Yoon Jeong-hee

Yoon Jeong-hee
Born
Son Mi-ja

(1944-07-30)July 30, 1944
DiedJanuary 19, 2023(2023-01-19) (aged 78)
Paris, France
OccupationActress
Years active1967–2010
SpouseKun-Woo Paik
Korean name
Hangul
윤정희
Hanja
尹靜姬
Revised RomanizationYun Jeonghui
McCune–ReischauerYun Chŏnghŭi
Birth name
Hangul
손미자
Revised RomanizationSon Mija
McCune–ReischauerSon Mija

Yoon Jeong-hee (Korean윤정희; July 30, 1944 – January 19, 2023) was a South Korean actress and beauty pageant titleholder who competed at Miss Korea 1964. She debuted in 1967 in Theatre of Youth. She appeared in about 330 films, and her better known works are New Place (1979), Woman in Crisis (1987) and Manmubang (1994). Her last performance was in 2010, in director Lee Chang-dong's film Poetry, for which she won 7 best actress awards including Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Actress at 4th Asia Pacific Screen Awards,[1] the Grand Bell Award at 47th Grand Bell Awards,[2][3] and Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award at 2011 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards.[4]

  1. ^ Shin Sae-rom (January 20, 2023). "영화배우 윤정희 알츠하이머 투병 중 별세…향년 79세" [Actress Yoon Jung-hee dies of Alzheimer's disease... 79 years old]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
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  3. ^ "Won Bin won his first Daejong Best Actor Award". Hancinema. 30 October 2010. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  4. ^ Knegt, Peter (11 December 2011). "'The Descendants' Takes Top Prize at LA Critics Awards". IndieWire. Retrieved January 20, 2023.