Photo: 티비텐 TV10 / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Yum Jung-ah is, to me, a masterclass in reinvention. Starting as a beauty pageant titleholder, she could have coasted on image alone, but instead she built a genuinely formidable acting career. Her icy presence in A Tale of Two Sisters and her ferocious matriarch in Sky Castle show a range that keeps deepening with age. I find her especially compelling because she belongs to that rare class of performers who grow more interesting, not less, as the years pass. She commands the screen with a quiet authority that younger actors spend decades trying to acquire.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Yum Jung-ah
- Name (Japanese)
- ヨム・ジョンア
- Reading
- よむ・じょんあ
- Born
- July 28, 1972 (age 53)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Rat
- Origin
- South Korea
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / beauty pageant contestant / stage actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Sangmyung High School
- University
- Chung-Ang University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Yum Jung-ah born?
Born July 28, 1972 (age 53).
Where is Yum Jung-ah from?
Yum Jung-ah is from South Korea.
What does Yum Jung-ah do?
Yum Jung-ah works as actor, film actor, beauty pageant contestant, stage actor, television actor.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.