Yoon Jung-hee (; born December 21, 1980) is a South Korean actress. Yoon was the representative of

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at the

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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

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Dear Heaven ''Dear Heaven'' () is a South Korean television series starring Yoon Jung-hee, Lee Tae-gon, Cho Yeon-woo, Lee Soo-kyung, and Wang Bit-na. It aired on SBS TV from September 10, 2005, to July 2, 2006, on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:45 for 85 ...

'', followed by more leading roles on television, including '' Blissful Woman'' (2007), and '' Family's Honor'' (2008). She also starred in the horror film ''

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'' (2008).

Filmography

Television drama

Film

Variety show

Music video

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

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. 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

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executive being investigated since November 30 for allegations of breach of trust under the Special Police Act. At that time, Lee was the head of Kakao Entertainment's investment strategy division, and prior to that was the former president and

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of its television production subsidiary

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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

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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 , another production company which was acquired by Kakao Entertainment in July 2020 for

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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

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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

References

External links

* * * * 1980 births Living people Actresses from Anyang, Gyeonggi Miss Korea delegates South Korean television actresses South Korean film actresses {{SouthKorea-actor-stub