Choi Hee-seo

In this Korean name, the family name is Choi.

Choi Hee-seo (Korean: 최희서; born December 24, 1986), born Choi Moon-kyung (최문경), is a South Korean actress. She is best known for portraying anarchist Fumiko Kaneko in the 2017 historical film Anarchist from Colony.^[1][2][3] For this role, she set a record of winning eleven acting accolades in a single award season, whilst also achieving an unprecedented feat of winning both Best New Actress and Best Actress at the Grand Bell Awards.^[4]

Choi Hee-seo
Choi in June 2018
Born	Choi Moon-kyung (1986-12-24) December 24, 1986 (age 38) Seoul, South Korea
Other names	Moon Choi
Education	Yonsei University – BA in Media and Film, English Literature University of California, Berkeley – Theater and Performance Studies
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2009–present
Agent	Saram Entertainment
Spouse	Unknown (2019)
Korean name
Hangul	최희서
Revised Romanization	Choe Hui-seo
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Hŭisŏ
Birth name
Hangul	최문경
Revised Romanization	Choe Mun-gyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Munkyŏng

Personal life

Choi married her non-celebrity boyfriend on September 28, 2019, in a private ceremony.^[5][6][7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2009	Lifting King Kong	Seo Yeo-sun
2010	Seoul, Lost	—	Short film, as assistant editor and writer
	Tokyo, Lost	Reiko	Short film
2011	The Moon Stalker	Boreum	Short film, also as director and writer
	Heart Beats Knock Knock	Hye-kyung	Short film
2012	Nan Jian Wan Zi	Bom	Short film, also as director
	Project 577	Herself
	Mark's Festival	Yoonea	Short film
2013	The Embrace		Short film
	It's Time to Love	PD Jung
2014	Janus	Eun-young	Short film, also as camera operator
	Tribute	—	Short film, as director and writer
	Pororo, the Snow Fairy Village Adventure	Master Grandma	Short film, voice
	One-minded	Gertrude	Short film
	Contact Point	Ji-young	Short film
2015	Love Never Fails	Math Teacher
2016	Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet	Kumi		[8]
	If You Were Me	Hee-seo
	How to Break up with My Cat
2017	Proj. Get-up-and-go	Café manager
	Anarchist from Colony	Fumiko Kaneko		[9]
	Okja	Interpreter
2018	Our Body	Ja-young
2020	Deliver Us From Evil	Young-joo		[10]
2021	The Asian Angel	Choi Seol	Japanese film	[11]
	Unframed – Findy	director, script	Short Film Watcha [note 1]	[12][13]
TBA	Exposure	Min-ju		[14]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2005	Rainbow Romance		Bit part
2007	H.I.T
2011	Just Like Today	Christina
	Next Stop for Charlie	Moon	Season 2
2013	The Scandal	Secretary Moon
2014	One Fine Day In October	Ro-sa
	Run, Jang-mi
2016	Entourage
2018	Mistress	Han Jung-won		[15]
	Big Forest	Im Cheong-a		[16]
2020	Stranger	Lee Yoo-an	Season 2
2021	Now, We Are Breaking Up	Hwang Chi-sook		[17][18]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2022	Yonder	AI Seri	voice over	[19]

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2013	Desdemona
2014	The Chair Is Not Guilty
2023	Army on the Tree	Woman	[20]

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result	Ref.
Asian Film Awards	2018	Best Supporting Actress	Anarchist from Colony	Nominated	[21]
Baeksang Arts Awards	2018	Best Actress – Film		Nominated	[22]
		Best New Actress – Film		Won	[23]
Blue Dragon Film Awards	2018	Best New Actress		Won	[24]
Buil Film Awards	2018	Best New Actress		Won	[25]
Busan Film Critics Awards	2018			Won	[26]
Busan International Film Festival	2018	Actress of the Year	Our Body	Won	[27]
Chunsa Film Art Awards	2018	Best New Actress	Anarchist from Colony	Won
Cine 21 Awards	2017			Won
Director's Cut Awards				Won	[28]
Golden Cinema Film Festival	2018	Best Actress		Won	[29]
Grand Bell Awards	2018	Best Actress		Won
		Best New Actress		Won
KOFRA Film Awards	2018			Won	[30]
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards	2017			Won	[31]
Resistance Film Festival in Korea	2018	Best Actress	Anarchist from Colony, Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet	Won	[32]
SBS Drama Awards	2021	Excellence Award for an Actress in a Mini-Series Romance/Comedy Drama	Now, We Are Breaking Up	Nominated	[33]
		Best Character Award, Actress		Nominated
The Seoul Awards	2017	Best New Actress	Anarchist from Colony	Won	[34]
Wildflower Film Awards	2017	Best Supporting Actress	Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet	Nominated
	2020	Best Actress	Our Body	Nominated

Notes

1. It is a collaboration with Watcha and directed and written by Lee Je-hoon, Park Jeong-min, Choi Hee-seo and Son Suk-ku