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Oh Yeon-soo

{{Short description|South Korean actress (born 1971)}}

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

{{BLP sources|date=October 2024}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Oh Yeon-soo

| image = K Drama IRIS2 Press 13 (8455580844).jpg

| caption = Oh in February 2013

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|10|27}}

| birth_place = Seoul, South Korea{{cite web|script-title=ko:오연수|url=https://cinefox.com/actor/view?isb=Y&movieman_seq=12708|website=Cinefox (씨네폭스)|language=ko|access-date=October 12, 2024}}

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1989–present

| othername = Oh Yun-soo
Oh Yeon-su

| spouse = {{marriage|Son Ji-chang|1998}}

| children = 2

| education = Dankook University - Theater and Film

| module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto|child=yes|headercolor=transparent

| hangul = %오연수

| hanja = 吳娟受

}}

}}

Oh Yeon-soo ({{Korean|hangul=오연수}}; born October 27, 1971) is a South Korean actress.

Career

File:Oh Yeon-soo at the press conference of SBS Bad Guy.jpg

Oh Yeon-soo made her debut in 1989 among a batch of actors who passed an open audition by broadcaster MBC, and she soon became popular for her innocent image.{{cite web|title=Oh Yeon-soo on Her Part in 'Unfriendly' Soap|url=https://www.chosun.com/english/kpop-culture-en/2010/07/29/QRHWODNIGA6NXVCIJDUVSK4PBY/|website=The Chosun Ilbo|date=July 29, 2010|access-date=November 18, 2012|archive-date=July 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731143601/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/07/29/2010072900250.html|url-status=live}} But since her marriage to fellow actor Son Ji-chang,{{cite web|title=Today's Photo: May 3, 2010|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/05/03/2010050300411.html|work=The Chosun Ilbo|date=May 3, 2010|access-date=November 20, 2012|archive-date=May 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505195658/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/05/03/2010050300411.html|url-status=live}} Oh has had a career renaissance doing more mature roles. She played a single mother who rediscovers love in A Second Proposal,{{cite web|title=A Second Proposal|url=http://contents.kbs.co.kr/program/program_dview.php?contentsUid=44|work=KBS Global Marketing|access-date=November 20, 2012|archive-date=July 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725003333/http://contents.kbs.co.kr/program/program_dview.php?contentsUid=44|url-status=dead}} a discontented housewife in a rivalry with a top ballerina in The Queen Returns,{{cite web|last=Oh|first=Jean|title=Screen divas get dirty in new drama|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20090914000048|work=The Korea Herald|date=September 14, 2009|access-date=November 20, 2012|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714205542/http://nwww.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20090914000048|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Experienced Actors Stealing Spotlight|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2012/08/201_51915.html|work=The Korea Times|last=Han|first=Sang-hee|date=September 16, 2009|access-date=November 20, 2012|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714125420/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2012/08/201_51915.html|url-status=live}} and was cast as strong, supporting characters in the historical dramas Jumong,{{cite web|title=MBC's Stellar Jumong Already a Big Hit|url=http://twitchfilm.com/2006/05/mbcs-stellar-jumong-already-a-big-hit.html|work=Twitch Film|date=March 24, 2006|access-date=November 20, 2012|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714124525/http://twitchfilm.com/2006/05/mbcs-stellar-jumong-already-a-big-hit.html|url-status=dead}} and Gyebaek.{{cite web|title=Gyebaek|url=http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/drama/11/1810040_56096.html|work=MBC Global Media|access-date=November 20, 2012|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714160323/http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/drama/11/1810040_56096.html|url-status=live}} But Oh became best known for memorably portraying married women exploring adultery in the dark melodramas Bitter Sweet Life,{{cite web|title=New drama rides on toy boy plotline|url=http://www.hancinema.net/new-drama-rides-on-toy-boy-plotline-13677.html|work=The Korea Herald via Hancinema|last=Oh|first=Jean|date=May 1, 2008|access-date=November 19, 2012|archive-date=May 7, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507081210/http://www.hancinema.net/new-drama-rides-on-toy-boy-plotline-13677.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=K-DRAMA REVIEWS: 달콤한 인생 (La Dolce Vita)|url=http://twitchfilm.com/news/2008/07/k-drama-reviews-la-dolce-vita.php|work=Twitch Film|date=July 23, 2008|access-date=November 19, 2012|archive-date=March 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308072008/http://twitchfilm.com/news/2008/07/k-drama-reviews-la-dolce-vita.php|url-status=dead}} and Bad Guy.{{cite web|title=INTERVIEW: Bad Boy actresses Han Ga-in and Oh Yun-soo|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?sec=ent5&idxno=2010061620001448714|work=10Asia|last=Choi|first=Ji-eun|date=June 16, 2010|access-date=November 18, 2012|archive-date=May 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516151753/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?sec=ent5&idxno=2010061620001448714|url-status=live}}

In 2022, she returned to small screen with after five years in Military Prosecutor Doberman. She portrayed a villainous military division commander who was the very first woman to achieve that position since the army founding.

Filmography

=Film=

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

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" | Notes

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

scope="row" rowspan="2" | 1992

| The General's Son 3

| Jang Eun-shil

|

| style="text-align:center" |

Man Upstairs, Woman Downstairs

| Yoo Young-hui

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 1994

| The Rules of the Game

| Tae-sook

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 1997

| Fire Bird

| Mi-ran

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" rowspan="2" | 1998

| The Happenings

| Hwa-yi

|

| style="text-align:center" |

The Power of Kangwon Province

| Ji-sook

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2013

| Iris 2: The Movie

| Choi Min

|

| style="text-align:center" |

South Bound

| Ahn Bong-hee

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2014

| Tazza: The Hidden Card

| Woman at Observatory

| Cameo

| style="text-align:center" |

=Television series=

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

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" | Notes

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

scope="row" | 1990

| The Dancing Gayageum

| Moon Hee

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 1991

| Eyes of Dawn

| Bong Sun

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 1992

| Sons and Daughters

| Sung Ja

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 1994

| The Lonely Man

| Boo Dang-shil

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 1995

| War and Love

| Yang Seon-ok

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" rowspan="2" | 1996

| Full Heart

| Bo Ok

|

| style="text-align:center" |

In The Name of Love

| Kang Hye-won

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 1996

| Mom's Flag

| Seo Yoon-hee

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 1997

| Revenge and Passion

| Min Joo

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 1998

| Aim for Tomorrow

| Go Eun-bi

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 1998

| Love and Success

| Kim In-ae

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2001

| Law of Marriage

| Go Keum-se

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2002

| Hard Love

| Suh Kyung-joo

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2003

| Snowman

| Seo Yun-jung

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2004

| Second Proposal

| Jang Mi-young

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2005

| Sad Goodbye

| Park Yeo-jin

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2006

| Jumong

| Lady Yuhwa

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2008

| Bitter Sweet Life

| Yoon Hye-jin

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2009

| The Queen Returns

| Cha Do-kyung

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2010

| Bad Guy

| Hong Tae-ra

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2011

| Gyebaek

| Sa Taek-bi

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2013

| Iris II: New Generation

| Choi Min

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2014

| Triangle

| Hwang Shin-hye

|

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2017

| Save Me

| Cameo

| Ep 1

| style="text-align:center" |

Criminal Minds

| Seo Hye-won

| Ep 1–4

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2022

| Military Prosecutor Doberman

| Noh Hwa-young

|

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|script-title=ko:[공식] 안보현·조보아·오연수·김영민·김우석 '군검사 도베르만' 출연 확정|trans-title=[Official] Ahn Bo-hyeon, Jo Bo-ah, Oh Yeon-soo, Kim Young-min, Kim Woo-seok confirmed to appear in 'Military Prosecutor Doberman'|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=076&aid=0003797054|via=Naver|publisher=Sports Chosun|language=ko|author=Moon Ji-yeon|date=November 3, 2021|access-date=November 3, 2021|archive-date=May 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514111948/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=076&aid=0003797054|url-status=live}}

{{TBA}}

| Zero

|

|

| style="text-align:center" |

=Television shows=

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

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" | Notes

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

scope="row" | 2018

| Carefree Travellers 2

| rowspan="2" | Cast member

| Episode 12–15

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | 2021

| I Need Women

|

| style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|script-title=ko:오연수·윤유선·이경민·차예련, '워맨스가 필요해' 출연|trans-title=Oh Yeon-soo, Yoon Yu-sun, Lee Kyung-min, Cha Ye-ryun to appear in 'I Need Women'|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=003&aid=0010709503|via=Naver|work=NWESIS|language=ko|author=Kang Jin-ah|date=September 8, 2021|access-date=September 8, 2021|archive-date=April 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410050052/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=003&aid=0010709503|url-status=live}}

Accolades

=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" rowspan="2" | Baeksang Arts Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 1991

| Best New Actress (TV)

| The Dancing Gayageum

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" |

style="text-align:center" | 1993

| Best New Actress (Film)

| rowspan="2" | General's Son III

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | Blue Dragon Film Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 1992

| Best New Actress

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | Chunsa Film Art Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 1992

| Best New Actress

| Women Upstairs, Men Downstairs

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" rowspan="2" | KBS Drama Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 1993

| Excellence Award, Actress

| Oh Yeon-soo

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" |

style="text-align:center" | 2004

| Top Excellence Award, Actress

| A Second Proposal

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" |

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

| style="text-align:center" | 1990

| Best New Actress

| The Dancing Gayageum

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" |

style="text-align:center" | 1998

| Top Excellence Award, Actress

| Revenge and Passion

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" |

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | 2006

| Special Award, Actress in a Large-scale Historical Drama

| rowspan="2" | Jumong

| {{won}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | {{cite news|title=Broadcasters Award Top-Rated Dramas|url=http://www.hancinema.net/broadcasters-award-top-rated-dramas-8230.html|website=The Korea Times via Hancinema|last1=Chung|first1=Ah-young|date=January 1, 2007|access-date=January 9, 2015|archive-date=September 7, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907001227/http://www.hancinema.net/broadcasters-award-top-rated-dramas-8230.html|url-status=live}}

Top Excellence Award, Actress

| {{nom}}

scope="row" | Style Icon Awards

| style="text-align:center" | 2010

| Fashionista

| Oh Yeon-soo

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center" |

=State and cultural honors=

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|+ State and cultural honors

! scope="col" | Country

! scope="col" | Organization or ceremony

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Honor or Award

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

scope="row" | South Korea

| 37th Taxpayers' Day{{NoteTag|Honors are given on {{ill|Taxpayers' Day (South Korea)|ko|납세자의 날|lt=Taxpayers' Day}}, organized by National Tax Service, Taxpayers' Day in Korea is March 3. An award ceremony is held annually, during which individuals and corporations receive commendation for being model taxpayers.{{cite web|title=K-Pop Stars Promote South Korean Tax Compliance|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/taxnotes/2020/07/08/k-pop-stars-promote-south-korean-tax-compliance/|work=Forbes|last=Sullivan|first=Martin|date=July 8, 2020|access-date=May 20, 2021|archive-date=July 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708202055/https://www.forbes.com/sites/taxnotes/2020/07/08/k-pop-stars-promote-south-korean-tax-compliance/|url-status=live}}}}

| 2003

| Presidential Commendation as Exemplary Taxpayer

| style="text-align:center" | {{Cite web|script-title=ko:[한국세정신문] [37 납세자의 날 특집] 시선집중 / 납세자의 날 대통령표창 받은 모범납세 연예인①|url=http://www.taxtimes.co.kr/news/article.html?no=45143|website=www.taxtimes.co.kr|language=ko|access-date=October 29, 2023|archive-date=October 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029022743/http://www.taxtimes.co.kr/news/article.html?no=45143|url-status=live}}

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Category:1971 births

Category:Actresses from Seoul

Category:Living people

Category:People from Yeongdeungpo District

Category:South Korean television actresses

Category:South Korean film actresses

Category:Best New Actress Blue Dragon Film Awards winners

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