Published: 2018-12-15
South Korean immigrant Sun-jung Jung came to limelight as the wife of most celebrated Hollywood director, Olivier Stone. She is an example of a person who has the qualities of graciousness, transparency, and selflessness.
Her husband, Oliver, has directed several influential films which led him to earn a respected place in the cinematic history.
Sun-jung Jung is the third wife of American writer and filmmaker Olivier Stone. The couple has been married since 16 January 1996. Her husband, Olivier Stone, is a prominent American filmmaker and writer who savors the hefty net worth of $50 million. As a writer of the acclaimed 1983 gangster movie Scarface, he accumulated the salary of $300 thousand.
He loves to brag about the Asian continent and spoke about his wife in an interview with The Guardian in July 2010. He described their relationship as a part of mutual respect and said that he loves the sound of his Korean wife. The self-confessed womanizer also uttered that 'Asian mentality is different than others.'
The media mogul met his South Korean immigrant wife while she was working at a New-York restaurant. Initially, Olivier was not ready to marry Sun-jung as she wanted to go back to her country in South Korea.
Olivier said to her that he was not ready for his third marriage and was going to break up their relationship. The New York City native told her that the only reason he would get married is to have a kid. Six weeks later, she came back and revealed that she was pregnant.
The couple then welcomed their daughter Tara Stone on 3 November 1995. Olivier is proud of his daughter who has become the part of Asian-American. Together with his daughter and wife, the family enjoys watching the movies.
Sun-jung arrived at the UK Premiere of South Of The Border at The Curzon Mayfair with her filmmaker husband Olivier and daughter, Tara, on 19 July 2010 in London, England.
The family-of-three resides in Los-Angeles, California. Sun-jung is also a proud step-mother of Olivier's two sons named Sean Stone and Michael Jack Stone. Her husband shares two children from his second wife, Elizabeth Stone.
Olivier and Elizabeth were married from 6 June 1981 to 7 January 1993. He was also married to Najwa Sarkis from May 1971 to May 1997.
Sun-jung Jung was born in 1955 in South Korea and grew up with six siblings. She moved to the United States as an immigrant and worked at the restaurants of New York. The wife of a renowned filmmaker came from a low-income family. Sun-jung was at the age of 15 when she saw a car and television for the first time.
The South Korean immigrant stands shorter than her husband, Oliver Stone, who stands at the height of 1.83 m. She holds mixed ethnicity (Korean, Asian, and possibly others) while Oliver carries Ashkenazi Jewish and French ancestry.
As per wiki, her mother brought her out of school so that she could help with the household chores.