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Yuh-jung Youn’s name may be new to some in the U.S., but it’s familiar to many in South Korea, where the 73-year-old actor’s career in both film and television has spanned five decades.
Youn Yuh-jung (Korean: 윤여정, Korean pronunciation: [jun jʌdʑʌŋ]; born June 19, 1947) is a South Korean actress, whose career in film and television spans over five decades.
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“Unbothered” might be the best word to describe Korean actress Youn Yuh-jung‘s attitude towards her first major American awards campaign. When we chatted with the veteran star, who is Oscar-nominated for her turn as an unconventional and hilarious grandmother in writer/director Lee Issac Chung’s Minari, she seemed pleased but mostly unaffected by t...
(Photo by Courtesy of IFC Films) If you’ve seen her work in Minari, it’s hard to believe that Youn never intended to act; her career began out of a chance encounter. Searching for a part-time job at a train station while studying at Seoul’s Hanyang University, she was approached and asked to stand beside someone. “He was a famous MC,” Youn recalls....
There was a period when Youn could not be seen on screens – when she immigrated to America in 1975, she took a 10-year hiatus from filmmaking. When she returned to full-time acting in 1985, she quickly racked up an impressive streak of television work, including Hur Jun, about 15th-century royal physician that broke viewership records with nearly 6...
The role that American audiences were most likely to know Youn for, pre-Minari, was in the Netflix series Sense8,which marked her first foray into American television. In the show, created by the Wachowski siblings, Youn played an inmate who helps one of the telepathic “sensates” escape from prison. She told us she was surprised to learn about the ...
(Photo by Courtesy of a24) How does Youn feel about the current spotlight on Korean cinema, Korean stories, and – during this awards season – her work and Oscar chances? “It’s all Bong Joon-ho’s fault!” she says, laughing as she casts the Oscar-winning Parasitedirector as the villain who has brought global attention to Korean cinema. “I am glad I’m...
Youn Yuh-jung. Actress: Minari. Beloved by audiences around the world, Youn Yuh-Jung's a legendary actress who has starred in many of Korea's most revered films & TV shows in a career that spans 5 decades. After winning Korea's Blue Dragon Award for best actress in her film debut as the country girl turned femme fatale in 1971's Woman of Fire ...
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Sep 15, 2021 · Youn Yuh Jung. Steven Yeun; Sept. 15, 2021. ... It required your full attention. It forced you into the moment. I’ve rarely met people with her level of confidence—it feels like a confidence ...
Apr 2, 2021 · “‘Minari’ brought me a lot of gifts.” As she recounted this triumph and the many pitfalls that preceded it, her pensive expression often broke into an affable smile, cheerful laughter even....
