Yoon Jeong-hee
Yoon Jeong-hee | |
|---|---|
| Born | Son Mi-ja July 30, 1944 |
| Died | January 19, 2023 (aged 78) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1967–2010 |
| Spouse | Kun-Woo Paik |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 윤정희 |
| Hanja | 尹靜姬 |
| RR | Yun Jeonghui |
| MR | Yun Chŏnghŭi |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 손미자 |
| RR | Son Mija |
| MR | Son Mija |
Yoon Jeong-hee (Korean: 윤정희; July 30, 1944 – January 19, 2023) was a South Korean actress and beauty pageant titleholder who competed at Miss Korea 1964. She debuted in 1967 in Theatre of Youth. She appeared in about 330 films, and her better known works are New Place (1979), Woman in Crisis (1987) and Manmubang (1994). Her last performance was in 2010, in director Lee Chang-dong's film Poetry, for which she won 7 best actress awards including Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Actress at 4th Asia Pacific Screen Awards, the Grand Bell Award at 47th Grand Bell Awards, and Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award at 2011 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards.