Youn Yuh-jung

Youn Yuh-jung (Korean: 윤여정; pronounced [junjʌdʑʌŋ]; born June 19, 1947) is a South Korean actress. She gained attention on Korean television in the late 1960s and rose to prominence with the film *Woman of Fire* (1971). Youn retired in the mid-1970s after marrying and immigrating to the United States, but returned to acting in the late 1980s following her divorce. Known as the "Godmother of Chungmu-ro," Youn's notable films include *The Housemaid* (2010), *The Taste of Money* (2012), *The Bacchus Lady* (2016), and *Canola* (2016), as well as a series of matriarch roles in television dramas such as *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 gained international recognition for her role in *Minari* (2020), becoming the first Korean actress to win a Screen Actors Guild Award, an Independent Spirit Award, a British Academy Film Award, and an Academy Award, all for Best Supporting Actress.