Sunwoo Eun-sook

Sunwoo Eun-sook
Sunwoo Eun-sook
Born	December 24, 1959 (age 64); Seoul, South Korea
Education	Seoul Institute of the Arts - Broadcasting and Entertainment
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1978-present
Agent	Steit Entertainment
Spouses	; Lee Young-ha (m. 1981; div. 2007) ; Yoo Young-jae (m. 2022; div. 2024)
Children	2
Korean name
Hangul	선우은숙
Hanja	鮮于銀淑
Revised Romanization	Seonu Eunsuk
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏnu Ŭnsuk

Sunwoo Eun-sook (Korean: 선우은숙; born December 24, 1959) is a South Korean actress. Sunwoo made her acting debut in 1978, and rose to fame in the 1980s.^[2]

Personal life

Sunwoo married actor Lee Young-ha in 1981 when they were both at the peak of their careers; they divorced in 2007 after 26 years of marriage.^[3] Sunwoo and Lee have two sons, one of whom is also an actor, Lee Sang-won.^[4]

On October 11, 2022, Sunwoo's agency stated that Sunwoo registered her marriage with announcer Yoo Young-jae.^[5] On April 5, 2024, her agency confirmed the couple's divorce.^[6]

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Network
1979	The Young Zelkova Tree		KBS1
1980	Hope	Shin Sun-hee	KBS1
1981	Sinchon Eoksuni		KBS
	Great Vocation		KBS1
	Eunhasu (Milky Way)	Kyung-ah	KBS1
	A Halo Around the Moon	Ji-sook	KBS2
	Pray for Blessings on Us		KBS1
1982	Flower Carriage		KBS2
1983	Eun-ha's Dream		KBS1
	Eldest Daughter		KBS1
	Geum-nam's House		KBS2
	Foundation of the Kingdom	Princess Noguk	KBS1
1984	TV Tale of Chunhyang	Sung Chunhyang	KBS2
1986	How Can I Forget My Hometown?		KBS
1986	My Heart Is Like a Star	Lee Ok-rye	KBS2
1987	Lee Cha-don		KBS1
1987	Land	Wol-sun	KBS1
1990	The Servant Girl and Gainae	Dae-soon	KBS2
1990	Dark Sky Dark Bird	Shin-hee	MBC
1991	Thief's Wife	Young-il	KBS2
1991	We Are Middle Class	Ja-ok	KBS2
1992	Your Name Is Hyo-ja	Eldest daughter Hyo-soon	KBS1
1992	Sons and Daughters	Soon-mi	MBC
1993	Adolescence	Dong-min's mother	MBC
1993	Friday's Woman: "Sunwoo Eun-sook's Rainbow Love"	Seo Ji-hye	KBS2
1995	The Road	Yoo Sun-ae	KBS2
1996	Sibling Relations	Jae-sook	MBC
	A Faraway Country	Park Young-hye	KBS2
	Sometimes Like Strangers	Myung-joo	SBS
1997	Happy Morning	Won Jung-soo's wife	KBS2
1998	Please Find My Dad		KBS1
1998	You and My Song	Soon-nyeo	KBS1
1999	Encounter	Lady Yoo	KBS2
1999	Into the Sunlight	Song Soon-ja	MBC
2000	Bad Friends	Kim Kang-seok's mother	MBC
	RNA	Jo Young-sook	KBS2
	The More I Love You	Mrs. Yoon	MBC
	Autumn in My Heart	Lee Kyung-ha	KBS2
2001	Delicious Proposal		MBC
	In the Flower Garden	Wang In-hee	KBS2
	Stock Flower	Lee Sook-hee	KBS2
	Empress Myeongseong	Lady Yi of Gamgodang	KBS2
	Father and Sons	Kang-ja's mother	SBS
	Purity	Hwang Soo-mi	KBS2
2002	Hwatu	Geum-soon	SBS
	Sidestreet People	Mrs. Ahn	KBS2
	We Are Dating Now	Tae-hee	SBS
	Like a Flowing River	Kim Seok-joo's aunt	SBS
	MBC Best Theater: "My Long-suffering Mom"	Soo-jin's mother	MBC
2003	Good News	Kim Geum-shil	MBC
	All In	Yoon Hye-sun	SBS
	Yellow Handkerchief	Oh Kyung-ae	KBS1
	My Fair Lady	Oh Nam-sook	SBS
	A Problem at My Younger Brother's House	Lee Young-joo	SBS
2004	Passion	Mrs. Im	MBC
	The Age of Heroes	Chun Tae-san's mother	MBC
	Full House	Mrs. Kim	KBS2
2005	Dangerous Love	Go Yoon-ja	KBS2
	That Summer's Typhoon	Oh Sung-mi	SBS
	Resurrection	Kim Yi-hwa	KBS2
2006	One Fine Day	Ji Soo-hyun	MBC
2007	Good Morning Shanghai	Hao Yun's mother	Hunan TV
2007	Kimchi Cheese Smile	Sunwoo Eun-sook	MBC
2008	Don't Be Swayed	Cha Young-mi	MBC
2009	Wife Returns	Mrs. Park	SBS
2010	Marry Me, Please	Lee Young-shin	KBS2
2011	Dangerous Woman	Na Yeon-sook	MBC
2012	Can We Get Married?	Eun-kyung	jTBC
2013	Empire of Gold	Yoo Soon-ok	SBS
2014	The Noblesse'^[7]	Bang Jung-shim	jTBC
2014	You're Only Mine	Na Soon-shim	SBS
2016	Bubbly Lovely	Im Soon-bok	SBS
2017	Return of Fortunate Bok	Park Mi-ok	MBC
2022	Gold Mask	Kim Hye-kyung ^[8]	KBS2

Film

Year	Title	Role
1980	The Woman Who Laughs Three Times
1981	The Haunted Wedding Dress
1982	The Hero, Pal Bul-chul
1983	A Time to Love, a Time to Part
1987	Prince Yeonsan	Deposed Queen Lady Yun
1997	Robinson Crusoe '97	Mom
2002	Sex Is Zero	Lee Eun-hyo's mother (cameo)
2004	My Little Bride	Bo-eun's mother
2006	A Dirty Carnival	Kim Byung-doo's mother
2018	Gate	Ok-ja

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1983	19th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actress	Flower Carriage	Won

References

^ Sunwoo also took a course in Top-Class Communication at the Korea University Graduate School of Media.
^ Sa, Eun-young (22 October 2007). "Long-Time Star Couple Agree on Divorce". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 2024-10-04. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
^ "Two Star Couples Divorce". The Chosun Ilbo. 22 October 2007. Archived from the original on 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
^ Han, Eun-jung (October 18, 2005). "Like Father, Like Son". The Korea Times via Hancinema. Archived from the original on 2023-10-06. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
^ Son, Jin-ah (October 11, 2022). "선우은숙, 4살 연하 아나운서 유영재와 재혼 "혼인신고 완료"(전문)[공식]" [Seonwoo Eun-sook remarries with announcer Yoo Young-jae who is 4 years younger than her, “Marriage registration completed” (Full text)[Official]] (in Korean). MK Sports. Archived from the original on October 11, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2022 – via Naver.
^ Choi, Yi-jeong (April 5, 2024). "선우은숙, 이영하→유영재 2번 이혼 "사람들 시선? 내 행복이 중요" [Oh!쎈 이슈]" [Seonwoo Eun-sook, Lee Young-ha → Yoo Young-jae divorced for the second time, “People’s gaze? My happiness is important” [Oh! Strong Issue]] (in Korean). OSEN. Archived from the original on October 4, 2024. Retrieved April 5, 2024 – via Naver.
^ "Lady main cast, confirmed". Hancinema. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
^ Hong Se-young (April 12, 2022). "선우은숙 스타잇과 전속계약→'황금 가면' 출연확정 [공식]" [Exclusive contract with Sunwoo Eun-sook Steit → Confirmed to appear in ‘Golden Mask’ [Official]] (in Korean). Sports Donga. Archived from the original on April 12, 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2022 – via Naver.

External links

Sunwoo Eun-sook at Management Koo (in Korean)
Sunwoo Eun-sook at HanCinema
Sunwoo Eun-sook at the Korean Movie Database
Sunwoo Eun-sook at IMDb

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[1] Sunwoo also took a course in Top-Class Communication at the Korea University Graduate School of Media.

[2] Sa, Eun-young (22 October 2007). "Long-Time Star Couple Agree on Divorce". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 2024-10-04. Retrieved 2015-04-07.

[3] "Two Star Couples Divorce". The Chosun Ilbo. 22 October 2007. Archived from the original on 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2015-04-07.

[4] Han, Eun-jung (October 18, 2005). "Like Father, Like Son". The Korea Times via Hancinema. Archived from the original on 2023-10-06. Retrieved 2015-04-07.

[5] Son, Jin-ah (October 11, 2022). "선우은숙, 4살 연하 아나운서 유영재와 재혼 "혼인신고 완료"(전문)[공식]" [Seonwoo Eun-sook remarries with announcer Yoo Young-jae who is 4 years younger than her, “Marriage registration completed” (Full text)[Official]] (in Korean). MK Sports. Archived from the original on October 11, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2022 – via Naver.

[6] Choi, Yi-jeong (April 5, 2024). "선우은숙, 이영하→유영재 2번 이혼 "사람들 시선? 내 행복이 중요" [Oh!쎈 이슈]" [Seonwoo Eun-sook, Lee Young-ha → Yoo Young-jae divorced for the second time, “People’s gaze? My happiness is important” [Oh! Strong Issue]] (in Korean). OSEN. Archived from the original on October 4, 2024. Retrieved April 5, 2024 – via Naver.

[7] "Lady main cast, confirmed". Hancinema. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 2015-04-07.

[8] Hong Se-young (April 12, 2022). "선우은숙 스타잇과 전속계약→'황금 가면' 출연확정 [공식]" [Exclusive contract with Sunwoo Eun-sook Steit → Confirmed to appear in ‘Golden Mask’ [Official]] (in Korean). Sports Donga. Archived from the original on April 12, 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2022 – via Naver.

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Authority control databases
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v t e Baeksang Arts Award for Best New Actress – Television
1970s	Lee Hyo-chun and Kim Young-ae (1974) Oh Mi-yeon (1976) Go Doo-shim (1977) Kim Bo-yeon (1978) Kim Yoon-mi (1979)
1980s	Jung Ae-ri and Lee Kyung-jin (1981) Lee Hye-sook and Kwon Ki-seon (1982) Sunwoo Eun-sook (1983) Kang Soo-yeon (1984) Choi Myung-gil (1985) Choi Sun-ah and Heo Yoon-jung (1986) Kim Hee-ae and Han Ae-kyung (1987) Park Soon-ae (1988) Yoon Yoo-sun (1989)
1990s	Chae Shi-ra (1990) Jang Seo-hee and Oh Yeon-soo (1991) Lee Jin-ah and Go Hyun-jung (1992) Kwon So-jung and Yoo Ho-jeong (1993) Kim Jung-nan and Shim Eun-ha (1994) Kim Sun-min and Shin Eun-kyung (1995) Kim Hee-sun (1996) Lee Hye-young (1997) Kim Ji-young (1998) Myung Se-bin (1999)
2000s	Chae Rim (2000) Ha Ji-won (2001) Gong Hyo-jin (2002) Jang Na-ra (2003) Han Ji-hye (2004) Lee Da-hae (2005) Lee Young-ah (2006) Go Ara (2007) Lee Ji-ah (2008) Im Yoon-ah (2009)
2010s	Hwang Jung-eum (2010) Yoo In-na (2011) Uee (2012) Jung Eun-ji (2013) Baek Jin-hee (2014) Go Ah-sung (2015) Kim Go-eun (2016) Lee Se-young (2017) Heo Yool (2018) Kim Hye-yoon (2019)
2020s	Kim Da-mi (2020) Park Ju-hyun (2021) Kim Hye-jun (2022) Roh Yoon-seo (2023) Jeon Yu-na (2024)