Kim Young-sun (actress)

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Young-sun (Korean: 김영선; born 5 March 1971)^[2] is a South Korean actress.^[3] She made her acting debut in 2005 in films, since then, she has appeared in number of plays, films and television series. She got recognition for her supporting roles in Boys Over Flowers (2009), Shine or Go Crazy (2015), and Twenty-Five Twenty-One (2022). She has acted in films such as: The Piper (2015), A Man and a Woman (2016) and Psychokinesis (2018) among others.^[4]

Kim Young-sun
Born	(1971-03-05) March 5, 1971 (age 54) Dongnae-gu, Busan, South Korea[1]
Other names	Kim Yeong-seon
Occupations	Actress Theater actor Musical director
Years active	2005–present
Agent	Hunus Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul	김영선
Revised Romanization	Kim Yeong-seon
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Yŏngsŏn

Career

Kim Young-sun is affiliated to artist management company Hunus Entertainment since February 2022.^[5]

It was her childhood dream to become an actor, so Kim acted in Busan Municipal Youth Theater since her middle school days. After graduation from school she worked in a bank. In beginning she was majorly active in the theater and stage but later on she appeared in TV series and films.^[6]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2006	Hanbando			[7]
	Bloody Reunion
2007	Black House	Hong-yeon's mother
	Wide Awake			[8]
	The Happy Life
	Our Town	Supermarket wife
2008	The Chaser	Yeong-min's older sister
2009	White Night	Female teacher
2010	I Saw the Devil	Nun 1		[9]
	Hello Ghost	Detective Noh's wife
	Heartbeat	Cleaning lady
2012	Dancing Queen	Jeong-min's mother, past
	Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time
2013	No Breathing	Woo-sang's mother
	My Dear Girl, Jin-young	Woman past her prime	Special appearance	[10]
	Mansin: Ten Thousand Spirits	Kim Geum-hwa's mother
2014	My Ordinary Love Story	Jeong Ma-dam
2015	The Piper	Mudang
2016	A Man and a Woman	Lady helper
2017	The Seeds of Violence	Deaconess Yoon		[11]
2018	Psychokinesis	Roo-mi's mom
	Marionette	Han Soon-jung		[12]
	Gate	Clinic Wife	Cameo	[11]
2022	Table Manners	Ok-soon

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2005	Sassy Girl Chun-hyang			[7]
	Be Strong, Geum-soon!	Dietician
	My Lovely Sam Soon	Restaurant guest
2007	Bad Woman, Good Woman	Yeon Byeon-daek
	H.I.T	Lee Mi-ok
2008-09	White Lie			[8]
2009	Empress Cheonchu	Han In-kyung
	Boys Over Flowers	Fishing village resident 3		[13]
	My Too Perfect Sons	Sol pharmacy customer		[8]
	Tamra, the Island	Yang-soon Eo-meong
2010	OB & GY	Yang-soon Eo-meong
	Dong Yi	Crowned princess
	Prosecutor Princess	Choi In-sook
	Giant	Yoon Ki-hoon's wife		[9]
	Ugly Miss Young-ae	Director Yoo Hyeong-gwan's	Season 8
2011	Sign	Jung Eun-mo
2012	Golden Time	Detective's wife
	Strangers 6			[7]
2013	Two Weeks	Park Jae-kyeong's mother		[9]
	Reply 1994	Rubbish's mom
2014	Quiz of God	Oh Kyeong-sook	Season 4	[10]
	Secret Door	Heung-bok's mother
2015	Shine or Go Crazy	Yum Shil		[13]
	Angry Mom	Mackerel mother		[10]
2016	Come Back Mister	Gi-tak's mother
	My Lawyer, Mr. Jo	Yeon-sook
2017	Criminal Minds	Park Song-i's mother
	Live Up to Your Name	Psychiatrist		[11]
	Children of the 20th Century	Lee Gwang-hee
	The Package	Han Doo-ri's mother
	Black	Oh Man-soo's mother
2018–19	My Strange Hero	Yeong-min's mother
2019	Save Me 2	Village foreman's wife		[14]
2020	Tale of the Nine Tailed	Shaman		[11]
2021	Police University	Oh Jeong-ja		[15]
	Check Out the Event	Hyeon Kyeong-mi		[11]
	Squid Game	Gi-hun's friend's wife
2022	Twenty-Five Twenty-One	Baek Yi-jin's mother		[16]
	Unlock My Boss	Choi Soo-jin		[17]

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Hair Salon Riot	Super auntie	[18]

Ambassadorship

• Public Relations Ambassador for the 2022 Seoul International Senior Film Festival held from May 19 to May 23 at CGV Piccadilly 1958 Hall 3.^[19]