Kim Yeong-ok

Known for Acting

12/5/1937(Age 88)

Incheon, South Korea

Biography

Kim Yeong-ok (Korean: 김영옥; born December 5, 1937) is a South Korean actress who debuted in 1957. She is known as South Korea's "National Grandma" for her many portrayals of grandmothers in film and television. (Wikipedia)

Known For (149 credits)

6.4

Iron Family

2024

Iron Family depicts warm love and fierce conflict between family members and provides an opportunity to reflect on the meaning of 'family' in modern society.

8.7

The Judge from Hell

2024

A cruel and vicious judge, who wields power only for herself, meets a warm and cheerful detective who puts the victims first.

5.0

The Pork Cutlets

2024

Ja Wang, always cheerful and well-liked by everyone, is the dedicated leader of Onghwa Village. Proud of his virility and father to three healthy boys, he dreams of having a daughter who inherits his wife Shin Ae's features. Upon discovering they are expecting another boy, Ja Wang is shaken, especially when Shin Ae suggests he get a vasectomy. Simultaneously, his childhood friend Deok Sam starts eyeing his position as village chief, leaving Ja Wang in a challenging situation, much like the neighbor's dog about to be neutered.

7.6

My Sweet Mobster

2024

Once a convict, Ji-hwan is now a successful, albeit overly cautious CEO, who has yet to experience any of life’s more enjoyable pleasures: namely falling in love. But all that changes when fate brings beloved children’s content creator Eun-ha into his life. The unlikely pair find love most unexpectedly but Eun-ha’s longtime fan, Prosecutor Hyun-woo isn’t ready to let her go without a fight.

6.0

Goodbye Earth

2024

As an asteroid hurtles towards Earth with nothing to stop it, one determined teacher fights to keep her former students safe — no matter the cost.

8.2

The Midnight Studio

2024

Seo Gi-joo, a lonely photographer who is bound by a contract to take pictures of the dead for generations in his family, meets Han Bom, a woman who protects him from death, and realizes the preciousness of life as he faces life and death together.

6.0

Movie

Picnic

2024

After a surprise visit from her friend Geum-sun, Eun-sim is headed to her hometown with Geum-sun. There, she catches up with Tae-ho who had feelings for her when they were teenagers. Her long-lost memories come to life one by one.

7.0

Movie

Ballerina

2023

Grieving the loss of a best friend she couldn't protect, an ex-bodyguard sets out to fulfill her dear friend's last wish: sweet revenge.

7.2

Not Others

2023

Eun-mi is just like any other woman her age, with the exception that she gave birth to her daughter, Jin-hee, while she was in high school. Living under the same roof as Eun-mi is no different for Jin-hee than raising her own daughter, and it's often difficult to determine who plays the role of the mother. Despite their roommate-like conflicts, deep down they know they can rely on each other when things get a little too chaotic. As a fresh day begins, Eun-mi and Jin-hee step into another day of their remarkable journey, where the ordinary becomes extraordinary in their uniquely intertwined lives.

8.2

King the Land

2023

Amid a tense inheritance fight, a charming heir clashes with his hardworking employee who's known for her irresistible smile — which he cannot stand.

5.8

Big Bet

2022

Cha Moosik runs a casino bar, only to flee to the Philippines due to a crackdown by the National Tax Service. He launches a full-fledged casino business, and strategizes winning over the political and business circles in the Philippines. However, he is suddenly framed as a suspect in Min Seokjun's death, and is tracked by Oh Seunghoon of the Korean Desk. Betrayal is rampant in the presence of money.

8.0

May I Help You?

2022

Baek Dong Joo, a newly hired funeral director, has the uncanny gift, or curse, to momentarily resurrect and talk to the recently deceased. She has to grant their last wishes or have her days be filled with a series of bad luck and accidents. And helping the little boy that first terrified her when he came to life will lead her down a path she never could have expected. Kim Tae Hee works as a man for hire. Employed by his uncle Vincent running the newly opened errand service company “A Dime A Job” he can be hired for any odd (but legal) task. One day, Kim Tae Hee encounters Baek Dong Joo, when he is hired by her boyfriend to break up with her in his stead. After that, their paths continue to cross, and by the virtue of their jobs, their fates get intertwined deeper and deeper in a series of life and death situations, surrounding the wishes of the people who had died, and the painful past it is going to unravel for both of them.