Cha Mi-kyung

Acting

Cha Mi-kyung

Born

1965-07-25 (61)

Place of birth

South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Cha Mi-kyung is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 2007, since then, she has appeared in number of films and television series. She is known for her roles in Itaewon Class (2020), Racket Boys and The Red Sleeve (2021). She has acted in films as: Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 (2019) and Three Sisters (2020) among others. In 2021 she appeared in TV series Our Beloved Summer and in 2022 she is cast in TV series Showtime Begins! alongside Park Hae-jin.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 16 titles

Hidden Face poster
5.3

Su-yeon, a cellist in an orchestra led by her fiancé and conductor Sung-jin, disappears one day, leaving behind only a video recording. Sung-jin is devasted over the loss of Su-yeon, but feels a strong attraction to Mi-ju, a cellist who fills in for his fiancée. Then one rainy night, Sung-jin and Mi-ju get swept away by their mutual desires for each other and commit an unforgivable act at Su-yeon's house.

Hidden Face

2024

Return to Seoul poster
6.2

After an impulsive travel decision to visit friends, Freddie, 25, returns to South Korea for the first time, where she was born before being adopted and raised in France. Freddie suddenly finds herself embarking on an unexpected journey in a country she knows so little about, taking her life in new and unexpected directions.

Return to Seoul

2022

The Ugly poster
6.9

One day while overseeing a documentary crew filming his blind father at work, Im Dong-hwan gets a phone call that his missing mother’s remains have been found after forty years. Determined to find the truth of her disappearance, Dong-hwan embarks on a twisted odyssey through his family’s traumatic past, uncovering dark secrets along the way.

The Ugly

2025

Nocturnal poster
6.2

Min-tae, a once-notorious gangster who now leads a peaceful retired life, discovers the bloody corpse of his only next of kin: his younger brother Seok-tae. With his brother’s missing wife Moon-young as the prime suspect, Min-tae uncovers a suspicious last phone call between her and a mysterious novelist, sparking a vicious hunt for the truth despite his seemingly deceitful former crime syndicate and the police in hot pursuit.

Nocturnal

2025

3670 poster
7.3

Despite the close bonds among fellow defectors, Cheol-jun—a young North Korean defector—felt isolated while hiding his gay identity. Finally, he takes his first step into South Korea's vibrant gay community and forms close ties after meeting Yeong-jun at a casual gathering. Yet, a trivial misunderstanding shatters these fragile bonds.

3670

2025

Three Sisters poster
5.9

The awkward, distant, and wounded three sisters gather at their hometown for their father's birthday. However, on the day of the party, there is a big mess because of their little brother Jin-seob's abnormal behavior, and the past of the three sisters slowly reveals.

Three Sisters

2021

Number One poster
6.1

Eighteen-year-old Ha-min suddenly begins to see the number "365" every time he eats his mother's homemade meal—and the number drops with each bite. Believing it to be a countdown to his mother's death, he distances himself from her and her cooking. Years later, still haunted by the number, Ha-min lives cautiously, preparing for the worst. Just as he begins to find peace with his girlfriend Ryeo-eun, an unexpected truth turns his world upside down.

Number One

2026

Still Shining poster
NR

In the 1940s, Soon-ok and Jeong-eem dream of leaving home to chase music and freedom. But a sudden tragedy in the community shatters innocence, forcing Soon-ok into an unexpected marriage. Jeong-eem disappears under mysterious circumstances, leaving Soon-ok burdened with guilt and unanswered questions. Decades later, the elderly Soon-ok reunites with Jeong-eem, who remembers nothing of their past.

Still Shining

2026

Our Season poster
8.6

Bok-ja is granted a special vacation after her death, which allows her to go see her daughter, Jin-joo, a university professor living abroad. Unlike her expectation, Bok-ja finds Jin-joo living in her old house running a local diner and becomes frustrated with questions that she is unable to ask. After spending time alongside Jin-joo, Bok-ja realizes that her daughter is struggling with the unresolved feelings about her, and tries to find a way to show her sincere feelings that she had never shared before.

Our Season

2023

Cabriolet poster
5.4

Always wearing a smiley face, Oh Ji-ah exerts herself no matter what, dreaming of a bright and shining future. But then, she is diagnosed with thymus cancer out of the blue. In spite of that, the company and her family force her hand as usual… While she is living her usual life, her friend Anna comes to see her. Anna, Jia’s role-model as the CEO of a company, suggests going on a tour around the country in a convertible the very next day but Jia refuses to go due to the pile of work she has to do and her upcoming surgery. And the day after, Jia faces the mourning portrait of Anna. Suffering from burn-out, Jia buys a ‘Cabriolet’ convertible with the money she saved up for surgery and takes off on a tour around the country.

Cabriolet

2024

A Letter from Kyoto poster
8.0

Hwa-ja has been raising three daughters alone in Busan after her husband passed away. One day, the second daughter Hye-young comes back to Busan after having continuous setbacks in Seoul. While spending time with her mom, she accidently sees a letter written in Japanese, which triggers her curiosity. She starts to ask Hwa-ja about her past life and gets to know new stories of her mother that she had never heard of.

A Letter from Kyoto

2023

House of the Seasons poster
7.0

It’s summer, and the whole Kim family has gathered in Daegu for the ancestral rites. This includes Seong-jin, the eldest grandson of the family, whose father has taken on the family business: a tofu factory. After the rites, family tensions start to rise and Seong-jin drops the bombshell that he won’t be taking on the family business.

House of the Seasons

2024

Can We Get Married? poster
5.5

Sun-woo and Woo-jung are about to get married. Their rosy future shatters when Sun-woo’s divorced father with bad credit history has a stroke. Sun-woo is left with a huge treatment fee, and his mother insists that Sun-woo’s dad should be selected as a basic livelihood recipient. Can Sun-woo get through this disastrous incident and get married successfully?

Can We Get Married?

2024

Incarnation poster
5.0

Sister Talia, about to take her perpetual vows, learns of her friend Thuy's death and discovers that another friend, Trang, is possessed by a demon. Using her ability as a medium, Talia exorcises the demon and helps Detective Oh investigate a series of chain suicides. They uncover that Thuy's mother, Chao, a shaman from Vietnam, uses a curse called "Go" to drive people to suicide. When Talia learns Chao plans to pass the curse onto Thuy's daughter Jin, she decides to sacrifice herself by taking the curse into her own body. As she prepares for her fate, Talia is confronted with an unexpected truth.

Incarnation

2025

Dream Within a Dream poster
NR

Aspiring filmmaker Yoo Dan is about to leave for Paris to study film. Before her departure, she dreams that her constantly complaining mother has died. Guilt weighs heavily on her, and she confides in her friends about leaving her mother behind. But whenever she faces her mother, all she feels is frustration. Then, one day, her mother's backbone vanishes. Left crawling on the floor, Dan must find it—before it's too late.

Dream Within a Dream

2025

Before It’s Too Late poster
NR

While searching for her grandmother who vanished without a trace from a Seoye studio, Jisu encounters a mysterious woman delivering ramyun.

Before It’s Too Late

2026

2010s · 11 titles

Hope poster
8.4

After 8-year-old So-won narrowly survives a brutal sexual assault, her family labors to help her heal while coping with their own rage and grief.

Hope

2013

The Neighbors poster
7.3

A serial killer murders a girl from his neighborhood. The residents begin to suspect him one by one, as he tries to cover his tracks and plans another kill before escape.

The Neighbors

2012

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

Juror 8 poster
7.4

Seoul, South Korea, September 21st, 2008. Eight citizens, the first to intervene as jurors in the country's legal history, are randomly selected to examine a matricide case that appears to have been resolved due to the existence of apparently conclusive evidence.

Juror 8

2019

Family Affair poster
7.0

One day, three siblings receive a postcard from their mother who left them a long time ago. But all it says is "I miss you." Three siblings are disconcerted by the sudden contact, but eventually, they go on a trip to meet their mother.

Family Affair

2019

A Field Day poster
6.0

Middle-aged Cheolgu is laid off with no advance notice. Looking for a new job is not easy and neither is the situation that his family members are in. A movie that takes a cheerful, positive look at life while maintaining the balance of a group drama involving diverse characters.

A Field Day

2018

Coming of Age poster
NR

Baekseol is a 29 year old college student in Seoul. She recently failed to become a regular employee and is considering going to graduate school. But out of the blue, her mother –Haesook – visits from Daegu and announces that she wants to travel the world alone in order to fully live her life.

Coming of Age

2018

Thuy poster
6.0

A Vietnamese woman, Thuy, is married to a Korean man and lives with her in-laws in rural Korea. One day, her gambling-addict husband is killed in a motorcycle accident. The woman gets suspicious because her husband was not even able to ride a bicycle. She wants to investigate her husband's death, while the villagers find her annoying

Thuy

2014

The Boy from Ipanema poster
6.0

A boy who broke up with his first love becomes frightened of his fading memory of the ex-girlfriend. The boy recalls a certain memory, meeting a girl by accident. While they are watching each other, the boy tells the girl there is a small door which swim in deep sea to other people's dreams. The girl gets to like him more and more. One day, while they get to know each other, the boy disappears. The girl beomes unsettled and begins to search for him.

The Boy from Ipanema

2010

Eun-seo poster
NR

North Korean Refugee Eunseo has been living in South Korea for 20 years. Now she is almost South Korean. No one knows she came from North Korea. Then her mother, who has been out of contact, comes to South Korea, and gets to live with her. People get to know that Eunseo came from North Korea, and Eunseo starts to feel uncomfortable with her mother.

Eun-seo

2019

Winter sleep poster
7.0

Gu-byeong is unexpectedly treated to a meal by Jo-song on his unplanned journey. After meal, Jo-song starts to call him ´son´ and Gu-beoung doesn´t understand why he keeps doing that.

Winter sleep

2012

Series credits

Our Sticky Love poster
8.7

An ambitious prosecutor loses her memory and moves in with a boxing coach who claims to be her boyfriend. Can this sticky situation turn into real love?

Our Sticky Love

2026

When Life Gives You Tangerines poster
8.8

In Jeju, a spirited girl and a steadfast boy's island story blossoms into a lifelong tale of setbacks and triumphs — proving love endures across time.

When Life Gives You Tangerines

2025

A Shop for Killers poster
8.5

A niece who lost her parents and grew up in the hands of an uncle who runs a shopping mall faces a new truth after her uncle's sudden death.

A Shop for Killers

2024

Hospital Playlist poster
8.6

Every day is extraordinary for five doctors and their patients inside a hospital, where birth, death and everything in between coexist.

Hospital Playlist

2020

Hotel Del Luna poster
8.5

When he's invited to manage a hotel for dead souls, an elite hotelier gets to know the establishment's ancient owner and her strange world.

Hotel Del Luna

2019

The Ordinary Jackpot poster
7.6

An ordinary office worker wins the lottery – the amount isn't enough for him to quit his job, but it's enough to give him a new outlook on life.

The Ordinary Jackpot

2026

Castaway Diva poster
8.0

Fifteen years after being stranded on a remote island, an aspiring singer reenters society — stopping at nothing to pursue her dream of becoming a diva.

Castaway Diva

2023

Daily Dose of Sunshine poster
8.3

A kind-hearted nurse working in psychiatry goes above and beyond to be a ray of light for those under her care, despite the challenges coming her way.

Daily Dose of Sunshine

2023

Twenty Five Twenty One poster
8.5

In a time when dreams seem out of reach, a teen fencer pursues big ambitions and meets a hardworking young man who seeks to rebuild his life.

Twenty Five Twenty One

2022

Spooky in Love poster
8.7

When a ghost-seeing heir and an ace prosecutor learn that a single touch makes them a strangely effective duo, they team up to crack unsolved murders.

Spooky in Love

2026

Because This Is My First Life poster
8.2

Two housemates get married for financial convenience, but discover nothing is simple when it comes to demanding in-laws — or facing their growing bond.

Because This Is My First Life

2017

Itaewon Class poster
8.3

In a colorful Seoul neighborhood, an ex-con and his friends fight a mighty foe to make their ambitious dreams for their street bar a reality.

Itaewon Class

2020

Dynamite Kiss poster
8.2

A passionate fling in Jeju ends abruptly — until fate reunites an heir and a young woman when she joins his company, disguised as a married mother.

Dynamite Kiss

2025

O’PENing poster
6.3

O'PENing is the new name of Drama Stage which has been broadcasting the winning work of the O'PEN storyteller contest. The franchise will continue to make meaningful steps to introduce and support new writers to see the light of the world and diversify content genres.

O’PENing

2022

Spring Fever poster
8.1

After moving to a quiet rural town to heal from past heartbreak, a withdrawn teacher slowly rediscovers warmth and joy through her unexpected connection with a rough-around-the-edges but kindhearted local man.

Spring Fever

2026

Our Unwritten Seoul poster
8.4

Twin sisters, whose similarities end with their looks, swap identities amid personal struggles — embarking on a journey to rediscover love and life.

Our Unwritten Seoul

2025

Racket Boys poster
8.0

A city kid is brought to the countryside by his father's new coaching gig: reviving a ragtag middle school badminton team on the brink of extinction.

Racket Boys

2021

Mystic Pop-up Bar poster
8.0

At this mysterious late-night food cart run by an equally mysterious woman and her part-timer, customers are provided a space for respite and counseling through their dreams. But most importantly, everyone here is treated equally—living or dead.

Mystic Pop-up Bar

2020

Good Partner poster
7.9

Cha Eun-kyung, a 17-year veteran divorce lawyer, faces a personal crisis when her own marriage is threatened while working alongside rookie lawyer Han Yu-ri, whose differing values lead to tension as they navigate their complex cases at Law Firm Daejung.

Good Partner

2024

From Now On, Showtime! poster
7.6

A spectacle-loving magician and his ghost crew team up with a ghost-seeing cop to solve crimes, uncovering unexpected romance and supernatural justice!

From Now On, Showtime!

2022

No Tail to Tell poster
8.0

Imbued with the power to grant wishes, a cynical nine-tailed fox's life takes a turn when she encounters a soccer player — altering both of their fates.

No Tail to Tell

2026

The Husband poster
8.8

Taeju and Seyun are on the verge of divorce. But when a drunken comment from Taeju gets Seyun kidnapped, everything changes. Even worse, he's now the prime suspect. Forced to go on the run, Taeju must rescue his wife on his own. To save her, he pushes himself to the absolute limit.

The Husband

2026

The Bequeathed poster
7.1

After the death of an unknown uncle, a woman inherits a burial ground and finds herself in the center of a string of murders and dark secrets.

The Bequeathed

2024

The Forbidden Marriage poster
7.0

A hilarious royal scheme begins when a fraud pretends to bring back the crown princess with spirit possession.

The Forbidden Marriage

2022

The Cursed poster
7.5

Im Jin Hee is a gung ho reporter, out to do the ring thing. She covers a violent case involving Forest, the biggest IT company in South Korea. The chairman of Forest is Jin Jong Hyun. He relies heavily on shamanism. During her investigation, Im Jin Hee learns of a spiritual consulting company that is affiliated with Forest. The head of that affiliate company is Jin Kyung. While trying to reveal the secret behind Forest, Im Jin Hee meets So Jin. She is possessed by a spirit and she has a special ability.

The Cursed

2020

Salon de Nabi poster
8.0

We visit hair salons when we're depressed, or when we want to change how we look according to the changing seasons, or just for no reason at all. A hair salon that we can easily find in our neighborhood and that anyone can visit. "Salon de Nabi gives a warm welcome to all customers who come to visit."

Salon de Nabi

2026

Secret Relationships poster
7.7

Trapped in an escalating love square, a salaryman must navigate his tumultuous feelings for a colleague, a former tutor, and an heir.

Secret Relationships

2025

Lies Hidden in My Garden poster
7.5

An ordinary housewife's life goes in an unexpected direction after noticing a strange smell in her backyard.

Lies Hidden in My Garden

2023

Love: Track poster
5.8

A romance anthology featuring 10 different love stories, each with its own unique tone and charm. It has an ensemble cast.

Love: Track

2025

Fanletter, Please poster
6.5

A top star actress in deep crisis and a man who makes a fake reply to a fanletter start their romance story.

Fanletter, Please

2022

tvN X TVING Short Drama Curation poster
NR

It presents five works that offer diverse perspectives on the meaning and scope of family, alternative families, and other topics for those living in the present age, and sometimes pose diverse questions. It hopes to bring you freshness and profound resonance, and to connect you with new connections.

tvN X TVING Short Drama Curation

2025

Mothers poster
3.6

Han Jung-Eun has been married to Lee Woo-Cheol for 14 years and they have a daughter. Lee Woo-Cheol works as a PD at a radio station. Han Jung-Eun is busy taking care of their family and also working, so her mother Choi Soon-Ok comes to Seoul to help her. Suddenly, the family has a tragedy. Han Jung-Eun and her mother Choi Soon-Ok must face the truth from that day.

Mothers

2020