Seo Yi-sook

Acting

Seo Yi-sook

Born 1968-01-15 · Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi, South Korea

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).

Acting credits

The Mayor poster
6.5

For the first time in Korean history, the mayor of Seoul attempts a third term in office, with his entire campaign team ready to soil their hands.

The Mayor

2017

The Fatal Encounter poster
7.2

Late 18th-century Joseon dynasty. The King is beleaguered and surrounded by traitors of the ruling elite. They plan to assassinate and replace him with a puppet. But the King has some aces up his sleeve that may help him defeat them all.

The Fatal Encounter

2014

The Cat poster
6.7

So-yeon suffers from claustrophobia and inherits a Persian cat when its owner dies. She begins having nightmares and people around her begin dying as she searches for the truth.

The Cat

2011

Bestseller poster
5.9

Following a humiliating plagiarism scandal, an author moves to an isolated small-town house with her daughter to write her comeback novel. Desperate for inspiration, she communicates with a mysterious ghostly presence that has befriended her daughter.

Bestseller

2010

The Hypnosis poster
6.2

Jin-ho lost his parents in an accident when he was a child, he receives hypnosis to treat his trauma related to the accident. Do-hyun, a college student gets interested in Jin-ho's hypnosis and he tries doing it too.

The Hypnosis

2021

A Moment of Romance poster
8.0

A realistic romance about a woman who wants to be loved and a man who doesn’t know how to express love. Cha Min Jae is the CEO of MinArt. Although he seems to have it all, he is a character who doesn’t know to give or receive love. A middle school nurse, Oh Jin was determined to not live a lonely life like her mother, but she realizes that she is not receiving care in her relationship and decides to end it.

A Moment of Romance

2021

Spring in My Hometown poster
7.0

A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War.

Spring in My Hometown

1998

Memories of That Night poster
NR

Dong Geun is a patriarchal and inflexible father. He is on the verge of being forced to retire after getting involved with a drug rebate and on top of that, he's diagnosed with late stage stomach cancer. With the little time he has left, he tries to do something as a father, but he only creates misunderstandings... This is the story of a father we didn't know. (Source: HanCinema)

Memories of That Night

2018