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Youn Yuh-jung, born in 1947, is a South Korean actress whose career spans decades and continents. Rising to prominence with "Woman of Fire" in 1971, she retired in the mid-1970s but returned to acting in the late 1980s, earning the nickname "Godmother of Chungmu-ro." Her recent work includes films like "The Housemaid" and "Minari," which earned her international acclaim and a string of awards, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her television roles, often as commanding matriarchs, solidify her status as a versatile and enduring figure in Korean entertainment.
The roles that explain the career.
41 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Wedding Banquet | Ja-Young | Film |
| 2024 | Dog Days | Min-seo | Film |
| 2023 | BEEF | Chairwoman Park | TV |
| 2022 | Pachinko | Older Sunja | TV |
| 2021 | Heaven: To the Land of Happiness | Ms. Yoon | Film |
| 2021 | Minari | Soonja | Film |
| 2020 | Lucky Chan-sil | Grandmother | Film |
| 2020 | Beasts Clawing at Straws | Soon-ja | Film |
| 2019 | Never Twice | Bok Mak-Rye | TV |
| 2017 | Ladies Of The Forest | Soon-shim | Film |
| 2017 | Youn's Kitchen | Self | TV |
| 2016 | Canola | Gye-choon | Film |
| 2016 | The Bacchus Lady | So-young | Film |
| 2015 | Right Now, Wrong Then | Kang Deoksoo | Film |
| 2015 | Intimate Enemies | Yeo-jung | Film |
| 2015 | Salut d'Amour | Geum-nim | Film |
| 2014 | Hill of Freedom | Innkeeper | Film |
| 2013 | Boomerang Family | Mother | Film |
| 2013 | Behind the Camera | Self | Film |
| 2012 | In Another Country | Park Sook | Film |
| 2012 | The King 2 Hearts | Bang Yang-seon (the Queen Mother) | TV |
| 2012 | The Taste of Money | Baek Geum-ok | Film |
| 2011 | Hindsight | Madame Kang | Film |
| 2010 | Ha Ha Ha | Moonkyung's Mother | Film |
| 2010 | The Housemaid | Byeong-sik a.k.a. Miss Cho | Film |
| 2009 | The Actresses | Youn Yuh-jung | Film |
| 2008 | A Tale of Legendary Libido | Old Woman | Film |
| 2008 | Worlds Within | Oh Min-suk | TV |
| 2007 | Hwang Jin Yi | Old Woman | Film |
| 2007 | The Old Garden | Hyun-woo's Mother | Film |
| 2006 | Pure in Heart | Myeong Hye | TV |
| 2006 | Maundy Thursday | Sister Monica | Film |
| 2005 | The President's Last Bang | Mother | Film |
| 2004 | Ireland | Shi Yeon's Mother | Film |
| 2004 | Springtime | Mother | Film |
| 2003 | A Good Lawyer's Wife | Hong Byeong-han | Film |
| 2002 | Ruler of Your Own World | 정유순 | TV |
| 1999 | Hur Jun | Sung In-cheol's wife | TV |
| 1999 | Did We Really Love? | Choi Hye-ja | TV |
| 1972 | Insect Woman | Myung-ja | Film |
| 1971 | Woman of Fire | Myeong-ja | Film |
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