Song Seon-mi

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Song Seon-mi
Born (1974-09-13) 13 September 1974 (age 49)
Taean County, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea
EducationDongju College
OccupationActress
Years active1996–present
AgentJR ENT
Spouse
Go Woo-seok
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(m. 2006; died 2017)​
Children1
Korean name
Hangul
송선미
Revised RomanizationSong Seon-mi
McCune–ReischauerSong Sŏnmi

Song Seon-mi (born 13 September 1974) is a South Korean actress.[1]

Career[edit]

Song Seon-mi won second place at the Super Elite Model Contest in 1996, then transitioned from a modeling career to acting a year later in the television drama Model (1997).[2][3]

In 1998, Song made her film debut playing dual roles as an art gallery employee and a soldier's ex-girlfriend in Lee Jeong-hyang's critically acclaimed romantic comedy Art Museum by the Zoo, opposite Ahn Sung-ki.[4][5] This was followed by the gangster comedy My Boss, My Hero (2001). Though Song is more active in television, notable in her filmography are two arthouse films by auteur Hong Sang-soo. For Woman on the Beach (2006), she and her co-stars agreed to appear in the film even without reading Hong's script.[6] While in The Day He Arrives (2011), Song played a film studies professor who frequents a bar in Bukchon.[7][8][9]

Back on the small screen, her popularity rose when she played a young housewife in Precious Family (2004), written by Kim Soo-hyun.[10] Leading roles followed in The Secret Lovers (2005), One Day Suddenly (2006), Green Coach (2009), Mrs. Town (2009), and Dandelion Family (2010), as well as a supporting role in the well-received medical drama Behind the White Tower (2007).[11]

In 2012, Song was cast as a capable trauma nurse in Golden Time.[12] She later reunited with its director Kwon Seok-jang in Miss Korea (2013), set in 1997 during the IMF crisis.[13]

Song starred in her first ever period drama in 2013's Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers.[14][15] She drew praise for her portrayal of the Crown Princess Lady Kang, Crown Prince Sohyeon's wife, despite controversy involving a breastfeeding scene.[16]

Personal life[edit]

Song married art director Go Woo-seok, who she met through mutual acquaintances and dated for one year, on 29 June 2006.[17] They have a daughter, Arri born 2014.[18] On 21 August 2017, Song Seon Mi’s late husband Go Woo Seok was found dead in a law office located in Seoul. At the time, the police revealed that following an inheritance battle, he was murdered by a hitman hired by his cousin for ₩2.00 billion KRW (about $1.67 million USD). The shocking homicide case headlined the Korean news for months as the investigation continued.

Eventually, both the cousin and the hitman got arrested and sentenced to prison—life for the cousin who hired the hitman and 18 years for the murderer who stabbed Go Woo Seok. Song Sun Mi also won her lawsuit against the cousin, with the South Korean court ruling in favor of the actress and her daughter to receive ₩1.30 billion KRW (about $1.09 million USD) in compensation for their loss.[19]

In 2009, Song left talent agency Contents Entertainment to join a new agency set up by her former manager Mr. Yu, Hoya Entertainment; this resulted in a breach of contract lawsuit.[20]

In January 2013, she was charged with slander for allegedly insulting Kim Sung hoon, the CEO of The Contents Entertainment, at a press conference for a drama held in July 2012. Kim was also linked to actress, Jang Ja-yeon's death, after three witness testified against him, Kim was found guilty of abuse by the Korean courts, specifically of forcing girls from his agency to come to his birthday party where he forced them to sexually entertain the executives.[21][22][23]

Filmography[edit]

Television series[edit]

Year Title Role Network
1997 Model Kim Yi-joo SBS
Woman Next Door SBS
1998 Soonpoong Clinic Nurse Song Seon-mi SBS
1999 You're One-of-a-Kind Mi-yeon MBC
Magic Castle Bang Ae-ja KBS2
Did You Ever Love? KBS2
2000 Love Story "Host of Memory" Hee-soo SBS
I Want to Keep Seeing You Jang Hye-won SBS
The More I Love You Song Da-young MBC
Fireworks Heo Min-ji SBS
2002 Hard Love Yoo Won-hee KBS2
2004 War of the Roses Oh Mi-ran MBC
Precious Family Song Ah-ri KBS2
2005 The Secret Lovers Jung Ah-mi MBC
2006 One Day Suddenly Go Eun-hye SBS
2007 Behind the White Tower Lee Yoon-jin MBC
The Golden Age of Daughters-in-Law Cha Soo-hyun KBS2
2009 Green Coach Han Ji-won SBS
Mrs. Town Oh Da-jung tvN
2010 Dandelion Family Park Ji-won MBC
Personal Taste Bride (cameo, episode 2) MBC
Life Is Beautiful Song Na-yeon SBS
2011 Ojakgyo Family Nam Yeo-eul KBS2
2012 Golden Time Shin Eun-ah MBC
Cheongdam-dong Alice Artemis's costumer (cameo) SBS
2013 Drama Special "Their Perfect Day"[24] Jung Soo-ah KBS2
Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers Crown Princess Lady Kang jTBC
Miss Korea Go Hwa-jung MBC
2016 Memory Han Jung-Won tvN
2017 Return of Lucky Pot Park Seo-jin MBC
The Guardians Chae Hye-sun MBC
2019 Love Alarm Jeong Mi-mi Netflix
2020 Private Lives Kim Mi-sook JTBC
Start-Up Cha Ah-hyun tvN
Live On Eun-taek's mother JTBC
2021 Bossam: Steal the Fate Kim Gae-shi[25] MBN
Mine Seo Jin-kyung [26] tvN
Crime Puzzle Park Jeong-ha[27] Olleh TV ,KT seezn, SKY TV

Film[edit]

Year Title Role
1998 Art Museum by the Zoo Da-hye
2001 My Boss, My Hero Lee Ji-seon
2002 Can't Live Without Robbery Hwang Ma-ri
2003 Scent of Love Choi Jeong-ran
Round 1
The Silver Knife Ga-ryeon
2004 Mokpo the Harbor Im Ja-kyung
Liar Oh Jung-ae
2006 Woman on the Beach Choi Sun-hee
2011 The Day He Arrives Bo-ram
2017 On the Beach at Night Alone Jun-hee
2022 Walk Up Sunhee

Variety show[edit]

Year Title Notes
1996 Wild Country Host
Our Happy Saturday
1999 머리가 좋아지는 TV
2003 Discovery of Reading
2011 Couple of the Century
2013 Talk Club Actors[28][29]

Theater[edit]

Year Title Role
2009 Turn Around and Leave[30] Chae Hee-ju
2011 The Blue Room
2012–2013 Right There Jung
2022–2023 Miners Painters Helen Sutherland[31]

Book[edit]

Year Title Publisher ISBN
2009 Lovely Skin by Song Seon-mi[32] Sallim Life ISBN 9788952213105

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
1999 20th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Tell Me Something Nominated
2012 5th Korea Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress Golden Time Won
2013 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama Their Perfect Day Nominated
2017 MBC Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Soap Opera Return of the Fortunate Bok Won

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Actress Song Sun-mi poses after being appointed goodwill ambassador for Save the Children in Seoul". The Chosun Ilbo. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  2. ^ "SONG Sun-mi". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Supermodel-Turned-Actresses Taking Over Airwaves". The Chosun Ilbo. 13 December 2006. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  4. ^ Russell, Mark (16 January 2002). "Zoo a screenplay within a screenplay". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Walking a mile in your lover's socks". The Korea Times via Hancinema. 5 February 2004. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Ko Hyun-jung Poised for Belated Big-Screen Debut". The Chosun Ilbo. 17 April 2006. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  7. ^ Lee, Jin-ho (22 August 2011). "Song Seon Mi on The Day He Arrives". enewsWorld. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  8. ^ Cho, Jae-eun (26 August 2011). "With latest film, Hong Sang-soo makes a return to the familiar". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  9. ^ Lee, Claire (28 August 2011). "Hong weaves charming maze in black-and-white". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  10. ^ "Song Seon-mi Favorite Character of Elderly Women". KBS Global. 9 March 2005. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  11. ^ "PREVIEW: MBC weekend drama Dandelion Family". 10Asia. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  12. ^ Oh, Jean (2 July 2012). "New medical drama 'cheery' and 'goofy'?". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  13. ^ "Kwon Seok-jang's new MBC drama Miss Korea". Hancinema. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  14. ^ "Song Seon-mi cast for jTBC Cruel Palace – War of Flowers". Hancinema. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  15. ^ Yang, Sung-hee (22 March 2013). "In drama, concubines compete for royal love". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  16. ^ "Actress ruffles feathers with breastfeeding scene". The Korea Times. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  17. ^ "'새색시' 송선미 "결혼식날 굉장히 즐겁고 좋았다"". My Daily via Naver (in Korean). 30 June 2006. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  18. ^ Kang, Jenny (9 October 2021). "Actress Song Sun Mi Bursts Into Tears As She Opens Up About Her Daughter Missing Her Late Husband Murdered By A Hitman". www.koreaboo.com. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  19. ^ Kang, Jenny (9 October 2021). "Actress Song Sun Mi Bursts Into Tears As She Opens Up About Her Daughter Missing Her Late Husband Murdered By A Hitman". www.koreaboo.com. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  20. ^ Moon, Gwang-lip (2 July 2012). "Legal damage claims are mounting". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  21. ^ Ko, Hong-ju (24 January 2013). "Song Seon Mi is Booked Without Detention for Slandering Former Agency Head". enewsWorld. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  22. ^ Kim, Yon-se (12 October 2014). "Actress Jang forced to sexually entertain: appeals court". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  23. ^ Carey, Alexis (5 April 2018). "South Korean TV star Jang Ja-yeon's suicide note claimed she was abused by high-profile figures". news.com.au. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  24. ^ "Song Seon-mi becomes a Gangnam mom". Hancinema. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  25. ^ Hwang Hye-jin (23 March 2021). "송선미 '보쌈-운명을 훔치다' 출연 확정 '악역 변신'" [Song Seon-mi confirmed to appear in 'Bossam-Steal Destiny']. Newsen (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  26. ^ Shin Ji-won (21 April 2021). "송선미, '마인' 특별출연…'좋알람' 이나정 PD 지원사격" [Song Seon-mi to make a special appearance in 'Mine'... 'Good Alarm' Lee Na-jeong PD support shooting]. The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  27. ^ Kim Na-yul (23 October 2021). "크라임퍼즐' 송선미→이현결, 연기 고수 총출동..추격 스릴러의 진수" ['Crime Puzzle' Song Seon-mi → Lee Hyun-gyeol, acting master Chongchul-dong..The essence of a chase thriller] (in Korean). Herald Pop. Retrieved 23 October 2021 – via Naver.
  28. ^ Ho, Stewart (3 January 2013). "John Park, Shim Hye Jin, Shin So Yul and Others Cast for MBC's Talk Club Actors". enewsWorld. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  29. ^ Sunwoo, Carla (4 January 2013). "Hwang Shin-hye to host new actors talk show". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  30. ^ "Events Calendar: Turn Away and Leave". The Korea Herald. 14 February 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  31. ^ Jung Byung-ho (26 October 2022). "강신일·문소리·박원상 등 무대 돌아온다…연극 '광부화가들" [Kang Shin-il, Moon So-ri, and Park Won-sang return to the stage... Play 'The Miners]. E-Daily (in Korean). Retrieved 20 November 2022 – via Naver.
  32. ^ "송선미의 러블리 스킨" [Lovely Skin by Song Seon-mi]. Sallim Books (in Korean). Retrieved 25 November 2014.

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