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Biography
Jean Yoon is an American-born Canadian actress and writer of Korean descent. Yoon is best known for originating the role of family matriarch Umma in the 2011 play Kim’s Convenience and in the award-winning CBC Television series adapted from the play, for which she won an ACTRA Award and received two Canadian Screen Award nominations.
Early life
| Name | Jean Yoon |
| Net Worth | $5 million |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Age | 61 years |
| Height | 1.68m |
Jean Yoon was born on May 4, 1962 (age 61 years) in Champaign, Illinois, United States. She is the daughter of parents of Korean descent and was subsequently raised in Toronto, where she currently resides and works.
Career
Jean Yoon started her career in theatre as an actress in the early 1980s but soon quit in frustration after she struggled to find work and went on to complete her degree at the University of Toronto (BA Innis 1989). A decade later, in 1995, she returned to acting and started her own group called Loud Mouth Asian Babes, through which she has written and produced plays that focus on the Korean diaspora, mostly in Canada.
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Yoon’s acting career began to flourish in the early 2000s, with small roles in several television series, including La Femme Nikita (1996–2001), Witchblade (TNT, 2000–2002) and Street Time (Showtime, 2001–2003). In 2006, Yoon achieved wider recognition after playing flight attendant Betty Ong in the controversial mini-series The Path to 9/11.
She had a recurring role as June Kim in the legal drama series This Is Wonderland in 2006. In 2007, Yoon received a Gemini Award nomination for her work in the CBC mini-series Dragon Boys. In 2009, she portrayed Dr. Montague in the hit romantic comedy film The Time Traveller’s Wife, based on the novel of the same name.
Throughout the 2010s, she has played a wide array of characters in several television programs, most notably Imena Khumalo in the medical drama series Remedy (2014–2015), Connie in the animated series Peg+Cat (2013–2016), Captain Theresa Yao in the science fiction series The Expanse (2015), and Janis Beckwith in the hit BBC-Space series Orphan Black.
Jean Yoon portrayed Kim Yong-mi (“Umma”), the matriarch of the Kim family, in the CBC sitcom Kim’s Convenience from 2016 to 2021. She also portrayed the same role in the 2011 play, which she originated and performed over 240 times in six cities.
For her role in the television series, Jean Yoon has received considerable attention and has publicly discussed the importance of diversity in mainstream media, specifically for Asian Canadians and immigrants. In an interview with the CBC, Yoon said:
The generational conflict between first-generation and second-generation immigrants, it’s a rich territory, and if you’ve lived through it, I mean, it’s laugh and cry, laugh and cry, laugh and cry. But we haven’t seen those stories on television on a national level. We are starting to see those stories coming out in novels and in theatre … We are starting to see an awareness that this is territory that hasn’t been explored. There’s comedy there, there’s talent there, and there’s a sudden pop of interest. But also it’s a question of critical mass.
Jean Yoon won an ACTRA Award for her role in Kim’s Convenience, and was a five-time Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, winning at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022. Yoon played the role for the show’s entire five-season run.
Yoon is also a writer and playwright. She has written several plays, poems, and essays, including The Yoko Ono Project, a multi-media performance art comedy about Ono, her art, and her impact, which earned a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination and a Jessie Richardson Award.
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On December 2022, Jean Yoon and retired South Korean competitive figure skater Yuna Kim were made as honorary ambassadors on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Canada and South Korea in 2023.
Husband
Jean Yoon has a son from a previous relationship. As of 2022, Yoon has no husband. The actress has kept her personal life away from the media space. When it comes to Jean Yoon’s height and body weight, the Canadian-based actress stands at an appealing height of 1.68m and has a good body weight that suits her personality. As of December 2022, Jean Yoon hasn’t d isclosed information related to her husband.
Jean Yoon net worth
How much is Jean Yoon worth? Jean Yoon net worth is estimated at around $5 million. Her main source of income is from her primary work as an actress. Jean Yoon’s salary per month and other career earnings are over $500,000 dollars annually. Her remarkable achievements have earned her some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips. She is one of the richest and most influential actresses in Canada.