Biodata Youn Yuh Jung
- Nama Lahir: Youn Yuh Jung (윤여정)
- Ulang Tahun: 19 Juni 1947
- Zodiak: Gemini
- Tinggi Badan: 163 m
- Berat Badan: 48 kg
- Golongan Darah: B
- Agensi: Hook Entertainment
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Fakta tentang Youn Yuh Jung
- Youn Yuh Jung debut akting lewat drama televisi berjudul Mister Gom pada 1967.
- Setelah itu ia debut layar lebar dalam film Woman of Fire (1971) karya Kim Ki-young.
- Berkat aktingnya ini, Yuh Jung meraih penghargaan Aktris Terbaik di Festival Film Sitges.
- Pada 2020, Yuh Jung membuat debut Hollywood dalam film Minari. Ia berperan sebagai Soon-ja, nenek dari keluarga Korea-Amerika di pedesaan Arkansas.
- Dari film Minari, ia menerima pengakuan dari para kritikus dan meraih lebih dari 40 penghargaan, termasuk National Board of Review dan Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
- Yuh Jung menjadi aktris Korea pertama yang memenangkan Academy Award untuk Aktris Pendukung Terbaik.
- Dia juga menjadi aktris Korea pertama yang memenangkan Academy Award.
- Dia menjadi aktris Asia pertama yang memenangkan Academy Award. Sebelumnya penghargaan ini diraih Miyoshi Umeki pada 1958 sebagai Aktris Pendukung Terbaik untuk film Sayonara.
- Pada September 2021, ia terpilih sebagai salah satu dari “100 Orang Berpengaruh di Dunia” dalam majalah mingguan Amerika TIME.
- Yuh Jung lahir di Kaesong (sekarang di Korea Utara), Provinsi Gyeonggi, dan besar di Seoul.
- Ayahnya meninggal ketika dia masih muda.
- Dia memiliki dua saudara perempuan.
- Kakak Yuh Jung, yaitu Youn Yeo Soon merupakan mantan eksekutif di LG Group.
- Yuh Jung merupakan alumni SMA di Ewha Girls’ High School.
- Setelah lulus dia mendaftar di Universitas Hanyang jurusan Bahasa dan Sastra Korea.
- Dia memiliki dua putra, keduanya adalah orang Korea-Amerika.
Film
- Dog Days (2022)
- Heaven: To the Land of Happiness | (2021)
- Minari | (2020) sebagai Soon Ja
- Lucky Chan-sil | (2020) sebagai nenek
- Beasts Clawing At Straws | (2020) sebagai Soon-Ja
- Keys To The Heart | (2018) sebagai In-Sook
- The Bacchus Lady | (2016) sebagai So-Young
- Canola | (2016) sebagai Gye-Choon
- Right Now, Wrong Then | (2015) sebagai Kang Duk-Soo
- Intimate Enemies | (2015) sebagai Yeo-Jung
- Salut D’Amour | (2015) sebagai Geum-Nim
- Hill of Freedom | (2014) sebagai Goo-Ok
- Boomerang Family | (2013) sebagai ibu
- Behind the Camera | (2013)
- The Taste of Money | (2012) sebagai Baek Geum-Ok
- In Another Country | (2011)
- Hindsight | (2011) sebagai Madame Kang
- The Housemaid | (2010) sebagai Byeong-Sik
- HaHaHa (2009)
- The Actresses | (2009) sebagai Yoon Yeo-Jung
- A Tale of Legendary Libido | (2008) sebagai nenek
- Hwang Jin-yi (2007) sebagai wanita tua
- The Old Garden | (2007) sebagai ibu Oh Hyun-Woo
- Maundy Thursday | (2006) sebagai Sister Monica (bibi Yoo-Jung)
- The President’s Last Bang | (2005) sebagai ibu Yoon-Hee
- Springtime | (2004) sebagai ibu
- A Good Lawyer’s Wife | (2003) sebagai Hong Byung-Han
- An Experience Worth Dying for | (1990)
- Be a Wicked Woman | (1990)
- Woman Requiem | (1985)
- Love and Hatred | (1973)
- The Insect Woman | (1972)
- Fire Woman | (1970)
Serial Drama
- Pachinko (Apple TV+ / 2022) sebagai Kim Sun-Ja
- Never Twice | (MBC / 2019-2020) sebagai Bok Mak-Rye
- Dear My Friends (tvN / 2016) sebagai Oh Choong-Nam
- The Producers | (KBS2 / 2015) sebagai diri sendiri (ep.1-2)
- Wonderful Days | (KBS2 / 2014) sebagai Jang So-Sim (ibu Dong-Suk)
- The Queen’s Classroom | (MBC / 2013) sebagai Kepala sekolah Yong Hyun-Ja
- The King 2 hearts (MBC / 2012) sebagai Bang Young-Sun (ibu raja)
- My Husband Got a Family | (KBS2 / 2012) sebagai Uhm Chung-Ae
- Can You Hear My Heart | (MBC / 2011) sebagai Hwang Soon-Geum
- Home Sweet Home | (MBC / 2010) sebagai Sung Eun-Sook
- Golden Fish | (MBC / 2010) sebagai Jo Yun-Hee
- No Limit | (MBC / 2009) sebagai Ae-Ja
- The Road Home | (KBS / 2009) sebagai Nam Soon-Jung
- Worlds Within…… | (KBS2 / 2008) sebagai Oh Min-Sook
- Chun Ja’s Happy Events | (MBC / 2008)
- The Daughters-in-Law | (KBS2 / 2007-2008) sebagai Seo Mi-Soon
- To My Love | (SBS / 2007)
- Foxy Lady! | (MBC / 2006) sebagai Jo Soon-Nam
- Hearts of Nineteen | (KBS / 2006-2007) sebagai Yoon Myung-Hye
- Love Truly | (MBC / 2006)
- A Farewell to Sorrow | (KBS2 / 2005)
- Be Strong, Geum-Soon! | (MBC / 2005)
- Love and Sympathy | (SBS / 2005) sebagai ibu Hee-Soo
- Ireland (MBC / 2004) sebagai ibu Si-Yeon
- War of the Roses | (MBC / 2003)
- Million Roses | (KBS / 2003)
- Over the Green Fields | (KBS2 / 2003)
- Ruler of Your Own World | (MBC / 2002)
- My Love | (KBS2 / 2002) sebagai In-Ae
- Soon-Ja (SBS / 2001)
- Stock Flower | (KBS / 2001)
- Hotelier (MBC / 2001)
- Tough Guy’s Love | (KBS / 2000)
- Did We Really Love? | (MBC / 1999)
- Crush | (KBS2 / 1998)
- How Is Your Husband? | (SBS / 1993)
- What is Love | (MBC / 1991)
- Sleepless Tree | (MBC / 1989)
TV Movies
- Dal-Joong’s Cinderella | (KBS2 / 2003) sebagai Pil-Soon
Penghargaan
2021
- Brand of the Year Awards – Actor of the Year
- Visionary Awards – 2021 Visionary
- Vancouver Film Critics Circle (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- Seattle Film Critics Society (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- Southeastern Film Critics Association (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- St. Louis Film Critics Association (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- Toronto Film Critics Association (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
- Palm Springs International Film Festival – Spotlight Award
- Phoenix Film Critics Society (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- San Diego Film Critics Society (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- North Texas Film Critics Association (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- Oklahoma Film Critics Circle (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- Online Association of Female Film Critics Awards (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- New Mexico Film Critics Society (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- New York Film Critics Online (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- North Carolina Film Critics Association (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- Kansas City Film Critics Circle (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- Music City Film Critics Association (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- National Board of Review (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- Independent Spirit Awards (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- Hollywood Critics Association (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- Detroit Film Critics Society (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- Discussing Film Critic Awards (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- Dorian Awards (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- Columbus Film Critics Association (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- British Academy Film Awards (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- Austin Film Critics Association (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- Black Film Critics Circle Awards (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- Academy Awards (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
2020
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- Sunset Film Critics Circle Awards (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- Boston Society of Film Critics (Best Supporting Actress – Minari)
- Korean Film Producers Association (Best Supporting Actress – Lucky Chan-sil)
2017
- Buil Film Awards (Favorite Actress – Senior Actress)
- Korea World Youth Film Festival (Favorite Actress – Senior Actress)
2016
- Fantasia Festival (Best Actress – The Bacchus Lady)
- Women in Film Korea Awards – Woman in Film of the Year
- Asia Pacific Screen Awards – Jury Grand Prize
- Korean Film Shining Star Awards (Star award – Canola)
2012 KBS Drama Awards
- Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama – My Husband Got a Family
2011
- Max Movie Awards (Best Supporting Actress – The Housemaid)
- Asian Film Awards (Best Supporting Actress – The Housemaid)
2010
- Cinemanila International Film Festival (Best Actress – The Housemaid)
- Chunsa Film Art Awards (Best Supporting Actress – The Housemaid)
- Buil Film Awards (Best Supporting Actress – The Housemaid)
- Grand Bell Awards (Best Supporting Actress – The Housemaid)
- Korean Film Awards (Best Supporting Actress – The Housemaid)
- Blue Dragon Film Awards (Best Supporting Actress – The Housemaid)
- Cinemanila International Film Festival (Best Supporting Actress – The Housemaid)
- Busan Film Critics Awards (Best Actress – The Housemaid, Hahaha, Actresses)
- Sitges Film Festival – Maria Honorifica Award
- People Who Make the World Brighter Awards – Recipient, Culture and Arts category
2005 KBS Drama Awards
- Best Actress in a One-Act Special/Drama – Becoming a Popular Song
2003
- Busan Film Critics Awards (Best Supporting Actress – A Good Lawyer’s Wife)
- Korean Film Awards (Best Supporting Actress – A Good Lawyer’s Wife)
1992 Korean Broadcasting Awards
- Best Female Talent -Bun-rye’s Story
1971
- Sitges Film Festival (Best Actress – Woman of Fire)
- Blue Dragon Film Awards (Best Actress – Woman of Fire)
- Grand Bell Awards (Best Actress – Woman of Fire)
1969 TBC Drama Awards
- Best New Talent – Mister Gong
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