# Yoon Jung-hee (actress, born 1980)

Yoon Jung-hee (born December 21, 1980) is a South Korean actress. Yoon was the representative of Gyeonggi Province at the Miss Korea beauty pageant in 2000, then lived in obscurity for several years while trying to find work as an actress. She made her breakthrough in 2005 in the hit drama Dear Heaven, followed by more leading roles on television, including Blissful Woman (2007), and Family's Honor (2008). She also starred in the horror film Death Bell (2008).

## Filmography
### Television drama

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2003 | Screen | bit part |
| 2004 | Nonstop 4 | bit part |
| 2005 | Choice | Kim Min-ji |
| 2005–2006 | Dear Heaven | Lee Ja-kyung |
| 2007 | Blissful Woman | Lee Ji-yeon |
| 2008–2009 | Family's Honor | Ha Dan-ah |
| 2010–2011 | Smile, Mom | Kang Shin-young |
| 2012 | Tasty Life | Jang Seung-joo |
| 2013-2014 | The Eldest | Kim Young-sun |
| 2021-2022 | Now, We Are Breaking Up | Sin Yoo-jeong |
| 2024 | Serendipity's Embrace | Bae Hye-sook |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2008 | Death Bell | Choi So-young |
| 2014 | My Love, My Bride | Seung-hee |

### Variety show

| Year | Title | Network |
| 2003 | The War of the Roses | KBS |
| 2005 | 싱싱 Saturday | KBS |
| 2012 | Exploration of Genders | MBC |

### Music video

| Year | Song Title | Artist |
| 2004 | "눈물이 하늘 가려" | Gi Hoo |
| 2009 | "8282" (Part 1) | Davichi |
| 2009 | "I Made an Accident" (Part 2) | Davichi |

## Personal life

Yoon married a then-unnamed office worker, who was six years older than her, in a private wedding ceremony held on May 30, 2015 at a resort in Bali, Indonesia. They have two children, a male (born May 2017) and a female (born February 2019).
On December 1, 2023, Yoon's husband, Lee Jun-ho, was revealed as the Kakao Entertainment executive being investigated since November 30 for allegations of breach of trust under the Special Police Act. Lee is the head of Kakao Entertainment's investment strategy division, and prior to that was the former president and chief executive officer of its television production subsidiary Mega Monster from 2017 to 2019. The investigation stemmed at first from the controversy surrounding the former company and its parent organization's acquisition of shares in SM Entertainment in March 2023 (a media outlet reported that Yoon was found to have held 67,751 shares of SM Entertainment stock as of the end of 2022), however, it was further revealed that Yoon was a co-founder and investor in Baram Pictures [ko], another production company which was acquired by Kakao Entertainment in July 2020 for ₩20 million despite continuously incurring big operational losses annually since it was founded in 2017. That transaction has been alleged by prosecutors as a cause of loss of money for the company, and they also saw possible conflict of interest in it due to Lee and Yoon being married at the time it happened.
Yoon's agency, Sublime, said that "it is difficult at this time to confirm (or deny) since this is part of private life (of the actress)".

## Philanthropy

On March 7, 2022, Yoon donated 50 million won to the Hope Bridge Disaster Relief Association to help the victims of the massive wildfire that started in Uljin, Gyeongbuk and has spread to Samcheok, Gangwon.

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1999 | Dongsung-Nokia Best Model of the World | — | — | Won |
| 2005 | SBS Drama Awards | New Star Award | Dear Heaven | Won |
| 2007 | KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama | Blissful Woman | Won |
| 2009 | 45th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best New Actress | Death Bell | Nominated |
| 2009 | SBS Drama Awards | PD Award | Family's Honor | Won |
| 2009 | SBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Planning Drama | Family's Honor | Nominated |