Jung Hye-sun

Jung Hye-sun
Jung Hye-sun
Born	Jung Young-ja; February 21, 1942 (age 84); Seoul, South Korea
Education	Sudo Girls' High School
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1961-present
Korean name
Hangul	정영자
RR	Jeong Yeongja
MR	Chŏng Yŏngja
Stage name
Hangul	정혜선
RR	Jeong Hyeseon
MR	Chŏng Hyesŏn

Born

Jung Young-ja

February 21, 1942 (age 84)

Seoul, South Korea

EducationSudo Girls' High School

OccupationActress

Yearsactive1961-present

Jung Hye-sun (Korean: 정혜선; born February 21, 1942), birth name Jung Young-ja (정영자), is a South Korean actress. Jung made her entertainment debut as a voice actress with the KBS Daejeon Radio in 1960, then began acting onscreen through the first KBS public audition in 1961.^[1] She has been active in Korean film, television and theater for more than five decades.^[2]^[3]^[4]

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Year	Title	Role
1968	The Third Zone
1968	I'm Not a Traitor
1969	The Third Zone
1970	Five Left-handers
	How Can I Forget?
	Two Bigshots with a Grudge
	Man and Woman from Hong Kong
	Madame Jang from Hong Kong
	One-Eyed Jack in Hong Kong
	Nobody Knows
	Born in Nampo-dong
	Myeongdong Fella, Nampodong Fella
	Old Gentleman in Myeongdong
1971	Two Guys
1971	The Graduation from Myeongdong
1972	Ever Smiling Mr. Park
1972	Don't Cry My Daughter
1973	Love and Hatred
1974	A Horrible Breath
	Excellent Guys
	A White Handkerchief
1975	Sad San Francisco
	Where Is the Light?
	Chun-ja's Love Story
1976	An Extinguished Window
1976	Forgiven Woman
1977	Pyongyang's Secret Order
1977	The Double Rainbow Hill
1979	We Took the Night Train
	The Trappings of Youth
	The Woman Who Draws Cranes
1980	Thoughtless Momo
	The Last Secret Affair
	Painful Maturity
1982	Night of the Shaman
1982	Mistress
1986	Jung-gwang's Nonsense
1987	Forget-me-nots
	Prince Yeonsan	Queen Insoo
	Five People
1988	You My Rose Mellow
	The Salt Vendor
	Kkam-dong	Mother-in-law
	Dol-ai 4 Dune Buggy
	Sunshine at Present	Lady Na
	Sexual Compatibility
1989	Today's Woman
	Happiness Does Not Come in Grades	Eun-joo's mother
	25 Dollar People
1990	Broken Children	Nam-chul's mother
	The Woman Who Walks on Water
	Hong Du-kae	Lady Jung
1991	The Wedding Dress of Tears	Director
	Does the American Moon Rise Over Itaewon?
	Seoul Evita
1995	Dustbin (short film)
1995	The Marine Revelation
1996	Ghost Mamma	Mother-in-law
2006	Solace	Shim In-ku's mother
2007	Sorrow Even Up in Heaven	Principal
2008	Barbershop (short film)
2009	Goodbye Mom	Female monk
2009	Fly, Penguin	Mrs. Song
2011	Countdown	Money lender granny (cameo)

Year	Title	Role
1961	When the Day Comes
1968	The Third Zone
1970	Season of Love and Hate
1970	Blossoming Ajumma
1972	Stepmother
1975	Reed
1976	The Adventures of Chul-yi
1978	I Sell Happiness
1978	Trap of Youth
1979	113th Investigative Division: "Two Sons of the North and South"
1980	Daughter
1981	1st Republic	Im Young-shin
	Angry Eyes
	Nocturne
	New Mistress
	Madam Gyo-dong
1982	Cannot Forget
1982	Friend, Hey Friend
1983	Kan-nan-yi	Grandmother
1983	I'm Home
1984	500 Years of Joseon: "The Ume Tree in the Midst of the Snow"	Queen Jeonghui
	Missing You
	Spray
1985	That's Right, You Bet
	Mom's Room
	500 Years of Joseon: "The Imjin War"
1987	Love and Ambition	Hye-young
1987	Retired Front
1988	500 Years of Joseon: "Queen Inhyeon"	Queen Jangnyeol
1988	Famine in the City	Im Bok-seol
1989	A Happy Woman	Jae-seob's mother
1989	Mandate of Heaven
1990	A House with the Deep Yard
	The Rose of Betrayal	Mrs. Han
	My Mother	Mother
	Still 49	Jung Hye-kyung
1991	The Royal Way
1991	Beyond the Mountains	Mrs. Song
1992	Promise
	Thorn Flower
	Sons and Daughters	Lee Hoo-nam's mother
	Fearless Love	Jung Hee-ja
	String	Song Bong-nim
1994	Kareisky
1995	Even If the Wind Blows	Hairy ajumma
1995	Hopefully the Sky
1996	General Oh	Jang Gil-ja
	Widow
	Seven Spoons
	Woman Riding a Bicycle	Lee Ae-ja
1997	Golden Feather
	Because I Really	Hong Eun-pyo's mother
	Will Make You Happy	Grandmother
	Woman Next Door
1998	Homecoming, a Short Story
	The King's Path	Yeong-bin Lee
	Letters Written on a Cloudy Day
	Mom's Daughter	Mom
1999	Invitation	Mrs. Min
	Someone's House
	Hur Jun	Heo Jun's mother Ms. Son
2000	More than Love	Son Mal-sook
2000	Fireworks	Kim Ji-hyun's mother
2001	Morning Without Parting	Lee Soon-joo
	Blue Mist	Noh Kyung-joo's mother
	The Rules of Marriage
	Third Coincidence	Song Yeon-hye's grandmother
	KBS TV Novel: "Stepmother"	Grandmother Yoon
	Picnic	Jung-ok
2002	Who's My Love	Kim Deok-ja
2003	Forever Love	Kim Jae-seob's mother
	Near to You	Ms. Kang
	Escape from Unemployment	Kim Ki-soon
	Perfect Love	Ha Young-ae's mother
2004	Proposal	Mrs. Oh
	Lotus Flower Fairy	Noh Bang-rim
	The Age of Heroes	Chun Tae-san's grandmother
	Freezing Point	Im Kyung-choon
	Tropical Nights in December	Choi Kkeut-soon
2005	Green Rose	Han Myung-sook
	Loveholic	Jo In-ja
	Recipe of Love	Kim Nan-hee
	Dear Heaven	Hwang Maria
2006	Love Can't Wait	Kang Soon-ja
2006	My Beloved Sister	Ji-na's grandmother
2007	By My Side	Bae Jung-ja
	Blue Fish^[5]	Kang Yoon-jung's mother
	Golden Bride	Heo Bok-rye
2008	Aquarius	Mrs. Jo
2008	Chunja's Special Day	Cha Bok-shim
2009	Cinderella Man	Company president Kang Ju-ok
	Green Coach	Oh Hyun-sook
	Queen Seondeok	Lady Man-ho
	Assorted Gems	Baek Jo
	Father, Your Place	Han Mal-soon
	Father's House
2010	Golden Fish	Mrs. Kang
	Bread, Love and Dreams	Madam Hong
	Home Sweet Home	Park Dool-nam
2011	I Trusted Men	Moon Jin-heon's mother
	My Love By My Side	Mrs. Kang
	Glory Jane	Oh Soon-nyeo
2012	Feast of the Gods	Elder Seon
	Ice Adonis	Jo Myung-rye
	Dr. Jin	Queen Dowager Hyoyu
	My Lover, Madame Butterfly	Namgoong maknae
2013	A Hundred Year Legacy	Kim Kkeut-soon
	Pots of Gold	Park Hyun-soo's grandmother
	A Tale of Two Sisters	Shim Ae-gi
2014	God's Gift: 14 Days	Lee Soon-nyeo
	Only Love	Woo Jeom-soon
	Temptation	Im Jung-soon
	Apgujeong Midnight Sun	Ok Dan-shil
	4 Legendary Witches	Bok Dan-shim
2016	Goodbye Mr. Black	Jeong Hyun-sook
2016	Beautiful Gong Shim	Nam Soon Chun
2017	You Are Too Much	Sung Kyung-ja
2018	Hide and Seek	Na Hae-geum
2022–2023	Bean Pods in My Eyes^[6]

Year	Title	Role
	Hamlet
	Bun-rye's Story
	The Sound of Music
	The Glass Menagerie
2010	Please Look After Mom	Park So-nyo
2010	An Jung-geun, a Great Korean	Jo Maria

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1973	1st Korea Broadcasting Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress	Stepmother	Won
1975	11th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Actress (TV)	Reed	Won
1975	MBC Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress	Reed	Won
1979	15th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Actress (TV)	I Sell Happiness	Won
1979	MBC Drama Awards	Best Actress	Two Sons of the North and South	Won
1983	MBC Drama Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang)	Kan-nan-yi	Won
1984	3rd JoongAng Weekly Our Star Awards	Best Actress		Won
1984	20th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Actress (TV)		Won
1993	29th Baeksang Arts Awards	Most Popular Actress (TV)	Fearless Love	Won
1994	30th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Actress (TV)	Sons and Daughters	Won
2007	5th Korean Environment and Culture Awards	Recipient, Performer category	N/a	Won
2009	MBC Drama Awards	Golden Acting Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Assorted Gems	Won
2010	MBC Drama Awards	Achievement Award	Home Sweet Home	Won
2014	MBC Drama Awards	Golden Acting Award, Actress	4 Legendary Witches	Nominated
2014	SBS Drama Awards	Special Award, Actress in a Miniseries	God's Gift: 14 Days	Nominated
2022	1st Wonju Film Festival^[7]	Korean Film Achievement Award	N/a	Won

Country	Award ceremony	Year	Honor	Ref.
South Korea	Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards^{[note 1]}	2010	Prime Minister's Commendation	^[11]
South Korea	Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards^{[note 1]}	2023	Eungwan Cultural	^[12]

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Jung Hye-sun
Born	Jung Young-ja (1942-02-21) February 21, 1942 (age 84) Seoul, South Korea
Education	Sudo Girls' High School
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1961-present

Korean name
Hangul	정영자
RR	Jeong Yeongja
MR	Chŏng Yŏngja
Stage name
Hangul	정혜선
RR	Jeong Hyeseon
MR	Chŏng Hyesŏn

v t e Baeksang Arts Award Grand Prize – Television
1970s	- (1974)^* - (1975)^* - (1976)^* - (1977)^* - (1978)^* Kim Hye-ja, Jung Hye-sun and Kim Young-ok (I Sell Happiness) (1979)
1980s	Kim Min-ja (A Lonely Affair) (1980) Ulhwa (1981) A Life-sized Buddha (1982) Winds of Change (1983) The Five Indian Kingdoms (1984) Korea's Butterflies (1985) Shin Bong-seung (500 Years of Joseon Dynasty) (1986) The Boil (1987) Love and Ambition (1988) Kim Hye-ja (Winter Mist and Sand Castle) (1989)
1990s	Peace, the Arduous Way to Go and Tree Blooming with Love (1990) The Second Republic (1991) Eyes of Dawn (1992) Go Doo-shim (My Husband's Woman) and Kim Hee-ae (Sons and Daughters) (1993) Park Chul (My Mother's Sea) (1994) Sandglass (1995) Korea's Reptiles (1996) The Most Beautiful Goodbye (1997) Lee Jang-soo (Offspring) (1998) Jang Soo-bong (When Time Flows) (1999)
2000s	Kuk-hee (2000) Kim Soo-hyun (The Aspen Tree) (2001) Taejo Wang Geon (2002) All In (2003) Kim Hee-ae (Perfect Love) (2004) Lovers in Paris (2005) My Lovely Sam Soon (2006) Jumong (2007) Kang Ho-dong (2 Days & 1 Night) (2008) Kim Hye-ja (Mom's Dead Upset) (2009)
2010s	Go Hyun-jung (Queen Seondeok) (2010) Hyun Bin (Secret Garden) (2011) Deep Rooted Tree (2012) Yoo Jae-suk (Infinite Challenge, Running Man and Happy Together) (2013) Jun Ji-hyun (My Love from the Star) (2014) Na Yeong-seok (Grandpas Over Flowers and Three Meals a Day) (2015) Descendants of the Sun (2016) Kim Eun-sook (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God) (2017) Stranger (2018) Kim Hye-ja (The Light in Your Eyes) (2019)
2020s	When the Camellia Blooms (2020) Yoo Jae-suk (Hangout with Yoo, Sixth Sense) (2021) Squid Game (2022) Park Eun-bin (Extraordinary Attorney Woo) (2023) Moving (2024) Culinary Class Wars (2025)
^* awarded to theatrical play or film

v t e Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actress – Television
1970s	Yeo Woon-kay (1974) Kim Ja-ok, Ahn In-sook and Jung Hye-sun (1975) Kim Hye-ja and Hong Se-mi (1976) Kang Boo-ja and Kim Yoon-gyeong (1977) Kang Hyo-shil and Kim Hye-ja (1978) Kim Hye-ja, Jung Hye-sun and Kim Young-ok (1979)
1980s	Kim Min-ja (1980) Chang Mi-hee and Kim Young-ran (1981) Hwang Jung-ah and Kim Young-ae (1982) Lee Kyung-jin (1983) Jung Hye-sun (1984) Jung Ae-ri (1985) Kim Yong-rim (1986) Han Hye-sook (1987) Kim Chung (1988) Park Won-sook and Kim Hye-ja (1989)
1990s	Go Doo-shim (1990) Lee Hwi-hyang and Ha Hee-ra (1991) Chae Shi-ra (1992) Go Doo-shim and Kim Hee-ae (1993) Jung Hye-sun (1994) Kim Yoon-gyeong (1995) Kim Hye-soo (1996) Kim Young-ae (1997) Hwang Shin-hye (1998) Shim Eun-ha (1999)
2000s	Kim Young-ae (2000) Won Mi-kyung (2001) Jeon In-hwa (2002) Kim Hee-ae (2003) Ha Ji-won (2004) Kim Jung-eun (2005) Choi Jin-sil (2006) Son Ye-jin (2007) Yoon Eun-hye (2008) Moon Geun-young (2009)
2010s	Kim Nam-joo (2010) Han Hyo-joo (2011) Gong Hyo-jin (2012) Kim Hee-ae (2013) Lee Bo-young (2014) Song Yoon-ah (2015) Kim Hye-soo (2016) Seo Hyun-jin (2017) Kim Nam-joo (2018) Yum Jung-ah (2019)
2020s	Kim Hee-ae (2020) Kim So-yeon (2021) Kim Tae-ri (2022) Song Hye-kyo (2023) Lee Hanee (2024)

v t e Baeksang Arts Award for Most Popular Actress
Film	Kang Soo-yeon (1990) Jeon Do-yeon and Shin Eun-kyung (1998) Lee Mi-sook and Choi Jin-sil (1999) Ko So-young (2000) Lee Mi-sook (2001) Kim Hee-sun (2002) Ha Ji-won, Kim Jung-eun and Kim Ha-neul (2003) Kim Sun-a and Han Ga-in (2004) Kim Ah-joong (2005) Kim Tae-hee (2007) Kim Jung-eun (2008) Park Bo-young (2009) Choi Kang-hee (2010) Park Shin-hye (2011) Kang So-ra (2012) Park Shin-hye (2013) Kwon Yu-ri (2014) Park Shin-hye (2015) Bae Suzy (2016) Lim Yoona (2017)
Television	Kim Ja-ok (1975) Jo Min-su and Lee Hye-sook (1990) Hwang Shin-hye (1991) Kim Young-ok (1992) Jung Hye-sun (1993) Ha Yoo-mi (1995) Lee Mi-sook (1998) Kwon Eun-ah and Song Yoon-ah (1999) Kim Hee-sun (2000) Song Hye-kyo and Jeon In-hwa (2001) So Yoo-jin and Choi Ji-woo (2002) Kim Won-hee (2003) Yang Mi-kyung and Choi Ji-woo (2004) Kim Tae-hee (2005) Hyun Young (2006) Han Ye-seul (2007) Sung Yu-ri (2008) Lim Yoona (2009) Lim Yoona (2010) Moon Geun-young (2011) Park Shin-hye (2012) Kwon Yu-ri (2013) Park Shin-hye (2014) Krystal Jung (2015) Song Hye-kyo (2016) Kim Yoo-jung (2017)
Combined	Bae Suzy (2018) Lee Ji-eun (2019) Son Ye-jin (2020) Seo Yea-ji (2021) Kim Tae-ri (2022) Lee Ji-eun (2023) An Yu-jin (2024) Kim Hye-yoon (2025)

v t e MBC Drama Awards for Grand Prize (Daesang)
1982–1989	Lee Mi-sook (1982) Jung Hye-sun (1983) Jung Ae-ri, Won Mi-kyung (1984) Kim Yong-rim (1985) Kim Soo-mi (1986) Kim Hye-ja (1987) Won Mi-kyung (1988) Jung Ae-ri (1989)
1990–1999	Go Doo-shim (1990) Kim Hee-ae (1991) Kim Hye-ja (1992) Kim Hee-ae (1993) Chae Shi-ra (1994) Chae Shi-ra (1995) Kim Hye-soo (1996) Choi Jin-sil (1997) Kim Ji-soo (1998) Kim Hye-ja (1999)
2000s	Jun Kwang-ryul (2000) Cha In-pyo (2001) Jang Seo-hee (2002) Lee Young-ae (2003) Go Doo-shim (2004) Kim Sun-a (2005) Song Il-kook (2006) Bae Yong-joon (2007) Song Seung-heon Kim Myung-min (2008) Go Hyun-jung (2009)
2010s	Kim Nam-joo, Han Hyo-joo (2010) (2011) Cho Seung-woo (2012) Ha Ji-won (2013) Lee Yu-ri (2014) Ji Sung (2015) Lee Jong-suk (2016) Kim Sang-joong (2017) So Ji-sub (2018) Kim Dong-wook (2019)
2020s	Park Hae-jin (2020) Namkoong Min (2021) Lee Jong-suk (2022) Namkoong Min (2023) Han Suk-kyu (2024)