Kim Sung-ryung

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Sung-ryung (Korean: 김성령; born February 8, 1967) is a South Korean actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She won Miss Korea 1988 later represented her country at Miss Universe 1989 pageant,^[2][3] Kim began her career as a reporter on KBS's showbiz news program Entertainment Weekly. In 1991, she made her film acting debut in Kang Woo-suk's Who Saw the Dragon's Claws?.

Kim Sung-ryung
Kim in November 2024
Born	(1967-02-08) February 8, 1967 (age 58) Seoul, South Korea
Other names	Kim Sung-ryoung
Education	Master's degree
Alma mater	Inha Institute of Technology Kyung Hee University Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Occupation	Actress
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Spouse	Lee Ki-soo ​ (m. 1996)​
Children	2
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Korea 1988
No. of films	16 (as of April 2018)
Agency	FN Entertainment[1]
Years active	1988–present
Major competitions	Miss Korea 1988 (Winner) Miss Universe 1989 (Contestant)
Relatives	Kim Sung-kyung (sister)

Kim returned to the big screen in 2007, with notable supporting roles in Shadows in the Palace,^[4] and Rainbow Eyes,^[5] followed by The Client (2011), Mr. XXX-Kisser (2012),^[6] The Fatal Encounter (2014),^[7] and The Target (2014).^[8][9] As she entered her forties, Kim also became known for the television dramas You're Beautiful (2009), The Chaser (2012), Yawang (2013), The Heirs (2013), and Flower of Queen (2015).^{[10][11][12][13]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Who Saw the Dragon's Claws?	Kim Ji-won
1992	A Room in the Woods	Mi-yang
2007	Shadows in the Palace	Court lady inspector
	Rainbow Eyes	Lee Hye-seo
2008	Our School's E.T.	School board director Lee
2010	The Servant	Wol-mae
	71: Into the Fire	Oh Jang-beom's mother
2011	The Client	Kang Sung-hee's paralegal / office manager
2012	The Suck Up Project: Mr. XXX-Kisser	Ye-ji
	The Ugly Duckling	Nak-man's mother
	Code Name: Jackal	Angela
2014	The Target	Jung Young-joo
	The Fatal Encounter	Lady Hyegyŏng
2016	Will You Be There?	Yeon-ah	Special appearance
2018	Keys to the Heart	Madam Hong	Special appearance[14]
	Believer	Oh Yeon-ok	[15]
2020	The Call	Seo-yeon's mother	[16]
2024	My Name Is Loh Kiwan	Ok-hee	Netflix film[17]
	Wonderland	Gil-soon	Special appearance
	About Family	Bang Jeong-hwa	[18]
TBA	Resurrected Man	Miju	[19]

Television series

Year	Title	Role
1992	92 Whale Hunting	Dumb waitress Chun-ja
	Sunrise
1993	Stormy Season	Lee Han-sook
	Youth Theater	Oh Yoo-kyung
1996	Mountain	Mi-ok
	Jo Gwang-jo	Park Gyeongbin
1998	A Very Special Trip
	The King and the Queen	Deposed Queen Lady Yun
	Winners	Yoo-ri
	MBC Best Theater: "Happy Ending"
	King of the Wind	Princess Hwapyeong
	Paper Crane	Min-sook
2000	Juliet's Man	Mi-ra
	MBC Best Theater: "Summer Vacation"	OB/GYN doctor Yoon-soo
	KBS TV Novel: "The Mind of Governing the People"	Gisaeng from Bian
	Gibbs' Family	Yeom Kyung-ok
2001	Empress Myeongseong	Michiko
	This is Love	Ahn Do-hae
2002	Drama City: "Ahjumma Band Formation Case"	Seong-mi
2003	Age of Warriors	Mu-bi
	Garden of Eve	Baek Ji-ae
2004	Span Drama: "The Snow Queen"	The Snow Queen
	MBC Best Theater: "My Mom is a Superwoman"	Woo-jung
	Ms. Kim's Million Dollar Quest	Seo Woo-kyung
	MBC Best Theater: "Perfect Roommate"	Lee Soo-jung
	Count of Myeongdong	Kim Hyun-kyung
2005	Don't Worry	Jo Mi-yeon
2006	My Love Dal-ja	Kang Nan-hee
2007	Hometown Over the Hill	Jeon Se-kyung
	Good Day to Love	Kim Hyo-jin
	How to Meet a Perfect Neighbor	Jung Mi-hee
2008	The Great King, Sejong	Kim Hyobin
	Iljimae	Dan-yi
2009	Ja Myung Go	Mo Ha-so
	Soul	Ha-na and Doo-na's mother
	You're Beautiful	Mo Hwa-ran
2010	Definitely Neighbors	Kang Mi-jin
	Stormy Lovers	Chae Woo-hee
2011	What's Up?	Ha In-young
	Padam Padam	Jung Ji-na's mother
2012	Find Someone Who Can	Kim Sung-ryung
	Syndrome	Oh Eun-hee
	The Chaser	Seo Ji-soo
2013	King of Ambition[20]	Baek Do-kyung
	The Heirs	Han Ki-ae
2015	Flower of Queen	Rena Jung / Jung Eun-hye / Lee Soo-jung
2016	Mrs. Cop 2[21]	Ko Yoon-jung
	The Legend of the Blue Sea	Jang Jin-ok (Special appearance)
2018	Are You Human?[22]	Oh Ro-ra
	The Beauty Inside[23]	Special appearance
2021	Political Fever	Lee Jeong-eun[24][25]
2022	Kill Heel	Bae Ok-seon[26]
2023	Love to Hate You	Choi Soo-jin[27]
2024	The Frog
	A Virtuous Business	Oh Geum-hee[28]
2025	When Life Gives You Tangerines	Special appearance (episode 11)
	Second Shot at Love	Kim Gwang-ok[29]

Variety shows

Year	Title	Notes
1988	Entertainment Weekly (ko)
1991	Delightful Studio
1995	명사가요 초대석
2013	Woman Show
2014	My Tutor Friend	Regular member
2018	Law of the Jungle in Patagonia	Second-half cast member
2020	I Am a Survivor	Regular member
2021	Woman Plus	Host [30]

Hosting

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2017	2017 MBC Drama Awards	with Oh Sang-jin	[31]

Radio program

Year	Title	Station
1993	Joyful Afternoon with Park Se-min and Kim Sung-ryung	CBS-AM
1995	Music Salon with Kim Sung-ryung	MBC-FM

Theater

Year	Title	Role
1991	A Woman's Choice
1992	The Merchant of Venice	Portia
2005	Art	Kyung-sook
2008–2009	Melodrama	Kang Yoo-kyung
2014	Miss France[32][33]	Fleur de Senlis/Martin/Samantha

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1988	32nd Miss Korea Pageant	Miss Korea - Jin	—	Won
1991	27th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actress	Who Saw the Dragon's Claws?	Won
	2nd Chunsa Film Art Awards	Best New Actress		Won
	29th Grand Bell Awards	Best New Actress		Won
1993	14th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress	A Room in the Woods	Nominated
1999	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress	The King and the Queen	Won
2000	SBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Juliet's Man	Won
2002	KBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Empress Myeongseong	Won
2008	45th Grand Bell Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Shadows in the Palace	Nominated
	SBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Special	Iljimae	Nominated
	KBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actress	The Great King, Sejong	Nominated
2012	SBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	The Chaser	Won
2013	49th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Actress (TV)	Yawang	Nominated
	2nd APAN Star Awards	Acting Award, Actress		Won
	SBS Drama Awards	Special Award, Actress in a Drama Special[34]	The Heirs	Won
2014	23rd Buil Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress	The Target	Nominated
	MBC Entertainment Awards	Popularity Award in a Variety Show	My Tutor Friend	Won
2015	4th APAN Star Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Flower of Queen	Nominated
2016	SBS Drama Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang)	Mrs. Cop 2	Nominated
		Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Genre Drama		Nominated
		K-Wave Star Award		Nominated
		Top 10 Stars Award		Won
2018	2nd The Seoul Awards	Best Supporting Actress (Film)[35]	Keys to the Heart	Nominated
	KBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Are You Human?	Nominated
2022	20th Director's Cut Awards[36]	Best Actress in series	Political Fever	Nominated
	1st Blue Dragon Series Awards [37]	Best Leading Actress		Nominated
	8th APAN Star Awards[38]	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a OTT		Won