About
Youn Yuh-jung
Overview
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
Acting |
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| 2025 | The Wedding Banquet | Actor | Grandmother | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Dog Days | Actor | Yuh-jung | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Youn's Unexpected Journey | Actor | Self | 70 Good |
| 2022 | Pachinko | Actor | Older Sunja | 76 Good |
| 2021 | Heaven: To The Land of Happiness | Actor | Ms. Yoon | 58 Average |
| 2021 | Minari | Actor | Soonja | 69 Fair |
| 2021 | Youn Stay | Actor | Self | 70 Good |
| 2020 | Lucky Chan-sil | Actor | Grandmother | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Beasts Clawing at Straws | Actor | Soon-ja | 62 Fair |
| 2019 | Never Twice | Actor | Bok Mak-Rye | 77 Good |
| 2018 | Keys to the Heart | Actor | In-sook | 60 Fair |
| 2017 | Ladies Of The Forest | Actor | Soon-shim | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Youn's Kitchen | Actor | Self | 73 Good |
| 2016 | The Bacchus Lady | Actor | So-young | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Canola | Actor | Gye-choon | 60 Fair |
| 2016 | Dear My Friends | Actor | Oh Choong-nam | 70 Good |
| 2015 | Right Now, Wrong Then | Actor | Kang Deok-soo | 61 Fair |
| 2015 | Intimate Enemies | Actor | Yuh-jung | 58 Average |
| 2015 | Salut d'Amour | Actor | Geum-nim | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Hill of Freedom | Actor | Innkeeper | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Wonderful Days | Actor | Jang So-sim | 69 Fair |
| 2013 | Noonas Over Flowers | Actor | Self | 70 Good |
| 2013 | The Queen’s Classroom | Actor | Yong Hyun-ja | 68 Fair |
| 2013 | Boomerang Family | Actor | Mother | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Behind the Camera | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2012 | In Another Country | Actor | Park Sook | 59 Average |
| 2012 | The Taste of Money | Actor | Baek Geum-ok | 58 Average |
| 2012 | The King 2 Hearts | Actor | Bang Yang-seon (the Queen Mother) | 69 Fair |
| 2012 | My Husband Got a Family | Actor | Uhm Chung-ae | 69 Fair |
| 2011 | List | Actor | Mi-hye's Mother | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Hindsight | Actor | Madame Kang | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Can You Hear My Heart? | Actor | Hwang Soon-geum | 68 Fair |
| 2010 | Home Sweet Home | Actor | Sung Eun-sook | 69 Fair |
| 2010 | The Housemaid | Actor | Byeong-sik | 60 Fair |
| 2010 | Ha Ha Ha | Actor | Moon-kyung's Mother | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Golden Fish | Actor | Cho Yoon-hee | N/A N/A |
| 2009 | Actresses | Actor | Youn Yuh-jung | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Heading to the Ground | Actor | Ae Ja | 69 Fair |
| 2009 | The Road Home | Actor | Bam Soon-jung | 69 Fair |
| 2008 | Worlds Within | Actor | Oh Min-suk | 69 Fair |
| 2008 | Chunja's Happy Events | Actor | Yang Boon-hee | N/A N/A |
| 2008 | A Tale of Legendary Libido | Actor | Old Woman | 58 Average |
| 2007 | Daughters-in-Law | Actor | Seo Mi-soon | 69 Fair |
| 2007 | Hwang Jin Yi | Actor | Old Woman | 59 Average |
| 2007 | The Person I Love | Actor | Yoon Min Ja [Aunt] | 69 Fair |
| 2006 | The Old Garden | Actor | Hyun-woo's Mother | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Maundy Thursday | Actor | Sister Monica | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Pure in Heart | Actor | Myeong Hye | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | A Farewell to Sorrow | Actor | Lee Yeon-sim | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | The President's Last Bang | Actor | Mother | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Springtime | Actor | Mother | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Ireland | Actor | Shi Yeon's Mother | 69 Fair |
| 2003 | 진주목걸이 | Actor | Yoon Hae-Myung | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | A Good Lawyer's Wife | Actor | Hong Byeong-han | 58 Average |
| 2002 | Ruler of Your Own World | Actor | 정유순 | 70 Good |
| 2002 | Who's My Love? | Actor | In-ae | N/A N/A |
| 2001 | 사랑은 이런거야 | Actor | Lee Jung-Ja | N/A N/A |
| 2001 | Hotelier | Actor | Yoon Bong-sook | 69 Fair |
| 1999 | Hur Jun | Actor | Sung In-cheol's wife | 68 Fair |
| 1999 | Did We Really Love? | Actor | Choi Hye-ja | 70 Good |
| 1999 | KAIST | Actor | Professor | N/A N/A |
| 1997 | 내가 사는 이유 | Actor | 손미나 | N/A N/A |
| 1995 | 목욕탕집 남자들 | Actor | Roh Hye-young | N/A N/A |
| 1992 | 여자의 방 | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1991 | 사랑이 뭐길래 | Actor | Han Sim-ae | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | Be a Wicked Woman | Actor | Ms. Choi | 58 Average |
| 1985 | Woman Requiem | Actor | Ms. Hong | N/A N/A |
| 1978 | The Day and Night of a Korean-American | Actor | Mrs. Hyun | N/A N/A |
| 1973 | Tto Sun Yi, a college girl | Actor | Bok-nyeo | N/A N/A |
| 1972 | Insect Woman | Actor | Myung-ja | 58 Average |
| 1971 | Woman of Fire | Actor | Myeong-ja | 58 Average |
Writing |
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| 2009 | Actresses | Writing | Co-Writer | 59 Average |