| Moon Jeong-hee | |||||||||||
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| Other Names: | Moon Jung-hee | ||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 12 January 1976 | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | South Korea | ||||||||||
| Occupation: | Actress | ||||||||||
| Years Active: | 1998–present | ||||||||||
| Education: | Korea National University of Arts (Theatre Studies) | ||||||||||
| Agent: | ACE Factory | ||||||||||
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Moon Jeong-hee (born January 12, 1976) is a South Korean actress. She has won Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Deranged (2012) and Best Supporting Actress award in Buil Film Awards for her performance in Cart (2014).
Moon Jeong-hee graduated from the Korea National University of Arts with a degree in Theatre Studies. She made her theater debut in a 1998 staging of Blood Brothers.
Though she hasn't found full-fledged stardom, the actress has built a solid body of work alternating leading and supporting roles.[1] 2012 hit Deranged was her first starring role in a commercial film,[2] for which she won Best Supporting Actress at the 33rd Blue Dragon Film Awards.[3] [4] [5]
Moon has also drawn positive reviews for her performances in Hide and Seek (2013), Cart (2014), and Mama (2014).[6]
Having learned salsa in middle school, Moon became an accomplished salsa dancer.[7] She has worked as a salsa dancing teacher in between projects, and can also do jazz dancing and the pansori.
Moon is fluent in three languages - Korean, English and French. She was named the goodwill ambassador of international children's rights group Safe Kids Korea in 2010.[8] [9]
In 2012 she hosted the closing ceremony of the Jeonju International Film Festival.[10]
In 2021, she was selected as jury member for Bucheon Choice Features section of 25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival held in July.[11]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | I Wish I Had a Wife | ||
| Take Care of My Cat | Team leader | ||
| Falling Season | short film | ||
| 2002 | Three | Hyun-joo | segment: "Memories" |
| 2003 | Wishing Stairs | Dance teacher | |
| 2004 | Dance with the Wind | Ji-yeon | |
| Low Life | |||
| 2005 | My Girl and I | Soon-im / Soon-im's daughter | |
| 2006 | Running Wild | Yoon Jung-min | |
| Les Formidables | Female singer | ||
| 2007 | Big Bang | Han Kyung-soon | |
| 2009 | Why Did You Come to My House? | ||
| 2010 | Troubleshooter | Oh Kyung-shin | |
| Cafe Noir | Mi-yeon 1 | ||
| 2011 | Sorry, Thanks | adult Bo-eun (cameo) | segment: "My Younger Brother" |
| 2012 | Deranged | Kyung-soon | |
| 2013 | Hide and Seek | Joo-hee | |
| 2014 | Cart | Hye-mi | |
| Dad for Rent | Ji-soo | ||
| 2016 | Pandora | Jung-hye | |
| 2018 | Seven Years of Night | Hyun-soo's wife | |
| Dark Figure of Crime | Kim Soo-min | Special appearance | |
| 2020 | [12] | ||
| 2022 | Limit | Hyejin | [13] |
| 2023 | Lady Bang | [14] | |
| The Match | Jung Mi-hwa | [15] | |
| Year | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Nursery Story | ||
| 2005 | Shin Don | Hye-bi | |
| 2006 | Alone in Love | Jung Yoo-kyung | |
| Singles Game | Seo Hye-jin | ||
| Lovers | Sang-taek's wife[16] | ||
| 2007 | A Happy Woman | Lee Ji-sook | |
| Air City | Seo Myung-woo | ||
| 2008 | My Sweet Seoul | Nam Yoo-hee | |
| Daughter-in-Law | Lee Soon-jung | ||
| 2009 | Empress Cheonchu | Empress Munhwa | |
| Father's House | Lee Hyun-jae | ||
| 2010 | Oh! My Lady | Han Jung-ah | |
| KBS Drama Special "Cutting Off the Heart" | Yoon Sun-young | ||
| 2011 | I Believe in Love | Kim Young-hee | |
| A Thousand Days' Promise | Jang Myung-hee | ||
| My One And Only | Cha Do-young | ||
| 2012 | KBS Drama Special "Still Picture" | Seo Eun-soo | |
| 2013 | The Firstborn | Park Jung-shim (cameo) | |
| 2014 | Mama | Seo Ji-eun | |
| 2015 | Sweet, Savage Family | Kim Eun-ok | |
| 2019 | Vagabond[17] | Jessica | |
| 2020 | When the Weather Is Fine | Shim Myeong-yeo | |
| Mystic Pop-up Bar | Hyun-ok (Cameo, Ep. 9) | ||
| Search | Kim Da-jung | ||
| 2021 | Times | Kim Young-joo |
| width=10 | Year | Title | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | A Night of Cultural Walks | KBS2 | ||
| 2011 | Brunch | tvN | MC | |
| width=10 | Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Blood Brothers | ||
| 2001 | The Rocky Horror Show | ||
| 2003 | Grease | Sandy | |
| 2009 | New Kang Full's Soonjung Manhwa | ||
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | SBS Drama Awards | Producer's Award | My Sweet Seoul, Daughter-in-Law | ||
| 2009 | Asia Latin Culture Festival | Lifetime Achievement Award | |||
| KBS Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Empress Cheonchu | |||
| 2011 | I Believe in Love, My One and Only | ||||
| 2012 | 1st K-Drama Star Awards | Excellence Award, Actress | My One And Only | ||
| KBS Drama Awards | Best Actress in a One-Act/Special Drama | Still Picture | |||
| 49th Grand Bell Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Deranged | |||
| 33rd Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | ||||
| 2013 | 49th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Supporting Actress | |||
| 50th Grand Bell Awards | Best Actress | Hide and Seek | |||
| 34th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Leading Actress | ||||
| 2014 | 50th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actress (Film) | |||
| 34th Golden Cinema Festival | Special Jury Prize | ||||
| 22nd Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards | Best Actress | Dad for Rent | |||
| 3rd APAN Star Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Mama | |||
| MBC Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama | ||||
| 2015 | 51st Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actress (TV) | |||
| Best Supporting Actress (Film) | Cart | ||||
| 24th Buil Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | ||||
| 36th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | ||||
| MBC Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Sweet, Savage Family | |||
| 2019 | SBS Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Vagabond |