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Youn Yuh-jung
Born: 19th Jun 1947 Gaeseong, Gyeonggi, Korea
Dept: Acting
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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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 94
Film: 38 (40%)
Television: 56 (60%)
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Filmography
Original title: 해솔
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In Korean funerary tradition, when a person dies, their soul must cross a river called Samdocheon within three days to reach the afterlife. They are n ... view
Character:
Yoosun (voice)
2025
Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in ... view
Character:
Ja-Young
2024
Earl. profiles the inspiring and complex life of an unknown, brilliant American composer. Earl's story crosses boundaries from classical music to poli ... view
Character:
Self
Original title: 도그데이즈
2024
Min-sang, a meticulous planner and tidy single man, is frustrated daily by his tenant, Jin-young, a veterinarian who turns his newly mortgaged buildin ... view
Character:
Yuh-jung
Apr 2023 (first aired)
A road rage incident between two strangers — a failing contractor and an unfulfilled entrepreneur — sparks a feud that brings out their darkest im ... view
Character:
Chairwoman Park (8 ep.)
May 2022 (first aired)
Youn Yuh-jung spends days in L.A. continuing her global acting career after Minari and Pachinko. Lee Seo-jin joins the show as her manager. ... view
Character:
Self (5 ep.)
Mar 2022 (first aired)
This sweeping saga chronicles the hopes and dreams of a Korean immigrant family across four generations as they leave their homeland in an indomitable ... view
Character:
Older Sunja (16 ep.)
Mar 2022 (first aired)
From some of the most unhinged and maniacal minds in Hollywood today comes this animated anthology series, a collection of irreverent and emotionally ... view
Character:
Sun-Hee (voice) (1 ep.)
Original title: 행복의 나라로
2021
Two gentlemen meet by chance and decide to go on an adventure together. Their journey becomes a quest for happiness. ... view
Character:
Ms. Yoon
Original title: 천사여 악녀가 되라
2021
Two housewives, wounded by their husbands' betrayals, meet by chance. They decide to carry out "exchange murders" and work towards the perfect alibis. ... view
Character:
Ms. Choi
2021
A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and rugg ... view
Character:
Soonja
Jan 2021 (first aired)
A spin-off of “Youn’s Kitchen,” the upcoming reality program is set in a traditional Korean guesthouse in South Jeolla Province. It features the ... view
Character:
Self (12 ep.)
Original title: 찬실이는 복도 많지
2020
With the death of her long-time director, Chan-sil, a film producer, is now unemployed. While working as a cleaning lady at an actress' house, she mee ... view
Character:
Grandmother
Original title: 지푸라기라도 잡고 싶은 짐승들
2020
A struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girl ... view
Character:
Soon-ja
Nov 2019 (first aired)
An old stately inn stands in the heart of Seoul. It may be old, discolored, and weathered, but Nakwon Inn exudes old-world charms. As the typical cold ... view
Character:
Bok Mak-Rye (72 ep.)
Oct 2019 (first aired)
The documentary series were made to look back on Korea’s modern history. It tells stories of specific moments in time weaving together relevant vide ... view
Character:
Self (archive footage) (1 ep.)
Sep 2019 (first aired)
Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are bea ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Aug 2018 (first aired)
Yoo Jae-suk and Jo Se-ho who enter ordinary people's everyday lives, chat with them, and give them surprise quizzes! The talk and quiz show program wi ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Original title: 그것만이 내 세상
2018
An older brother is a washed-up boxer. His younger brother is a genius pianist with physical disability. The brothers make up through their mother who ... view
Character:
In-sook
Dec 2017 (first aired)
Almost everyone has a question regarding life and the goal of life. In order to find the answer, the four young men with full of curiosity regarding t ... view
Character:
Self (2 ep.)
Original title: 산나물 처녀
2017
Soon-shim, a spinster from an unknown planet, comes to the Earth to find her husband. However, no man is in sight. Soon-shim encounters Dal-rae, who w ... view
Character:
Soon-shim
Mar 2017 (first aired)
Follow the cast in their journey to Gili Trawangan, a tropical island in Indonesia, where they open a pop-up restaurant for 10 days. Viewers can see t ... view
Character:
Self (20 ep.)
Original title: 죽여주는 여자
2016
So-young, an elderly prostitute working in Seoul, tries to take care of a young Korean-Filipino child she meets in a hospital and make ends meet. So-y ... view
Character:
So-young
Original title: 계춘할망
2016
A girl who went missing after an accident returns 10 years later and reunites with her grandmother. ... view
Character:
Gye-choon
May 2016 (first aired)
Life is ever-delightful — and ever-challenging — for a group of friends in their twilight years as they rediscover themselves through love and fam ... view
Character:
Oh Choong-nam (16 ep.)
Original title: 지금은맞고그때는틀리다
2015
By mistake, film director Ham Chunsu arrives in Suwon a day early. With time to kill before his lecture the next day, Chunsu stops by a restored, old ... view
Character:
Kang Deoksoo
Original title: 나의 절친 악당들
2015
At a car accident site, Ji-Noo, Na-Mi, Jung-Sook and Yakuboo find a bag filled with money. They become involved in a dangerous case. ... view
Character:
Yuh-jung
Jun 2015 (first aired)
One gunshot, one death, one moment out of time that irrevocably links eight minds in disparate parts of the world, putting them in each other's lives, ... view
Character:
Min-Jung (7 ep.)
May 2015 (first aired)
A rookie producer joins the Korean Broadcasting System to be near his secret crush and enters the madcap world of network TV, where ratings rule. ... view
Character:
Self (2 ep.)
Original title: 장수상회
2015
Sung-chil works at the Jang-soo Store which is owned by Jang-soo. Sung-chil is stubborn and has a bad temper, but he changes after meeting Geum-nim. G ... view
Character:
Geum-nim
Oct 2014 (first aired)
Celebrities are chosen to live for three days a week in a rural setting. They are required to use their own means to find food for and prepare three m ... view
Character:
Self (2 ep.)
Original title: 자유의 언덕
2014
Kwon returns to Seoul from a restorative stay in the mountains. She is given a packet of letters left by Mori, who has come back from Japan to propose ... view
Character:
Innkeeper
Feb 2014 (first aired)
Dong-Suk grew up as a smart young boy, but came from a poor family background. He is now a successful prosecutor and comes back to his hometown for th ... view
Character:
Jang So-sim (50 ep.)
Nov 2013 (first aired)
Singer/Actor/MC Lee Seung Gi accompanies four of Korea's top actresses—Yoon Yeo-Jung, Kim Ja-Ok, Kim Hee-Ae and Lee Mi-Yeon—on a trip to Croatia, ... view
Character:
Self (8 ep.)
Jun 2013 (first aired)
A lot of stories unfold when Ms. Ma, a cold-hearted witch, becomes a homeroom teacher at an elementary school. ... view
Character:
Yong Hyun-ja (16 ep.)
Original title: 고령화 가족
2013
Based on an original written by Cheon Myeong-gwan, a 48 year-old movie director moves into the house where his mother and 50 year-old brother lives un ... view
Character:
Mother
Original title: 뒷담화: 감독이 미쳤어요
2013
An odd director leaves for Hollywood to shoot a film via Skype and cellphones. 14 actors and actresses are devastated after being dumped by the direct ... view
Character:
Self
Original title: 다른 나라에서
2012
A young woman and her mother run away to the seaside town of Mohang to escape their mounting debt. The young woman begins writing a script for a short ... view
Character:
Park Sook
Original title: 돈의 맛
2012
The assistant of a wealthy socialite reveals her husband's salacious affair. The fallout entangles him in a web of sex, love and deceit that could thr ... view
Character:
Baek Geum-ok
Mar 2012 (first aired)
Set in the constitutional monarchy in an imaginary South Korea, South Korea's Crown Prince Lee Jae Ha is forced to join the World Officers Competition ... view
Character:
Bang Yang-seon (the Queen Mother) (20 ep.)
Feb 2012 (first aired)
My Husband Got a Family centers on a working woman named Cha Yoon-hee as her husband, who was put up for international adoption, reunites with his bi ... view
Character:
Uhm Chung-ae (58 ep.)
Original title: 리스트
2011
While waiting at a seaside town with her mother for a relative, a young woman creates a list of things she wants to do during her time there. ... view
Character:
Mi-hye's Mother
Original title: 푸른소금
2011
A young assassin is sent to kill a retired mob boss. But things get complicated when she begins to like him. ... view
Character:
Madame Kang
Apr 2011 (first aired)
Can You Hear My Heart is a South Korean television drama broadcast by MBC starring Hwang Jung-eum, Kim Jae-won and Namgoong Min. It aired on MBC from ... view
Character:
Hwang Soon-geum (30 ep.)
Oct 2010 (first aired)
Kim Jinseo and Mo Yoonhee are high school classmates and rivals whose different family backgrounds shaped their characters and their paths towards lov ... view
Character:
Sung Eun-sook (16 ep.)
Original title: 하녀
2010
Eun-yi is hired as a maid in a mansion owned by a wealthy businessman. He quickly starts seducing his employee who seemingly has little choice but to ... view
Character:
Byeong-sik a.k.a. Miss Cho
Original title: 하하하
2010
Over drinks, two friends agree to swap fond memories of their recent trips to the same seaside town. As the stories unfold in flashback, it becomes ev ... view
Character:
Moonkyung's Mother
May 2010 (first aired)
Golden Fish is a 2010 South Korean television series starring Park Sang-won, Lee Tae-gon, Jo Yoon-hee, and So Yoo-jin. The daily drama aired on MBC on ... view
Character:
Cho Yoon-hee (133 ep.)
Original title: 여배우들
2009
When six famous Korean actresses gather for a Vogue fashion photo shoot, egos collide in funny and touching ways in this ingenious mockumentary, where ... view
Character:
Youn Yuh-jung
Sep 2009 (first aired)
Drama about a man trying to achieve what is thought to be impossible: fulfilling his dreams of being a great soccer player. He meets Kang Hae Bin, a s ... view
Character:
Ae Ja (16 ep.)
Jan 2009 (first aired)
A simple yet heartwarming story of a three-generation family, The Road Home portrays the love and conflicts between family members running a general ... view
Character:
Bam Soon-jung (1 ep.)
Oct 2008 (first aired)
Song Hye Gyo plays a PD Joo Joon Young who has bold and unstoppable personality. Hyun Bin also plays a promising drama PD Jung Ji Oh. This drama focus ... view
Character:
Oh Min-suk (16 ep.)
May 2008 (first aired)
Chunja's Happy Events, also called Happy Events at Chunja's or Chunja's Special Day, was a Korean TV drama that aired from May 19, 2008 to November 13 ... view
Character:
Yang Boon-hee (111 ep.)
Original title: 가루지기
2008
A monk gives an impaired man the secret to a strong arousal. The man had been teased and tortured until the travelling man decides to help him out. ... view
Character:
Old Woman
Jul 2007 (first aired)
Daughters-in-Law is a South Korean drama that aired from July 28, 2007 to January 20, 2008 in Korea by KBS2 starring Kim Ji-hoon, Lee Pil-mo, Lee Soo- ... view
Character:
Seo Mi-soon (52 ep.)
Original title: 황진이
2007
Although born a daughter of an aristocratic family, Jin-yi discovers the secret behind her birth and enters into a life in a brothel as a gisaeng. ... view
Character:
Old Woman
Jan 2007 (first aired)
A ruthless producer's pursuit of success shatters his family, igniting romantic and professional rivalries as five siblings navigate love, betrayal, a ... view
Character:
Yoon Min-ja (20 ep.)
Original title: 오래된 정원
2007
Political activist Hyun-woo is released from prison after a 17-year stint. Journeying back to the village where he spent some time as a fugitive he re ... view
Character:
Hyun-woo's Mother
Original title: 우리들의 행복한 시간
2006
Yu-jeong is suicidal, yet she reluctantly goes to prison for volunteer work. There, she meets a prisoner who is waiting for death penalty. The two qui ... view
Character:
Sister Monica
May 2006 (first aired)
Yang Gook-hwa (Korean: 양 국화) is a nineteen-year-old country girl who leaves Yanbian and travels to Seoul because she is marrying Hong Soon- ... view
Character:
Myeong Hye (167 ep.)
Jun 2005 (first aired)
This is a story about the unconditional and all-forgiving love of four brothers who after years of fighting and hatred pull together and reconcile to ... view
Character:
Lee Yeon-sim (60 ep.)
Feb 2005 (first aired)
This is a story of a young widow, Geum-Soon, who never becomes discouraged or blames other people - no matter what happens in her life. The viewers wi ... view
Character:
Kim Jin-soon (1 ep.)
Original title: 그때 그사람들
2005
On October 26, 1979, President Park Chung-hee, who had ruled South Korea since 1961, was assassinated by his director of intelligence. The film depict ... view
Character:
Mother
Original title: 꽃피는 봄이 오면
2004
A struggling musician takes a job teaching music to middle school children in a rural mining town. ... view
Character:
Mother
Sep 2004 (first aired)
Ireland is a 2004 South Korean television series starring Lee Na-young, Kim Min-joon, Kim Min-jung and Hyun Bin. It aired on MBC from September 1 to O ... view
Character:
Shi Yeon's Mother (16 ep.)
Sep 2003 (first aired)
진주 목걸이는 KBS 2TV에서 2003년 9월 20일부터 2004년 3월 14일까지 매주 토,일 저녁 19시 55분에 방영되었던 주말 드라 ... view
Character:
Yoon Hae-Myung (52 ep.)
Original title: 바람난 가족
2003
A woman, married and with a child but becoming increasingly distant from her husband who is already cheating on her, reluctantly enters a secret relat ... view
Character:
Hong Byeong-han
Jul 2002 (first aired)
Ruler of Your Own World is an MBC Korean drama series. It was written by In Jung-ok and directed by Park Sung-soo. ... view
Character:
정유순 (20 ep.)
Oct 2001 (first aired)
It is a drama that gets the sympathy of an unspecified number of people and satisfies their needs. ... view
Character:
Lee Jung-Ja (172 ep.)
Apr 2001 (first aired)
Hotelier is a 2001 South Korean television drama series set in Seoul Hotel, a fictional five-star hotel undergoing an expensive expansion and renovati ... view
Character:
Yoon Bong-sook (20 ep.)
Nov 1999 (first aired)
Hur Jun is a 2000 TV biographical drama broadcast by the South Korean TV channel MBC. It was aired by Taiwan Television in 2002 and Hong Kong's TVB in ... view
Character:
Sung In-cheol's wife (64 ep.)
Jan 1999 (first aired)
Did We Really Love? is a South Korean drama series broadcast by MBC in 1999. Starring Korean superstar Bae Yong Joon, the series portrays the struggle ... view
Character:
Choi Hye-ja (44 ep.)
Jan 1999 (first aired)
A situation drama on students of Korea Advanced Science and Technology. The story of love, agony and endless research of the top brains in the field o ... view
Character:
Professor (14 ep.)
Sep 1996 (first aired)
A drama about Tae Min, a lifelong bachelor who runs a publishing company, and Yoo Da Young, a cute and attractive woman, who end up quarreling their w ... view
Character:
Choi Soon Joo (1 ep.)
Nov 1991 (first aired)
"What is Love" centers around two close families with sharply contrasting values. One consists of medical resident Lee Dae Bal, his mother and father ... view
Character:
Han Sim-ae (66 ep.)
Dec 1987 (first aired)
The KBS Drama Awards is an awards ceremony presented by the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) for outstanding achievements in Korean dramas aired on it ... view
Character:
Host (1 ep.)
Original title: 어미
1985
After the rape and subsequent suicide of a college student, her mother takes revenge on those responsible. ... view
Character:
Ms. Hong
Original title: 충녀
1972
A schoolgirl goes from braids to bouffant when her mother makes her a bar hostess/prostitute. She cures impotence for Professor Lee and becomes his co ... view
Character:
Myung-ja
Original title: 화녀
1971
The lives of a composer and his wife, who live on a chicken farm, are thrown into turmoil when a femme fatale joins their household. ... view
Character:
Myeong-ja
Mar 1953 (first aired)
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuett ... view
Character:
Self (2 ep.)