Yum Jung-ah (born July 28, 1972) is a South Korean actress and beauty pageant titleholder. 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),[2][3][4][5] and Sky Castle (2018).[6][7][8] She was the first runner-up at Miss Korea 1991 and represented Korea in Miss International 1992 and finished as the second runner-up.
Yum Jung-ah | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | ChungAng University |
Years active | 1991–present |
Agents |
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Spouse |
Heo Il (m. 2006) |
Children | 2 |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 염정아 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Yeom Jeong-a |
McCune–Reischauer | Yŏm Chŏng'a |
Personal life
editYum Jung-ah married doctor Heo Il on December 30, 2006. They have 2 children.[9]
Filmography
editFilm
editYear | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 | |
Love Potion | Wife | Short film | |
2014 | Cart | Sun-hee | |
2017 | The Mimic | Hee-yeon | |
2018 | Intimate Strangers | Soo-hyun | [10] |
2019 | Hit-and-Run Squad | Yoo Ji-Hyun | |
Trade Your Love | Mrs. Cheon | ||
Another Child | Young-joo | [11] | |
Start-Up | Yoon Jung-hye | ||
2020 | Steel Rain 2: Summit | First lady | |
2022 | Alienoid | Heug-seol | [12][13] |
Life Is Beautiful | Oh Se-yeon | [14] | |
2023 | Smugglers | Um Jin-sook | [15][16] |
2024 | Alienoid: Return to the Future | Heug-seol | [17] |
Mission: Cross | Mi-seon | [18][19] | |
TBA | Starlight Falls | Special appearance[20] |
Television series
editYear | Title | Role |
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1991 | Our Paradise | |
1993 | January | |
Good Morning, Yeongdong! | Hye-jin | |
Iljimae | Seol-hwa | |
1994 | Ambition | |
MBC Best Theater "Man and Woman" | ||
A Human Land | Kim Geum-dan | |
1995 | The Blue Sky | Park Yoon-jung |
Good Man, Good Woman | Kang Yeon-joo | |
Korea Gate | Shin Jae-soon | |
1996 | Colors "Opening the Violet Blinds" | |
Lee Hong-ryeol's Eat Drink Man Woman | ||
The Scent of Apple Blossoms | Park Shin-hee | |
The Brothers' River | Kim So-hee | |
1997 | Model | Park Soo-ah |
Fences on Fire | ||
1998 | Until the Azalea Blooms | |
Seven Brides | ||
Legendary Ambition | Park Jae-hee | |
MBC Best Theater "Fanny and Alexander" | Soo-mi | |
You Are My Song | Lee Jae-sook | |
1999 | School | Korean language teacher Cha Hyun-joo |
Crystal | Jo Soo-ah | |
Rising Sun, Rising Moon | Kim Yoon-ji | |
2000 | Emperor Wang Gun | Queen Janghwa |
2001 | Drama City "Yoon Sa-wol" | Jae-kyung |
Purity | Jang Ho-sook | |
2003 | Lovers | Jo Jin-seo |
2004 | Say You Love Me | Jo Yi-na |
2008 | Working Mom | Choi Ga-young |
2011 | Royal Family | Kim In-sook |
2012 | Flower Band | Kwon Ji-hyuk's mother (cameo, episode 15)[21] |
My Lover, Madame Butterfly | Nam Na-bi | |
2013 | After School: Lucky or Not | (cameo, episode 2) |
Your Neighbor's Wife | Chae Song-ha | |
2016 | Secret Healer | Shaman Hong-joo |
2018 | Sky Castle[22] | Han Seo-jin / Kwak Mi-hyang |
2021 | Snowdrop | Song Hye-joo (cameo)[23] |
2022 | Cleaning Up | Eo Yong-mi[24] |
2024 | No Way Out: The Roulette | Ahn Myung-ja[25] |
Variety shows
editYear | Title | Notes |
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1991 | Entertainment Weekly | |
1992 | 전원집합 토요대행진 | |
초 마술의 세계 미스터 마릭 | ||
밤으로 가는 쇼 | ||
1993 | Concert of Dreams | |
1996 | Female MC Showdown | |
Scoop Entertainment City | ||
1997 | TV Loaded with Love | |
Field Experience of Life | ||
1998 | Tuesday Special with Seo Se-won | |
2013 | Human Documentary: Your Story | Narration |
Thank You | ||
2014 | True Live Show[26] | Host |
2019 | Three Meals a Day: Mountain Village[27] | Main cast |
Music video
editYear | Song title | Artist |
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2005 | "I'm Not Laughing" | Leessang feat. Ali |
Musical theatre
editYear | Title | Role |
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1993 | Beauty and the Beast |
Accolades
editAwards and nominations
editListicles
editPublisher | Year | Listicle | Placement | Ref. |
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Cine21 | 2021 | Actress to watch out for in 2022 | 4th[a] | [46] |
Notes
edit- ^ Tied with Park Eun-bin and IU
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External links
edit- Yum Jung-ah at the Korean Movie Database
- Yum Jung-ah at IMDb
- Yeom Jeong-ah at HanCinema