A less-known story about Yoon Yuh-Jung: when she was struggling to get a role in South Korea in the 80s after leaving her cheating husband who wouldn't pay child support, it was another middle-aged, once-struggling divorcee who saved the much-stigmatized "divorcee actress."1/3

Kim Soo-Hyun also struggled to survive as a divorcee (still a stigmatizing term in S.Korea if you can believe it) before becoming the most powerful TV writer from the 80s to early 2000s. And Kim kept giving Yoon roles for her hit dramas despite oppositions by TV executives. 2/3

Yoon became a staple in Kim's TV dramas, to the point where she was oft called Kim's alter ego. Yoon's career flew high again (a rarity for an actress of her age if you know what I mean) & both Yoon/Kim remain 2 of the most well-respected figures in S.Korea's TV/film industries.