Nam Gi-ae (; born on September 13, 1961) is a South Korean actress in Chung-Ang University, Department of Theater and Film. She made her acting debut in 1998, since then, she has appeared in number of plays, films and television series. She is known for her supporting roles in Suspicious Partner (2017), Mother (2018), Flower of Evil (2020), and Encounter (2018–19). She has acted in films such as: The Merciless (2017) and High Society (2018) among others.
Career Nam Gi-ae is affiliated to artist management company Ace Factory since 2019. She made her acting debut in plays in 1998 and her TV series debut in 2015 in All About My Mom. Since then she has appeared in supporting roles in Oh My Venus (2015), Descendants of the Sun, Another Miss Oh, and MBC TV's fantasy comedy W (2016). In 2017, she got recognition by appearing in KBS's mystery comedy Ms. Perfect, Suspicious Partner, and JTBC's melodrama Rain or Shine. In 2018, Nam was seen in tvN's suspense drama Mother, KBS TV series Love to the End, Matrimonial Chaos and tvN's romance drama Encounter.
In 2019, Nam was part of main cast in tvN's legal drama Confession. In 2020, she was cast in tvN's suspense TV series Flower of Evil. In 2021 she appeared in Sell Your Haunted House, Chimera, Jirisan, The Red Sleeve, SBS's romantic TV series Now, We Are Breaking Up as Kang Jeong-ja, mother of Song Hye-kyo's character and JTBC's mystery drama Artificial City. In 2022 she appeared in JTBC's romantic drama Thirty-Nine as mother of one of the main leads.
Filmography Films Year Title Role NotesRef. 2016 Snow Paths Kim Seong-sim 2017 The Merciless Hyun-soo's mother 2018 High Society Madam 1 2019 Exit Lee In-sook 2020 Pray Yeong-ae, Jeong-in's mother
Television series Year Title Role NotesRef. 2015 Oh My Ghost Seo Bing-go's customer Special appearance All About My Mom Hong Yoo-ja Oh My Venus Je Soon-ja 2016 Descendants of the Sun Kang Mo-yeon's mother Monster Jung Mi-ok Another Miss Oh Heo Ji-ya W Gil Soo-sun Be Positive Hwan-dong's mother 2016–17 Night Light Moon Hee-jeong 2017 Introverted Boss rowspan=10| Ms. Perfect Choi Duk-boon / Moon Hyung-sun My Secret Romance Jo Mi-hee Suspicious Partner Hong Bok-ja Stranger Choi Kyung-soon Hospital Ship Lee Soo-kyung KBS Drama Special:"If We Were a Season" Kim Mi-hee Season 8, Episode 1 2018 Rain or Shine Joo-won's mother Mother Nam Hong-hee Suits Sim Young-joo Special appearance Love to the End Ha Yeong-ok Life Jin-woo and Sun-woo's mother Matrimonial Chaos Baek Mi-yeon Encounter Jin Mi-ock 2019 Haechi Queen Inwon rowspan=1| Confession Madame Jin Catch the Ghost Han Ae-sim 2020 When the Weather Is FineYoon Yeo-jeong Flower of EvilGong Mi-ja 2021 Sell Your Haunted HouseJoo Kyeong-hee JirisanKang Hyun-jo's mother ChimeraCha Eun-soo The Red Sleeve Royal Noble Consort Yeong-bin Yi Now, We Are Breaking Up Kang Jeong-ja 2021–22 Artificial City Min Ji-yeong 2022 Thirty-Nine Jang Joo-hee's mother Doctor Lawyer Han Yi-han's mother 2023Call It LoveMa Hee-jaThe Secret Romantic GuesthouseQueen DowagerKing the Land Han Mi-so 2025 Salon de Holmes Jeon Ji-hyun Moon River Queen Dowager Han Surely Tomorrow Jang Hyun-kyungDynamite KissKim In-ae
Theater Year Title Role Notes 2009 Pine Tree in Front of the Yard Mother 2011 Scandal Gang Mrs. Sneawell 2012 Cola Girl Eldest daughter-in-law Please Turn Off the Lights Woman 2021 Oil Ma Singer Lovesong MaggieAbi Morgan's play 2022 Vincent RiverAnita
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Nam Gi-ae on Daum Nam Gi-ae on Play DB Nam Gi-ae on KMDb