Kim Mi-sook


Kim Mi-sook is a South Korean actress.

Career

Kim Mi-sook made her acting debut in 1979 and has since had a prolific career on television. Her notable roles in the 2000s include a divorcee making a new start in morning drama Queen's Conditions, and the villainous stepmother in primetime hit Brilliant Legacy. For her much-praised portrayal of the mother of an autistic runner in Marathon, Kim received Best Supporting Actress nominations from the Grand Bell Awards and Korean Film Awards. She was again nominated at the Grand Bell Awards, Blue Dragon Film Awards and Korean Film Awards for her supporting turn in action thriller Seven Days.

Other activities

Kim established 사랑유치원 in 1987 and served as its director until 2002. She also co-founded an artist group called "Hyangmihoe", along with Lee Su-chang, Kwon Young-Ho, Yu Si-Won, Park Gi-Tae, Lee Sang-Gil, and others.

Stalker

A woman who had been stalking Kim for 17 years was arrested in 2007.

Filmography

Film

  • Seven Days
  • Marathon
  • A Hilarious Mourning
  • I Want to Go
  • Milky Way in Blue Sky
  • Born on February 30
  • Another's Nest
  • Ardent Love
  • ''Three Women Under the Umbrella''

Television drama

Documentary

  • MBC Special - Naturalist Tasha's Garden - narration

Radio program

  • Kim Mi-sook's Family Music
  • All the Music in the World with Kim Mi-sook
  • This Beautiful Morning with Kim Mi-sook
  • ''Kim Mi-sook's Music Salon''

[Spoken word album]

  • Happy Stories 행복을 숨겨둔 곳 Disc 1
  • Kim Mi-sook's Poetry Readings at Home
  • Kim Mi-sook Telling the Fairy Tales of Our Times
  • 눈물이 시가되어 흐를때

Awards and nominations

State honors