Youn Yuh-jung
Actor
Biography
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.
Filmography
The Housemaid
as Byeong-sik a.k.a. Miss Cho 2010
Beasts Clawing at Straws
as Soon-ja 2020
Right Now, Wrong Then
as Kang Deoksoo 2015
In Another Country
as Park Sook 2012
A Good Lawyer's Wife
as Hong Byeong-han 2003
Hill of Freedom
as Innkeeper 2014
Hindsight
as Madame Kang 2011
The Taste of Money
as Baek Geum-ok 2012
Ha Ha Ha
as Moonkyung's Mother 2010
Canola
as Gye-choon 2016
The Wedding Banquet
as Ja-Young 2025
The President's Last Bang
as Mother 2005
A Tale of Legendary Libido
as Old Woman 2008
Keys to the Heart
as In-sook 2018
Maundy Thursday
as Sister Monica 2006
The Bacchus Lady
as So-young 2016