

Acting
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...
Highest rated appearances

Keys to the Heart
as In-sook

Ladies Of The Forest
as Soon-shim

The Bacchus Lady
as So-young

Canola
as Gye-choon

Right Now, Wrong Then
as Kang Deoksoo

Intimate Enemies
as Yeo-jung

Salut d'Amour
as Geum-nim

Hill of Freedom
as Innkeeper

Boomerang Family
as Mother

Behind the Camera
as Self

In Another Country
as Park Sook

The Taste of Money
as Baek Geum-ok

List
as Mi-hye's Mother

Hindsight
as Madame Kang

The Housemaid
as Byeong-sik a.k.a. Miss Cho

Ha Ha Ha
as Moonkyung's Mother

The Actresses
as Youn Yuh-jung

A Tale of Legendary Libido
as Old Woman

Hwang Jin Yi
as Old Woman

The Old Garden
as Hyun-woo's Mother

Maundy Thursday
as Sister Monica

The President's Last Bang
as Mother

Springtime
as Mother

A Good Lawyer's Wife
as Hong Byeong-han