Youn Yuh-jung

Actor

Born: June 19, 1947 (age 79)
From: Gaeseong, Gyeonggi, Korea

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…

Filmography (39)

The Wedding Banquet (2025)
Ja-Young
Earl. (2024)
Self
Dog Days (2024)
Min-seo
Heaven: To the Land of Happiness (2021)
Ms. Yoon
Be a Wicked Woman (2021)
Ms. Choi
Minari (2021)
Soonja
Lucky Chan-sil (2020)
Grandmother
Beasts Clawing at Straws (2020)
Soon-ja
Keys to the Heart (2018)
In-sook
Ladies Of The Forest (2017)
Soon-shim
The Bacchus Lady (2016)
So-young
Canola (2016)
Gye-choon
Right Now, Wrong Then (2015)
Kang Deoksoo
Intimate Enemies (2015)
Yeo-jung
Salut d'Amour (2015)
Geum-nim
Hill of Freedom (2014)
Innkeeper
Boomerang Family (2013)
Mother
Behind the Camera (2013)
Self
In Another Country (2012)
Park Sook
The Taste of Money (2012)
Baek Geum-ok
List (2011)
Mi-hye's Mother
Hindsight (2011)
Madame Kang
The Housemaid (2010)
Byeong-sik a.k.a. Miss Cho
Ha Ha Ha (2010)
Moonkyung's Mother
The Actresses (2009)
Youn Yuh-jung
A Tale of Legendary Libido (2008)
Old Woman
Hwang Jin Yi (2007)
Old Woman
The Old Garden (2007)
Hyun-woo's Mother
Maundy Thursday (2006)
Sister Monica
The President's Last Bang (2005)
Mother