Moon Sook (actress) explained

Moon Sook is a South Korean actress.^[1] She is known for her roles in dramas such as Tunnel, The Uncanny Counter, Matrimonial Chaos, Kkondae Intern and Lovers of the Red Sky.^[2] She also appeared in the movies Keys to the Heart, , Shades of the Heart and Emergency Declaration.^[3] She was a popular actress in the 1970s.^[4] In the 1970s she was called the Audrey Hepburn of Korea due to her resemblance to the actress.^[5]

Personal life

Moon married director Lee Man-hee in 1974 who was 23 years older than her and already married. The marriage did not last long due to Lee Man-hee's death in 1975. Actress Lee Hye-young is her step-daughter.^[6] She later moved to America to study painting, where she met and married an American man with whom she has two children.

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role
2016	Memory	Hwang Tae-sun	[7]
	Hello, My Twenties!	Belle Epoque landlady	[8]
2017	Tunnel	Hong Hye-won	[9]
2018	Life on Mars	Kim Mi-yeon	[10]
	The Beauty Inside	Woo-jin's mother	[11]
	Matrimonial Chaos	Go Mi-sook	[12]
	Priest	Lee Hae-min	[13]
	Just Dance	Hye-jin's grandmother	[14]
2019	Graceful Family	Milk Witch	[15]
	Gogo Song	Yoo Soon-nyeo	[16]
2020	Touch	Yoon Young-hee	[17]
	Kkondae Intern	Oh Kyung / Anastasia	[18]
	SF8	Jong-in's mother	[19]
2020	The Uncanny Counter	Wi-gen	[20]
2021	Lovers of the Red Sky		[21]
2023	Mask Girl	Sim Young-hee	[22]
	Castaway Diva	Go San-hee	[23]
	The Uncanny Counter 2: Counter Punch	Wi-gen	[24]
	Revenant	Funeral attendee	[25]

Film

Year	Title	Role
1975	A Girl Who Looks Like the Sun (Korean: 태양 닮은 소녀)	In-yeong
	A Triangular Trap (Korean: 삼각의 함정)	Ji-seok
	The Road to Sampo (Korean: 삼포가는 길)	Baek-hwa
1976	Where Is Miss Yeong? (Korean: 미스 영의 행방)	Nan-hyang
2015	The Beauty Inside	Woo-jin's mother
2018	Keys to the Heart	Bok-ja
	Herstory	Seo Gwi-soon
	Ode to the Goose	Gunsan restaurant owner
2019		Myung-hee
2021	Finding Angel (Korean: 천사는 바이러스)	Ok-boon
	Shades of the Heart	Chang-seok's mother
2022	Emergency Declaration	Doctor Han	[26]
Hansan Redux	Admiral Yi Sun-sin's mother	[27]
Cafe Midnight: Missing Honey	Cafe's customer	[28]

Awards and nominations

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Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result
11th Korean Theater and Film Awards	1974	Best Actress in Film	Moon Sook		[29]
Baeksang Arts Awards	1975	Best News Actress - Film	A Girl Who Looks Like the Sun		[30]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 문숙, 20대 시절 다시 보니 '한국의 오드리 햅번'. Next Daily. June 27, 2022.
2. Web site: 문숙 젊은 시절, 한국의 오드리 햅번… 뛰어난 미모에 네티즌 시끌. Daily Korea. July 23, 2022.
3. Web site: 문숙 나이 67세… '오드리 햅번' 리즈시절 보니. Cheonji Daily. March 8, 2022.
4. Web site: '여유만만' 문숙, '만추' 이만희 감독과의 러브스토리 공개 "짧은 만남 후회한 적 없어". International Newspaper. February 18, 2019.
5. Web site: '뷰티인사이드' 문숙, 한국의 오드리햅번…38년 만에 복귀하게 된 계기는?. News Culture. May 23, 2022.
6. Web site: 문숙 아들 조슈아 '이국적인 외모'. SBS Entertainment. March 23, 2014.
7. Web site: 문숙 유튜브, 다이아 티비와 셀럽 파트너십 체결 "힐링 선사". Daily Korea. November 12, 2021.
8. Web site: '화제의 배우' 문숙, 강렬한 존재감 선보인 '청춘시대' 집주인 할머니. Top Star News. October 12, 2017.
9. Web site: 문숙, 그는 누구? '터널' 이유영과 호흡 맞추는 배우. Top Star News. August 17, 2017.
10. Web site: '라이프 온 마스' 정경호, 결국 1988년 선택…행복 찾았다. Seoul Economy. August 10, 2018.
11. Web site: '뷰티인사이드' 문숙 "38년 만의 현장, 숨 쉬고 살 것 같았다". X Sports News. February 12, 2022.
12. Web site: '최고의 이혼' 문숙-배두나-이엘-김혜준-하윤경, 빗 속의 이혼파티 비하인드컷 공개!. MBC Entertainment. November 12, 2021.
13. Web site: '프리스트' 박용우·문숙·오연아, 누가 악마의 사제일까. Newsen. May 4, 2021.
14. Web site: 김갑수, 이주영에 문숙 시한부 고백 "모든 일엔 끝이 있다". The Korea Herald. March 18, 2021.
15. Web site: '우아한 가' 맨주먹 콤비 X 잔혹한 부호의'고택 삼자대면'포착. Korea Economic TV. August 29, 2019.
16. Web site: 이미은, CGNTV 드라마 '고고송' 캐스팅‥윤은혜와 호흡. Osen. January 28, 2019.
17. Web site: '터치' 차정혁, 주상욱이 연기한 최고의 메이크업 아티스트...실제 주인공은. Citizen Daily. December 22, 2020.
18. Web site: 문숙 '꼰대인턴' 출연, 박기웅과 세대 초월 케미 펼친다(공식입장). Newsen. May 23, 2020.
19. Web site: 문숙, 2년만에 민규동 감독과 재회 "'간호중' 특별출연 지원사격". Newsen. September 14, 2020.
20. Web site: 문숙, '경이로운 소문' 수수께끼의 여인 된다…조병규와 운명 공동체. Mun-sook becomes a mysterious woman of 'wonderful rumors'... Byungkyu Cho and the community of fate. August 4, 2020. Hankook Ilbo.
21. Web site: 홍천기' 문숙 삼신 첫등장 강렬, 김유정♥안효섭 운명 엮었다 [결정적장면]]. Yoo Kyung-sang. ‘Hongcheongi’ Moon-sook's first appearance in the triad, Kim Yoo-jung ♥ Ahn Hyo-seop's fate was intertwined [Decisive Scene]. Newsen . Naver. August 31, 2021 . August 31, 2021 . ko.
22. Web site: '마스크걸' 문숙→박정화, 이야기 꽉 채운 신스틸러. August 22, 2023. entertain.naver.com. ko. August 22, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230822005007/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=311&aid=0001630226. live.
23. Web site: 무인도의 디바 tvN . 2023-10-12 . tvn.cjenm.com . ko . October 17, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231017010621/https://tvn.cjenm.com/ko/castawaydiva/relationship/ . live .
24. Web site: '경소문2' 절반의 성공→시즌3 나올까.."아쉽다"vs"K 히어로물 글로벌 확대". Chosun. December 8, 2023.
25. Web site: Revenant - Cast (Korean Drama, 2023, 악귀). HanCinema. January 2, 2024.
26. Web site: 팽팽한 긴장감과 공포…'비상선언', 한국형 재난영화의 정점. My Daily. August 23, 2022.
27. Web site: 박해일, 출정 전 母 문숙과 대화…장군 아닌 인간 이순신('한산 리덕스'). Kang Min-kyung. Park Hae-il talks with his mother, Moon-sook, before going out... A human, not a general, Yi Sun-sin ('Hansan Redux'). Ten Asia. Naver. November 29, 2022. November 29, 2022. ko.
28. Web site: '심야카페: 미씽 허니' 정영주X문숙X박건일, 특급 조연진들의 앙상블 화제. Korea Economy TV. November 12, 2022.
29. Web site: 문숙 남편 故이만희 감독...세상 놀라게 한 '비밀 결혼식'. Open News. January 4, 2021.
30. Web site: 문숙 아들 공개 '이국적인 외모' 미모도 모전자. SBS Entertainment. February 27, 2014.