Sunwoo Yong-nyeo | |
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Sunwoo in August 2013 | |
Born | (1945-08-15) August 15, 1945 (age 79) Jinju, Keishōnan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan |
Education | Sorabol College of Arts |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1965-present |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 선우용여 |
Hanja | 鮮于龍女 |
Revised Romanization | Seonu Yongyeo |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏnu Yongyŏ |
Birth name | |
Hangul | 정용례 |
Hanja | 鄭蓉禮 |
Revised Romanization | Jeong Yongrye |
McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng Yongnye |
Sunwoo Yong-nyeo (born Jung Yong-rye on August 15, 1945) is a South Korean actress. Sunwoo originally wanted to become a classical ballerina, but when she passed TBC's open recruitment in 1965, this led to her entertainment debut as a dancer on television. She began acting in 1966, and went on to an acting career in film, TV and stage spanning five decades. In 2010, Sunwoo also became the CEO of matchmaking company Red Hills.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role |
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1963 | Goryeojang | |
1966 | A Soldier Speaks After Death | |
1967 | A Female Student and an Old Gentleman | |
1969 | Girls | |
1974 | Myonyeo | |
1975 | Dangerous Relations | |
The Tae-baeks | ||
Story of the Youth | ||
Escape | ||
1976 | The Kept Woman | |
Feelings | ||
Blue Classroom | ||
1977 | A Young Man Aware of Gwanghamun Well | |
Forest Fire | ||
Winter Woman | Yi-hwa's mother | |
1978 | Sadness Under the Sky | |
King Sejong the Great | ||
Floating Plants | ||
1979 | Romance Gray | |
26 x 365 = 0 | ||
The Terms of Love | ||
Run Towards Tomorrow | ||
Jade Color | ||
The Rose That Swallowed Thorns | ||
The Story of Yellow Village | ||
1980 | Woman's Room | |
1981 | Subzero Point '81 | Sung-ae |
Rainy Days | Dong-man's mother | |
1982 | Geniuses With the Grade F | Boarding house landlady |
Idiot in the Forest | ||
Mistress | ||
1983 | The Lover of a Friend | |
1990 | Man Market | |
1992 | The Beginning of Sorrowful Love | Mrs. Hong |
The Swamp Haze Will Not Clear | ||
1993 | I Will Survive | Sug-young's mother |
1994 | I Wish for What Is Forbidden to Me | Consulting director |
Vanished | Young-ae | |
The President's Daughter | First Lady | |
Love on a Rainy Day | Mrs. Moon | |
1995 | Bellybutton Bus | Hyuk-joon's mother |
1996 | Albatross | Eun-joo's mother |
2002 | Sex of Magic | Sung-bin's mother |
2004 | Dance with Solitude | Song In-joo |
Everybody Has Secrets | Mother | |
2006 | Between Love and Hate | Young-woon's mother |
The Fox Family | Mother fox (cameo) |
Television series
Year | Title | Role | Network |
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1975 | Living in a Rented Room | KBS1 | |
1981 | Eun Ha-su | KBS1 | |
Heaven and Earth | KBS1 | ||
1991 | A Honeymoon | KBS2 | |
1992 | Haetteulnal | KBS2 | |
Whale Hunting '92 | KBS2 | ||
For Love | KBS2 | ||
1993 | Our Hot Song | SBS | |
Never on Sunday | KBS2 | ||
Unstoppable Love | KBS2 | ||
Pilot | Noh Hye-ran's mother | MBC | |
1994 | Farewell | Jang Ik-gu's mother | SBS |
1995 | Agatha Christie | Kim Hyuk's mother | SBS |
Hotel | MBC | ||
The Age of Uniqueness | KBS2 | ||
I Love Yumi | KBS2 | ||
Fourth Republic | Jang Jeong-yi | MBC | |
1996 | Project | KBS2 | |
Until We Can Love | KBS2 | ||
1997 | Star in My Heart | Kang Min-hee's mother | MBC |
Cinderella | Seo Joon-seok's mother | MBC | |
Only You | SBS | ||
Three Women | KBS2 | ||
1998 | Soonpoong Clinic | Sunwoo Yong-nyeo | SBS |
Heart of Lies | Kang Jin-jin | MBC | |
I Love You, I'm Sorry | KBS2 | ||
1999 | Into the Sunlight | Wang Joo-yeon | MBC |
2000 | Because of You | Jo Ae-sun | MBC |
2001 | Delicious Proposal | Jang Hee-ae's mother | MBC |
2002 | Dae Bak Family | SBS | |
2003 | Good News | Lee Gook-hee | MBC |
2004 | War of the Roses | Gong Jin-sook | MBC |
Kkangsooni | Maeng Choon-ja | EBS | |
Choice | Lee Soon-joo | SBS | |
2005 | Wonderful Life | Yoon Tae-hee | MBC |
Dangerous Love | Na Hyo-shil | KBS2 | |
HDTV Literature: "The Post Horse Curse" |
Myung-rye | KBS1 | |
2006 | Love Can't Wait | Kang In-sook | MBC |
Love Me When You Can | Park Geum-rae | MBC | |
The Vineyard Man | Song Mal-ja | KBS2 | |
2007 | Drama City: "Sky Lovers" |
KBS2 | |
2008 | Who Are You? | Geum Nan-hee | MBC |
Saranghae (I Love You) | Seok Chul-soo's mother | SBS | |
You Are My Destiny | Lee Hwa-ran | KBS1 | |
Daughter-in-Law | Jang Ok-soon | SBS | |
2009 | Hilarious Housewives | Sunwoo Yong-nyeo | MBC |
Can't Stop Now | Gu Hyo-sook | MBC | |
High Kick Through the Roof | Sunwoo Yong-nyeo, Lee Soon-jae's past love (cameo, episode 124) |
MBC | |
2011 | Believe in Love | Lee Mi-kyung | KBS2 |
2012 | Golden Time | Park Geum-nyeo | MBC |
The Sons | Myung-ja | MBC | |
Family | Na Il-ran | KBS2 | |
2013 | Can't Stand Anymore | Gil Bok-ja | jTBC |
Potato Star 2013QR3 | Noh Song's younger sister (cameo, episode 14) |
tvN | |
2015 | Flower of Queen | Bang Eun-ah | MBC |
2016 | Beautiful Gong Shim | Seok Dae-hwang's birth mother | SBS |
2019 | Left-Handed Wife | Cheon Sun-im | KBS2 |
2021 | Miss Monte-Cristo | Han Yeong-ae | KBS |
Variety show
Year | Title | Notes |
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2006-2007 | Super Kids | |
2007 | Big Mama | |
2008–present | Quiz to Change the World | Panelist |
2009 | Conversation with the President | Celebrity panelist |
You Value What Is Beautiful: Becoming a Green Energy Powerhouse |
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2011 | Dugeun Dugeun, Studio of Stars' Love | |
Star King | Panelist | |
I Want to See a Buddhist Monk with Sunwoo Yong-nyeo |
Host | |
Wonderful Korea | Host | |
2012 | Happy Together - Season 3 | Guest, "The National Mother Special" episode |
2013 | Hello | Panelist |
2014 | Vitamin | |
2015 | People Looking for a Laugh | Cameo, "A Movie Is a Movie" sketch in episode 99 |
Theater
Year | Title | Role |
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1991 | Death of a Salesman | |
2005 | Lady | Mother |
2010 | My Mom | Mother |
2013 | War in Gobu | Kang Choon-shim, the mother-in-law |
Ambassadorship
- Public Relations Ambassador 2022 Boryeong Marine Mud Expo (2022)
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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1977 | 16th Grand Bell Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Forest Fire | Won |
2009 | MBC Entertainment Awards | Special Award in a Variety Show | Quiz to Change the World | Won |
2011 | MBC Entertainment Awards | Congeniality Award | Won | |
2013 | 4th Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards | Presidential Commendation | — | Won |
References
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- She has also been the Associate Dean of Seoul Hoseo Art College since 2011.
- "善隣팬‥‥탤런트 鮮于龍女양 錄畵끝나자마자 그라운드로". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 22 June 1979. p. 8. Retrieved 2 November 2024 – via Naver News Library.
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- "Yoo Ji-in, Sunwoo Yong-nyeo and other TV actresses ..." The Korea Times. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
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- "멘토 인터뷰: "연기도 인생도 순리대로 두었더니, 진정한 행복이 오더라."-연기자 선우용여 (1부)". Good Daddy (in Korean). 13 September 2013. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- "탤런트 선우용여가 결혼중매 산업에 뛰어 든 이유는..." [Why TV actress Sunwoo Yong-nyeo jumped into the matchmaking industry]. Segye (in Korean). 15 January 2010. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- Kim, Heidi (14 February 2011). "Smile Again continues to top weekly TV chart". Asiae. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- "Golden Time Hwang Jung Eum Became the Chairman of the Board". KDramaStars. 12 September 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- "Kim Seong-min to star in JTBC Can't Take It Anymore". Hancinema. 26 June 2013. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- "Dugeun Dugeun" is the Korean onomatopoeic sound of a heart beating.
- "Park Myeong-soo's wealth "5 rooms and 3 bathrooms"". Hancinema. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- Kang, Sue-jean (3 January 2005). "The Return of Oh Jung-hae with the Operetta Lady". The Dong-a Ilbo. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- Song Il-seop (April 6, 2022). "선우용녀-문희경-박상민, '보령 머드축제 홍보대사 위촉' [MD포토]" [Seonwoo Yongnyeo-Moon Hee-kyung-Park Sang-min, 'Boryeong Mud Festival Ambassador Appointment' ] (in Korean). My Daily. Archived from the original on April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022 – via Naver.
- "Yoo Jae-seok wins grand prize at MBC Entertainment Awards". Asiae. 30 December 2009. Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
External links
- Sunwoo Yong-nyeo at the Korean Movie Database
- Sunwoo Yong-nyeo at IMDb
- Sunwoo Yong-nyeo at IMDb
- Sunwoo Yong-nyeo at HanCinema
- 1945 births
- Living people
- People from Jinju
- Actresses from South Gyeongsang Province
- South Korean television actresses
- South Korean film actresses
- South Korean musical theatre actresses
- South Korean stage actresses
- 20th-century South Korean actresses
- 21st-century South Korean actresses
- South Korean television presenters
- South Korean broadcasters
- South Korean women television presenters
- South Korean video jockeys