Seo Yi-sook

Seo Yi-sook

Known for
Acting
Born
January 15, 1968 (age 58)
Birthplace
Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi, South Korea

Biography

Seo Yi-sook (born December 6, 1966) is a South Korean theatre, television and movie actress. She is a recipient of the 2003 Gu Hi-seo Theatre Award for Actor of the Year and Expected Actor, the 40th Dong-A Theatre Award for Best Acting (2004),[5] and the 30th Lee Hae-rang Theater Award (2020).[6] Seo began her career in 1986 by joining a local theater company in Suwon. She received the Best New Actor Award at the 1986 Korea Theatre Festival and an Acting Award at the 6th National Theatre Festival in 1987.[7] After joining the Michu Theatre Company in 1989, she made her debut with the company in Shin Yi Gukgi. The following year, she debuted as a musical actress in Make a Hero (1990). Seo made her first television appearance as a supporting actress in 2010. Her television work includes supporting roles in Empress Ki (2013–2014), The Rebel (2017), Hotel del Luna (2019), The World of the Married (2020), and Start-Up (2020); and also feature film The Mayor (2017).

Known For

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Filmography

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Snowy Sun

Snowy Sun

TV · as Cho Maria · 1 ep

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Grand Galaxy Hotel

Grand Galaxy Hotel

TV · as Ma Go-shin · 1 ep

2026
Salon de Nabi poster

Salon de Nabi

TV · as Ji Min-hee / Ji Kyung-hee · 3 eps

2025
Bon Appétit, Your Majesty poster

Bon Appétit, Your Majesty

TV · as Queen Dowager Inju · 12 eps

2024
Knight Flower poster

Knight Flower

TV · as Oh Nan-kyeong · 12 eps

2024
Red Swan poster

Red Swan

TV · as Park Mi-ran · 10 eps

2023
The Good Bad Mother poster

The Good Bad Mother

TV · as Park Sung-ae · 14 eps

2023
Queenmaker poster

Queenmaker

TV · as Son Young-sim · 11 eps

2022
Rookie Cops poster

Rookie Cops

TV · as Kim Soon-young · 16 eps

2022
Hot Singers poster

Hot Singers

TV · 11 eps

2022
Sh**ting Stars poster

Sh**ting Stars

TV · as Song Eun-sim · 1 ep

2022
Under the Queen's Umbrella poster

Under the Queen's Umbrella

TV · as Deposed Queen Yoon · 16 eps

2021
The Hypnosis poster

The Hypnosis

Movie · as Female Professor

2021
A Moment of Romance poster

A Moment of Romance

Movie · as Oh Jin's Mother

2021
Midnight Horror Story poster

Midnight Horror Story

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
나는 아픈 개와 산다 poster

나는 아픈 개와 산다

TV · 2 eps

2020
Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol poster

Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol

TV · as Jo Yoon-Sil · 16 eps

2020
Start-Up poster

Start-Up

TV · as Yoon Seon-hak · 16 eps

2020
The Battle of Musicians poster

The Battle of Musicians

TV · 1 ep

2019
The Banker poster

The Banker

TV · as Do Jung-Ja · 32 eps

2019
Hotel Del Luna poster

Hotel Del Luna

TV · as God Mago · 16 eps

2018
Memories of That Night poster

Memories of That Night

Movie

2018
Joseon Beauty Pageant poster

Joseon Beauty Pageant

TV · as Lord Kim's wife · 2 eps

2018
My Secret, Terrius poster

My Secret, Terrius

TV · as Kwon Young-Sil · 32 eps

2018
May Food Bless You poster

May Food Bless You

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
The Mayor poster

The Mayor

Movie · as Byeon Jong-gu's wife

2017
The Rebel poster

The Rebel

TV · as Nobleman Jo's Wife · 30 eps

2016
The Master of Revenge poster

The Master of Revenge

TV · as Seol Mi-Ja · 20 eps

2016
My Lawyer, Mr. Jo poster

My Lawyer, Mr. Jo

TV · as Shin Mi-Sook · 40 eps

2015
Heart to Heart poster

Heart to Heart

TV · as Psychiatrist Uhm Gi Chun · 16 eps

2015
Unkind Women poster

Unkind Women

TV · as Na Hyun-Ae · 24 eps

2015
Six Flying Dragons poster

Six Flying Dragons

TV · as Myo-sang · 50 eps

2014
The Fatal Encounter poster

The Fatal Encounter

Movie · as Go Su-ae

2014
You're All Surrounded poster

You're All Surrounded

TV · as Kang Seok-soon · 20 eps

2014
The Night Watchman poster

The Night Watchman

TV · as Queen Dowager · 24 eps

2014
My Dear Cat poster

My Dear Cat

TV · as Hong Soo-ja · 119 eps

2013
Empress Ki poster

Empress Ki

TV · as Lady Seo · 51 eps

2013
The Heirs poster

The Heirs

TV · as Hyo-shin's Mother · 20 eps

2011
The Cat poster

The Cat

Movie · as Psychiatrist

2010
Bestseller poster

Bestseller

Movie · as Author's daughter

2010
Jejoongwon poster

Jejoongwon

TV · as Empress Myeongseong · 36 eps

2010
KBS Drama Special poster

KBS Drama Special

TV · as Oh Jin's Mother · 1 ep

1998
Spring in My Hometown poster

Spring in My Hometown

Movie · as Mrs. Gwangju