Yeom Hye-ran
{{short description|South Korean actress (born 1976)}}
{{family name hatnote|Yeom||lang=Korean}}
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| name = Yeom Hye-ran
| image = Yeom Hye-ran April 2024.jpg
| caption = Yeom in April 2024
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|10|30}}
| birth_place = Yeosu, South Korea
| education = Seoul Women's University – Department of Korean Language & Literature
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1999–present
| agent = Ace Factory{{cite web|url=https://entertain.v.daum.net/v/20190225134015550|title='증인' 이규형x염혜란 에이스팩토리 전속계약 체결[공식]|website=Daum|date=February 25, 2019|access-date=April 24, 2021|archive-date=October 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007162059/https://entertain.v.daum.net/v/20190225134015550|url-status=live}}
| children = 1{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Pyo-hyang|title=[사이드-B] 염혜란 "진주댁, 전주댁 될 뻔"|url=https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/201710120485563775|website=Hankook Ilbo|date=2017-10-12|access-date=2023-02-03|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203062516/https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/201710120485563775?t=20230203131530|url-status=live}}
| module = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes|headercolor=transparent
| hangul = 염혜란
| hanja = 廉惠蘭
| rr = Yeom Hyeran
| mr = Yŏm Hyeran
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Yeom Hye-ran (born October 30, 1976) is a South Korean actress, with a portfolio of film, television, and theatre performances.{{cite web|title=염혜란|url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/db/per/00038107|website=Korean Movie Database|access-date=2018-09-15|language=ko|archive-date=2018-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915192253/http://kmdb.or.kr/db/per/00038107|url-status=live}} Yeom began her career in theater in 1999 and made her screen debut in 2003. She has since played supporting roles in film and television, notably Dear My Friends, Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016), I Can Speak, The Most Beautiful Goodbye (2017), Life (2018), When the Camellia Blooms, Innocent Witness (2019), Chocolate (2019–2020), The Uncanny Counter (2020–2023), The Glory (2022–2023), Mask Girl (2024), and When Life Gives You Tangerines (2025).
Early life
Yeom was born on October 30, 1976, in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, South Korea. She comes from a family of farmers and her mother was also a market rice seller.{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Hwa-jeong|title=염혜란 - 우는 사람은 진주댁 하나였으면 했다|trans-title= Yeom Hye-ran - I wanted the crying person to be the only one in Jinju.|url=http://cine21.com/news/view/?mag_id=88371|website=Cine 21|date=2017-10-06|access-date=2023-02-03|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203084441/http://cine21.com/news/view/?mag_id=88371|url-status=live}}
Yeom's original career aspiration was to be a Korean language teacher. Hence she attended Department of Korean Literature of Seoul Women's University,{{Cite web|last=Han|first=Jin-ri|title=[MHN STAR] 동백꽃 필 무렵 홍자영 '염혜란' 나이, 결혼, 출연 작품, 봉준호 감독과 인연|trans-title=[MHN STAR] When the camelia blooms, Hong Ja-young's 'Yeom Hye-ran' age, marriage, appearance, relationship with director Bong Joon-ho |url=https://www.mhns.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=332256|date=2019-11-14|access-date=2023-02-03|website=Culture News|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203030017/https://www.mhns.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=332256|url-status=live}} where she discovered her love of acting as member of college theater club.{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=A-reum|title=경이로운 염혜란의 변신술_요주의 여성 #1|trans-title=The marvellous Yeom Hye-ran's transformation_Woman of the Lord #1|url=https://www.elle.co.kr/article/51516|website=Elle Korea|date=2021-01-23|access-date=2023-02-03|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203010628/https://www.elle.co.kr/article/51516|url-status=live}}
Career
= Debut and early careers =
By chance, Yeom saw flyers of member recruitment from Yeonwoo Theater Company (Yeonwoo Mudae).{{efn|[https://www.iyeonwoo.com/ko/yeonwoo/ Yeonwoo Stage] (연우무대), which means 'playing friend', started as a small group on February 5, 1977, and is Korea's representative theater company that has led the revitalization of creative plays in the Korean theater world. From the days of Sinchon to the present in Hyehwa-dong, Yeonwoo Stage has been working hard to realize the complete stage of novel creative works.|group=note}} In 1999, she auditioned and was accepted as a member. The following year, Yeom debuted as an actress with the play "Teacher Choi" {{Lang|Ko|(최선생)}}.{{Cite web|last=Cho|first=Eun-byul|title=[人더컬처] 염혜란 "'러브마이셀프'하지 못한 나, 결핍이 연기의 힘이었죠"|trans-title=[People the Culture] Yeom Hye-ran "I couldn't do 'Love Myself', the lack was the power of acting"|url=https://www.viva100.com/main/view.php?key=20191231010010532|website=Viva100|date=2019-12-31|access-date=2023-02-03|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203045916/https://www.viva100.com/main/view.php?key=20191231010010532|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Seung-won|title=[인터뷰 종합] "10대 子팬들 ♥늘어"...염혜란, '동백꽃'→'경소문'→'빛과철'로 이어진 꽃길|trans-title=[Comprehensive interview] "10 generations of fans ♥Increase"...Yeom Hye-ran, a flower road that led to 'Ochrysan, White Flower' → 'Gyeongsomun' → 'Bite and Steel'|url=https://www.chosun.com/entertainments/entertain_photo/2021/02/10/OSUCFKAN74I25FHDC3IRYKNDAU/|website=The Chosun Ilbo|date=2021-02-10|access-date=2023-02-03|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203050537/https://www.chosun.com/entertainments/entertain_photo/2021/02/10/OSUCFKAN74I25FHDC3IRYKNDAU/|url-status=live}}
Yeom made her screen debut in Bong Joon-ho's film Memories of Murder, which was released in 2003. It was during Yeom's portrayal of So-hyeon's mother in Yeonwoo's play This Lee (이 爾) that Director Bong witnessed her talent and invitated her to audition in his film.{{Cite web|title=너의 이름은 아이 캔 스피크 염혜란의 연기 인생 스펙트럼|trans-title=[Your name is] Can Speak Yeom Hye-ran's acting life spectrum.|url=https://www.maxmovie.com/news/349348|date=November 12, 2017|access-date=2023-02-03|website=Max Movie|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203065122/https://www.maxmovie.com/news/349348|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Da-won|title=[스경X피플] 염혜란의 '꽃길', 그리고 봉준호|trans-title=[Skyung X People] Yeom Hye-ran's 'Flower Road', and Bong Joon-ho|url=https://sports.khan.co.kr/entertainment/sk_index.html?art_id=202102150722003&sec_id=540401|date=2021-02-15|access-date=2023-02-03|website=Sports Kyunghyang|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203091842/https://sports.khan.co.kr/entertainment/sk_index.html?art_id=202102150722003&sec_id=540401|url-status=live}}
In 2003, Yeom took part in a play produced by the theater company Iwa-sam, written and directed by Jang Woo-jae.{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Kyung-hee|title=연극 네 편을 두 편 가격으로|trans-title=Four plays at the price of two episodes.|url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0000448003?sid=103|date=August 31, 2003|access-date=2023-02-03|publisher=Yonhap News Agency|via=Naver|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203101024/https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0000448003?sid=103|url-status=live}} The play, titled The Charyeoksa and the Accordion, depicts the story of an accordionist who wanders around the country looking for his runaway wife, his honest friend Cha Charyeoksa, a third-rate theater actor Yang Yang-sook, and a naive virgin girl called Sunny. Yeom's performance as Sunny was praised as chilling.{{Cite web|last=Jang|first=Ji-young|title=가슴 저미는 '밑바닥 인생' 연기...연극 '차력사와 아코디언'의 윤상화·엄혜란|trans-title=The heartbreaking performance of 'low-bottom life'... Yoon Sang-hwa and Um Hye-ran of the play 'The Power and the Accordion'|url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/005/0000180090?sid=103|access-date=2023-02-03|publisher=Kookmin Ilbo|via=Naver|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203025640/https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/005/0000180090?sid=103|url-status=live}}
{{Rquote|text=It is a play called Charyeoksa and Accordion. I played the character 'Sunny' in the play, and it is an innocent and pure character. To the point of being stupid to other people. It resembles my favorite movie, 'Gelsomina from The Road'. I thought deeply about my sincerity while doing the piece.|author= Yeom Hye-ran about her most sincere work|width=45%|source= 2019 Marie Claire Interview.{{Cite web|last=Kang|first=Ye-sol|title=존재하기를 선택함 #염혜란|trans-title=Choosing to Be #YeomHyeran|url=https://www.marieclairekorea.com/celebrity/2019/09/존재하기를-선택함-염혜란/|date=2019-09-23|access-date=2023-02-04|website=Marie Claire Korea|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203160557/https://www.marieclairekorea.com/celebrity/2019/09/%ec%a1%b4%ec%9e%ac%ed%95%98%ea%b8%b0%eb%a5%bc-%ec%84%a0%ed%83%9d%ed%95%a8-%ec%97%bc%ed%98%9c%eb%9e%80/|url-status=live}}}}
The play was selected as 2003 Culture and Arts Promotion Agency New Artist Support and had an encore performance in 2004 thanks to the audience's response. Yeom reprised her role Sunny in the encore performance.{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Eun-jin|title=[공연리뷰]연극 차력사와 아코디언|trans-title=[Performance Review] Theatre "Character and Accordion"|url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/022/0000013501|date=November 12, 2003|access-date=2023-02-03|publisher=Segye Ilbo|via=Naver|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203101611/https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/022/0000013501|url-status=live}} In December 2004, Yeom won Popular Actress Award from 1st Beautiful Play Award voted by theater netizen for her performance as Sunny.{{Cite web|title=12월 22일 무대 위 아래|trans-title=December 22 Up and Down the Stage|url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/028/0000092200?sid=103|date=2004-12-21|access-date=2023-02-03|publisher=The Hankyoreh|via=Naver|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203031010/https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/028/0000092200?sid=103|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Park|first=So-hyun|title='동백꽃' 염혜란, 질투는 나의 힘..."모자란 것만 생각나"[인터뷰S②]|url=https://www.spotvnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=332142|date=2019-12-04|access-date=2023-02-03|website=SPOTV NEWS|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203044904/https://www.spotvnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=332142|url-status=live}}
= Theater Iru and award-winning theater works =
In 2004, former Yeonwoo member, Son Ki-ho established Theater Company Iru (극단 이루) based in Seondol Theater. Yeom and fellow actress Woo Mi-hwa followed him to be founding members. Iru first founding performance was the play "Ask the Blind Father for Directions" {{Lang|Ko|(하류인생에도 삶은 있어)}}. Written and directed by Son Ki-ho, it premiered on June 4 at Dongsung Stage Small Theater in Daehangno, Seoul, and ran until July 4, 2004. The story centered in a family of three consisting of a son, So Seon-ho who was diagnosed by cancer with a parent with disability. Yeom acted as Seon-ho's mother, opposite Kim Hak-sun who acted as the father.{{Cite web|last=Jeong|first=Da-hoon|title=아빠가 내 손톱을 깎아주는 이유?|trans-title=Why is my dad cutting my nails?|url=https://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/View/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0000191311|date=2004-06-12|access-date=July 31, 2023|website=OhmyNews|language=ko|archive-date=2023-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731100540/https://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/View/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0000191311|url-status=live}} Yeom was praised for her performances and even called as the second Hwang Jung-min.{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Eun-jin|title=[공연]"하류인생에도 삶은 있어"|trans-title=[Performance] "There is a life in the downstream"|url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/022/0000035459?sid=103|date=June 9, 2004|access-date=2023-02-03|publisher=Segye Ilbo|via=Naver|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203024447/https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/022/0000035459?sid=103|url-status=live}} Her costar also praised her performance and said,
{{Rquote|text=Hye-ran is an actress who can act as if memories of the past flood in at once, like a shaman receiving a reception.|author=Kim Hak-sun|width=45%}}
The play "Ask the Blind Father for Directions" {{Lang|Ko|(하류인생에도 삶은 있어)}} won an award at The 16th Geochang International Theatre Festival and received support from the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture. From March to July 2005, Yeom reprised her role in the play "Ask the Blind Father for Directions" at National Theater, Seoul Arts Theater and other theaters.{{Cite web|author=Moon Byung-hwan|title=극단이루, '눈먼 아비..' 예술의전당서 재공연|trans-title=Theatrical company Eru, 'blind father...' re-performed at the Seoul Arts Center|url=https://news.mt.co.kr/mtview.php?no=2005061514295478566|website=Money Today|date=June 15, 2005|access-date=2023-02-04|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204011448/https://news.mt.co.kr/mtview.php?no=2005061514295478566&outlink=1&ref=https://search.naver.com|url-status=live}} In February 2006, Yeom won the Rookie Award at the 42nd Dong-A Theater Award for her role in the play.{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Jeong-shin|title=동아연극상 대상에 '용호상박'|trans-title="Yongho Sangbak" won the grand prize for Dong-A Theater Award.|url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0001198457?sid=103|date=January 17, 2006|access-date=2023-02-03|publisher=Yonhap News Agency|via=Naver|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203025410/https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0001198457?sid=103|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=동아연극상|trans-title=Dong-A Theatre Award|url=https://www.donga.com/docs/ilbo/event/performance/2017/performance6-1.html|access-date=2023-02-03|website=The Dong-a Ilbo|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203025411/https://www.donga.com/docs/ilbo/event/performance/2017/performance6-1.html|url-status=live}}
In 2008, Yeom acted as Park Mi-cheon in Son Ki-ho's play "The person who lived in Gampo, Deokyi, and Yeolsu" (감포사는 분이, 덕이, 열수). She reprised the role in 2009.{{Cite web|last=Kang|first=Il-jung|title=[스테이지2010] 선돌극장의|trans-title=[스테이지2010] 선돌극장의|url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0002605029?sid=103|date=April 13, 2009|access-date=2023-02-03|publisher=Yonhap News Agency|via=Naver|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203104818/https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0002605029?sid=103|url-status=live}} In 2009, at the 14th Hee-seo Theater Award,{{efn|The Hi-seo Theatre Award was named after Gu Hi-seo, a well-known theater critic. Prizes and bonuses for cultural artists were raised from the auction at the meta-dum wine party.|group=note}} Yeom won the Expected Theater Actress Award.{{Cite web|last=Kang|first=Il-jung|title=염혜란, 히서연극상 '기대되는 연극인상' 수상|trans-title=Yeom Hye-ran won the Hi-seo Theatre Award for 'The expected Theatre Actress'|url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0003033507?sid=103|date=December 19, 2009|access-date=2023-02-03|publisher=Yonhap News Agency|via=Naver|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203023252/https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0003033507?sid=103|url-status=live}}
In May 2010, Iru's play "The person who lived in Gampo, Deokyi, and Yeolsu" performed at the 2010 Seoul Theater Festival. Yeom won Acting Award and the play won Popularity Award.{{Cite web|last=Jeong|first=Da-hoon|title='명배우'에 대한 추억|trans-title=Memories of 'famous actor'|url=https://www.segye.com/view/20110127005168|date=2011-01-27|access-date=2023-02-03|website=Segye Ilbo|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203031741/https://www.segye.com/view/20110127005168|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Je-hoon|title='들소의 달' 서울연극제 1등|trans-title=1st place in Seoul Theatre Festival, 'Dulso Month'|url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/003/0003254307?sid=103|date=May 24, 2010|access-date=2023-02-03|publisher=Newsis|via=Naver|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203034459/https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/003/0003254307?sid=103|url-status=live}}
= Venture into small screen and other recent projects =
Yeom debuted in television with Noh Hee-kyung's drama Dear My Friends in 2016. Directed by Hong Jong-chan, it had star-studded casts, starring Go Hyun-jung, Kim Hye-ja, Na Moon-hee, Go Doo-shim, Park Won-sook, Youn Yuh-jung, Joo Hyun, Kim Young-ok and Shin Goo.{{Cite web|author=Hong Se-young|script-title=ko:노희경 신작 '디어 마이 프렌즈', 고현정·조인성 등 라인업 확정 [공식입장]|url=https://sports.donga.com/3/all/20151022/74318558/1|date=October 22, 2015|access-date=May 10, 2016|website=The Dong-a Ilbo|language=ko|archive-date=February 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219083632/http://sports.donga.com/3/all/20151022/74318558/1|url-status=live}} Yeom acted as Soon-yeong, adopted eldest daughter of Moon Jung-ah (played by Na Moon-hee), who struggled with domestic violence.{{Cite web|author=Oh Se-young|title=[영화본색] (21) '디어 마이 프렌즈' 염혜란, 진실된 연기의 힘 (인터뷰Q)|trans-title=[Movie True Colour] (21) 'Dear My Friends' Yeom Hye-ran, The Power of True Acting (Interview Q)|url=https://www.sportsq.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=181962|date=2016-07-12|access-date=2023-02-03|website=SportsQ|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203011625/http://www.sportsq.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=181962|url-status=live}} Yeom was praised for her daughter-mother lasting impression performance with Na Moon-hee.{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Ji-hyun|title='동백꽃' 염혜란 "국민 누나란 애칭, 영광입니다"|trans-title='Ochrysanthemum flower' Yeom Hye-ran "The nickname of the national sister, it's an honour"|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20191126082500005|date=2019-11-26|access-date=2023-02-03|website=Yonhap News Agency|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203010626/https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20191126082500005|url-status=live}}
She was cast in the drama by chance. Writer Noh Hee-kyung came to watch Na Moon-hee's play Goodnight Mom, where Yeom played her daughter, Jessi. After watching her performance in the play, writer Noh offered her role in her upcoming drama, trough Na.
"Teacher Na Moon-hee and the writer are very close, so they came to see the performance. Dear My Friends was in the planning stage, and she said that it would be nice to appear. Thanks to practicing and performing together, it was a great help to the drama. If I had met her for the first time during the drama filming, I would have frozen in front of her since he was a senior I respect so much."In the same year, Yeom acted as a villain in her next drama Guardian: The Lonely and Great God. She took on the role of Ji Yeon-sook, Ji Eun-tak's maternal aunt who bullied her niece Eun-tak (played by Kim Go-eun) for her sister's death insurance.{{Cite web|last=Oh|first=Se-young|title=[인터뷰Q] '도깨비' 염혜란 "'같은 배우였어?'란 말, 제일 좋아요" ①|trans-title=[Interview Q] 'Goblin' Yeom Hye-ran "'Was the same actor?' I mean, I like it the most" 1|url=http://www.sportsq.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=221721|date=2017-01-28|access-date=2023-02-03|website=SportsQ|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203040959/http://www.sportsq.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=221721|url-status=live}} Ji was a villain, but somehow Yeom lively acting, which makes people laugh, was a feat to watch.{{Cite web|last=Oh|first=Se-young|title=[인터뷰Q] '도깨비' 염혜란, 은탁 이모가 전하는 촬영 비하인드 ②|trans-title=[Interview Q] 'Goblin' Yeom Hye-ran, Aunt Eun-tak's behind-the-scenes|url=http://www.sportsq.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=221722|date=2017-01-28|access-date=2023-02-03|website=SportsQ|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203040957/http://www.sportsq.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=221722|url-status=live}}
In 2017, Yeom reunited for the second time with Noh Hee-kyung and director Hong Jong-chan with four episode dramas The Most Beautiful Goodbye. It was a remake of the drama of the same name by Noh that aired in 1996 on MBC. Yeom played Shin Yang-soon, Kim Geun-deok's wife, acted opposite Yoo Jae-myung, who played Kim Geun-deok, In-hee's brother.{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Ji-hyun|title='세상에서' 유재명-염혜란, 명배우 찰떡연기 '멱살잡이도 OK'|trans-title='In the world' Yoo Jae-myung—Yeom Hye-ran, famous actor's rice cake acting 'It's OK to catch a neck'|url=https://sports.chosun.com/news/ntype.htm?id=201712100100071000004922&servicedate=20171209|date=2017-12-09|access-date=2023-02-04|website=Sports Chosun|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204030040/https://sports.chosun.com/news/ntype.htm?id=201712100100071000004922&servicedate=20171209|url-status=live}} In 2018, Yeom worked for the third time with Noh Hee-kyung's drama Live as Yeom Sang-soo's mother (role played by Lee Kwang-soo).{{Cite web|last=Cheon|first=Yoon-hye|title=알쏭달쏭 속내...'라이브', 염혜란 비하인드 컷 공개|trans-title=I'm so sorry...' Live', Yeom Hye-ran's behind-the-scenes cut revealed|url=http://www.heraldpop.com/view.php?ud=201803240732451712766_1|date=2018-03-24|access-date=2023-02-04|website=Herald Pop|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204030039/http://www.heraldpop.com/view.php?ud=201803240732451712766_1|url-status=live}} Yeom also reunited for the third time with director Hong Jong-chan in drama Life as Kang Kyung-ah, manager of Sangkook University Hospital. It was written by {{interlanguage link|Lee Soo-yeon|ko|이수연 (작가)}}.{{cite web|script-title=ko:'라이프' 이동욱·조승우부터 원진아·이규형까지, 퍼펙트 라인업 [공식]|url=http://www.tvreport.co.kr/?c=news&m=newsview&idx=1047245|website=TV Report|date=March 29, 2018|access-date=February 4, 2023|language=ko|archive-date=May 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528215743/http://www.tvreport.co.kr/?c=news&m=newsview&idx=1047245|url-status=dead}}
In the same year, Yeom also had reunion project with Na Moon-hee in feature film I Can Speak. She played market shop owner Jin Ju-daek, who has close relationship with main character, Na Ok-bun (Na Moon-hee). Yeom was cast in I Can Speak after the casting director watched the audition video for Secret Sunshine from a decade ago.{{Cite web |date=2017-10-25 |title=너의 이름은 {{!}} 염혜란 "새로운 연기 근육을 보여줄 차례" |trans-title=Your name is {{!}} Yeom Hye-ran "It's time to show a new acting muscle" |url=https://www.maxmovie.com/news/345958 |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=맥스무비 |language=ko |archive-date=2023-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203064724/https://www.maxmovie.com/news/345958 |url-status=live }}
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In 2019, Yeom starred as supporting role in drama When the Camellia Blooms. Yeom acted as Hong Ja-young, a sophisticated divorce lawyer and wife to Gyu-tae (played by Oh Jung-se).{{Cite web|last=Son|first=Anna|date=2019-12-20|title=통쾌한 염혜란|trans-title=Exciting Yeom Hye-ran|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.co.kr/article/43771|access-date=2023-02-03|website=Harper's Bazaar Korea|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203064911/https://www.harpersbazaar.co.kr/article/43771|url-status=live}} Hong Ja-young is a confident and charismatic woman, who also had trust issues with her husband. Her acting in the drama garnered favorable reviews from viewers who see her character as girl crush, affectionately called the nation older sister.{{Cite web|last=Kang|first=Min-kyung|title=염혜란 "'빛과 철', 보통의 삶을 사는 女 이야기..그 자체가 매력" [인터뷰①]|trans-title=Yeom Hye-ran "'Light and Iron', the story of a woman living a normal life.. It's a charm in itself" [Interview1]|url=https://www.starnewskorea.com/stview.php?no=2021021012135108286|date=2021-02-10|access-date=2023-02-03|website=Star News|language=ko}}{{Cite web |title="질리지 않고, 오래도록 기억에 남을 배우 되고 싶죠" |trans-title="I don't want to be tired, and I want to be a memorable actor for a long time." |url=http://www.kookje.co.kr/news2011/asp/newsbody.asp?code=1600&key=20191128.22023012471 |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=국제신문 |archive-date=2023-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203014104/http://www.kookje.co.kr/news2011/asp/newsbody.asp?code=1600&key=20191128.22023012471 |url-status=live }} Her chemistry with Oh, made them won Best Couple at KBS Drama Awards, in which she won Best Supporting Actress Award. Yeom also received nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 7th APAN Star Awards and 56th Baeksang Arts Awards.
In 2021, Yeom starred in OCN drama The Uncanny Counter with Jo Byung-gyu, Yoo Jun-sang, and Kim Se-jeong. Yeom acted as Choo Mae-ok, a former photographer, who had powerful healing abilities. She joins the Counters after being possessed by her Son Su-ho's spirit. Yeom received Best Supporting Actress Award at 57th Baeksang Arts Awards for this role.
After over two decades of debut, Yeom had her first title role in Bae Jong-dae's mystery film Blacklight, which was released in February 2021.{{Cite web|last=Na|first=Won-jeong|title=드라마 이어 영화까지 휩쓴 염혜란 "저같이 생긴 사람이 주인공인 시대"|url=https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/23994810|date=2021-02-18|access-date=2023-02-03|website=Jooangang Ilbo|language=ko|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203065404/https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/23994810|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Yoo|first=Seon-ae|title=영화 ＜빛과 철＞로 돌아온 배우 염혜란 인터뷰|trans-title=Interview with Yeom Hye-ran, an actor who returned to the movie
In 2022, she starred in the Netflix revenge thriller web series, The Glory, starring Song Hye-kyo playing the role of Kang Hyeon-nam, a battered wife who became a revenge accomplice to Hye-kyo's character. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress Award at 58th Baeksang Arts Awards for this role.
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