Jean Yoon was born on May 4,1962 and is an American-born Canadian actress and writer of Korean descent.
11 Facts About Jean Yoon
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Jean Yoon was born in Champaign, Illinois to parents of Korean descent in 1962 and subsequently raised in Toronto, where she currently resides and works.
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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.
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Jean Yoon's acting career began to flourish in the early 2000s, with small roles in several television series, including La Femme Nikita, Witchblade and Street Time.
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Also in 2006, Jean Yoon had a recurring role as June Kim in the legal drama series This Is Wonderland.
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In 2007, Jean Yoon received a Gemini Award nomination for her work in the CBC mini-series Dragon Boys.
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From 2016 to 2021, Jean Yoon has portrayed Kim Yong-mi, the matriarch of the Kim family, in the CBC sitcom Kim's Convenience.
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Jean Yoon portrayed the same role in the 2011 play, which she originated and performed over 240 times in six cities.
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Jean Yoon played the role for the show's entire five-season run.
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Jean Yoon 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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In 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.