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Jean Yoon (born May 4, 1962) 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 ...
Jean Yoon talks about her life before Kim's Convenience.Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC97T-cZaRThFEskvo4WDOaw/?sub_confirmation=1WATCH FULL EPI...
Jean Yoon. Actress: Kim's Convenience. Jean Yoon is a playwright and actress born in Illinois and raised in Toronto. Jean has lived and worked in Vancouver, Edmonton, Harbin City and Yanji City in North Eastern China and makes her home in Toronto.
Jun 7, 2021 · Jean Yoon is the latest “Kim’s Convenience” star to speak out about her negative experience working on the series, citing “overtly racist” storylines that were cut from its fifth and final...
Jul 20, 2021 · Jean Yoon of 'Kim's Convenience' on behind-the-scenes struggles with racism, representation. “You cannot do a show about a minority experience, have it run by a white person and expect it to be...
Nov 8, 2023 · Jean Yoon is best known for her role as Umma in the stage-show-turned-CBC-series Kim’s Convenience, about a Korean Canadian family running a convenience store in downtown...
Jul 21, 2021 · Jean Yoon says Kim's Convenience failed to meet parity thresholds and that she had to advise the creators on Korean food in the CBC show.
Jean Yoon. Actress: Kim's Convenience. Jean Yoon is a playwright and actress born in Illinois and raised in Toronto. Jean has lived and worked in Vancouver, Edmonton, Harbin City and Yanji City in North Eastern China and makes her home in Toronto.
Mrs. Kim (“Umma”) Umma is Appa’s 54 year-old Korean wife, and co-owner of Kim’s Convenience. Jean Yoon is an actor and playwright based in Toronto and works regularly on both stage and...
Jun 11, 2021 · To examine the 'overtly racist' storylines called out by cast member Jean Yoon is to see why the industry's diversity issues remain unresolved.
