Youn Yuh-jung

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1947-06-19 (78 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

2024

Dog Days

as Yuh-jung

2012

The Taste of Money

as Baek Geum-ok

2003

A Good Lawyer's Wife

as Hong Byeong-han

2012

In Another Country

as Park Sook

2010

The Housemaid

as Byeong-sik

2013

2011

Hindsight

as Madame Kang

2009

The Actresses

as Youn Yuh-jung

2010

Ha Ha Ha

as Moon-kyung's Mother

2006

The Old Garden

as Hyun-woo's Mother

2006

Maundy Thursday

as Sister Monica

2014

Hill of Freedom

as Innkeeper

1971

Woman of Fire

as Myeong-ja

2007

Hwang Jin Yi

as Old Woman

2004

Springtime

as Mother

1972

Insect Woman

as Myung-ja

2015

Salut d'Amour

as Geum-nim

2025

2016

Canola

as Gye-choon

2011

List

as Mi-hye's Mother

2016

The Bacchus Lady

as So-young

2015

Right Now, Wrong Then

as Kang Deok-soo

2018

1985

Woman Requiem

as Ms. Hong

2021

Minari

as Soonja

1990

2020

Lucky Chan-sil

as Grandmother

2017

2015

Intimate Enemies

as Yuh-jung

2024

Earl.

as Self

Production

2009

The Actresses

as Co-Writer

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