Song Seon-mi (; born 13 September 1974) is a South Korean actress.
Career Song won second place at the Super Elite Model Contest in 1996, then transitioned from a modeling career to acting a year later in the television drama Model (1997).
In 1998, Song made her film debut playing dual roles as an art gallery employee and a soldier's ex-girlfriend in Lee Jeong-hyang's critically acclaimed romantic comedy Art Museum by the Zoo, opposite Ahn Sung-ki. This was followed by the gangster comedy My Boss, My Hero (2001). Though Song is more active in television, notable in her filmography are many arthouse films by auteur Hong Sang-soo. For Woman on the Beach (2006), she and her co-stars agreed to appear in the film even without reading Hong's script. While in The Day He Arrives (2011), Song played a film studies professor who frequents a bar in Bukchon.
Back on the small screen, her popularity rose when she played a young housewife in Precious Family (2004), written by Kim Soo-hyun. Leading roles followed in The Secret Lovers (2005), One Day Suddenly (2006), Green Coach (2009), Mrs. Town (2009), and Dandelion Family (2010), as well as a supporting role in the well-received medical drama Behind the White Tower (2007).
In 2012, Song was cast as a capable trauma nurse in Golden Time. She later reunited with its director Kwon Seok-jang in Miss Korea (2013), set in 1997 during the IMF crisis.
Song starred in her first ever period drama in 2013's Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers. She drew praise for her portrayal of the Crown Princess Lady Kang, Crown Prince Sohyeon's wife, despite controversy involving a breastfeeding scene.
Personal life Song married art director Go Woo-seok, who she met through mutual acquaintances and dated for one year, on 29 June 2006. They had a daughter, A-ri, in April 2015. On 21 August 2017, Song's husband was found bleeding in a law office located in Seoul and passed away while he was being transferred to the hospital. At the time, the police revealed that he was murdered by a hitman hired by his cousin for ₩2.00 billion KRW (about $1.67 million USD) as he was trying to help his grandfather sue to recover assets he had been unjustly deprived of.
Eventually, both the cousin and the hitman got arrested and sentenced to prison-life for the cousin who hired the hitman and 18 years for the murderer who stabbed Go Woo-seok. Song also won her lawsuit against the cousin, with the South Korean court ruling in favor of the actress and her daughter to receive ₩1.30 billion KRW (about $1.09 million USD) in compensation for their loss.
In 2009, Song left talent agency Contents Entertainment to join a new agency set up by her former manager Mr. Yu, Hoya Entertainment; this resulted in a breach of contract lawsuit.
In January 2013, she was charged with slander for allegedly insulting Kim Sung-hoon, the CEO of The Contents Entertainment, at a press conference for a drama held in July 2012. Kim was also linked to actress Jang Ja-yeon's death, after three witness testified against him, Kim was found guilty of abuse by the Korean courts, specifically of forcing girls from his agency to come to his birthday party where he forced them to sexually entertain the executives.
Filmography Television series Year Title Role Network1997 Model Kim Yi-joo SBS Woman Next Door SBS 1998 Soonpoong Clinic Nurse Song Seon-mi SBS1999 You're One-of-a-Kind Mi-yeon MBC Magic Castle Bang Ae-ja KBS2 Did We Really Love? KBS22000 Love Story:"Host of Memory" Hee-soo SBS I Want to Keep Seeing You Jang Hye-won SBS The More I Love You Song Da-young MBC Fireworks Heo Min-ji SBS 2002 Hard Love Yoo Won-hee KBS22004 War of the Roses Oh Mi-ran MBC Precious Family Song Ah-ri KBS2 2005 The Secret Lovers Jung Ah-mi MBC 2006 One Day Suddenly Go Eun-hye SBS2007 Behind the White Tower Lee Yoon-jin MBC Daughters-in-Law Cha Soo-hyun KBS22009 Green Coach Han Ji-won SBS Mrs. Town Oh Da-jung tvN2010 Blossom Sisters Park Ji-won MBC Personal Taste Bride (cameo, episode 2) MBC Life Is Beautiful Song Na-yeon SBS 2011 Ojakgyo Family Nam Yeo-eul KBS22012 Golden Time Shin Eun-ah MBC Cheongdam-dong Alice Artemis's costumer (cameo) SBS2013 KBS Drama Special:"Their Perfect Day" Jung Soo-ah KBS2 Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers Crown Princess Lady Kang jTBC Miss Korea Go Hwa-jung MBC2016MemoryHan Jung-WontvN2017Return of Lucky Pot Park Seo-jinMBCThe GuardiansChae Hye-sunMBC2019Love AlarmJeong Mi-miNetflix2020Private LivesKim Mi-sookJTBCStart-UpCha Ah-hyuntvNLive OnEun-taek's motherJTBC2021Bossam: Steal the FateKim Gae-shiMBN Mine Seo Jin-kyung tvN Crime PuzzlePark Jeong-ha Olleh TV ,KT seezn, SKY TV
Film Year Title Role 1998 Art Museum by the Zoo Da-hye 2001 My Boss, My Hero Lee Ji-seon 2002 Can't Live Without Robbery Hwang Ma-ri2003 Scent of Love Choi Jeong-ran Round 1 The Silver Knife Ga-ryeon2004 Mokpo the Harbor Im Ja-kyung Liar Oh Jung-ae 2006 Woman on the Beach Choi Sun-hee 2011 The Day He Arrives Bo-ram 2017 On the Beach at Night Alone Jun-hee2022Walk UpSunhee
Variety shows Year TitleNotes1996 Wild Country Host Our Happy Saturday 1999 머리가 좋아지는 TV 2003 Discovery of Reading 2011 Couple of the Century 2013 Talk Club Actors
Theater Year Title Role 2009 Turn Around and Leave Chae Hee-ju 2011 The Blue Room 2012–2013 Right There Jung 2022–2023 Miners PaintersHelen Sutherland
Bibliography Year Title Publisher ISBN 2009 Lovely Skin by Song Seon-mi Sallim Life
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 1999 20th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Tell Me Something 2012 5th Korea Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress Golden Time 2013 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama Their Perfect Day 2017MBC Drama AwardsExcellence Award, Actress in a Soap OperaReturn of the Fortunate Bok
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