Yoon Jeong-hee | |
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Born |
Son Mi-ja July 30, 1944 Gwangju, South Korea |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1967–present |
Spouse(s) | Kun-Woo Paik |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 윤정희 |
Hanja | 尹靜姬 |
Revised Romanization | Yun Jeong-hui |
McCune–Reischauer | Yun Chǒng-hǔi |
Birth name | |
Hangul | 손미자 |
Revised Romanization | Son Mi-ja |
McCune–Reischauer | Son Mi-ja |
Yoon Jeong-hee (Hangul: 윤정희; born July 30, 1944 in Gwangju, South Korea) is a South Korean actress active since 1967.
Yoon debuted as an actress in 1967 by starring in Cheongchun Geukjang directed by Gang Dae-jin after being chosen in a recruit held by Hapdong Film. Yoon was commonly referred to as one of the "Troika" (three) of the 1960s, along with her rival actresses, Moon Hee and Nam Jeong-im.
She came out of retirement in 2010 to star in Lee Chang-dong's film, Poetry, which won her the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress.
Yoon married noted pianist Kun-Woo Paik in 1974. The couple has a daughter who herself is a violinist. Yoon has resided in Paris, France with her family since her retirement in the mid-90s, until making her comeback in Lee Chang-dong's Poetry.
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