Lee Joo-sil
South Korean actress (1944–2025)
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Lee Joo-sil (Korean: 이주실;[3] 8 March 1944 – 2 February 2025) was a South Korean film, television and theatre actress. She was known for playing Hwang Jun-ho's mother in the second season of the South Korean dystopian survival thriller action television series Squid Game.[4]
Lee began her acting career in live theater in 1965.[5][6] At the 24th Baeksang Arts Awards, she won a Baeksang Arts Award in the category Best Theatre Actress.[7] She earned her doctorate degree in public health from Wonkwang University in 2010.[8][9]
In 1993, Lee was diagnosed with breast cancer but recovered ten years later.[5] She died from stomach cancer at her family's home in Uijeongbu, on 2 February 2025, at the age of 80,[10][11] having been diagnosed with the disease three months prior.[5]
Filmography
- A Single Spark (1995) - Tae-il's mother
- The Uninvited (2003) - Ms. Song
- Face (2004) - Hyun-min's mother
- Blossom Again (2005) - In-young's mother
- Running Wild (2006) - Do-young's mother
- The City of Violence (2006) - Seok-hwan's mother
- Hot for Teacher (2007) - Headmaster Nun
- Black House (2007) - Vice Principal
- Punch Lady (2007) - Ha-eun's mother
- Le Grand Chef (2007) - Han's mother
- Sunny (2008) - Mother-in-Law
- Antique (2008) - Jin-hyuk's grandmother
- Hello, Schoolgirl (2008) - Laundromat mother
- The Sword with No Name (2009) - Ja-yeong's mother
- The Tower (2012) - Mrs. Jung
- Commitment (2013) - Hwang Jeong-sook
- The Chosen: Forbidden Cave (2015) - Dol-soon's mother
- Oh My Ghost (2015) - Bong-sun's grandmother
- Tomorrow Victory (2015 – 2016) - Park Bok-soon
- Train to Busan (2016) - Seok-woo's mother
- Chang-ok's Letter (2017) - Chang-ok
- Bad Thief, Good Thief (2017) - Kim Soon-Cheon
- Notebook from My Mother (2018) - Ae Ran
- Sunkist Family (2019) - Grandmother
- Goo-hae-jwo (2019) - Sung Ho's grandmother
- Mystic Pop-up Bar (2020) - Lee Kkeut Sun
- Voice (2021) - Park Eun Soo's grandmother
- Hospital Playlist (2021) - Brain tumor patient
- The Witch's Diner (2021) - Lee Bok Nam
- Would You Like a Cup of Coffee? (2021) - Ms. Hwang
- Happiness (2021) - Ji Sung-Sil
- It's Beautiful Now (2022) - Jung Mi-Young
- Divorce Attorney Shin (2023) - Yang Bok-sun
- The Good Bad Mother (2023) - Jung Gum-ja's Mother-in-law
- The Uncanny Counter (2020 – 2023) - Jang Choon Ok, So Moon's grandmother
- Squid Game (2024) - Hwang Jun-Ho's mom