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Im Soo-jung

{{Short description|South Korean actress (born 1979)}}

{{Family name hatnote|Im|lang=Korean}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Im Soo-jung

| image = 2024-09-29 Im Soo-jung.png

| caption = Im in September 2024

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|7|11}}

| birth_place = Seoul, South Korea{{cite web|title=Im Soo-jung|url=https://www.hancinema.net/korean_Im_Soo-jung.php|website=HanCinema|access-date=February 20, 2019|archive-date=June 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620003200/https://www.hancinema.net/korean_Im_Soo-jung.php|url-status=live}}

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1998–present

| agent = MYM Entertainment

| signature = Im Soo-jung signature.svg

| signature_size = 200px

| website = {{URL|http://imsoojung.com}}

| module = {{Infobox korean name|child=yes|headercolor=transparent

| hangul = 임수정

| rr = Im Sujeong

| mr = Im Sujŏng

}}

}}

Im Soo-jung ({{Korean|hangul=임수정}}; born July 11, 1979) is a South Korean actress and former model. After modeling for teen magazines, Im made her acting breakthrough in Kim Jee-woon's horror film A Tale of Two Sisters (2003), followed by the popular television series I'm Sorry, I Love You (2004). She has since appeared in numerous films, notably Lump Sugar (2006), I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006), Happiness (2007), Jeon Woo-chi: The Taoist Wizard (2009), Finding Mr. Destiny (2010) and All About My Wife (2012), for which she won Best Actress at the 33rd Blue Dragon Film Awards.{{cite web|title=LIM Soo-jung|url=https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10058646|website=Korean Film Council|access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-date=June 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615014235/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10058646|url-status=live}}

Recently, she starred in the television series Chicago Typewriter (2017), Search: WWW (2019), and Melancholia (2021).

Career

Im Soo-jung made her debut in 1998 as a cover model for teen magazines. She then moved onto acting and debuted in the teen drama School 4,{{Cite web |last=김세희 |title=임수정, MYM엔터테인먼트에 새 둥지…이민호와 한솥밥 |url=https://www.viva100.com/article/20241127500311 |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=브릿지경제 |language=ko}}{{cite web|script-title=ko:임수정 "밝은 역할을 하다보니 변하네요"|url=http://legacy.www.hani.co.kr/section-009100004/2004/11/009100004200411050937256.html|website=Hankook Ilbo|language=ko|date=November 5, 2004|access-date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126092734/http://legacy.www.hani.co.kr/section-009100004/2004/11/009100004200411050937256.html|url-status=live}} but it was Kim Jee-woon's 2003 stylish horror A Tale of Two Sisters that first drew her critical notice and newcomer awards.{{cite web|script-title=ko:[씨네피플]'장화, 홍련' 임수정-문근영 인터뷰|url=https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=111&oid=020&aid=0000191252|website=The Dong-A Ilbo|language=ko|date=June 9, 2003|access-date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=October 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012012441/https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=111&oid=020&aid=0000191252|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Lim Soo Jung & director Kim Ji Woon reminisce 'A Tale Of Two Sisters'|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/lim-soo-jung-director-kim-ji-woon-reminisce-051239502.html|work=Yahoo News|date=August 26, 2013|access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-date=October 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031063216/https://www.yahoo.com/news/lim-soo-jung-director-kim-ji-woon-reminisce-051239502.html|url-status=live}}

File:Im Soo-Jung.jpg

A year later in 2004, the hit KBS2 drama series I'm Sorry, I Love You catapulted her into stardom.{{cite web|script-title=ko:<미안하다, 사랑한다> 인기 절정... 무채커플·무혁체 등 유행어도 양산|url=http://www.cine21.com/news/view/?mag_id=27594|website=Cine21|language=ko|date=December 23, 2004|access-date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126092635/http://www.cine21.com/news/view/?mag_id=27594|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Kang Dong-won Selected As Top Dream Date|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/hallyu/entertainment_news_view.html?No=120|work=KBS Global|date=March 24, 2005|access-date=June 3, 2013|archive-date=May 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527213338/http://english.kbs.co.kr/hallyu/entertainment_news_view.html?No=120|url-status=live}} With Im looking much younger than her age, those projects solidified her image as an eternal ingenue, as did touching character study ...ing,{{cite web|script-title=ko:[영화 프리뷰] 아이엔지|url=https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=105&oid=029&aid=0000048995|website=DT|language=ko|date=December 21, 2003|access-date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=October 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012012441/https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=105&oid=029&aid=0000048995|url-status=live}} horse jockey film Lump Sugar,{{cite web|title=Lump Sugar Goes Down Well|url=http://www.hancinema.net/-lump-sugar-goes-down-well-6617.html|website=The Korea Times via Hancinema|date=July 25, 2006|access-date=November 11, 2015|archive-date=January 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121003157/http://www.hancinema.net/-lump-sugar-goes-down-well-6617.html|url-status=live}} and Park Chan-wook's surrealist I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK.[http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2006/12/07/2006120761016.html "Commercial Vs. Avant-Garde: Park Chan-wook on Cyborg"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074044/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2006/12/07/2006120761016.html |date=March 4, 2016 }}. The Chosun Ilbo. December 7, 2006.

In 2007, she began shedding that image by taking on more adult roles,Lee, Ji-hye (March 4, 2011). [http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011030413043999000 "Lim Soo-jung's Movie Picks"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012012555/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011030413043999000 |date=October 12, 2020 }}. Asiae. notable among them Hur Jin-ho's romantic melodrama Happiness,Lee, Hyo-won (October 2, 2007). [https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2012/03/201_11131.html "Actresses Gain Presence Onscreen"] . The Korea Times.[http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/09/19/2007091961016.html "Lim Soo-jung Grows Up in New Tearjerker"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012055625/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/09/19/2007091961016.html |date=October 12, 2020 }}. The Chosun Ilbo. September 19, 2007. Choi Dong-hoon's blockbuster fantasy Jeon Woo-chi: The Taoist Wizard,Lee, Ji-hye (November 18, 2009). [http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2009111821343661235 "Woochi set to work its magic - Part 1"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010092144/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2009111821343661235 |date=October 10, 2020 }}. Asiae.Lee, Ji-hye (November 18, 2009). [http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?sec=ent5&idxno=2009111821342057691 "Woochi set to work its magic - Part 2"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126134850/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?sec=ent5&idxno=2009111821342057691 |date=November 26, 2018 }}. Asiae. romantic comedy Finding Mr. DestinyLee, Hyo-won (February 12, 2010). [https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/05/141_77333.html "Destiny sweetly reminisces first loves"] . The Korea Times. and Lee Yoon-ki's minimalist breakup indie Come Rain, Come Shine.Kwon, Mee-yoo (January 21, 2011). [https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/01/141_80090.html "Come Rain invited to Berlinale"] . The Korea Times. For her performance in All About My Wife,[http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/05/12/2012051200328.html "Nagging Wife Role Lets Lim Soo-jung Explore Hidden Side"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225044102/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/05/12/2012051200328.html |date=February 25, 2020 }} The Chosun Ilbo. May 12, 2012.Oh, Seol-hye (May 25, 2012). {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140527214123/http://en.starnnews.com/news/index.html?no=92093 "Everything About My Wife Lim Soojung becomes the trend"]}}. StarN News. she won Best Actress at the Blue Dragon Film Awards,{{cite web|last=Ji|first=Yong-jin|title=PIETA Wins Best Picture at Blue Dragon Awards|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=2054|work=Korean Film Council|date=December 4, 2012|access-date=December 5, 2012|archive-date=March 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307012723/http://koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=view&seq=2054|url-status=live}} and the Women in Film Korea Awards.{{cite web|title=Byun Young-joo Picked as Director of the Year by Female Film Critics|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/12/05/2012120500848.html|work=The Chosun Ilbo|date=December 5, 2012|access-date=December 5, 2012|archive-date=December 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207232808/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/12/05/2012120500848.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=BYUN Young-joo Selected as the Woman Filmmaker of 2012|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=2060|work=Korean Film Council|last=Kim|first=Hyun-min|date=December 6, 2012|access-date=December 16, 2012|archive-date=September 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928122245/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=2060|url-status=live}}

Im and Lee Jung-jae played two artists in a post-apocalyptic environment in the short film El Fin del Mundo ("The End of the World"), which screened at the prestigious contemporary art exhibition dOCUMENTA.{{cite web|title=Main Film: el Fin Del Mundo|url=http://newsfromnowhere.kr/index.php?/medium/movie/|work=News from Nowhere|access-date=June 19, 2012|archive-date=June 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617130948/http://newsfromnowhere.kr/index.php?%2Fmedium%2Fmovie%2F|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Three Korean artists invited to world's largest contemporary art fair|url=http://nwww.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20120611001022|work=The Korea Herald|last=Lee|first=Woo-young|date=June 11, 2012|access-date=November 28, 2012|archive-date=October 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022175628/http://nwww.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20120611001022|url-status=dead}} She also acted opposite veteran Thai actor Sorapong Chatree in Aditya Assarat's short film Phuket, which was commissioned jointly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Association of Tourism and Hotel Operators of Phuket.{{cite web|title=Phuket|url=http://www.biff.kr/eng/html/archive/arc_search_view.asp?idx=14236&target=search&c_idx=16&m_entry_year=2009|work=BIFF.kr|access-date=November 28, 2012|archive-date=February 18, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218200905/http://www.biff.kr/eng/html/archive/arc_search_view.asp?idx=14236&target=search&c_idx=16&m_entry_year=2009|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Lim Soo-jung Stars in Thai Indie Movie|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/09/09/2009090900356.html?related_all|work=The Chosun Ilbo|date=September 9, 2009|access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029022432/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/09/09/2009090900356.html?related_all|url-status=live}}

Im was previously part of the SidusHQ agency, but moved to being managed by KeyEast. KeyEast launched her official website in June 2012. According to the actress, the online space will be a place where she can converse with her fans directly.Hong, Lucia (June 12, 2012). [http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012061216490943726 "Actress Lim Soo-jung launches official website"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413154951/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012061216490943726 |date=April 13, 2014 }}. Asiae.Sunwoo, Carla (June 14, 2012). {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130127032613/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2954355 "Lim Soo-jung says hello to the cyber world"]}}. Korea JoongAng Daily.

File:Lim Soo-Jung.jpg

In 2015, Im starred in Perfect Proposal, a remake of British crime thriller Woman of Straw that was partly shot in Macau.{{cite web|title=LIM Soo-jung and YOO Yeon-seok Lead SECRET TEMPTATION Cranks-up|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=3071|website=Korean Film Council|last=Tae|first=Sang-joon|date=June 23, 2014|access-date=June 23, 2014|archive-date=September 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928122245/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=3071|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Im Soo-jung is nervous ahead of return to acting|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3004588|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|last=Jung|first=Hyun-mok|date=May 26, 2015|access-date=May 26, 2015|archive-date=May 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526154055/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3004588|url-status=live}} She next starred in Time Renegades, a time-hopping romantic thriller where she played dual roles.{{cite web|title=[Interview] Im Soo-jung brings out her true colors|url=https://www.hancinema.net/interview-im-soo-jung-brings-out-her-true-colors-93202.html|website=TV Report|date=April 6, 2016|access-date=February 6, 2018|archive-date=February 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207122229/https://www.hancinema.net/interview-im-soo-jung-brings-out-her-true-colors-93202.html|url-status=live}}

In October 2015, her contract with KeyEast expired and she decided to sign with new management agency YNK Entertainment.{{cite web|script-title=ko:임수정 측 "10월 말 키이스트 전속 계약 만료"|url=http://www.tvreport.co.kr/?c=news&m=newsview&idx=803455|website=TV Report|last=Kim|first=Ji-hyun|date=October 14, 2015|access-date=October 14, 2015|archive-date=August 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827000648/http://www.tvreport.co.kr/?c=news&m=newsview&idx=803455|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ko:임수정, 신생 매니지먼트 YNK엔터테인먼트와 전속계약|url=http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201603240833402410|website=Newsen|last=Lee|first=Min-ji|date=March 24, 2016|access-date=March 24, 2016|archive-date=April 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407110736/http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201603240833402410|url-status=live}}

Im then starred in the female-centric indie film The Table directed by Kim Jong-kwan, which premiered at the 21st Busan International Film Festival.{{cite web|title=THE TABLE Gathers Quartet of Superb Actresses in Elegant Drama|url=https://screenanarchy.com/2017/08/review-the-table-gathers-quartet-of-superb-actresses-in-elegant-drama.html|website=Screen Anarchy|date=August 21, 2017|access-date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=August 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822065650/https://screenanarchy.com/2017/08/review-the-table-gathers-quartet-of-superb-actresses-in-elegant-drama.html|url-status=live}}

In February 2017, Im was cast in the drama Chicago Typewriter alongside Yoo Ah-in. This marks Im's small screen come back after thirteen years since 2004.{{cite web|title=Actress Im Soo-jung Returns to TV After More Than a Decade|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2017/04/07/2017040700653.html|work=The Chosun Ilbo|date=April 7, 2017|access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-date=April 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407001859/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2017/04/07/2017040700653.html|url-status=live}} The same year, she was named the cultural ambassador for the UK-Korea Creative Futures mutual exchange.{{cite web|title=Lim named cultural ambassador|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3029900|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=February 16, 2017|access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-date=February 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216020311/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3029900|url-status=live}} She then returned to the big screen with Mothers based on the book Your Request - My Other Mother by Lee Dong-eun, who also directs the film.{{cite web|title=LIM Soo-jung Takes on YOUR REQUEST|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?blbdComCd=601006&seq=4330&mode=VIEW|work=Korean Film Council|date=June 12, 2017|access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-date=October 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007185832/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?blbdComCd=601006&seq=4330&mode=VIEW|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Lim Soo-jung on the role of mothers and more|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3046867|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=April 13, 2018|access-date=April 12, 2018|archive-date=April 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412151541/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3046867|url-status=live}}

File:영화 '당신의 부탁' 언론시사회 임수정 (1).jpg

In 2019, Im returned to the small screen with the series Search: WWW.{{cite web|title=Im Soo-jung gets role in tvN drama|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3059550|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=February 19, 2019|access-date=February 18, 2019|archive-date=February 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219015947/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3059550|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Im Soo-jung to Play Ambitious Career Woman in New TV Series|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2019/02/19/2019021901053.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|date=February 19, 2019|access-date=February 20, 2019|archive-date=February 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219100929/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2019/02/19/2019021901053.html|url-status=live}}

In 2020, Im appeared the film Single in Seoul with Lee Dong-wook.

In 2021, Im starred in the tvN drama Melancholia alongside Lee Do-hyun.

In 2022, Im's contract with King Kong by Starship expired in August, and she decided not to renew the contract.{{cite web|script-title=ko:임수정, FA 대어 이목 집중...킹콩by스타쉽과 계약 만료|trans-title=Im Soo-jung, FA big draw attention... Contract expired with King Kong by Starship|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=629&aid=0000170142|via=Naver|publisher=The Fact|language=ko|last=Kim|first=Sat-byeol|date=September 1, 2022|access-date=September 1, 2022|archive-date=September 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901161544/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=629&aid=0000170142|url-status=live}}

In November 2024, Im signed with new agency MYM Entertainment.{{Cite web|script-title=ko:"눈치 안 보고 쉬려고" 임수정, 이민호가 손 내밀었다…MYM과 전속계약 [공식]|trans-title="I'm trying to rest without worrying about what others think" Im Soo-jung, Lee Min-ho reached out to her... Exclusive contract with MYM [Official]|url=https://www.osen.co.kr/article/G1112464267|publisher={{ill|Osen (newspaper)|ko|OSEN|lt=OSEN}}|language=ko|date=November 27, 2024}}

Personal life

She is a vegan and an advocate of animal rights.[https://web.archive.org/web/20210625060730/https://www.soompi.com/article/1476480wpp/im-soo-jung-talks-about-going-vegan-her-interest-in-the-environment-and-animal-rights-and-more "Im Soo Jung Talks About Going Vegan, Her Interest In The Environment And Animal Rights, And More"]. soompi.com. Retrieved January 24, 2023.{{Unreliable source?|reason=Per WP:KO/RS#UR|date=March 2024}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

|+ {{Sronly|Film performances}}

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

scope="row" | 2002

| The Romantic President

| Han Young-hee

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2003

| A Tale of Two Sisters

| Bae Su-mi

| style="text-align:center" |

...ing

| Kang Min-ah

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2005

| Sad Movie

| Ahn Soo-jung

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|title=Star-studded 'Sad Movie' not so sad|url=http://nwww.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20051013000027|website=The Korea Herald|date=April 6, 2010|access-date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126134842/http://nwww.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20051013000027|url-status=dead}}

scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2006

| Lump Sugar

| Kim Shi-eun

| style="text-align:center" |

I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK

| Cha Young-goon

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2007

| Happiness

| Eun-hee

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2009

| Jeon Woo-chi: The Taoist Wizard

| Seo In-kyung

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2010

| Finding Mr. Destiny

| Seo Ji-woo

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2011

| Come Rain, Come Shine

| Young-shin

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2012

| All About My Wife

| Yeon Jung-in

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2015

| Perfect Proposal

| Ji-yeon

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2016

| Time Renegades

| Seo Yoon-jung / Jung So-eun

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2017

| The Table

| Hye-gyeong

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2018

| Mothers

| Hyo-jin

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2019

| Our Cat

| Narration (voice)

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2023

| Cobweb

| Lee Min-jae

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|script-title=ko:김지운 감독 '거미집' 송강호·임수정·오정세·전여빈·정수정 캐스팅|trans-title=Directed by Kim Jee-woon, 'The Spider's House' Casts Kang-ho Song, Su-jeong Lim, Jeong-se Oh, Yeo-bin Jeon, Su-jeong Jeong|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=437&aid=0000289326|via=Naver|publisher=JTBC|language=ko|author=Jo Yeon-kyung|date=February 11, 2022|access-date=February 11, 2022|archive-date=February 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211012200/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=437&aid=0000289326|url-status=live}}

Single in Seoul

| Joo Hyeon-jin

| style="text-align:center" |

=Television series=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

|+ {{Sronly|Television series performances}}

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

scope="row" | 2001

| School 4

| Oh Hye-ra

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2004

| I'm Sorry, I Love You

| Song Eun-chae

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2017

| Chicago Typewriter

| Jeon Seol

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2019

| Search: WWW

| Bae Ta-mi

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2021

| Melancholia

| Ji Yoon-soo

| style="text-align:center" | {{Cite news|script-title=ko:임수정X이도현, '멜랑꼴리아' 출연 확정...'사제 케미' 예고 [공식]|trans-title=Im Soo-jung X Lee Do-hyun confirmed to appear in 'Melancholia'... 'Priest Chemi' Notice [Official]|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=015&aid=0004574757|work=The Korea Economic Daily|publisher=Naver|language=ko|author=Kim Soo-young|date=July 8, 2021|access-date=August 25, 2021|archive-date=October 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020042744/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=015&aid=0004574757|url-status=live}}

=Music video appearances=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Song title

! scope="col" | Artist

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

scope="row" | 1999

| "Deep Sadness"

| Y2K

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2001

| "I'm Sorry"

| Kim Jang-hoon

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2012

| "White Night"

| Nell

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|script-title=ko:임수정, 넬 '백야' 뮤비서 폭풍 눈물 열연|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=009&aid=0002851230|website=Maeil Business Newspaper|language=ko|date=December 3, 2012|access-date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=March 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323234402/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=009&aid=0002851230|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ko:임수정, 넬 '백야' 뮤비 티저만으로도 '강렬'|url=https://www.newspim.com/news/view/20121203000776}}

scope="row" | 2024

| "Jealous"

| Sunwoo Jung-a

| style="text-align:center" |

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

|+ Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

! scope="col" | Award ceremony

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Category

! scope="col" | Nominee / Work

! scope="col" | Result

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

scope="row" | Asia-Pacific Film Festival

| style="text-align:center" | 2012

| Best Actress

| All About My Wife

| {{nom}}

|

scope="row" | Asian Film Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 2007

| Best Actress

| I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK

| {{nom}}

|

scope="row" rowspan="4" | Baeksang Arts Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 2005

| Best New Actress – Television

| I'm Sorry, I Love You

| {{nom}}

|

style="text-align:center" | 2007

| Best Actress – Film

| I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK

| {{nom}}

|

style="text-align:center" | 2008

| Best Actress – Film

| Happiness

| {{nom}}

|

style="text-align:center" | 2013

| Best Actress – Film

| All About My Wife

| {{nom}}

|

scope="row" rowspan="4" | Blue Dragon Film Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 2003

| Best New Actress

| A Tale of Two Sisters

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|script-title=ko:청룡영화상, '봄 여름 가을 겨울 그리고 봄' 최우수 작품상 수상|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=003&aid=0000012061|website=Newsis|language=ko|date=December 11, 2013|access-date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112012540/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=003&aid=0000012061|url-status=live}}

style="text-align:center" | 2006

| Best Actress

| Lump Sugar

| {{nom}}

|

style="text-align:center" | 2007

| Best Actress

| Happiness

| {{nom}}

|

style="text-align:center" | 2012

| Best Actress

| All About My Wife

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|script-title=ko:임수정, 청룡영화상 여우주연상 수상..국내 첫 수상|trans-title=Im Soo-jung Wins Best Actress for Blue Dragon Film, the nation's first Prime Minister|url=https://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2012113014142387224&type=1&outlink=1|website=starnews|language=ko|date=November 30, 2012|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=May 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527200201/https://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2012113014142387224&type=1&outlink=1|url-status=live}}

scope="row" rowspan="2" | Buil Film Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 2008

| Best Actress

| Happiness

| {{nom}}

|

style="text-align:center" | 2012

| Best Actress

| All About My Wife

| {{nom}}

|

scope="row" | Busan Film Critics Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 2003

| Best New Actress

| A Tale of Two Sisters

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|script-title=ko:(인터뷰)임수정 "그 어느 때보다 지금의 내가 제일 좋아"|url=http://www.newstomato.com/ReadNews.aspx?no=563960|website=Newstomato|language=ko|date=June 19, 2015|access-date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126134932/http://www.newstomato.com/ReadNews.aspx?no=563960|url-status=live}}

scope="row" | Chunsa Film Art Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 2008

| Best Actress

| Happiness

| {{nom}}

|

scope="row" | Cine 21 Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 2003

| Best New Actress

| A Tale of Two Sisters

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|script-title=ko:2003년 스타덤 예감 신인7인 [2] - 강동원·임수정|url=http://www.cine21.com/news/view/?mag_id=16376|website=Cine21|language=ko|date=January 10, 2003|access-date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126092757/http://www.cine21.com/news/view/?mag_id=16376|url-status=live}}

scope="row" | Director's Cut Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 2003

| Best New Actress

| A Tale of Two Sisters

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|script-title=ko:<살인의 추억>, 디렉터스컷 감독상 등 3개 부문 수상|url=http://www.koreafilm.co.kr/news/news2003_12-19_1.htm|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|date=December 19, 2003|access-date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=March 6, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050306132808/http://www.koreafilm.co.kr/news/news2003_12-19_1.htm|url-status=live}}

scope="row" | Fantasporto Film Festival

| style="text-align:center" | 2004

| Best Actress in an International Fantasy Film

| A Tale of Two Sisters

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|title=Fantasporto shares out top honours|url=https://www.screendaily.com/fantasporto-shares-out-top-honours/4017600.article|website=Screen Daily|date=March 1, 2004|access-date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126092701/https://www.screendaily.com/fantasporto-shares-out-top-honours/4017600.article|url-status=live}}

scope="row" rowspan="3" | Grand Bell Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 2004

| Best New Actress

| A Tale of Two Sisters

| {{nom}}

|

style="text-align:center" | 2008

| Best Actress

| Happiness

| {{nom}}

|

style="text-align:center" | 2012

| Best Actress

| All About My Wife

| {{nom}}

|

scope="row" | Hong Kong International Film Festival

| style="text-align:center" | 2007

| Best Actress

| I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK

| {{nom}}

|

scope="row" rowspan="4" | KBS Drama Awards

| style="text-align:center" rowspan="4" | 2004

| Best Couple Award

| Im Soo-jung {{small|(with So Ji-sub)}}
I'm Sorry, I Love You

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" rowspan="4" | {{cite web|script-title=ko:고두심, 'KBS연기대상' 대상 수상; 역대 연기대상 5관왕|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0000001048|website=My Dailt|language=ko|date=January 1, 2005|access-date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=September 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926052023/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0000001048|url-status=live}}

Best New Actress

| rowspan="3" | I'm Sorry, I Love You

| {{won}}

Netizen Award

| {{won}}

Popularity Award

| {{won}}

scope="row" | Korea Drama Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 2019

| Top Excellence Award, Actress

| Search: WWW

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|title='2019코리아드라마어워즈(KDA)' 연기대상 후보..김해숙·최수종·염정아·조정석 등|url=https://www.sedaily.com/NewsVIew/1VOEQXHEV6|website=Sedaily|language=ko|date=September 27, 2019|access-date=September 28, 2019|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927180717/https://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/1VOEQXHEV6|url-status=live}}

scope="row" | Korean Association of Film Critics Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 2003

| Best New Actress

| A Tale of Two Sisters

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|title=Memories of Murder wins Critics Choice Awards|url=https://www.hancinema.net/memories-of-murder-wins-critics-choice-awards-607.html|website=HanCinema|publisher=Korean Film Biz Zone|date=November 19, 2003|access-date=February 2, 2018|archive-date=November 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108025738/https://www.hancinema.net/memories-of-murder-wins-critics-choice-awards-607.html|url-status=live}}

scope="row" | Korean Film Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 2003

| Best New Actress

| A Tale of Two Sisters

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|script-title=ko:살인의 추억, '대한민국 영화대상'6개부문 석권|url=https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=102&oid=014&aid=0000097804|website=The Financial News|language=ko|date=November 30, 2003}}

scope="row" | Premiere Rising Star Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 2006

| Best Actress

| Lump Sugar

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|script-title=ko:라이징 스타상 임수정 "한국영화에 필요한 배우 되겠다"|url=http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=200610142351531003|website=Newsen|language=ko|date=October 15, 2006|access-date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126092807/http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=200610142351531003|url-status=live}}

scope="row" | Screamfest Horror Film Festival

| style="text-align:center" | 2003

| Best Actress

| A Tale of Two Sisters

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|title=Breakout talent roll|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/breakout-talent-roll-1117959025/|website=Variety|date=February 7, 2007|access-date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126134819/https://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/breakout-talent-roll-1117959025/|url-status=live}}

scope="row" | Style Icon Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 2012

| Style Icon

| Im Soo-jung

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|script-title=ko:임수정 10대 스타일아이콘 선정 "더 의미있는 배우 될것"(스타일아이콘어워즈)|url=http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201210252128123010|website=Newsen|language=ko|date=October 25, 2012|access-date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126092655/http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201210252128123010|url-status=live}}

scope="row" rowspan="2" | Women in Film Korea Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 2003

| Best New Actress

| A Tale of Two Sisters

| {{nom}}

|

style="text-align:center" | 2012

| Best Actress

| All About My Wife

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|script-title=ko:임수정, 올해의 여성영화인상 연기상 영예, Lim Soo-jung, Best Actress of the Year Award for Best Actress|url=https://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/988173|website=No Cut News|language=ko|date=December 5, 2012|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-date=December 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209011724/https://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/988173|url-status=live}}

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