Yeom Hye-ran

Acting

Yeom Hye-ran

Born 1976-10-30 · Yeosu, South Jeolla, South Korea

Yeom Hye-ran (born October 30, 1976), is a South Korean film, television, and theater actress. She is known for her roles in dramas When the Camellia Blooms (2019), The Uncanny Counter (2020–2023), The Glory (2022–2023), Mask Girl (2023), and When Life Gives You Tangerines (2025). She is the recipient of three Baeksang Arts Award for Best Supporting Actress – Television.

Acting credits

Memories of Murder poster
8.1

A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.

Memories of Murder

2003

No Other Choice poster
7.5

After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends into violence in a desperate bid to reclaim his dignity.

No Other Choice

2025

Special Delivery poster
7.1

A black-market cabbie drives criminals at breakneck speeds until she is left in charge of a fugitive's son.

Special Delivery

2022

Always poster
7.8

A former boxer turned parking lot attendant finds hope in the love of the blind telemarketer who walks into his booth one day.

Always

2011

Wall to Wall poster
6.2

A man who poured his life savings into a new apartment discovers its walls are full of disturbing noises, hostile neighbors and unsettling secrets.

Wall to Wall

2025

Cobweb poster
6.5

In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, and the complaints of actors and producers who can't understand the re-written ending. Will Kim be able to find a way through this chaos to fulfill his artistic ambitions and complete his masterpiece?

Cobweb

2023

71: Into the Fire poster
7.5

In August 1950, waiting for UN troops to arrive, the South Korean army assembled to protect Nakdong River. Only 71 student-soldiers are left behind to guard the city of Pohang. Now they are on a mission to defend the country from North Korean troops.

71: Into the Fire

2010

Secret Sunshine poster
7.2

Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband’s hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can’t fit in. After a sudden tragedy, Shin-ae turns to Christianity to relieve her pain, but when even this is not permitted, she wages a war against God.

Secret Sunshine

2007

Kim Ji-young: Born 1982 poster
7.4

Kim Ji-young, an ordinary woman in her 30s, suddenly shows signs of being inhabited by other women from her life, past and present.

Kim Ji-young: Born 1982

2019

Miss & Mrs. Cops poster
6.9

Once a legendary detective and a new mom, Mi-young, now works a desk job. But when overenthusiastic newbie Ji-hye is assigned to Mi-young's civil complaints team, the two female cops get caught up in a serious criminal case that triggers an action-filled comedic investigation.

Miss & Mrs. Cops

2019

Recalled poster
7.0

Soo-jin, who lost her memories due to a horrible incident, starts suspecting her husband. She is confused between reality and illusion, truth and lies.

Recalled

2021

Holiday poster
6.4

After 1988 Seoul Olympic, Ji Kang-heon, who is sentenced for 7 years, and other inmates escape from the police van. After escaping, Ji Kang-heon and inmates make the entire Seoul under fear while they hold hostages.

Holiday

2006

Sea Fog poster
6.9

A fishing-boat crew takes on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of illegal immigrants from China to Korea.

Sea Fog

2014

Fighter in the Wind poster
7.1

An account of karate competitor Choi Yeung-Eui who went to Japan after World War II to become a fighter pilot but found a very different path instead. He changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama and went across the country, defeating martial artists one after another. This film concentrates on the period when he is still young, and developing his famous karate style, Kyokushin.

Fighter in the Wind

2004

Innocent Witness poster
7.8

An old man is found dead, and his housekeeper is charged with the murder. Her defense attorney is surprised to learn the only witness to the crime is a teenage girl with autism.

Innocent Witness

2019

Woongnami poster
6.0

The bear man who was once a bear become human by eating garlic and mugwort for 100 days. One day, after retirement as a policeman, a terrorist brings the deadly virus and he looks exactly the same as the bear man! With help of a detective and Youtuber, he tries to save the world now.

Woongnami

2023

Citizen of a Kind poster
7.5

After losing her laundry store to a fire incident, a single mom Duk-hee receives a call from a bank offering a generous upfront loan so she takes it right away. But soon after, she finds out that she has become a victim of a voice phishing scheme. Devastated, Duk-hee turns to the police for help, only to be more disappointed that there is no hope of retrieving her money. At the moment of despair, Jae-min, the phisher who tricked her, rings her phone once again to tip Duk-hee off about the criminal organization that locked him up and coerced him to make voice phishing calls from China. With that call, Duk-hee makes up her mind to investigate this case for herself and take a plane to China with her friends.

Citizen of a Kind

2024

I Can Speak poster
7.9

A grumpy old woman befriends a young civil servant and learns English from him. She then reveals to him her shocking past.

I Can Speak

2017

Default poster
6.8

Only one week left until South Korea will go under sovereign default. Han Shi-hyun is a leader of the monetary policy team at the Bank of Korea. and is assigned to a crisis team.

Default

2018

Our Town poster
5.4

A writer kills his landlady and stages the body to look like the work of an active serial killer. Anxious that the police might figure out the truth, he decides to insert himself into the investigation using his detective friend.

Our Town

2007

Amazon Bullseye poster
6.3

Once an Olympic medalist in archery but now the top target for restructuring, Jin-bong heads to the Amazon to seize one last chance offered by his company. After barely surviving a life-threatening ordeal, Jin-bong arrives in the Amazon, where he meets three warriors with god-given archery skills: Sika, Eba, and Walbu! Believing he has found a way to save himself, Jin-bong teams up with Bbang-sik, a Korean-Bolédorian interpreter, and brings the three archery masters to Korea… Now, Jin-bong’s comeback depends entirely on the Amazon trio!

Amazon Bullseye

2024

New Year Blues poster
6.5

Four different couples have a romantic week over New Year's Eve. Both coming out of failed marriages, Ji-ho and Hyo-young are not open to the possibility of new love, while Jin-ah heads to the other side of globe and encounters Jae-hun.

New Year Blues

2021

Best Friend poster
7.5

A leader of the opposition party in 1980s South Korea struggles to outwit the government who, unbeknownst to him, has placed a surveillance team in the house next door. Based on the life of Kim Dae-jung, the 8th President of South Korea.

Best Friend

2020

Honeysweet poster
5.8

Chi-ho, a genius confectionery researcher who has developed addictive flavors, experiences a sweet change when he meets Il-yeong, a call center worker at a loan screening company who thinks optimistically about everything, and goes through sweet changes.

Honeysweet

2023