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Youn Yuh-jung

South Korean actress

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  • Age
    79
    Born 1947
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    2021
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Updated 2026-09-08

Youn Yuh-jung is a South Korean actress. Youn started her career in Korean television in the late 1960s and rose to prominence with the film Woman of Fire (1971). She retired in the mid-1970s and immigrated to the United States, before returning to Korea in 1984 and rebuilding her career. Known as the "Godmother of Chungmu-ro", her other notable films include The Housemaid (2010), The Taste of Money (2012), The Bacchus Lady (2016), and Canola (2016).

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  • Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
  • BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
  • Time 100
  • Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award
  • Grand Bell Awards
  • Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Actress
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56.2
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Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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