clawing at Straws
as Soon-ja
(2020)
Lucky Chan-sil
as Grandmother
(2018)
Keys to the Heart
as In-sook
(2017)
Ladies Of The Forest
as Soon-shim
(2016)
Canola
as Gye-choon
(2016)
The Bacchus Lady
as So-young
(2015)
Intimate Enemies
as Yuh-jung
(2015)
Salut d'Amour
as Geum-nim
(2015)
Right Now, Wrong Then
as Kang Deok-soo
(2014)
Hill of Freedom
as Innkeeper
(2013)
Boomerang Family
as Mother
(2013)
Behind the Camera
as Self
(2012)
The Taste of Money
as Baek Geum-ok
(2012)
In Another Country
as Park Sook
(2011)
Hindsight
as Madame Kang
(2011)
List
as Mi-hye's Mother
(2010)
The Housemaid
as Byeong-sik
(2010)
Ha Ha Ha
as Moon-kyung's Mother
(2009)
The Actresses
as Youn Yuh-jung
(2008)
A Tale of Legendary Libido
as Old Woman
(2007)
Hwang Jin Yi
as Old Woman
(2006)
The Old Garden
as Hyun-woo's Mother
(2006)
Maundy Thursday
as Sister Monica
(2005)
The President's Last Bang
as Mother
(2004)
Springtime
as Mother
(2003)
A Good Lawyer's Wife
as Hong Byeong-han
(1990)
Be a Wicked Woman
as Ms. Choi
(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
Crew
(2009)
The Actresses
Co-Writer