Yum Jung-ah

Yum Jung-ah
Yum Jung-ah
	Yum in 2018
Born	July 28, 1972 (age 52); Seoul, South Korea
Alma mater	ChungAng University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1991–present
Agents	Fantagio; Artist Company;
Spouse	Heo Il (m. 2006)
Children	2
Korean name
Hangul	염정아
Hanja	廉晶雅
Revised Romanization	Yeom Jeong-a
McCune–Reischauer	Yŏm Chŏng'a

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Yum Jung-ah (born July 28, 1972) is a South Korean actress. Her notable films include A Tale of Two Sisters (2003), The Big Swindle (2004), The Old Garden (2007), and Cart (2014), as well as the television series Royal Family (2011),^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] and Sky Castle (2018).^[5]^[6]^[7]

Personal Life

Yum Jung-ah is married to a doctor named Heo Il. Her wedding day was on December 30, 2006. From their marriage, they have 2 children. In 2006, her marriage was the last wedding event in the entertainment industry for the year^[8].

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Jazz Bar Hiroshima	Sayuri
1995	Terrorist	Hwang Chae-eun
1999	Tell Me Something	Oh Seung-min
2002	H	Detective Kim Mi-yeon
2003	A Tale of Two Sisters	Heo Eun-joo
2004	The Big Swindle	Seo In-kyeong
	Lovely Rivals	Yeo Mi-ok
	Three... Extremes	Actress playing a vampire	Segment: "Cut", cameo
2005	Twentidentity		Segment: "20mm Thick"
	Sad Movie	Yeom Ju-young
	Boy Goes to Heaven	Bu-ja
2007	The Old Garden	Han Yun-hee
	The Worst Guy Ever	Oh Joo-yeon
	Small Town Rivals	Tearoom madam	Cameo
2009	Jeon Woo-chi: The Taoist Wizard	Actress
2012	The Spies	Assistant manager Kang
2012	Love Potion	Wife	Short film
2014	Cart	Sun-hee
2017	The Mimic	Hee-yeon
2018	Intimate Strangers	Soo-hyun	^[9]
2019	Hit-and-Run Squad	Yoo Ji-Hyun
	Trade Your Love	Mrs. Cheon
	Another Child	Young-joo	^[10]
	Start-Up	Yoon Jung-hye
2020	Life is Beautiful		^[11]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Network
1991	Our Paradise		MBC
1993	January		KBS2
	Good Morning, Yeongdong!	Hye-jin	KBS2
	Iljimae		MBC
1994	Ambition
	MBC Best Theater "Man and Woman"
	A Human Land	Kim Geum-dan	KBS2
1995	The Blue Sky	Park Yoon-jung
	Good Man, Good Woman	Kang Yeon-joo
	Korea Gate	Shin Jae-soon	SBS
1996	Colors "Opening the Violet Blinds"		KBS2
	Lee Hong-ryeol's Eat Drink Man Woman		SBS
	The Scent of Apple Blossoms	Park Shin-hee	MBC
	The Brothers' River	Kim So-hee	SBS
1997	Model	Park Soo-ah	SBS
1997	Fences on Fire		KBS1
1998	Until the Azalea Blooms		KBS2
	Seven Brides		SBS
	Legendary Ambition	Park Jae-hee	KBS2
	MBC Best Theater "Fanny and Alexander"	Soo-mi	MBC
	You Are My Song	Lee Jae-sook	KBS1
1999	School	Korean language teacher Cha Hyun-joo	KBS2
	Crystal	Jo Soo-ah	SBS
	Rising Sun, Rising Moon	Kim Yoon-ji	KBS1
2000	Emperor Wang Gun	Queen Janghwa	KBS1
2001	Drama City "Yoon Sa-wol"	Jae-kyung	KBS2
2001	Purity	Jang Ho-sook	KBS2
2003	Lovers	Jo Jin-seo	SBS
2004	Say You Love Me	Jo Yi-na	MBC
2008	Working Mom	Choi Ga-young	SBS
2011	Royal Family	Kim In-sook	MBC
2012	Flower Band	Kwon Ji-hyuk's mother (cameo, episode 15)^[12]	tvN
2012	My Lover, Madame Butterfly	Nam Na-bi	SBS
2013	After School: Lucky or Not	(cameo, episode 2)	Nate Hoppin/ BTV/T-store
2013	Your Neighbor's Wife	Chae Song-ha	JTBC
2016	Mirror of the Witch	Shaman Hong-joo
2018	Sky Castle^[13]	Han Seo-jin

Variety show

Year	Title	Network	Notes
1991	Entertainment Weekly	KBS2
1992	전원집합 토요대행진	KBS2
	초 마술의 세계 미스터 마릭	SBS
	밤으로 가는 쇼	KBS2
1993	Concert of Dreams
1996	Female MC Showdown
1996	Scoop Entertainment City	MBC
1997	TV Loaded with Love	KBS2
1997	Field Experience of Life
1998	Tuesday Special with Seo Se-won
2013	Human Documentary: Your Story	jTBC	Narration
2013	Thank You	SBS
2014	True Live Show^[14]	StoryOn	Host
2019	Three Meals a Day: Mountain Village^[15]	tvN	Main cast

Music video

Year	Song title	Artist
2005	"I'm Not Laughing"	Leessang feat. ALi

Musical theatre

Year	Title	Role
1993	Beauty and the Beast

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1991	Miss Korea Pageant	First Runner-up	—	Won
1991	Miss Korea Pageant	Miss Photogenic	—	Won
1992	Miss International Pageant^[16]	Second Runner-up	—	Won
1998	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress		Won
2003	6th Director's Cut Awards	Best Actress	A Tale of Two Sisters	Won
2003	24th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated
2004	22nd Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival	Best Supporting Actress		Won
	41st Grand Bell Awards	Best Actress		Nominated
	24th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards	Best Actress	The Big Swindle	Won
	6th Asian Film Critics Association Awards	Best Supporting Actress		Won
	25th Blue Dragon Film Awards			Won
2006	12th Chlotrudis Awards		A Tale of Two Sisters	Nominated
2007	43rd Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Actress (Film)	The Old Garden	Won
2008	SBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special	Working Mom	Nominated
2011	4th Korea Drama Awards^[17]	Best Actress	Royal Family	Won
2011	MBC Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	Royal Family	Nominated
2012	SBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend/Daily Drama	My Lover, Madame Butterfly	Nominated
2013	SBS Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend/Daily Drama	My Lover, Madame Butterfly	Nominated
2014	15th Women in Film Korea Awards	Woman in Film of the Year	Cart	Won
2015	51st Baeksang Arts Awards^[18]	Best Actress (Film)		Won
	20th Chunsa Film Art Awards	Best Actress		Nominated
	24th Buil Film Awards			Nominated
2017	54th Grand Bell Awards		The Mimic	Nominated
2017	38th Blue Dragon Film Awards			Nominated
2018	27th Buil Film Awards^[19]			Nominated
2019	55th Baeksang Arts Awards^[20]	Best Actress (TV)	Sky Castle	Won
2019	12th Korea Drama Awards^[21]	Grand Prize (Daesang)	Sky Castle	Nominated

References

^ Han, Sang-hee (29 July 2008). "SBS Drama to Spotlight Working Moms". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ Lee, Seung-han (16 March 2011). "Ji-sung says Royal Family is just beginning". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ "Yum Jung-ah Breaks New Ground in Film About Social Issues". The Chosun Ilbo. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
^ Kim, June (3 April 2015). "YUM Jung-ah Looks to a New Horror". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
^ "Actress Yum Jung-ah Enjoys Fresh Career High". The Chosun Ilbo. 9 February 2019.
^ "[INTERVIEW] Yum Jung-ah depicts twisted maternal love". The Korea Times. 8 February 2019.
^ "[Herald Interview] 'I have fans in their 20s now': 'SKY Castle' star Yum Jung-ah". The Korea Herald. 12 February 2019.
^ nanakudo. "Miss-Korea-Turned-Actress Yum Jung-ah's Full Profile! | Channel-K". Retrieved 2020-05-26.
^ "Yum Jung-ah returns with family fiasco movie". The Korea Times. March 13, 2019.
^ "Yum Jung-ah switches it up: 'Another Child' has the 'SKY Castle' star playing a deeply emotional role". Korea JoongAng Daily. April 11, 2019.
^ "RYU Seung-ryong and YUM Jung-ah Join LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL". Korean Film Biz Zone. 1 August 2019.
^ Lee, Dong-hyun (19 March 2012). "Yeom Jeong Ah to Make Comeback Through Flower Boy Band". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
^ "[공식]'SKY 캐슬' 염정아X이태란X윤세아X오나라, 출연 확정…11월 첫 방송". Sports Chosun (in Korean). August 28, 2018.
^ Jin, Eun-soo (13 March 2014). "Yeom Jeong-ah to host talk show about celebrities' lives". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
^ "'Three Meals a Day' goes back to basics". The Korea Times. August 9, 2019.
^ "Korean Beauty Takes Third at Int'l Pageant". The Chosun Ilbo. 13 November 2006. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
^ "Winners of the 2011 Korea Drama Awards". Korea Tourism Organization. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ Lee, Hoo-nam; Kim, Hyung-eun (28 May 2015). "Baeksang honors new, veteran stars". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
^ "김희애·나문희·김태리 등 부일영화상 女주연상 격돌". Star News (in Korean). 25 August 2018.
^ "Veteran actress Kim Hye-ja wins grand prize at Baeksang Awards". The Korea Herald. May 2, 2019.
^ "'2019코리아드라마어워즈(KDA)' 연기대상 후보..김해숙·최수종·염정아·조정석 등". Sedaily (in Korean). September 27, 2019.

External links

Yum Jung-ah at the Korean Movie Database
Yum Jung-ah at IMDb
Yeom Jeong-ah at HanCinema

[1] Han, Sang-hee (29 July 2008). "SBS Drama to Spotlight Working Moms". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[2] Lee, Seung-han (16 March 2011). "Ji-sung says Royal Family is just beginning". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[3] "Yum Jung-ah Breaks New Ground in Film About Social Issues". The Chosun Ilbo. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-25.

[4] Kim, June (3 April 2015). "YUM Jung-ah Looks to a New Horror". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2015-04-03.

[5] "Actress Yum Jung-ah Enjoys Fresh Career High". The Chosun Ilbo. 9 February 2019.

[6] "[INTERVIEW] Yum Jung-ah depicts twisted maternal love". The Korea Times. 8 February 2019.

[7] "[Herald Interview] 'I have fans in their 20s now': 'SKY Castle' star Yum Jung-ah". The Korea Herald. 12 February 2019.

[8] udo. "Miss-Korea-Turned-Actress Yum Jung-ah's Full Profile! | Channel-K". Retrieved 2020-05-26.

[9] "Yum Jung-ah returns with family fiasco movie". The Korea Times. March 13, 2019.

[10] "Yum Jung-ah switches it up: 'Another Child' has the 'SKY Castle' star playing a deeply emotional role". Korea JoongAng Daily. April 11, 2019.

[11] "RYU Seung-ryong and YUM Jung-ah Join LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL". Korean Film Biz Zone. 1 August 2019.

[12] Lee, Dong-hyun (19 March 2012). "Yeom Jeong Ah to Make Comeback Through Flower Boy Band". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-11-25.

[13] "[공식]'SKY 캐슬' 염정아X이태란X윤세아X오나라, 출연 확정…11월 첫 방송". Sports Chosun (in Korean). August 28, 2018.

[14] Jin, Eun-soo (13 March 2014). "Yeom Jeong-ah to host talk show about celebrities' lives". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-03-18.

[15] "'Three Meals a Day' goes back to basics". The Korea Times. August 9, 2019.

[16] "Korean Beauty Takes Third at Int'l Pageant". The Chosun Ilbo. 13 November 2006. Retrieved 2013-01-11.

[17] "Winners of the 2011 Korea Drama Awards". Korea Tourism Organization. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[18] Lee, Hoo-nam; Kim, Hyung-eun (28 May 2015). "Baeksang honors new, veteran stars". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2015-05-28.

[19] "김희애·나문희·김태리 등 부일영화상 女주연상 격돌". Star News (in Korean). 25 August 2018.

[20] "Veteran actress Kim Hye-ja wins grand prize at Baeksang Awards". The Korea Herald. May 2, 2019.

[21] "'2019코리아드라마어워즈(KDA)' 연기대상 후보..김해숙·최수종·염정아·조정석 등". Sedaily (in Korean). September 27, 2019.

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v t e Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
1960s	Choi Ji-hee (1963) Hwang Jung-seun (1964) Hwang Jung-seun (1965) Jo Mi-ryeong (1966) Han Eun-jin (1967) Hwang Jung-seun (1969)
1970s	Sa Mi-ja (1970) Jeon Gye-hyeon (1971) Ahn In-sook (1972) Choi Jeong-min (1973)
1990s	Son Suk (1990) Kim Bo-yeon (1991) Lee Hye-young (1992) Kim Hyeseon (1993) Jung Kyung-soon (1994) Song Ok-sook (1995) Jo Eun-sook (1996) Jung Kyung-soon (1997) Yoo Hye-jung (1998) Lee Mi-yeon (1999)
2000s	Ha Ji-won (2000) Oh Ji-hye (2001) Song Yoon-ah (2002) Kang Hye-jung (2003) Yum Jung-ah (2004) Kang Hye-jung (2005) Jung Yu-mi (2006) Na Moon-hee (2007) Kim Ji-young (2008) Kim Hae-sook (2009)
2010s	Youn Yuh-jung (2010) Kim Soo-mi (2011) Moon Jeong-hee (2012) Ra Mi-ran (2013) Kim Young-ae (2014) Jeon Hye-jin (2015) Park So-dam (2016) Kim So-jin (2017) Kim Hyang-gi (2018) Lee Jung-eun (2019)
2020s	Esom (2020) Kim Sun-young (2021) Oh Na-ra (2022) Jeon Yeo-been (2023)

v t e Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actress – Film
1960s	- (1965)^* Moon Jung-suk (1966) Moon Jung-suk (1967) Moon Hee (1968) Kim Ji-mee (1969)
1970s	Yoon Jeong-hee (1970) Yoon Jeong-hee (1971) Ko Eun-ah (1972) Yoon Jeong-hee (1973) Kim Ji-mee (1974) - (1975)^** Kim Ja-ok (1976) Tae Hyun-sil (1977) Kim Yun-gyeong and Yoon Mi-ra (1978) Kim Ja-ok (1979)
1980s	Yu Ji-in (1980) Jeong Yun-hui (1981) Jeong Yun-hui (1982) Jung Young-sook (1983) Won Mi-kyung (1984) Lee Mi-sook (1985) Lee Bo-hee (1986) Kim Ji-mee (1987) Lee Bo-hee (1988) Lee Hye-young (1989)
1990s	Chang Mi-hee (1990) Lee Hye-sook (1991) Kang Soo-yeon (1992) Bae Jong-ok (1993) Choi Jin-sil (1994) Choi Myung-gil (1995) Shim Hye-jin (1996) Shim Hye-jin (1997) Shim Eun-ha (1998) Jeon Do-yeon (1999)
2000s	Kang Soo-yeon (2000) Jeon Do-yeon (2001) Bae Doona (2002) Uhm Jung-hwa (2003) Kim Ha-neul (2004) Kim Hye-soo (2005) Lee Young-ae (2006) Yum Jung-ah (2007) Kim Min-hee (2008) Son Ye-jin (2009)
2010s	Ha Ji-won (2010) Tang Wei (2011) Uhm Jung-hwa (2012) Kim Min-hee (2013) Shim Eun-kyung (2014) Yum Jung-ah (2015) Jeon Do-yeon (2016) Son Ye-jin (2017) Na Moon-hee (2018) Han Ji-min (2019)
2020s	Jeon Do-yeon (2020) Jeon Jong-seo (2021) Lee Hye-young (2022) Tang Wei (2023)
^* category named Best Performance; ^** no winner

v t e Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actress – Television
1970s	Yeo Woon-kay (1974) Kim Ja-ok, Ahn In-sook and Jung Hye-sun (1975) Kim Hye-ja and Hong Se-mi (1976) Kang Boo-ja and Kim Yoon-gyeong (1977) Kang Hyo-shil and Kim Hye-ja (1978) Kim Hye-ja, Jung Hye-sun and Kim Young-ok (1979)
1980s	Kim Min-ja (1980) Chang Mi-hee and Kim Young-ran (1981) Hwang Jung-ah and Kim Young-ae (1982) Lee Kyung-jin (1983) Jung Hye-sun (1984) Jung Ae-ri (1985) Kim Yong-rim (1986) Han Hye-sook (1987) Kim Chung (1988) Park Won-sook and Kim Hye-ja (1989)
1990s	Go Doo-shim (1990) Lee Hwi-hyang and Ha Hee-ra (1991) Chae Shi-ra (1992) Go Doo-shim and Kim Hee-ae (1993) Jung Hye-sun (1994) Kim Yoon-gyeong (1995) Kim Hye-soo (1996) Kim Young-ae (1997) Hwang Shin-hye (1998) Shim Eun-ha (1999)
2000s	Kim Young-ae (2000) Won Mi-kyung (2001) Jeon In-hwa (2002) Kim Hee-ae (2003) Ha Ji-won (2004) Kim Jung-eun (2005) Choi Jin-sil (2006) Son Ye-jin (2007) Yoon Eun-hye (2008) Moon Geun-young (2009)
2010s	Kim Nam-joo (2010) Han Hyo-joo (2011) Gong Hyo-jin (2012) Kim Hee-ae (2013) Lee Bo-young (2014) Song Yoon-ah (2015) Kim Hye-soo (2016) Seo Hyun-jin (2017) Kim Nam-joo (2018) Yum Jung-ah (2019)
2020s	Kim Hee-ae (2020) Kim So-yeon (2021) Kim Tae-ri (2022) Song Hye-kyo (2023) Lee Hanee (2024)

v t e Director's Cut Awards for Best Actress
1990s	Shim Eun-ha (1998) Jeon Do-yeon (1999)
2000s	Lee Mi-yeon (2000) Jang Jin-young (2001) Yunjin Kim (2002) Moon So-ri and Yum Jung-ah (2003) Jeon Do-yeon (2004) Jeon Do-yeon and Lee Young-ae (2005) Bae Doona and Go Ah-sung (2006) Jeon Do-yeon (2007) Gong Hyo-jin (2008) Kim Hye-ja (2009)
2010s	Seo Young-hee (2010) N/A (2011) N/A (2012) N/A (2013) Shim Eun-kyung (2014) Jeon Do-yeon (2015) Kim Min-hee (2016) Na Moon-hee (2017) Kim Tae-ri (2018) Han Ji-min (2019)
2020s	N/A (2020) N/A (2021) Jeon Jong-seo (Film) and Jung Ho-yeon (Series) (2022) Tang Wei (Film) and Bae Suzy (Series) (2023) Kim Sun-young (Film) and Yeom Hye-ran (Series) (2024)

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