Song Seon-mi
Quick Facts
Biography
Song Seon-mi (born September 13, 1974) is a South Korean actress.
Career
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).
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. 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. While in The Day He Arrives (2011), Song played a film studies professor who frequents a bar in Bukchon.
Back on the small screen, her popularity rose when she played a young housewife in Precious Family (2004), written by Kim Soo-hyun. 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).
In 2012, Song was cast as a capable trauma nurse in Golden Time. She later reunited with its director Kwon Seok-jang in Miss Korea (2013), set in 1997 during the IMF crisis.
Song starred in her first ever period drama in 2013's Cruel Palace - War of Flowers. She drew praise for her portrayal of the Crown Princess Lady Kang, Crown Prince Sohyeon's wife, despite controversy involving a breastfeeding scene.
Personal life
Song married art director Go Woo-seok on June 29, 2006.
In 2009, she 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. Then in January 2013, Song was charged with slander for allegedly insulting Mr. Kim, CEO of Contents Entertainment, at a press conference for a drama held in July 2012.
Filmography
Television series
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" | Jung Soo-ah | KBS2 |
Cruel Palace - War of Flowers | Crown Princess Lady Kang | jTBC | |
Miss Korea | Go Hwa-jung | MBC | |
2016 | Memory | Han Jung-Won | tvN |
Film
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 |
Variety show
Year | Title | Network | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1996 | Wild Country | SBS | Host |
Our Happy Saturday | SBS | Host | |
1999 | 머리가 좋아지는 TV | SBS | Host |
2003 | Discovery of Reading | KBS2 | Host |
2011 | Couple of the Century | StoryOn | Host |
2013 | Talk Club Actors | MBC | Host |
Theater
Year | Title | Role |
---|---|---|
2009 | Turn Around and Leave | Chae Hee-ju |
2011 | The Blue Room | |
2012-2013 | Right There | Jung |
Book
Year | Title | Publisher | ISBN |
---|---|---|---|
2009 | Lovely Skin by Song Seon-mi | Sallim Life | ISBN 9788952213105 |
Awards and nominations
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 |