Youn Yuh-jung (Korean pronunciation: [jun jʌdʑʌŋ]; born June 19, 1947) is a South Korean actress. In a film and television career spanning over five decades, she has acted in many well-known South Korean television series and films. In 2021, Youn is nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film Minari (2020) where she garnered critical acclaim and international recognition. She won a Screen Actors Guild Award and a British Academy Film Award, and was nominated for a Critics' Choice Movie Award, becoming the first Korean actress to achieve these recognitions. Starting in the late 1960s, she was a rising star in South Korea. She gained critical acclaim for her role in Woman of Fire (1971) and won several awards. After retiring for several years, she returned to acting in the late 1980s. Youn is known for starring in South Korean films Woman of Fire (1971), The Housemaid (2010), The Taste of Money (2012), The Bacchus Lady (2016) and Canola (2016). She is also known for playing matriarch roles in South Korean family drama series Men of the Bath House (1995), Be Strong Geum Soon (2005), Daughters-in-Law (2007), My Husband Got a Family (2012), Dear My Friends (2016), which are popular across East Asia. She is also starring in local reality shows, including Sisters Over Flowers and Youn's Kitchen.
Youn Yuh-jung (Korean pronunciation: [jun jʌdʑʌŋ]; born June 19, 1947) is a South Korean actress. In a film and television career spanning over five decades, she has acted in many well-known South Korean television series and films. In 2021, Youn is nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film Minari (2020) where she garnered critical acclaim and international recognition. She won a Screen Actors Guild Award and a British Academy Film Award, and was nominated for a Critics' Choice Movie Award, becoming the first Korean actress to achieve these recognitions.