Yoon Jeong-hee

Yoon Jeong- hee ( born July 30, 1944 in Kōshū, sub-province Zenra - nando, Chosen Province, at that time the Japanese Empire, today's South Korea) is a South Korean actress.

Biography

Yoon Jeong- hee began her acting career in 1966 when she was chosen by Kang Dae -Jin in a nationwide casting of 1200 competitors. She was then given the female lead in his film Cheongchun geukjang (1967, English-language titles Sorrowful Youth ), which tells of a group of young irregulars who act for independence from Japan. The drama was a big hit in South Korea summoned and alone in Seoul saw the movie 270,000 people. This was followed by other leading roles in the South Korean cinema, primarily in dramas.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Yoon Jeong- hee rose alongside Moon Hee and Nam Jung- hee one of the leading actresses in their home country. She appeared to date in over 330 films and has been honored with 24 acting awards.

In 1974, she married the well-known pianist Paik Kun -woo, with whom she has a daughter who is a violinist. Yoon Jeong- hee lives in France. In 1994, she finished with Manmubang Jong - seon Eom time being her film career. The drama about the Korean War brought her the Best Actor Award at the Grand Bell Awards, South Korea's national film prize, a. More role offers rejected them. She remained the cinema as a jury member at various film festivals connected, including the Pusan ​​( 2001). 40 years after her screen debut, she was honored in Seoul in 2007 with a special exhibition at the Korean Film Archive ( KOFA ).

2010 Yoon Jeong -hee returned with the lead role in Lee Chang- dong's Poetry ( Si) returns to the big screen. In the drama she is seen as fragile Mija, the sole support of their adolescent grandchildren and participating in a poetry workshop. At the same time they are confronted with their Alzheimer 's disease as well as the accusation that her grandson is said to have raped a fellow student. Lee Chang -dong wrote the role specifically for her.

Poetry premiered at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival, where Yoon Jeong- hee received praise from the critics. She was then treated as Mitfavoritin the Best Actor Award, but the French Juliette Binoche ( Copie conforme ) was awarded. "The character is like me: she's a dreamer, innocent, imaginative, perhaps a little eccentric ," said Yoon Jeong- hee, who plans to continue her film career.

Filmography (selection)

List after the Korean Movie Database ( KMDB ).