Ra Mi-ran

Ra Mi-ran (born March 6, 1975) is a South Korean actress and television personality. She is best known for her roles in the television series Reply 1988 (2015–2016), Avengers Social Club (2017), and The Good Bad Mother (2023), as well as the films Ode to My Father (2014), The Himalayas (2015), The Last Princess (2016), Miss & Mrs. Cops (2019), Honest Candidate  (2020), and Citizen of a Kind (2024).

Career
Before making her film debut in Lady Vengeance (2005), Ra Mi-ran spent years acting in theatre. Afterwards, she appeared in more than 40 films but did not receive acclaim or public recognition until she starred in Dancing Queen (2012), with one review calling her "the standout" as the protagonist's best friend and hairdresser.

She is most prolific as a supporting actress,  notably in Lee Joon-ik's Hope (2013), for which her portrayal of a young boy's mother won Best Supporting Actress at the 34th Blue Dragon Film Awards; as well as The Himalayas (2015), for which she won Best Supporting Actress at the 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards. She was also noted as a scene stealer in the hit cable drama Reply 1988 (2015).

Ra was also praised in her leading role as a North Korean defector in Jeon Kyu-hwan's indie 'Dance Town' (2011), with Variety calling it "riveting" and "a landmark performance."

Through the reality show Sister's Slam Dunk, she along with cast members Min Hyo Rin, Kim Sook, Hong Jin Kyung, Jessi, and Tiffany debuted as a girl group with the oldest average age in K-pop history, under the name 'Unnies'.