Kim Hae-sook

Actress

December 30, 1955 (70 years)

Busan, South Korea

Biography

Kim Hae-Sook (born December 30, 1955) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 1974. She has won numerous awards for her various roles in countless television dramas and films. You can find her in dramas and films such as, “I Hear Your Voice” (2013), “Pinocchio” (2015), “My Father is Strange” (2017), “Mother of Mine” (2019), “Thirst” (2009), “The Handmaiden” (2016), and “Tomorrow” (2022).

Filmography

8.2

Running Man

These days, as variety shows are gradually disappearing, this is one of Korea’s representative variety shows that has been responsible for Sunday evenings for over 10 years. This program features numerous stars and members going around various places, playing games, and completing missions. In particular, among the many fun elements of variety shows, this one focuses solely on laughter. Open your eyes! Big fun is coming in! Open your mouth! Big laughter is coming in! Open your heart! Useful lessons are coming in!

9.1

The WONDERfools

Kim Jeon-bok

A goofy group of townies stumbles into superpowers and fights rising evil as doomsday panic grows in this wild, turn-of-the-century action comedy.

8.7

My Royal Nemesis

Nam Ok-sun

A legendary Joseon villainess reincarnated in a modern actress’s body clashes with a cold-blooded chaebol heir, sparking a chaotic love-hate romance across centuries.

8.5

Hospital Playlist

Jeong Rosa

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

7.0

My Little Old Boy

How much do you know about your grown up son? In Mom’s Diary, the daily lives of the grown up celebrity sons are closely observed by their mothers. Do you know why your son drinks so much these days? How much do you know about your son’s philosophy in his life style? Heart-warming moments of observational communication between a mother and a son can be seen on Mom’s Diary.

8.2

The Handmaiden

Ms. Sasaki

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.

7.0

Let's Eat Dinner Together

Self

As more and more people are getting used to eating dinner alone, Kang Ho-dong and Lee Kyung-kyu visit ordinary Korean families at dinner time and share their lives as they eat dinner together.

8.4

My Demon

Ju Cheon-suk

A pitiless demon becomes powerless after getting entangled with an icy heiress, who may hold the key to his lost abilities — and his heart.

8.4

Hope

Psychiatrist Jung-sook

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.

7.6

Strong Girl Nam-soon

Gil Jung-gan

Gifted with superhuman strength, a young woman returns to Korea to find her birth family — only to be entangled in a drug case that could test her power.

7.5

No Other Choice

Ok Sang-yeo

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.

8.4

Tomorrow

The Jade Emperor

Made half-human and half-spirit by accident, a young man is employed by a company of grim reapers in the underworld to carry out special missions.

8.1

Mr. Plankton

Beom Ho-ja

A man plagued by misfortune and his ex, the unluckiest bride-to-be, are forced to accompany one another on the final journey of his life.

8.5

No Gain No Love

Geum Deok

Son Hae-yeong seeks out a fake wedding with her neighbourhood convenience store employee, Kim Ji-uk, to avoid missing out on a promotion.

7.9

Gyeongseong Creature

Nawol-daek

Gyeongseong, 1945. In Seoul's grim era under colonial rule, an entrepreneur and a sleuth fight for survival and face a monster born out of human greed.

6.9

Alienoid

Secret Temple Old Lady

Gurus in the late Goryeo dynasty try to obtain a fabled, holy sword, and humans in 2022 hunt down an alien prisoner that is locked in a human's body. The two parties cross paths when a time-traveling portal opens up.

8.2

Start-Up

Choi Won-deok

Young entrepreneurs aspiring to launch virtual dreams into reality compete for success and love in the cutthroat world of Korea's high-tech industry.

8.2

Pinocchio

Park Ro-sa

In-ha and Ha-myeong become reporters for different reasons: one aspires to follow in her mother's footsteps and the other seeks to do honest news.

8.0

Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds

Cho-gang / God of Indolence Hell

Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he’s able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by his side to defend him in trial.

7.5

Tempest

Seo 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.