Yum Jung-ah

In this Korean name, the family name is Yum.

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] 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
Born	(1972-07-28) July 28, 1972 (age 51) South Korea
Alma mater	ChungAng University
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

Personal life

Yum Jung-ah married doctor Heo Il on December 30, 2006. They have 2 children.^[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
	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	Steel Rain 2: Summit	First lady
2022	Alienoid	Heug-seol	^[11]^[12]
	Life Is Beautiful	Oh Se-yeon	^[13]
2023	Smugglers	Um Jin-sook	^[14]^[15]
TBA	Starlight Falls		Special appearance^[16]
	Cross	Mi-seon	^[17]

Television series

Year	Title	Role
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)^[18]
	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^[19]	Han Seo-jin / Kwak Mi-hyang
2021	Snowdrop	Song Hye-joo (cameo)^[20]
2022	Cleaning Up	Eo Yong-mi^[21]

Variety shows

Year	Title	Notes
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^[22]	Host
2019	Three Meals a Day: Mountain Village^[23]	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
		Miss Photogenic	—	Won
1992	Miss International Pageant^[24]	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
	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		The Big Swindle	Won
	25th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress		Won
	6th Asian Film Critics Association Awards	Best Supporting Actress		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^[25]	Best Actress	Royal Family	Won
	MBC Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries		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		Nominated
2014	15th Women in Film Korea Awards	Woman in Film of the Year	Cart	Won
2015	51st Baeksang Arts Awards^[26]	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
	38th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Leading Actress		Nominated
2018	27th Buil Film Awards^[27]	Best Actress		Nominated
2019	55th Baeksang Arts Awards^[28]	Grand Prize (Daesang) for Television	Sky Castle	Nominated
		Best Actress – TV		Won
	12th Korea Drama Awards^[29]	Grand Prize (Daesang)		Nominated
2022	31st Buil Film Awards^[30]	Best Supporting Actress	Alienoid	Nominated
	58th Grand Bell Awards^[31]	Best Actress	Life Is Beautiful	Won
	43rd Blue Dragon Film Awards^[32]	Best Leading Actress		Nominated
2023	Director's Cut Awards^[33]	Best Actress		Nominated
	59th Baeksang Arts Awards^[34]	Best Actress – Film		Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress – Film	Alienoid	Nominated
2023	Buil Film Awards^[35]	Best Actress	Smugglers	Pending

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External links

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