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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Yoon Jeong-hee (July 30, 1944 - January 19, 2023) was a South Korean actress. Yoon debuted as an actress in 1967 as starring in Cheongchun geukjang directed by Gang Dae-jin after elected in a recruit held by Hapdong Film. Yoon was commonly referred to as one of the "Troika" along with her rival actresses, Moon Hee and Nam Jeong-im of the 1960s. Yoon married a noted pianist Kun-Woo Paik in 1974. The couple has a daughter who is a violinist. Yoon has resided in Paris, France with her family since her retirement in the mid-90s, but she made her comeback in 2010 to star in Lee Chang-dong's Poetry, which won the Best Screenplay Award at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yoon Jeong-hee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Yoon Jeong-hee was a prominent South Korean actress who emerged as part of the 1960s Troika and starred in hundreds of films before her celebrated return in Poetry.
She is best known for her signature roles in classic South Korean cinema of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as her final performance in Lee Chang-dong's award-winning film Poetry.
Her final cinematic appearance was starring as Yang Mi-ja in the acclaimed 2010 drama Poetry. Explore her cinematic legacy on Mood.