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Actor
Youn Yuh-jung
Famoose for
Winning an Oscar for playing Soon-ja in Minari.
Woman of Fire · Minari
- Born
- 19 June 1947
- Birthplace
- Kaesong
More people
Youn Yuh-jung
Youn Yuh-jung is a South Korean actor whose career spans television, Korean cinema and international productions.
Early life
Education
Studied Korean language and literature at Hanyang University before passing TBC’s acting audition in 1966.
Career
- 1967
Television debut
Appeared in Mister Gom.
- 1971
Film breakthrough
Starred in Woman of Fire.
- 1984 onward
Return to Korea
Rebuilt her acting career after living in the United States.
Selected work
Woman of Fire
Played a leading role in Kim Ki-young’s film.
Minari
Played a grandmother joining her family in rural Arkansas.
Pachinko
Appeared as the older Sunja.
Beyond work
Family
Raised two sons and spent a decade in Florida before returning to Korea.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
Photo: TV10. CC BY 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.