Yoon Jung-hee (born December 21, 1980) is a South Korean actress.[7] Yoon was the representative of Gyeonggi Province at the Miss Korea beauty pageant in 2000,[8] then lived in obscurity for several years while trying to find work as an actress. She made her breakthrough in 2005 in the hit dramaDear Heaven,[9] followed by more leading roles on television, including Blissful Woman (2007),[10] and Family's Honor (2008).[11] She also starred in the horror film Death Bell (2008).[12]
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.[5][6] 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.[2][3][4] 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[2]), however, it was further revealed that Yoon was an investor in Baram Pictures [ko], another production company which was acquired by Kakao Entertainment in July 2020 for ₩20 million despite big operational losses. That transaction has been alleged by prosecutors as a cause of loss of money for the company.
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)".[2][3]
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.[14]
^ abcdeJong-ho Lee (December 5, 2023). "커지는 '카카오 제작사 고가인수' 검찰 수사…'이 女배우'도 참고인" [Prosecutors' growing investigation into ‘Kakao's high price acquisition of production company’... ‘This female actress’ is also a reference]. Seoul Economic Daily (in Korean). Retrieved December 23, 2023.
^ abcdJin Hyang-hee (December 1, 2023). "제작사 고가 인수 의혹 '카카오 임원', 윤정희 남편이었다" [The 'Kakao executive' suspected of acquiring a production company at a high price, Yoon Jeong-hee's husband]. Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). Retrieved December 23, 2023.
^ abSangbin Jeong (December 5, 2023). "검찰, 카카오 고가매수 의혹 윤정희 남편 카카오엔터 대표 입건" [Prosecutors book Yoon Jeong-hee's husband, as well as Kakao Entertainment CEO, on suspicion of purchasing at high prices]. MBC News (in Korean). Retrieved December 23, 2023.
^Yi, Chang-ho (25 July 2008). "High school is horror". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
^Kim Bo-young (March 22, 2021). "윤정희 '지금, 헤어지는 중입니다' 출연…7년 만의 복귀 관심" [Yoon Jung-hee appeared in'Now, we are breaking up'… Interest in return after 7 years]. E-Daily Star (in Korean). Retrieved April 5, 2021.
^Yoon Sung-yeol (March 6, 2022). "윤정희, 산불 피해 지역 주민들 위해 5000만원 기부 [공식]" [Yoon Jeong-hee donates 50 million won to the residents of the forest fire-affected area [Official]] (in Korean). MT Star News. Retrieved March 6, 2022 – via Naver.
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