
Acting
Lee Mi-sook
Born
1960-04-02 (66)
Place of birth
Danyang, North Chungcheong, South Korea
Known for
Acting
Credits
75 titles
Lee Mi-sook (이미숙) is a South Korean actress.
Known for
7.0"SNL Korea"! NBC's flagship program SNL, which won the Emmy Award, has returned for the first time in four years through Coupang Play.
SNL Korea
2021
8.4The queen of department stores and the prince of supermarkets weather a marital crisis—until love miraculously begins to bloom again.
Queen of Tears
2024
8.1A weather girl reunites with her old crush, a haughty reporter at her TV station. But this time, she has her eyes on someone else -- his best friend.
Don't Dare to Dream
2016
6.0The fate of two brothers diverge after the murder of their coal miner father, with one joining the mob and the other becoming a successful lawyer.
East of Eden
2008
7.6Seo Munju, a highly accomplished diplomat and former ambassador to the United Nations, and Sanho, an international special agent shrouded in a veil of secrets, race to uncover the truth behind an attack that threatens the future stability of the Korean peninsula.
Tempest
2025
4.6Based on a famous tale of Korean folklore story about a princess of Nak Rang of Nangnang Kingdom and Prince Hodong of the Goguryeo Kingdom.
Princess Ja Myung
2009
Film credits
2010s · 3 titles
6.2An unsuccessful journalist becomes a star after he writes an article about the memo of an unknown serial killer. But when he learns that the memo was just part of a novel, he decides to cover up everything.
The Exclusive: Beat the Devil's Tattoo
2015
4.4From the outside, the Suhs seem like a loving, cookie-cutter, middle-class family with their lives in perfect order. In reality, everyone is hiding some secrets. The father has the hots for a young grad student. The mother is flirting around with a photographer she's posing for. The daughter is engaged but has a sex partner on the side. The son has a girlfriend, but he's been stalking the same student his father likes! What will happen to this perfect family when the secrets spill?
Horny Family
2013
8.2Yoon-young fell for Song-hyeon when she was married to his friend. When she gets divorced, he takes her on a trip to Gunsan, where they stay at a guest house run by a middle-aged man and his autistic daughter.
Ode to the Goose
2018
2000s · 8 titles
6.4In late 1700s Korea, Lady Cho challenges the playboy Lord Jo-won into seducing and sleeping with her husband's coming young, virgin concubine. Lady Cho agrees to sleep with him if he succeeds.
Untold Scandal
2003
7.6Ji-hae's friend is having problems expressing her feelings to the boy she loves, so she asks Ji-hae to write e-mails to him in her name. As the boy falls in love with her letters, Ji-hae discovers the story of her mother's romance which is remarkably similar to her own circumstances.
The Classic
2003
4.6The life of a happy family is thrown into turmoil when they are given 30 days to pay back a relative's massive debt or lose everything.
Kiss Me Much
2001
6.8When six famous Korean actresses gather for a Vogue fashion photo shoot, egos collide in funny and touching ways in this ingenious mockumentary, where all actresses involved play (not so) fictional versions of themselves.
The Actresses
2009
6.7Follows the life of a young woman who has become reserved and indifferent to the world as a result of her chronic illness deformed hand and quietly portrays the unconventional, yet endearing relationship between mother and daughter as well as the development of Min-ah as she is befriended by the high spirited and carefree photographer Young-jae who moves into their apartment complex.
...ing
2003
5.4A screenwriter dreams of success and has a boyfriend who is a member of an unsuccessful rock band. Her sister, an interior designer, meets an actor she falls for. Her niece is trying to figure out how to get her first kiss from her boyfriend. Three stories about life and dating.
Hellcats
2008
5.4Caught in between an ethnic war, Bee struggles between love and death.
The Legend of Gingko
2000
5.3Cho Eun-ja is the president of Club LaLa, which has been a family business for three generations. It used to be a very popular club but not anymore. Now the club is in heavy debt to Eun-ja. To bring back the old days of glory, Eun-ja tries desperately to keep the club afloat while the owner of Club Nemo wants to take over LaLa. Club Nemo is also a family business and the KIMs have been rivals with the Chos. KIM wants to put an end to their rivalry by buying LaLa and building a department store. So he sets traps to force Eun-ja to sell the club. He first makes Eun-ja take out a private loan and, he snatches the only popular singer and last hope of LaLa. LaLa is thrown in a state of turmoil as it ends up on the verge of bankruptcy. As the last resort to save the club, the four girls decide to stand on the stage themselves as a dancing group named "Oh! LaLa Sisters". Thanks to their fabulous performances, they finally become popular.
Oollala Sisters
2002
1990s · 2 titles
6.1Seo-hyun is an ordinary housewife in her late thirties with a ten-year-old son and a successful architect husband. For her, life is a series of banal routines. Her sheltered life is suddenly threatened with the appearance of Woo-in, her much younger sister's attractive new fiancé.
An Affair
1998
6.4Kil is a professional hitman, who leads a very lonely life composed of a pack of Marlboro, instant noodle, cash in the freezer, a knife, a motorcycle and Chichi, a pet monkey. But when he bumped into a beautiful call girl Suha, his life could never be the same.
Born to Kill
1996
1980s · 21 titles
NRWith the outbreak of the Korean War, Su-ji and Oh-mok lose their parents. Along with their brother Su-cheol, they go live with their mother's parents. As they go to take refuge, Su-ji loses Oh-mok by accident. Time passes and with her older brother Su-cheol's success, Su-ji enters the high society. But due to the guilt of losing her younger sister Oh-mok, she does a lot of charity work constantly looking for Oh-mok. When Su-ji finally finds Oh-mok in an orphanage, she turns coldly away from Oh-mok for not having any evidence to prove that she is her sister. Oh-mok marries Il-hwan whom she has met at the orphanage and they live a hard life. Finally, Su-ji is convinced that Oh-mok is her sister but after living through such hardship, Oh-mok breathes her last.
Warm It Was That Winter
1984
7.3A disillusioned student meets a eccentric beggar and a mute prostitute he falls in love with. Together, without money, they cross South Korea to help the girl go home.
Whale Hunting
1984
6.2Min-woo, a medical student from a wealthy family, runs into Da-hye) as he rides his bicycle on campus. At first Da-hye dislikes Min-woo, but thanks to help from his charismatic friend Hyeon-tae, he grows closer to Da-hye and the two fall deeply in love. But happiness would not last long. Min-woo's business goes belly-up, and then he learns his birth mother is a military base-town prostitute. Do disturbed by this all he ends up in jail. Meanwhile, Da-hye grows more dependent on Hyeon-tae, and Hyeon-tae gets caught between his friendship for Min-woo and his love for Da-hye...
Winter Wanderer
1986
5.8Sam-po is a gambler living without concern for how his wife will manage their houselhold without his earning money. In order to get food and provisions, his wife An-hyeob, sleeps with various merchants in the village. One of the few men she does not sleep with, a lustful servant named Sam-dol, decides to reveal her activities to her husband for revenge.
Mulberry
1986
6.0Jae-hee, who left as a college student, and Seo-ha, who got a job at a company in a local small city, are high school alumni. Seo-ha meets and loves Yoon-soo, the company's president's son, but Yoon-soo is engaged to Jae-hee, whom he met on the train, and goes to the U.S. to study. Seo Ha, who overcame his wounds and went to drug abuse in the provinces, shows a static situation, but after joining the military, he sends news of his participation in the Vietnam War. After graduating, Seo Ha gets a job at a big pharmaceutical company with the help of Yoon Soo. Seo Ha gets into a car accident in a meeting where she declares her last to Yoon-soo, who persistently wants her due to her breakdown with Jae-hee. Seo Ha, who married Jeong Tae, who returned from Vietnam, eventually died of cancer, leaving her son Young-jin behind.
A Street Musician
1987
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Bird of Fire
1980
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Graduation Journey
1985
5.7Jeong-ho is castrated by an ambitious minister for loving above his station. The minister also happens to be the father of Ja-ok, the girl Jeong-ho loved. He sends his daughter to the king as a concubine in a bid to gain favor, but the king sees through his motives and the instead forces Ja-ok into the position of a lowly kitchen maid. Jeong-ho sole hope in life is to save his former lover.
Eunuch
1986
A man fails to break up the relationshiop between the girl he loves and her fiance. He decides to prove his love by writing lyrics for the songs she composed and entering them in a contest.
An Innocent College Student
1980
7.0Resentment rages between two sisters, one of whom was indirectly responsible for her husband's death and the other who secretly loved him.
The Home of Two Women
1987
While searching for his fiance who left him while he was overseas, a man meets and falls in love with a second woman.
The Broken Night
1984
No synopsis available yet.
An Embrace in the Dark Night
1981
No synopsis available yet.
Sleeping Out
1984
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Wild Horse
1983
A woman, 8 months pregnant, attempts suicide but is stopped by the police. She is sent to a home for unwed mothers, run by nuns. She is less than grateful to the nuns for their care and makes trouble whenever possible. She also plans to destroy the life of the man who put her in this situation.
She Cried Like the Rain
1984
NRChoi Seok, a historian, raises Jeong-im after her parents pass away. But when her gratitude turns into feelings for him, he is criticized and so leaves the school. When Jeong-im is hospitalized, he gives her a lump sum of money and leaves for Hokkaido, Japan. When Jeong-im finds out the truth, she and Oh Jin-wu, an admirer of hers, go to Choi Seok who's now fighting brain tumor...
Compassion
1987
10.0Soo-ok, who had a strange dream last night, accidentally meets Dong-sik in the swimming pool. Born in an orphan, Dong-sik deplores the reality that he cannot endure anymore while teaching. As he rolls around, he overlooks the fact that Soo-ok, whom he saw for the first time in the world of Namchang, is a homogeneous human being with him and asks for a suit. Su-ok spends his childhood in the arms of her mother, who is both princesses, and comes out of college, but her lover Deok-ki learns about Su-ok's living environment and abandons her. Around the time Su-ok, who suffered a broken heart, is the main object and is self-disciplined, he meets and falls in love with Dong-sik. As Dong-sik gets hurt, Su-ok comes to Su-ok and insults him. Su-ok ends up killing Deok-gi. Along the way, Su-ok and Dong-sik run into the blue sea. Then, they swim far away to find their paradise.
X
1983
7.0Korean-American Seo Seung-cheol is looking for a wife but requires any potential canidates to be similar to his mother. Feeling American women are too independent, he goes to Korea to search for a suitable bride. He meets Su-jin but is put off by the fact that she works in a carwash. However, as he gets to learn more about her, his feelings begin to change.
Miss, Please Be Patient
1981
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Love That Left Autumn Behind
1986
The poet Ha Bin meets with Nam Mi Ri on a rainy day which brings them misfortune. The next day, Ha Bin goes to see Mi Ri but meets her fiancee, Son Du Ho, instead. Du Ho is the executive in charge of overseas business at the company of Mi Ri's father. He is also the boss of a drug smuggling ring. Mi Ri's stepmother, Kang Hye In, is the director of domestic sales at Dong Hae Trade. She combines forces with Kwon Ki Pyo, Du Ho's rival, to try and take control. Mi Ri tries to find an escape route through Ha Bin.
I Loved
1982
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A Weird Relationship
1983
Series credits
7.0"SNL Korea"! NBC's flagship program SNL, which won the Emmy Award, has returned for the first time in four years through Coupang Play.
SNL Korea
2021
8.4The queen of department stores and the prince of supermarkets weather a marital crisis—until love miraculously begins to bloom again.
Queen of Tears
2024
8.1A weather girl reunites with her old crush, a haughty reporter at her TV station. But this time, she has her eyes on someone else -- his best friend.
Don't Dare to Dream
2016
6.0The fate of two brothers diverge after the murder of their coal miner father, with one joining the mob and the other becoming a successful lawyer.
East of Eden
2008
7.6Seo Munju, a highly accomplished diplomat and former ambassador to the United Nations, and Sanho, an international special agent shrouded in a veil of secrets, race to uncover the truth behind an attack that threatens the future stability of the Korean peninsula.
Tempest
2025
4.6Based on a famous tale of Korean folklore story about a princess of Nak Rang of Nangnang Kingdom and Prince Hodong of the Goguryeo Kingdom.
Princess Ja Myung
2009
6.8Chef Seo Poong was once a star chef and worked at the best Chinese restaurant. His popularity faded and he eventually wound up working at a small, failing Chinese restaurant. Meanwhile, Doo Chil-Seong is the owner of a building. He is an ex-gang member and he was in jail for 5 yers.
Wok of Love
2018
5.5A family drama about a college student couple who unintentionally becomes parents and realize the true meaning of love and life. Jang Mi is an immature mama’s girl who grew without experiencing any hardship in life. Unlike her parents’ will to marry her off to a promising man they choose for her, Jang Mi has the hope to marry someone she falls madly in love with. As she dates healthy and innocent engineering student Cha Dol, she slowly begins to realize the meaning of love.
Rosy Lovers
2014
8.1Chan lives every day like it is summer vacation. Haran is trapped in a lonely winter. When their forgotten past reunites them, Chan is determined to gift her another spring. Through laughter and tears, they face winter together and reach their spring in this heartwarming romance.
In Your Radiant Season
2026
8.0The KBS Drama Awards is an awards ceremony presented by the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) for outstanding achievements in Korean dramas aired on its network. It is held annually on 31 December. The highest honor of the ceremony is the "Grand Prize", awarded to the best actor or actress of the year.
KBS Drama Awards
1987
5.0In order to live, a woman named Eun Han risks her life by going through a dangerous surgical procedure for a new face. However, due to the after-effects of surgery, she loses her memory. She tries to find the missing pieces of her memory and while suffering from a different face and not knowing about herself, Kang Woo appears in front of her. Kang Woo has been hurt as his lover left him. He suffers as his relationship with his father gets worse. Like they were destined, Eun Han and Kang Woo reunites. He becomes determined to help Eun Han find her memory. As they work together, Kang Woo slowly opens up his closed heart to Eun Han. Meanwhile, Chan Ki, the morning news anchor, lives a perfect life. However, he seems to have a dark side which no one would have ever imagined. This mystery melodrama takes people to unexpected places with unexpected people.
Let Me Introduce Her
2018
8.0Waking from a fatal accident to find herself in the past, Han Yi-joo teams up with Seo Do-guk to take revenge on the family who never loved her.
Perfect Marriage Revenge
2023
5.9A CEO suffers from a condition that causes blades to emerge from his body when he’s angry – can a woman who reminds him of his first love help him heal?
Blade Man
2014
8.5A new level of celebrity care is about to begin! Going far beyond the duties of an ordinary manager, the Secretary Squad becomes the ultimate personal support system for some of the biggest stars. From managing their official schedules to handling the private matters they may hesitate to share with anyone else, these dedicated secretaries stay close by their side. As they step into the stars’ most personal worlds, they uncover their unfiltered charms, unexpected sides, and deepest thoughts like never before.
My Secretary
2025
6.6A former prosecutor landlord and a former Miss Korea lawyer begin their crazy romance in a law office cafe.
The Law Cafe
2022
7.1An aspiring screenwriter's online romance with a French chef turns complicated when a persistent business partner vies for her attention.
Temperature of Love
2017
6.2The drama 'You Are The Best' transfers the message of consolation, hope and healing to those of us suffering from this competitive society. This is a humanistic drama that makes us realize that happiness cannot be felt just from materialistic or external values but from simple but truthful love, and a society that is full of people who share.
You Are The Best
2013
4.6Depicts the vulgar scandals of Korea’s nobles of the robe (whose rank came from holding judicial or administrative posts) who dream of hereditary succession. Han Hye Ryul is the chief of the special division of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office. Han Hye Ryul is from a family of judicial workers who has had wealth and power for three generations. She is an ambitious figure who is not satisfied with her current position and aims to become a prosecutor general or someone higher up the ladder.
The Empire Of Law
2022
6.9A story of two couples' journey of new love, loss and unexpected reunion spans decades, from the 1970s through present day.
Love Rain
2012
NRA romantic drama about a woman who was duped into getting a pretend divorce by her husband, but makes her way up to achieve a dream and love.
Shining Romance
2013
8.7This drama takes place in year 1997 and is about a failing cosmetics company that tries to turn a former high school beauty queen into Miss Korea. Oh Ji Young is the former high school beauty queen who has grown up to be nothing more an an elevator girl. Meanwhile, Kim Hyung Joon is an employee of the cosmetics company and will lead the efforts to turn Oh Ji Young into Miss Korea to save his company.
Miss Korea
2013
6.8The story of people driven by greed. Kang Pil-Joo grew up at an orphanage, but he now works as a managing director of a legal team at a corporation. He is acknowledged for his intelligence and his exemplary job performance. Some of those that work around him are jealous of him. Na Mo-Hyun is an environmental activist and a science teacher at a middle school. She is a good listener and laughs a lot. She dreams of a love driven by fate.
Money Flower
2017
6.9Is the easiest part of a relationship planning for the wedding? Hye Yoon and Jung Hoon are engaged to be married in 100 days. Hye Yoon’s older sister, Hye Jin is nicely married to a doctor, so Hye Yoon’s mother, Deul Ja, was determined to find an equally suitable husband for Hye Yoon. Imagine her disappointment when she learned that Hye Yoon had already fallen in love with a simple salaryman. Can Hye Yoon and Jung Hoon maintain their faith in love as they face family pressures in their relationship?
Can We Get Married?
2012
NRThe first season of the Women of Legend Series tells the story of a young lady-in-waiting whose beauty catches the eye of the King and becomes his concubine. Quickly rising in the ranks and eventually giving birth to a son, her hunger for power drives her not only to maintain her position, but to become Queen.
Jang Hee Bin
1981
6.0Smile, Mom is a 2010 South Korean television drama starring Lee Mi-sook, Park Won-sook, Ji Soo-won, Yoon Jung-hee, Go Eun-mi and Lee Jae-hwang. The weekend theater drama aired on SBS from November 6, 2010 to April 24, 2011 on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:50 for 50 episodes.
Smile, Mom
2010
No synopsis available yet.
How's Your Husband?
1993
6.4A modern twist on Cinderella follows warm-hearted Hyo-sun, adored by everyone, and her guarded stepsister Eun-jo, whose painful past fuels a growing resentment as their mother begins to favor Hyo-sun.
Cinderella's Sister
2010
NRNo synopsis available yet.
고독
2002
5.6Great Inheritance is a 2006 South Korean television drama starring Kim Jaewon and Han Ji-min. It aired on KBS2 from May 3 to June 29, 2006 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 17 episodes.
Great Inheritance
2006
No synopsis available yet.
Snail
1997
NRGuesthouse Daughters is a Korean variety show where five famous actresses and two famous comedians move in to a large guesthouse and live together. As they live together in the large guesthouse, they play various games and greet new celebrity guests. Guesthouse Daughters promises you to deliver natural looks of the famous celebrities.
Guesthouse Daughters
2017
NRNo synopsis available yet.
도깨비가 간다
1994
NRSeason 4 of the Women of Legend Series. Hwang Jin Yi, a courtesan in training, finds out the secret of her birth, and lives a life of riches and glory for revenge against the noble-blooded father who abandoned her. She becomes the best courtesan in Songdo and eventually, all of Joseon.
Hwang Jin Yi
1982
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Miracle Audition
2011
NRNo synopsis available yet.
48 Hours
2016
No synopsis available yet.
Love and Sympathy
2005
No synopsis available yet.
여자의 방
1992
No synopsis available yet.
촛불 켜는 사람들
1993
NRNo synopsis available yet.
오늘도 배우다
2019
No synopsis available yet.
닭이 울어야 새벽이
1993

