Lee Soo-kyung (actress, born 1996)

For the actress born in 1982, see Lee Soo-kyung (actress, born 1982).

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Soo-kyung (Korean: 이수경; born October 24, 1996) is a South Korean actress. She is the youngest two-time winner of the Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Supporting Actress with the films Heart Blackened (2017) and Miracle: Letters to the President (2021). She made her television debut in the series Hogu’s Love in 2015 and starred in Adamas (2022) and Love in the Big City (2024).

Lee Soo-kyung
Lee in 2019
Born	Lee Soo-kyung (1996-10-24) October 24, 1996 (age 28) Seoul, South Korea
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2012–present
Agent	Varo Entertainment (2023–present)[1]
Korean name
Hangul	이수경
Hanja	李秀慶
Revised Romanization	I Sugyeong
McCune–Reischauer	I Sugyŏng

Career

Lee enrolled in an acting school as part of her parents' wish for Lee to learn various skills like playing musical instruments, etc. She was then chosen to lead 2012 short film In the Summer.^[2] Her mainstream debut was in 2015, with both crime film Coin Locker Girl as pink-haired rogue girl living in Incheon's Chinatown^[3] and tvN's romantic comedy television series Hogu's Love as the protagonist's twin sister.^[4]

In 2017, Lee received critical acclaim for two films: a romantic coming-of-age about a schoolgirl who falls for her coach Yongsoon in which Lee got nominated for several major film awards,^[5] and a crime legal Heart Blackened in which her role as a murder suspect daughter of a powerful businessman earned her the first win and youngest winner on record of Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Supporting Actress.^[6][7]

Lee returned to small screen with 2018 SBS workplace drama Where Stars Land, as the youngest team member of Incheon International Airport's Security Service.^[8]

Lee was cast in one series and one film in 2021. She acted as a cold and heavily-pressured law school student in JTBC's legal crime Law School,^[9] and as a tough firstborn daughter of the family main cast in the film that brings a second Baeksang Arts Awards for Lee 4 years after her first win, docudrama Miracle: Letters to the President.^[10][11]

In 2022, Lee acted in tvN's crime mystery Adamas as a TV reporter who hides a secret of being a murder witness in her childhood.^[12]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	In the Summer	Soon-young		[13]
2013	The Pitapatting	Soo-kyung
2014	Broken	Min-ki's class female student
2015	Coin Locker Girl	Ssong
2016	Familyhood	Sun-young
2017	The Mayor	Byun Ah-reum		[14]
	Yongsoon	Yong-soon		[15]
	Heart Blackened	Im Mi-ra		[16]
	Trivial Matters	Eun-ha	Short film	[17]
2019	The Odd Family: Zombie On Sale	Park Hae-gul		[18]
2020	Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP	So-jin	Cameo
2021	Miracle: Letters to the President	Bo-kyung		[19][20]
2022	Yaksha: Ruthless Operations	Mun Ju-yeon	Netflix Film	[21]
2024	Dead Man	Gong Hee-joo		[22]
	Jeongdong-gil	Jung In	Short Film	[23]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	Hogu's Love	Kang Ho-kyung
	Drama Special	Nam Seung-hee	Episode: "In Search of Argenta"	[24]
	Reply 1988	Lee Soo-kyung	Cameo (Episode 8)	[25]
2016	Kidnapping Assemblyman Mr. Clean	Seul-gi
2018	Where Stars Land	Na Young-joo
2021	Law School	Kang Sol B
2022	Adamas	Kim Seo-hee		[26]
2024	Love in the Big City	Mi-ae		[27]
2025	When Life Gives You Tangerines	Bu Hyeon-suk		[28]

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.
Baeksang Arts Awards	2018	Best Supporting Actress – Film	Heart Blackened	Won	[29]
		Best New Actress – Film	Yongsoon	Nominated	[30]
	2022	Best Supporting Actress – Film	Miracle: Letters to the President	Won	[31]
Blue Dragon Film Awards	2017	Best New Actress	Yongsoon	Nominated
	2021	Best Supporting Actress	Miracle: Letters to the President	Nominated	[32]
Buil Film Awards	2017	Best New Actress	Yongsoon	Nominated
	2022	Best Supporting Actress	Miracle: Letters to the President	Won	[33]
Chunsa Film Art Awards	2018	Best New Actress	Yongsoon	Nominated	[34]
	2022	Best Supporting Actress	Miracle: Letters to the President	Nominated	[35]
Grand Bell Awards	2017	Best New Actress	Yongsoon	Nominated
SBS Drama Awards	2018		Where Stars Land	Nominated	[36]
Women in Film Korea Awards	2017		Yongsoon	Won	[37]