Yoon Yuh-jung

Youn Yuh-jung (born June 19, 1947) is a South Korean actress with a five-decade career in film and television. Her awards include an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BAFTA Award, an Independent Spirit Award, and a Critics' Choice Movie Award nomination. She has appeared in a number of South Korean television shows and films.

Youn was a rising star in South Korea by the late 1960s, winning several awards for her performance in Woman of Fire (1971). She took a break from acting for several years before returning in the late 1980s. Youn is best known for her roles in the South Korean films The Housemaid (2010), The Taste of Money (2012), The Bacchus Lady (2016), and Canola (2016). She is also known for her roles as the matriarch in the 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), and Dear My Friends (2016).

She received international acclaim for her performance in Minari (2020). Her portrayal of Soon-ja in the film earned her the distinction of being the first Korean actress to win a Screen Actors Guild Award, Indie Spirit Award, British Academy Film Award, and Academy Award, as well as the first to be nominated for a Critics' Choice Movie Award, all in the Best Supporting Actress category.