Kang Soo Yeon
- Name: Kang Soo Yeon
- Native name: 강수연
- Also Known as: Kang Su Yeon, Gang Su Yeon, Kang Suyeon, Kang Sooyeon, Gang Suyeon, Gang Sooyeon, Kang Su Yun, Gang Su Yun, Kang Suyun, Gang Suyun, Kang Soo Youn
- Nationality: South Korean
- Gender: Female
- Born: August 18, 1966
- Died: May 7, 2022
In the 1990s, Kang appeared in a number of movies, the best known of which are Jang Sun-woo's acclaimed Road to the Racetrack which won her the Chunsa Film Art Awards and Blue Dragon Film Awards for Best Actress, the box office hit movie titled That Woman, That Man by Kim Wooi Seok, Lee Myung Se's film about adultery titled Their Last Love Affair and Im Sang Soo's debut film Girls Night Out. By the end of the 90s, she had acted in 32 movies and after her movie Rainbow Trout was released in 1999 winning her thePaeksang Arts Awards for Best Actress, she cut down her work in movies and took to acting in TV drama. Kang was invited to be a juror in the 5th Pusan International Film Festival in the year 2000.
In 2001, Kang starred in the popular 150 episodes TV Drama aired on SBS TV titled Ladies of the Palace (Yeo-in Cheon-ha). The TV drama managed to garner her new visibility among mainstream audiences. Her performance in the TV Drama as Jung Nan Jung enabled her to win the Performance Award awarded by SBS TV. After a brief hiatus from the movie scene, she makes her comeback in the movie The Circle playing the role of an attorney. Kang has since then appeared in another movie titled Hanbando in 2006. In 2007, she make another foray into mainstream TV after a gap of six years by acting in the MBC TV Drama by the name of Moon Hee. In the TV Drama, she played the role of a woman who is forced to leave her child she had when she was only eighteen and thus the TV Drama seeks to portray the travails of the woman's life.
She passed away on May 7th 2022 due to cardiac arrest at age 55
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Drama
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Ladies of the Palace
Korean Drama, 2001, 151 eps
Jung Nan Jung
(Main Role)
|
7.5
|
Gogyosaeng Ilgi
Korean Drama, 1983, 520 eps
Hyun Soo
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Wind and Cloud
Korean Drama, 1982, 51 eps
Empress Myung Sung [Young]
(Support Role)
|
5.0
|
Great Vocation
Korean Drama, 1981, 50 eps
Queen Consort Jang Ryeol [child]
(Support Role)
|
8.0
|
Lost Love
Korean Drama, 1980, 132 eps
Queen Jeong Sun
(Support Role)
|
5.0
|
The Lady from Angukdong
Korean Drama, 1979, 160 eps
Lady Hye Gyeong [Child]
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Movie
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Jung_E
Korean Movie, 2023,
Yoon Seo Hyun
(Main Role)
|
7.0
|
Jury
Korean Movie, 2013,
Soo Yun
(Main Role)
|
7.3
|
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Korean Movie, 2012,
[Herself]
(Support Role)
|
7.2
|
Sunny
Korean Movie, 2011,
[Special appearance in past picture]
(Guest Role)
|
8.7
|
Scooping Up the Moonlight
Korean Movie, 2011,
Ji Won
(Main Role)
|
6.3
|
With a Girl of Black Soil
Korean Movie, 2007,
Geo Men Tang Yi
(Unknown)
|
7.3
|
Hanbando
Korean Movie, 2006,
Queen Myung Sung
(Support Role)
|
7.0
|
The Circle
Korean Movie, 2003,
Oh Hyun Ju / San Heung
(Main Role)
|
7.0
|
Rainbow Trout
Korean Movie, 1999,
Jung Hwa
(Main Role)
|
8.4
|
Girls' Night Out
Korean Movie, 1998,
Ho Jung
(Main Role)
|
7.2
|
Deep Blue
Korean Movie, 1997,
On Eun Suh
(Main Role)
|
4.0
|
Blackjack
Korean Movie, 1997,
Jang Eun Yun
(Main Role)
|
5.0
|
Their Last Love Affair
Korean Movie, 1996,
Young Hee
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Go Alone Like A Rhino's Horn
Korean Movie, 1995,
Hye Wan
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
That Woman, That Man
Korean Movie, 1993,
Eun
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Western Avenue
Korean Movie, 1993,
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Blue in You
Korean Movie, 1992,
Yoo Im
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
The Road to the Racetrack
Korean Movie, 1991,
"J"
(Main Role)
|
6.2
|
Berlin Report
Korean Movie, 1991,
Marie Ellen
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
All That Falls Has Wings
Korean Movie, 1990,
Yoon Joo
(Main Role)
|
8.0
|
Long After That
Korean Movie, 1989,
Seon Woo Soo Mi
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Come, Come, Come Upwards!
Korean Movie, 1989,
Soon Nyeo
(Main Role)
|
6.9
|
Miri, Mari, Wuri, Duri
Korean Movie, 1988,
Woo Ri
(Main Role)
|
5.0
|
Prince Yeon San
Korean Movie, 1987,
Jang Nok Su
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Springtime of Mi Mi and Cheol Su
Korean Movie, 1987,
Mi Mi
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Dyo Hwa
Korean Movie, 1987,
Dyo Hwa
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
The Surrogate Woman
Korean Movie, 1987,
Ok Nyo
(Main Role)
|
6.9
|
Potato
Korean Movie, 1987,
(Unknown)
|
0.0
|
Whale Hunter 2
Korean Movie, 1985,
Young Hee
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
A Letter From Heaven
Korean Movie, 1979,
(Main Role)
|
5.0
|
Three Stars
Korean Movie, 1977,
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
TV Show
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Video Star Season 2
Korean TV Show, 2018, 179 eps
(Ep. 192)
(Guest)
|
7.7
|
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