Youn Yuh-jung

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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 of Chungmu-ro," Youn's notable films include The Housemaid (2010), The Taste of Money (2012), The Bacchus Lady (2016) and Canola (2016), as well as a series of matriarch roles in television dramas such as Men of the Bath House (1995), Be Strong, Geum-soon! (2005), Daughters-in-Law (2007), My Husband Got a Family (2012) and Dear My Friends (2016). She gained international recognition for her role in Minari (2020), becoming the first Korean actress to win a Screen Actors Guild Award, an Independent...

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MBC Bests TheaterSeries • 1991PachinkoSeries • 2022BEEFSeries • 2023Sense8Series • 2015The Boys Presents: DiabolicalSeries • 2022목욕탕집 남자들Series • 1995Pure in HeartSeries • 2006Never TwiceSeries • 2019My Husband Got a FamilySeries • 2012KAISTSeries • 1999Daughters-in-LawSeries • 2007KBS Drama AwardsSeries • 1987MinariMovie • 2020Who's My Love?Series • 2002Wonderful DaysSeries • 2014The King 2 HeartsSeries • 2012A Tale of Legendary LibidoMovie • 2008The Wedding BanquetMovie • 2025The HousemaidMovie • 2010A Good Lawyer's WifeMovie • 2003Beasts Clawing at StrawsMovie • 2020The Taste of MoneyMovie • 2012Right Now, Wrong ThenMovie • 2015The President's Last BangMovie • 2005