Moon Jeong-hee

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Moon Jeong-hee
Moon Jeong-hui.jpg
Born (1976-01-12) January 12, 1976 (age 45)
Other namesMoon Jung-hee
EducationKorea National University of Arts - Theatre Studies
OccupationActress
Years active1998–present
AgentACE Factory
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationMun Jeong-hui
McCune–ReischauerMun Jŏng-hŭi

Moon Jeong-hee (born January 12, 1976) is a South Korean stage, film, and television 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).

Career[]

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 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]

Other activities[]

Having learned salsa in middle school, Moon became an accomplished salsa dancer.[7] She has worked as a salsa dancing teacher in between projects,[2] 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]

Filmography[]

Film[]

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 The Day I Died: Unclosed Case [12]

Television drama[]

Year Title Role Network
2003 Nursery Story MBC
2005 Shin Don Hye-bi MBC
2006 Alone in Love Jung Yoo-kyung SBS
Singles Game Seo Hye-jin SBS
Lovers Sang-taek's wife[13] SBS
2007 Blissful Woman Lee Ji-sook KBS2
Air City Seo Myung-woo MBC
2008 My Sweet Seoul Nam Yoo-hee SBS
Daughter-in-Law Lee Soon-jung SBS
2009 Empress Cheonchu Empress Munhwa KBS2
Father's House Lee Hyun-jae SBS
2010 Oh! My Lady Han Jung-ah SBS
Drama Special "Cutting Off the Heart" Yoon Sun-young KBS2
2011 I Believe in Love Kim Young-hee KBS2
A Thousand Days' Promise Jang Myung-hee SBS
My One And Only Cha Do-young KBS1
2012 Drama Special "Still Picture" Seo Eun-soo KBS2
2013 The Firstborn Park Jung-shim (cameo) JTBC
2014 Mama Seo Ji-eun MBC
2015 Sweet, Savage Family Kim Eun-ok
2019 Vagabond[14] Jessica SBS
2020 When the Weather Is Fine Shim Myeong-yeo JTBC
Mystic Pop-up Bar Hyun-ok (Cameo, Ep. 9)
Search Kim Da-jung OCN
2021 Times Kim Young-joo

Variety show[]

Year Title Network Notes
2009 A Night of Cultural Walks KBS2
2011 Brunch tvN MC

Theater[]

Year Title Role
1998 Blood Brothers
2001 The Rocky Horror Show
2003 Grease Sandy
2009 New Kang Full's Soonjung Manhwa

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2008 SBS Drama Awards Producer's Award My Sweet Seoul, Daughter-in-Law Won
2009 Asia Latin Culture Festival Lifetime Achievement Award N/A Won
KBS Drama Awards Best Supporting Actress Empress Cheonchu Won
2011 I Believe in Love, My One and Only Nominated
2012 1st K-Drama Star Awards Excellence Award, Actress My One And Only Nominated
KBS Drama Awards Best Actress in a One-Act/Special Drama Still Picture Nominated
49th Grand Bell Awards Best Supporting Actress Deranged Nominated
33rd Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Won
2013 49th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated
50th Grand Bell Awards Best Actress Hide and Seek Nominated
34th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Leading Actress Nominated
2014 50th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actress (Film) Nominated
34th Golden Cinema Festival Special Jury Prize Won
22nd Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards Best Actress Dad for Rent Won
3rd APAN Star Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Mama Nominated
MBC Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama Nominated
2015 51st Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actress (TV) Nominated
Best Supporting Actress (Film) Cart Nominated
24th Buil Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Won
36th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated
MBC Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Sweet, Savage Family Nominated
2019 SBS Drama Awards Best Supporting Actress Vagabond Won

References[]

  1. ^ "Korea's Café Noir Invited to Rotterdam Film Fest". The Chosun Ilbo. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  2. ^ a b "For Moon Jung-hee, Battling Zombies Easy After Career Hardships". The Chosun Ilbo. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  3. ^ Ji, Yong-jin (4 December 2012). "PIETA Wins Best Picture at Blue Dragon Awards". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  4. ^ "Moon Jeong-hee Won Best Supporting Actress Award at 33rd Blue Dragon Film Award". 10Asia. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  5. ^ '청룡영화상' 여우조연상 '연가시' 문정희, "수상은 윤상현 덕담 덕분". TV Daily (in Korean). 30 November 2012. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  6. ^ "Moon Jung-hee Expands Fan Base with Motherly Roles". The Chosun Ilbo. 29 November 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-29.
  7. ^ "Moon Jung-hee Wins Award for Commitment to Salsa". The Chosun Ilbo. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  8. ^ "Moon Jung-hee to Continue Promoting Safe Kids Korea". The Chosun Ilbo. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  9. ^ "Moon Jung-hee to Represent Safe Kids Korea". The Chosun Ilbo. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  10. ^ Sunwoo, Carla (3 May 2012). "Moon Jeong-hee, named host for the closing ceremony of Jeonju Film Festival". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
  11. ^ Jeong Il-hyeong (July 8, 2021). "부천국제판타스틱영화제 심사위원을 맡은 배우 문정희" [Actress Moon Jung-hee, a jury member of the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival]. Newsis (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  12. ^ "[Photos + Video] New Stills and Trailer Added for the Upcoming Korean Movie "The Day I Died: Unclosed Case"". www.hancinema.net.
  13. ^ "연인 - 등장인물 - 그외 인물 (Lovers - Characters - Others)". SBS (in Korean).
  14. ^ "[공식입장] 문정희, '배가본드' 출연 확정..이승기x수지와 호흡". Osen (in Korean). June 6, 2018.

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