Youn Yuh-jung
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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- Born:
- Jun 19, 1947 In Gaeseong, Gyeonggi, Korea
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 85
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Oscars 1953-03-19
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Wedding Banquet 2025
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Wedding Banquet | Grandmother | 2025 |
| Movie | Dog Days | Yuh-jung | 2024-02-07 |
| Series | Nattering with Nah | Self | 2023-06-02 |
| Series | The Boys Presents: Diabolical | Sun-Hee (voice) | 2022-03-03 |
| Series | Pachinko | Older Sunja | 2022-03-24 |
| Series | Curtain Call | Ja Geum-sun | 2022-10-31 |
| Series | Youn's Unexpected Journey | Self | 2022-05-08 |
| Series | Youn Stay | Self | 2021-01-08 |
| Series | Next Entertainment, Visionary | Self | 2021-01-18 |
| Movie | Heaven: To The Land of Happiness | Ms. Yoon | 2021-10-06 |
| Movie | Minari | Soonja | 2021-02-12 |
| Movie | Beasts Clawing at Straws | Soon-ja | 2020-02-19 |
| Movie | Lucky Chan-sil | Grandmother | 2020-03-05 |
| Series | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | 2019-09-09 |
| Series | Never Twice | Bok Mak-Rye | 2019-11-02 |
| Series | Modern Korea | Self (archive footage) | 2019-10-31 |
| Movie | Keys to the Heart | In-sook | 2018-01-17 |
| Series | You Quiz On The Block | Self | 2018-08-29 |
| Movie | Ladies Of The Forest | Soon-shim | 2017-09-21 |
| Series | Youn's Kitchen | Self | 2017-03-24 |
| Series | Master In The House | Herself | 2017-12-31 |
| Series | Dear My Friends | Oh Choong-nam | 2016-05-13 |
| Movie | Canola | Gye-choon | 2016-05-19 |
| Movie | The Bacchus Lady | So-young | 2016-10-06 |
| Movie | Salut d'Amour | Geum-nim | 2015-04-09 |
| Series | The Producers | Self | 2015-05-15 |
| Movie | Right Now, Wrong Then | Kang Deok-soo | 2015-08-13 |
| Series | Sense8 | Min-Jung | 2015-06-05 |
| Movie | Intimate Enemies | Yuh-jung | 2015-06-25 |
| Series | Wonderful Days | Jang So-sim | 2014-02-22 |
| Movie | Hill of Freedom | Innkeeper | 2014-09-04 |
| Series | Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village | Self | 2014-10-17 |
| Movie | Boomerang Family | Mother | 2013-05-09 |
| Movie | Behind the Camera | Self | 2013-02-28 |
| Series | The Queen’s Classroom | Yong Hyun-ja | 2013-06-12 |
| Series | Noonas Over Flowers | Self | 2013-11-29 |
| Series | The King 2 Hearts | Bang Yang-seon (the Queen Mother) | 2012-03-21 |
| Series | My Husband Got a Family | Uhm Chung-ae | 2012-02-25 |
| Movie | The Taste of Money | Baek Geum-ok | 2012-05-17 |
| Movie | In Another Country | Park Sook | 2012-05-30 |
| Movie | Hindsight | Madame Kang | 2011-08-31 |
| Series | Can You Hear My Heart? | Hwang Soon-geum | 2011-04-02 |
| Movie | List | Mi-hye's Mother | 2011-10-07 |
| Movie | Ha Ha Ha | Moon-kyung's Mother | 2010-05-06 |
| Series | Golden Fish | Cho Yoon-hee | 2010-05-03 |
| Movie | The Housemaid | Byeong-sik | 2010-05-13 |
| Series | Home Sweet Home | Sung Eun-sook | 2010-10-27 |
| Series | The Road Home | Bam Soon-jung | 2009-01-12 |
| Movie | Actresses | Youn Yuh-jung | 2009-12-10 |
| Series | Heading to the Ground | Ae Ja | 2009-09-09 |
| Series | Chunja's Happy Events | Yang Boon-hee | 2008-05-19 |
| Movie | A Tale of Legendary Libido | Old Woman | 2008-04-30 |
| Series | Worlds Within | Oh Min-suk | 2008-10-27 |
| Series | The Person I Love | Yoon Min Ja [Aunt] | 2007-01-15 |
| Movie | Hwang Jin Yi | Old Woman | 2007-06-06 |
| Series | Daughters-in-Law | Seo Mi-soon | 2007-07-28 |
| Series | Pure in Heart | Myeong Hye | 2006-05-22 |
| Movie | Maundy Thursday | Sister Monica | 2006-09-14 |
| Movie | The Old Garden | Hyun-woo's Mother | 2006-09-24 |
| Movie | The President's Last Bang | Mother | 2005-02-03 |
| Series | A Farewell to Sorrow | Lee Yeon-sim | 2005-06-11 |
| Series | Ireland | Shi Yeon's Mother | 2004-09-02 |
| Movie | Springtime | Mother | 2004-09-16 |
| Movie | A Good Lawyer's Wife | Hong Byeong-han | 2003-08-14 |
| Series | 진주목걸이 | Yoon Hae-Myung | 2003-09-20 |
| Series | Ruler of Your Own World | 정유순 | 2002-07-03 |
| Series | Who's My Love? | In-ae | 2002-03-02 |
| Series | Hotelier | Yoon Bong-sook | 2001-04-04 |
| Series | 사랑은 이런거야 | Lee Jung-Ja | 2001-10-29 |
| Series | KAIST | Professor | 1999-01-24 |
| Series | Hur Jun | Sung In-cheol's wife | 1999-11-22 |
| Series | Did We Really Love? | Choi Hye-ja | 1999-01-27 |
| Series | 내가 사는 이유 | 손미나 | 1997-05-07 |
| Series | 목욕탕집 남자들 | Roh Hye-young | 1995-11-18 |
| Series | 여자의 방 | Unknown | 1992-11-04 |
| Series | 사랑이 뭐길래 | Han Sim-ae | 1991-11-23 |
| Series | MBC 베스트극장 | 정혜 | 1991-07-07 |
| Movie | Be a Wicked Woman | Ms. Choi | 1990-09-28 |
| Series | KBS Drama Awards | Host | 1987-12-31 |
| Movie | Woman Requiem | Ms. Hong | 1985-11-01 |
| Movie | The Day and Night of a Korean-American | Mrs. Hyun | 1978-04-08 |
| Movie | Tto Sun Yi, a college girl | Bok-nyeo | 1973-02-23 |
| Movie | Insect Woman | Myung-ja | 1972-10-06 |
| Movie | Woman of Fire | Myeong-ja | 1971-04-01 |
| Series | The Oscars | Self | 1953-03-19 |