Seo Yi-sook
Born: 1968-01-15 in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2025
- Bon Appétit, Your Majesty as Queen Dowager Inju
2024
- Red Swan as Park Mi-ran
- Knight Flower as Oh Nan-kyeong
2023
- The Good Bad Mother as Park Sung-ae
- Queenmaker as Son Young-sim
2022
- Shooting Stars as Song Eun-sim
- Under the Queen's Umbrella as Deposed Queen Yoon
- Rookie Cops as Kim Soon-young
- Hot Singers
2021
- Midnight Horror Story as Self
- The Hypnosis as Female Professor
- A Moment of Romance as Oh Jin's Mother
2020
- Start-Up as Yoon Seon-hak
- Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol as Jo Yoon-Sil
- 악인전
- 나는 아픈 개와 산다
2019
- Hotel Del Luna as God Mago
- The Banker as Do Jung-Ja
2018
- My Secret, Terrius as Kwon Young-Sil
- May Food Bless You as Self
- Joseon Beauty Pageant as Lord Kim's wife
- Memories of That Night
2016
- My Lawyer, Mr. Jo as Shin Mi-Sook
- The Master of Revenge as Seol Mi-Ja
2015
- Six Flying Dragons as Myo-sang
- Unkind Women as Na Hyun-Ae
- Heart to Heart as Psychiatrist Uhm Gi Chun
2014
- You're All Surrounded as Kang Seok-soon
- The Night Watchman as Queen Dowager
- My Dear Cat as Hong Soo-ja
- The Fatal Encounter as Go Su-ae
2013
- Empress Ki as Lady Seo
- The Heirs as Hyo-shin's Mother
2011
- The Cat as Psychiatrist
2010
- Jejoongwon as Empress Myeongseong
1998
- Spring in My Hometown as Mrs. Gwangju