Moon Sook (actress)

In this Korean name, the family name is Oh . In the stage name or pen-name, the surname is Moon.

Moon Sook
Born	Oh Kyung-sook (1954-05-19) 19 May 1954 (age 71) Yangju, South Korea
Other names	Audrey Hepburn of Korea [1]
Education	Dongmyeong Girls' High School
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1973 – present
Agent	Management Pium
Known for	Tunnel Matrimonial Chaos Kkondae Intern
Spouse	Lee Man-hee ​ (m. 1974⁠–⁠1975)​
Children	2
Relatives	Lee Hye-young (step-daughter)

Moon Sook is a South Korean actress. ^[2] She is known for her roles in dramas such as Tunnel , The Uncanny Counter , Matrimonial Chaos , Kkondae Intern and Lovers of the Red Sky . ^[1] She also appeared in the movies Keys to the Heart , Svaha: The Sixth Finger , Shades of the Heart and Emergency Declaration . ^[3] She was a popular actress in the 1970s. ^[4] In the 1970s she was called the Audrey Hepburn of Korea due to her resemblance to the actress. ^[5]

Personal life

Moon married director Lee Man-hee in 1974 who was 23 years older than her and already married. The marriage did not last long due to Lee Man-hee's death in 1975. Actress Lee Hye-young is her step-daughter. ^[6] She later moved to America to study painting, where she met and married an American man with whom she has two children.

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2016	Memory	Hwang Tae-sun	[7]
	Hello, My Twenties!	Belle Epoque landlady	[8]
2017	Tunnel	Hong Hye-won	[9]
2018	Life on Mars	Kim Mi-yeon	[10]
	The Beauty Inside	Woo-jin's mother	[11]
	Matrimonial Chaos	Go Mi-sook	[12]
	Priest	Lee Hae-min	[13]
	Just Dance	Hye-jin's grandmother	[14]
2019	Graceful Family	Milk Witch	[15]
	Gogo Song	Yoo Soon-nyeo	[16]
2020	Touch	Yoon Young-hee	[17]
	Kkondae Intern	Oh Kyung / Anastasia	[18]
	SF8	Jong-in's mother	[19]
2020	The Uncanny Counter	Wi-gen	[20]
2021	Lovers of the Red Sky	Samshin	[21]
2023	Mask Girl	Sim Young-hee	[22]
	Castaway Diva	Go San-hee	[23]
	The Uncanny Counter 2: Counter Punch	Wi-gen	[24]
	Revenant	Funeral attendee	[25]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
1975	A Girl Who Looks Like the Sun (태양 닮은 소녀)	In-yeong
	A Triangular Trap (삼각의 함정)	Ji-seok
	The Road to Sampo (삼포가는 길)	Baek-hwa
1976	Where Is Miss Yeong? (미스 영의 행방)	Nan-hyang
2015	The Beauty Inside	Woo-jin's mother
2018	Keys to the Heart	Bok-ja
	Herstory	Seo Gwi-soon
	Ode to the Goose	Gunsan restaurant owner
2019	Svaha: The Sixth Finger	Myung-hee
2021	Finding Angel (천사는 바이러스)	Ok-boon
	Shades of the Heart	Chang-seok's mother
2022	Emergency Declaration	Doctor Han	[26]
	Hansan Redux	Admiral Yi Sun-sin's mother	[27]
	Cafe Midnight: Missing Honey	Cafe's customer	[28]

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result	Ref.
11th Korean Theater and Film Awards	1974	Best Actress in Film	Moon Sook	Won	[29]
Baeksang Arts Awards	1975	Best News Actress - Film	A Girl Who Looks Like the Sun	Won	[30]

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External links

• Moon Sook at HanCinema
• Moon Sook at IMDb