Personal info
Known for
Actor
Gender
Female
Birthday
25 October
Location
Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Edit pageSeo Yi Sook
Biography
Seo Yi-sook (born 6 December 1966) is a South Korean theatre, television and movie actress. As a supporting actress, Seo is known for her supporting role in the drama Empress Ki (2013–2014), The Rebel (2017), Hotel del Luna (2019), The World of the Married (2020), and Start-Up (2020); and also feature film The Mayor (2017).
In 1986, Seo started her career as an actress by joining a local theatre company in Suwon. She won the Best New Actor Award at the 1986 Korea Theatre Festival. Followed by winning Acting Award at the 6th National Theatre Festival in 1987. Seo joined the Michu Theatre Company in 1989, and her debut work as a member was Shin Yi Gukgi (1989). A year later Seo debuted as a musical actress in Make a Hero (1990).
She won many prestigious awards such as the 2003 Gu Hi-seo Theatre Awards Actor of the Year and Expected Actor, the 40th Dong-A Theatre Awards Best Acting Award (2004), and The 30th Lee Hae-rang Theater Award (2020).
