Yoon Jin-yi

Yoon Jin-yi is one of those South Korean actresses who quietly builds a filmography without making a lot of noise about it, and I find that kind of career genuinely interesting. Born in Daejeon in 1990 — not Seoul, not Busan, but a mid-sized city with no obvious showbiz pipeline — and trained properly at Sejong University, she came up the methodical way rather than through idol groups or overnight casting. Her focus on film over TV dramas tells me she's betting on craft over volume, and actors who make that choice tend to age well in terms of reputation. I don't know every credit on her list, but the ones I've seen suggest she picks roles with real texture rather than playing it safe. She's still in the thick of her career in her thirties, which for a film-first actress is often when the genuinely interesting work starts arriving.

Name (English)

Yoon Jin-yi

Name (Japanese)

ユン・ジニ

Reading

ゆん・じに

Born

July 27, 1990 (age 35)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Horse

Origin

Daejeon, South Korea

Occupation

film actor / actor

University

Sejong University

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://kingkongent.com/yoonjini/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/yjyoonjin/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8B

Tags

• film actor
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.