Song Seon-mi

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Song Seon-mi
Song Sun-Mi.jpg
Born (1974-09-13) 13 September 1974 (age 50)
Education Dongju College
Occupation Actress
Years active1996–present
Agent JR ENT
Spouse
Go Woo-seok
(m. 2006;died 2017)
Children1
Korean name
Hangul
송선미
Revised Romanization Song Seon-mi
McCune–Reischauer Song Sŏnmi

Song Seon-mi (born 13 September 1974) is a South Korean actress. [1]

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Career

Song Seon-mi won second place at the Super Elite Model Contest in 1996, then transitioned from a modeling career to acting a year later in the television drama Model (1997). [2] [3]

In 1998, Song made her film debut playing dual roles as an art gallery employee and a soldier's ex-girlfriend in Lee Jeong-hyang's critically acclaimed romantic comedy Art Museum by the Zoo , opposite Ahn Sung-ki. [4] [5] This was followed by the gangster comedy My Boss, My Hero (2001). Though Song is more active in television, notable in her filmography are two arthouse films by auteur Hong Sang-soo. For Woman on the Beach (2006), she and her co-stars agreed to appear in the film even without reading Hong's script. [6] While in The Day He Arrives (2011), Song played a film studies professor who frequents a bar in Bukchon. [7] [8] [9]

Back on the small screen, her popularity rose when she played a young housewife in Precious Family (2004), written by Kim Soo-hyun. [10] Leading roles followed in The Secret Lovers (2005), One Day Suddenly (2006), Green Coach (2009), Mrs. Town (2009), and Dandelion Family (2010), as well as a supporting role in the well-received medical drama Behind the White Tower (2007). [11]

In 2012, Song was cast as a capable trauma nurse in Golden Time . [12] She later reunited with its director Kwon Seok-jang in Miss Korea (2013), set in 1997 during the IMF crisis. [13]

Song starred in her first ever period drama in 2013's Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers . [14] [15] She drew praise for her portrayal of the Crown Princess Lady Kang, Crown Prince Sohyeon's wife, despite controversy involving a breastfeeding scene. [16]

Personal life

Song married art director Go Woo-seok, who she met through mutual acquaintances and dated for one year, on 29 June 2006. [17] They have a daughter, Arri born 2014. [18] On 21 August 2017, Song Seon Mi’s late husband Go Woo Seok was found dead in a law office located in Seoul. At the time, the police revealed that following an inheritance battle, he was murdered by a hitman hired by his cousin for ₩2.00 billion KRW (about $1.67 million USD). The shocking homicide case headlined the Korean news for months as the investigation continued.

Eventually, both the cousin and the hitman got arrested and sentenced to prison—life for the cousin who hired the hitman and 18 years for the murderer who stabbed Go Woo Seok. Song Sun Mi also won her lawsuit against the cousin, with the South Korean court ruling in favor of the actress and her daughter to receive ₩1.30 billion KRW (about $1.09 million USD) in compensation for their loss. [19]

In 2009, Song left talent agency Contents Entertainment to join a new agency set up by her former manager Mr. Yu, Hoya Entertainment; this resulted in a breach of contract lawsuit. [20]

In January 2013, she was charged with slander for allegedly insulting Kim Sung-hoon, the CEO of The Contents Entertainment, at a press conference for a drama held in July 2012. Kim was also linked to actress, Jang Ja-yeon's death, after three witness testified against him, Kim was found guilty of abuse by the Korean courts, specifically of forcing girls from his agency to come to his birthday party where he forced them to sexually entertain the executives. [21] [22] [23]

Filmography

Television series

YearTitleRoleNetwork
1997 Model Kim Yi-joo SBS
Woman Next DoorSBS
1998Soonpoong ClinicNurse Song Seon-miSBS
1999You're One-of-a-KindMi-yeon MBC
Magic CastleBang Ae-ja KBS2
Did We Really Love? KBS2
2000Love Story "Host of Memory"Hee-sooSBS
I Want to Keep Seeing YouJang Hye-wonSBS
The More I Love YouSong Da-youngMBC
Fireworks Heo Min-jiSBS
2002Hard LoveYoo Won-heeKBS2
2004War of the RosesOh Mi-ranMBC
Precious Family Song Ah-riKBS2
2005 The Secret Lovers Jung Ah-miMBC
2006One Day SuddenlyGo Eun-hyeSBS
2007 Behind the White Tower Lee Yoon-jinMBC
Daughters-in-Law Cha Soo-hyunKBS2
2009Green CoachHan Ji-wonSBS
Mrs. TownOh Da-jung tvN
2010 Blossom Sisters Park Ji-wonMBC
Personal Taste Bride (cameo, episode 2)MBC
Life Is Beautiful Song Na-yeonSBS
2011 Ojakgyo Family Nam Yeo-eulKBS2
2012 Golden Time Shin Eun-ahMBC
Cheongdam-dong Alice Artemis's costumer (cameo)SBS
2013 KBS Drama Special "Their Perfect Day" [24] Jung Soo-ahKBS2
Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers Crown Princess Lady Kang jTBC
Miss Korea Go Hwa-jungMBC
2016 Memory Han Jung-Won tvN
2017Return of Lucky Pot Park Seo-jinMBC
The Guardians Chae Hye-sunMBC
2019 Love Alarm Jeong Mi-mi Netflix
2020 Private Lives Kim Mi-sookJTBC
Start-Up Cha Ah-hyun tvN
Live On Eun-taek's motherJTBC
2021 Bossam: Steal the Fate Kim Gae-shi [25] MBN
Mine Seo Jin-kyung [26] tvN
Crime PuzzlePark Jeong-ha [27] Olleh TV ,KT seezn, SKY TV

Film

YearTitleRole
1998 Art Museum by the Zoo Da-hye
2001 My Boss, My Hero Lee Ji-seon
2002Can't Live Without RobberyHwang Ma-ri
2003 Scent of Love Choi Jeong-ran
Round 1
The Silver KnifeGa-ryeon
2004Mokpo the HarborIm Ja-kyung
LiarOh Jung-ae
2006 Woman on the Beach Choi Sun-hee
2011 The Day He Arrives Bo-ram
2017 On the Beach at Night Alone Jun-hee
2022 Walk Up Sunhee

Variety show

YearTitleNotes
1996Wild Country Host
Our Happy Saturday
1999머리가 좋아지는 TV
2003Discovery of Reading
2011Couple of the Century
2013Talk Club Actors [28] [29]

Theater

YearTitleRole
2009Turn Around and Leave [30] Chae Hee-ju
2011 The Blue Room
2012–2013Right ThereJung
2022–2023Miners PaintersHelen Sutherland [31]

Book

YearTitlePublisherISBN
2009Lovely Skin by Song Seon-mi [32] Sallim Life ISBN   9788952213105

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
199920th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Tell Me Something Nominated
2012 5th Korea Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress Golden Time Won
2013 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a One-Act/Special/Short DramaTheir Perfect DayNominated
2017 MBC Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Soap OperaReturn of the Fortunate BokWon

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