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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. Her accolades include an Academy Award , a Screen Actors Guild Award , a British Academy Film Award , two Independent Spirit Awards , and a nomination for a Critics ...
From May 17-25, the Academy Museum is hosting a retrospective honoring the Oscar-winning Korean actress Youn Yuh-jung.The screening series looks back on Youn's more than 50 years in front of the camera, spotlighting such highlights as her film debut in 1971's Woman of Fire (화녀), 2003's A Good Lawyer's Wife (바람난가족), 2016's The Bacchus Lady (죽여주는여자), and of course ...
Yuh-Jung Youn won Best Supporting Actress for her charismatic and moving performance in Minari— and in doing so, she became the first Asian actress to win an Oscar since 1957, and the second ever. Youn has been a star in Korea since the early 1970s, appearing in a myriad of acclaimed TV programs and films.
Youn Yuh-jung. 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 (part of director ...
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 (part of director Kim Ki-Young's iconic Housemaid ...
Courtesy of A24. Youn Yuh-jung is an institution in Korean cinema. Her career spans five decades and includes starring roles in classic Korean films and famous TV dramas. Now, at 73, she has ...
Youn Yuh-Jung. Years later, when Youn starred in the 2003 internationally acclaimed drama A Good Lawyer’s Wife, directed by Im Sang-soo, “people were shocked. They thought the character was way too liberal. Women of my generation still didn’t want those parts,” she says. “I had to be half-naked. It was way too much for Korean society.”
