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Lee Soo-kyung (actress, born 1996)

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Lee Soo-kyung (Korean: 이수경; born October 24, 1996) is a South Korean actress. She is the youngest two-time winner of the Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Supporting Actress with the films Heart Blackened (2017) and Miracle: Letters to the President (2021). She made her television debut in the series Hogu's Love in 2015 and starred in Adamas (2022) and Love in the Big City (2024).

Born
Lee Soo-kyung

(1996-10-24) October 24, 1996 (age 29)
Seoul, South Korea
OccupationActress
Yearsactive2012–present
AgentVaro Entertainment (2023–present)[1]
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Born
Lee Soo-kyung

(1996-10-24) October 24, 1996 (age 29)
Seoul, South Korea
OccupationActress
Years active2012–present
AgentVaro Entertainment (2023–present)[1]
Korean name
Hangul
이수경
Hanja
李秀慶
RRI Sugyeong
MRI Sugyŏng
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Career

Lee enrolled in an acting school as part of her parents' wish for Lee to learn various skills like playing musical instruments, etc. She was then chosen to lead 2012 short film In the Summer.[2] Her mainstream debut was in 2015, with both crime film Coin Locker Girl as pink-haired rogue girl living in Incheon's Chinatown[3] and tvN's romantic comedy television series Hogu's Love as the protagonist's twin sister.[4]

In 2017, Lee received critical acclaim for two films: a romantic coming-of-age about a schoolgirl who falls for her coach Yongsoon in which Lee got nominated for several major film awards,[5] and a crime legal Heart Blackened in which her role as a murder suspect daughter of a powerful businessman earned her the first win and youngest winner on record of Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Supporting Actress.[6][7]

Lee returned to small screen with 2018 SBS workplace drama Where Stars Land, as the youngest team member of Incheon International Airport's Security Service.[8]

Lee was cast in one series and one film in 2021. She acted as a cold and heavily-pressured law school student in JTBC's legal crime Law School,[9] and as a tough firstborn daughter of the family main cast in the film that brings a second Baeksang Arts Awards for Lee 4 years after her first win, docudrama Miracle: Letters to the President.[10][11]

In 2022, Lee acted in tvN's crime mystery Adamas as a TV reporter who hides a secret of being a murder witness in her childhood.[12]

Filmography

Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2012 In the Summer Soon-young [13]
2013 The Pitapatting Soo-kyung
2014 Broken Min-ki's class female student
2015 Coin Locker Girl Ssong
2016 Familyhood Sun-young
2017 The Mayor Byun Ah-reum [14]
Yongsoon Yong-soon [15]
Heart Blackened Im Mi-ra [16]
Trivial Matters Eun-ha Short film [17]
2019 The Odd Family: Zombie On Sale Park Hae-gul [18]
2020 Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP So-jin Cameo
2021 Miracle: Letters to the President Bo-kyung [19][20]
2022 Yaksha: Ruthless Operations Mun Ju-yeon Netflix Film [21]
2024 Dead Man Gong Hee-joo [22]
Jeongdong-gil Jung In Short Film [23]
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Television series

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2015 Hogu's Love Kang Ho-kyung
Drama Special Nam Seung-hee Episode: "In Search of Argenta" [24]
Reply 1988 Lee Soo-kyung Cameo (Episode 8) [25]
2016 Kidnapping Assemblyman Mr. Clean Seul-gi
2018 Where Stars Land Na Young-joo
2021 Law School Kang Sol B
2022 Adamas Kim Seo-hee [26]
2024 Love in the Big City Mi-ae [27]
2025 When Life Gives You Tangerines Bu Hyeon-suk [28]
2026 Doctor on the Edge Um Jeong-seon [29]
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Accolades

Awards and nominations

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Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
Baeksang Arts Awards 2018 Best Supporting Actress – Film Heart Blackened Won [30]
Best New Actress – Film Yongsoon Nominated [31]
2022 Best Supporting Actress – Film Miracle: Letters to the President Won [32]
Blue Dragon Film Awards 2017 Best New Actress Yongsoon Nominated
2021 Best Supporting Actress Miracle: Letters to the President Nominated [33]
Buil Film Awards 2017 Best New Actress Yongsoon Nominated
2022 Best Supporting Actress Miracle: Letters to the President Won [34]
Chunsa Film Art Awards 2018 Best New Actress Yongsoon Nominated [35]
2022 Best Supporting Actress Miracle: Letters to the President Nominated [36]
Grand Bell Awards 2017 Best New Actress Yongsoon Nominated
SBS Drama Awards 2018 Where Stars Land Nominated [37]
Women in Film Korea Awards 2017 Yongsoon Won [38]
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Listicles

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Publisher Year Listicle Placement Ref.
Cine21 2021 New Actress to watch out for in 2022 6th[a] [39]
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