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
Yum in June 2023
Born (1972-07-28) July 28, 1972 (age 52)
Alma materChungAng University
Years active1991–present
Agents
Spouse
Heo Il
(m. 2006)
Children2
Korean name
Hangul
염정아
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYeom Jeong-a
McCune–ReischauerYŏm Chŏng'a

Personal life

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Yum Jung-ah married doctor Heo Il on December 30, 2006. They have 2 children.[9]

Filmography

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Film

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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 [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

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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)[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

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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[26] Host
2019 Three Meals a Day: Mountain Village[27] Main cast

Music video

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Year Song title Artist
2005 "I'm Not Laughing" Leessang feat. Ali

Musical theatre

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Year Title Role
1993 Beauty and the Beast

Accolades

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Awards and nominations

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Sortable table of awards and nominations received by Yeom Jung-ah
Year Award ceremony Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
1991 Miss Korea Pageant First Runner-up Won
Miss Photogenic Won
1992 Miss International Pageant Second Runner-up Won [28]
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 Best Actress Royal Family Won [29]
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 Best Actress – Film Won [30]
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 Best Actress Nominated [31]
2019 55th Baeksang Arts Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) for Television Sky Castle Nominated [32]
Best Actress – Television Won [33][34]
2019 12th Korea Drama Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) Nominated [35]
2022 31st Buil Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Alienoid Nominated [36]
58th Grand Bell Awards Best Actress Life Is Beautiful Won [37]
43rd Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Leading Actress Nominated [38]
2023 Director's Cut Awards Best Actress Nominated [39]
59th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actress – Film Nominated [40]
Best Supporting Actress – Film Alienoid Nominated
2023 32nd Buil Film Awards Best Actress Smugglers Nominated [41]
59th Grand Bell Awards Best Actress Nominated [42]
44th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Leading Actress Nominated [43]
2024 60th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actress – Film Nominated [44][45]
Best Supporting Actress – Film Alienoid: Return to the Future Nominated
Most Popular Actress Yum Jung-ah Nominated

Listicles

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Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement
Publisher Year Listicle Placement Ref.
Cine21 2021 Actress to watch out for in 2022 4th[a] [46]

Notes

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  1. ^ Tied with Park Eun-bin and IU

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