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Seo Yi-sook

Acting Born Jan 15, 1968 Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi, South Korea 24 credits

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).

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Known for

Shooting Stars

as Song Eun-sim

Hotel Del Luna

as God Mago

Bon Appétit, Your Majesty

as Queen Dowager Inju

Start-Up

as Yoon Seon-hak

Full filmography

  • Empress Ki (2013) as Lady Seo
  • Shooting Stars (2022) as Song Eun-sim
  • Hotel Del Luna (2019) as God Mago
  • The Heirs (2013) as Hyo-shin's Mother
  • Six Flying Dragons (2015) as Myo-sang
  • Bon Appétit, Your Majesty (2025) as Queen Dowager Inju
  • Start-Up (2020) as Yoon Seon-hak
  • The Good Bad Mother (2023) as Park Sung-ae
  • Under the Queen's Umbrella (2022) as Deposed Queen Yoon
  • Midnight Horror Story (2021) as Self
  • My Lawyer, Mr. Jo (2016) as Shin Mi-Sook
  • Queenmaker (2023) as Son Young-sim
  • Rookie Cops (2022) as Kim Soon-young
  • The Rebel (2017) as Nobleman Jo's Wife
  • My Secret, Terrius (2018) as Kwon Young-Sil
  • Knight Flower (2024) as Oh Nan-kyeong
  • Red Swan (2024) as Park Mi-ran
  • You're All Surrounded (2014) as Kang Seok-soon
  • Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol (2020) as Jo Yoon-Sil
  • The Night Watchman (2014) as Queen Dowager
  • May Food Bless You (2018) as Self
  • My Dear Cat (2014) as Hong Soo-ja
  • The Master of Revenge (2016) as Seol Mi-Ja
  • Heart to Heart (2015) as Psychiatrist Uhm Gi Chun