Jung Yu-mi (born January 18, 1983) is a South Korean actress. Jung
made her feature film debut in Blossom Again (2005), for which she
received acting recognition. She has since starred in the critically
acclaimed films Family Ties (2006), Chaw (2009), My Dear Desperado
(2010), and the box office hits The Crucible (2011), Train to Busan
(2016) and Kim Ji-young: Born 1982 (2019). She also frequently appears
in films by auteur Hong Sang-soo, notably Oki's Movie (2010) and Our
Sunhi (2013). Jung has drawn praise for her unique screen presence and
versatility.For her works in film, Jung won the Best New Actress award
at the Baeksang Arts Awards, Best Supporting Actress at the Blue
Dragon Film Awards and Best Actress at the recent 56th Grand Bell
Awards.Jung Yu-mi made her acting debut in short films, notably How to
Operate a Polaroid Camera. Shortly after, the then-aspiring actress
impressed critics in the feature film Blossom Again, in which she gave
an engrossing performance as an emotionally vulnerable teenager
experiencing her first love, and thus received several newcomer awards
that year. Her next film Family Ties was also critically acclaimed,
for which she won Best Supporting Actress at the Blue Dragon Film
Awards.Jung's filmography is a diverse mix of arthouse indies such as
The Room Nearby and Cafe Noir, cult monster flick Chaw, odd-couple
romantic comedy My Dear Desperado, and melodrama Come, Closer. The
Crucible (also known as Silenced), inspired by true events about a
group of handicapped children who suffer physical and sexual abuse at
the hands of their teachers, drew nearly 5 million viewers and became
one of the highest-grossing films that Jung has starred in. Her
ability to portray the lives of ordinary people in ways that are not
ordinary have made her one of the most sought-after actresses for
auteurial films, as evidenced by her continued collaboration with
director Hong Sang-soo. She played the titular character in Hong's
Oki's Movie (2010) and Our Sunhi (2013), where her fragile appeal is
underpinned by a quiet strength and straightforwardness. Oki's Movie
premiered at the 67th Venice Film Festival, while Our Sunhi premiered
at the 66th Locarno International Film Festival. In 2015, she starred
in the female-centric indie film The Table directed by Kim Jong-kwan,
which premiered at the 21st Busan International Film Festival.
made her feature film debut in Blossom Again (2005), for which she
received acting recognition. She has since starred in the critically
acclaimed films Family Ties (2006), Chaw (2009), My Dear Desperado
(2010), and the box office hits The Crucible (2011), Train to Busan
(2016) and Kim Ji-young: Born 1982 (2019). She also frequently appears
in films by auteur Hong Sang-soo, notably Oki's Movie (2010) and Our
Sunhi (2013). Jung has drawn praise for her unique screen presence and
versatility.For her works in film, Jung won the Best New Actress award
at the Baeksang Arts Awards, Best Supporting Actress at the Blue
Dragon Film Awards and Best Actress at the recent 56th Grand Bell
Awards.Jung Yu-mi made her acting debut in short films, notably How to
Operate a Polaroid Camera. Shortly after, the then-aspiring actress
impressed critics in the feature film Blossom Again, in which she gave
an engrossing performance as an emotionally vulnerable teenager
experiencing her first love, and thus received several newcomer awards
that year. Her next film Family Ties was also critically acclaimed,
for which she won Best Supporting Actress at the Blue Dragon Film
Awards.Jung's filmography is a diverse mix of arthouse indies such as
The Room Nearby and Cafe Noir, cult monster flick Chaw, odd-couple
romantic comedy My Dear Desperado, and melodrama Come, Closer. The
Crucible (also known as Silenced), inspired by true events about a
group of handicapped children who suffer physical and sexual abuse at
the hands of their teachers, drew nearly 5 million viewers and became
one of the highest-grossing films that Jung has starred in. Her
ability to portray the lives of ordinary people in ways that are not
ordinary have made her one of the most sought-after actresses for
auteurial films, as evidenced by her continued collaboration with
director Hong Sang-soo. She played the titular character in Hong's
Oki's Movie (2010) and Our Sunhi (2013), where her fragile appeal is
underpinned by a quiet strength and straightforwardness. Oki's Movie
premiered at the 67th Venice Film Festival, while Our Sunhi premiered
at the 66th Locarno International Film Festival. In 2015, she starred
in the female-centric indie film The Table directed by Kim Jong-kwan,
which premiered at the 21st Busan International Film Festival.
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