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Youn Yuh-jung

1947 - Today

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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' Choice Movie Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Youn Yuh-jung has received more than 2,291,873 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Youn Yuh-jung is the 1,027th most popular actor (up from 1,056th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from North Korea (up from 42nd in 2019) and the most popular North Korean Actor.

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  • 2.3M

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  • 58.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Youn Yuh-jung ranks 1,027 out of 13,578. Before her are Chadwick Boseman, Sydney Chaplin, Clara Bow, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Hugh Griffith, and Elizabeth Montgomery. After her are Libuše Šafránková, Jim Caviezel, Bill Pullman, Taron Egerton, Billy Zane, and Al Lettieri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Youn Yuh-jung ranks 114. Before her are Marisa Berenson, Va'aletoa Sualauvi II, Cozy Powell, Gyanendra of Nepal, Henri Michel, and Jerzy Stuhr. After her are Temple Grandin, Yukiya Amano, Robert Cailliau, Branko Oblak, Gérard Houllier, and Jan Garbarek.

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In North Korea

Among people born in North Korea, Youn Yuh-jung ranks 41 out of 162. Before her are Kim Chaek (1903), Kim Song-ae (1924), Gojong of Goryeo (1192), Kim Yong-sik (1910), Hwang Jang-yop (1923), and Kang Pan-sok (1892). After her are Daemusin of Goguryeo (4), Wonjong of Goryeo (1219), Yejong of Goryeo (1079), Shin Sang-ok (1926), Deokjong of Goryeo (1016), and Sohn Kee-chung (1912).

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Among ACTORS In North Korea

Among actors born in North Korea, Youn Yuh-jung ranks 1. After her are Akira Takarada (1934).

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Television and Movie Roles

Minari
Soonja
A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
Feb 12o 20217.335 / 10
Pachinko
Older Sunja
Follow the hopes and dreams of four generations of a Korean immigrant family beginning with a forbidden love and crescendos into a sweeping saga that journeys between Korea, Japan and America to tell the unforgettable story of war and peace, love and loss, triumph and reckoning.
7.9 / 10
The Housemaid
Byeong-sik
Eun-yi is hired as a maid in a mansion owned by a wealthy businessman. He quickly starts seducing his employee who seemingly has little choice but to comply with his sexual advances. Soon the women of the family plot against Eun-yi who must fight an equally devious battle to protect herself.
May 13o 20106.417 / 10