Lee Soo-kyung (; born October 24, 1996) is a South Korean actress. She is the youngest two-time winner of the Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Supporting Actress with the films Heart Blackened (2017) and Miracle: Letters to the President (2021). She made her television debut in the series Hogu's Love in 2015 and starred in Adamas (2022) and Love in the Big City (2024).
Career Lee enrolled in an acting school as part of her parents' wish for Lee to learn various skills like playing musical instruments, etc. She was then chosen to lead 2012 short film In the Summer. Her mainstream debut was in 2015, with both crime film Coin Locker Girl as pink-haired rogue girl living in Incheon's Chinatown and tvN's romantic comedy television series Hogu's Love as the protagonist's twin sister.
In 2017, Lee received critical acclaim for two films: a romantic coming-of-age about a schoolgirl who falls for her coach Yongsoon in which Lee got nominated for several major film awards, and a crime legal Heart Blackened in which her role as a murder suspect daughter of a powerful businessman earned her the first win and youngest winner on record of Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Supporting Actress.
Lee returned to small screen with 2018 SBS workplace drama Where Stars Land, as the youngest team member of Incheon International Airport's Security Service.
Lee was cast in one series and one film in 2021. She acted as a cold and heavily-pressured law school student in JTBC's legal crime Law School, and as a tough firstborn daughter of the family main cast in the film that brings a second Baeksang Arts Awards for Lee 4 years after her first win, docudrama Miracle: Letters to the President.
In 2022, Lee acted in tvN's crime mystery Adamas as a TV reporter who hides a secret of being a murder witness in her childhood.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2012 In the Summer Soon-young 2013 The Pitapatting Soo-kyung 2014 Broken Min-ki's class female student 2015 Coin Locker Girl Ssong 2016 Familyhood Sun-young 2017 The Mayor Byun Ah-reum Yongsoon Yong-soon Heart Blackened Im Mi-ra Trivial Matters Eun-ha Short film 2019 The Odd Family: Zombie On Sale Park Hae-gul 2020 Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP So-jin Cameo 2021 Miracle: Letters to the President Bo-kyung 2022 Yaksha: Ruthless Operations Mun Ju-yeon Netflix Film 2024 Dead ManGong Hee-jooJeongdong-gilJung InShort Film
Television series Year Title Role Notes 2015 Hogu's Love Kang Ho-kyung Drama Special Nam Seung-hee Episode: "In Search of Argenta" Reply 1988 Lee Soo-kyung Cameo (Episode 8)2016 Kidnapping Assemblyman Mr. Clean Seul-gi 2018 Where Stars Land Na Young-joo 2021 Law School Kang Sol B 2022 Adamas Kim Seo-hee 2024 Love in the Big City Mi-ae 2025 When Life Gives You Tangerines Bu Hyeon-suk 2026Doctor on the EdgeUm Jeong-seon
Accolades Awards and nominations + Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Baeksang Arts Awards2018 Best Supporting Actress – FilmHeart Blackened Best New Actress – FilmYongsoon2022 Best Supporting Actress – FilmMiracle: Letters to the President Blue Dragon Film Awards 2017 Best New ActressYongsoon 2021 Best Supporting Actress Miracle: Letters to the President Buil Film Awards 2017 Best New Actress Yongsoon 2022 Best Supporting Actress Miracle: Letters to the President Chunsa Film Art Awards 2018 Best New Actress Yongsoon 2022 Best Supporting Actress Miracle: Letters to the President Grand Bell Awards 2017 Best New Actress Yongsoon SBS Drama Awards 2018Where Stars Land Women in Film Korea Awards 2017 Yongsoon
Listicles +Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placementPublisherYearListiclePlacementCine212021New Actress to watch out for in 20226th
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