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Jean Yoon (born May 4, 1962) is an American-born Canadian actress and writer of Korean descent. Yoon is best known for originating the role of family matriarch Umma in the 2011 play Kim's Convenience and in the award-winning CBC Television series adapted from the play, for which she won an ACTRA Award and received two Canadian Screen Award ...
Jean Yoon. Actress: Kim's Convenience. Jean Yoon is a playwright and actress born in Illinois and raised in Toronto. Jean has lived and worked in Vancouver, Edmonton, Harbin City and Yanji City in North Eastern China and makes her home in Toronto.
Jun 7, 2021 · Jean Yoon is the latest “Kim’s Convenience” star to speak out about her negative experience working on the series, citing “overtly racist” storylines that were cut from its fifth and...
Jun 11, 2021 · To examine the 'overtly racist' storylines called out by cast member Jean Yoon is to see why the industry's diversity issues remain unresolved.
Jul 20, 2021 · Jean Yoon of 'Kim's Convenience' on behind-the-scenes struggles with racism, representation. “You cannot do a show about a minority experience, have it run by a white person and expect it...
Jean Yoon talks about her life before Kim's Convenience.Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC97T-cZaRThFEskvo4WDOaw/?sub_confirmation=1WATCH FULL EPI...
Jean Yoon. Actress: Kim's Convenience. Jean Yoon is a playwright and actress born in Illinois and raised in Toronto. Jean has lived and worked in Vancouver, Edmonton, Harbin City and Yanji City in North Eastern China and makes her home in Toronto.
Jul 20, 2021 · But star Jean Yoon, who played the matriarch, Umma, said the original script included a glaring error. “The original dish they had was kimchi,” Yoon said in an interview a month after the show...
Kim's Convenience: With Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Jean Yoon, Andrea Bang, Simu Liu. The misadventures of a Korean-Canadian family running a convenience store.
Jul 20, 2021 · July 20, 2021 · 8 min read. In a memorable episode from the first season of "Kim’s Convenience," the hit Canadian sitcom about a Korean immigrant family running a corner store,...
