# Yang Mi-kyung

Yang Mi-kyung (born July 25, 1961) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for playing the role of palace lady-in-waiting Han Baek-young in the popular period drama series Jewel in the Palace (2003).

## Other activities

Yang was also a visiting professor at Nagasaki Wesleyan University in 2011, and currently teaches Broadcasting and Entertainment as an adjunct professor at Induk University.

## Filmography
### Television series

| Year | Title | Role | Network |
| 1984 | Widow | Passerby | KBS |
| 1985 | Blue Classroom | | KBS |
| 1985 | HDTV TV Literature: "Another's Voice" | | KBS |
| 1986 | Your Portrait | Hee-joo | KBS2 |
| 1987 | MBC Bestseller Theater: "Faint Shadow of Old Love" | | MBC |
| 1987 | Wind, Wind, Wind | | KBS2 |
| 1987 | Sunaebo | | KBS1 |
| 1987 | Album of Life | Baek Nam-sook | MBC |
| 1988 | Whoa Hey Whoa Hey | Seung-mi | KBS2 |
| 1989 | 2nd Republic | Kim Jong-suk | MBC |
| 1989 | Half a Failure | | KBS2 |
| 1990 | The Stepping Stone | Seo Yoo-ra | KBS2 |
| 1991 | Humble Men | Jung-hee | MBC |
| 1991 | A Tree Blooming with Love | Professor | KBS1 |
| 1991 | Beyond the Mountains | | MBC |
| 1991 | Women's Time | Jo In-sook | KBS2 |
| 1991 | MBC Best Theater: "Outside the Door" | In-hyeong | MBC |
| 1992 | Seventy-year-old and Seven-year-old | | MBC |
| 1992 | MBC Best Theater: "The Red Shoes" | Yang-sook | MBC |
| 1992 | Haengchon Apartment | | MBC |
| 1992 | Two Sisters | Jin Sook-young | MBC |
| 1992 | Loving You | Lee Mi-sook | SBS |
| 1993 | Long Time Ago When I Was Young | | KBS1 |
| 1993 | Three Families Under One Roof | | MBC |
| 1993 | MBC Best Theater: "Necklace of Thorns" | Myung-soon | MBC |
| 1993 | How's Your Husband? | Jeon Jin-ae | SBS |
| 1993 | Sisters | Song Mal-sook | MBC |
| 1993 | Eun-ha's River | | KBS1 |
| 1994 | Challenge | | MBC |
| 1995 | Jang Nok-su | Lady Park | KBS2 |
| 1995 | Good Men, Good Women | | KBS2 |
| 1995 | Sook-hee | Jang Hye-kyung | MBC |
| 1995 | 4th Republic | Kim Ok-suk | MBC |
| 1995 | MBC Best Theater: "Divorce Report" | Seo-young | MBC |
| 1995 | LA Arirang | | SBS |
| 1996 | MBC Best Theater: "My Husband Have AIDS" | Sang-hee | MBC |
| 1996 | Hometown of Legends: "Heat Cost" | | KBS2 |
| 1996 | If You Love Me | Cha Eun-mi | MBC |
| 1997 | MBC Best Theater: "Because I Loved You" | Eun-ah | MBC |
| 1997 | Happiness in Our Hearts | Jo Moon-shim | SBS |
| 1997 | Fireworks Display | Min-ho's mother | MBC |
| 1997 | Drops | Stepmother | MBC |
| 1997 | Boss and Wife | | KBS |
| 1998 | Like the Wind, Like the Waves | | KBS2 |
| 1998 | MBC Best Theater: "Promise" | | MBC |
| 1998 | Sunday Best: "That Light Green Color That Won't Be Erased" | | KBS1 |
| 1998 | Paper Crane | | KBS2 |
| 1999 | Sunday Best: "Eun Bi-ryeong" | | KBS1 |
| 1999 | The Little Prince | Jung Yoo-sung's mother | KBS2 |
| 1999 | MBC Best Theater: "Thousand Year Dong-yi" | Seo-young | MBC |
| 1999 | MBC Best Theater: "Tears Secretly Flowing" | Min-jung | MBC |
| 1999 | Should My Tears Show | | MBC |
| 1999 | Invitation | OB/GYN doctor | MBC |
| 1999 | MBC Best Theater: "Ang-sook" | | MBC |
| 2000 | School 3 | Yoo Eun-kyung | KBS1 |
| 2000 | Fireworks | Cho-hee | SBS |
| 2001 | Tender Hearts | Ahn Su-ja | KBS1 |
| 2001 | At the Corner | | MBC |
| 2001 | Drama City: "When the Peach Blossoms" | | KBS2 |
| 2001 | Cool | Song Mi-sook | KBS2 |
| 2001 | Way of Living: Couple | Mi-young | SBS |
| 2001 | Stepmother | Yang Soon-ja | KBS1 |
| 2002 | Sunlight Upon Me | Kim Yeon-sook | MBC |
| 2002 | Unique Theater: A Story of Two Men | Yang Mi-kyung | KBS2 |
| 2002 | Album of Life | Wol-young | KBS1 |
| 2003 | Jewel in the Palace | Lady Han/Han Baek-young | MBC |
| 2004 | Crush | Soo-jin | SBS |
| 2005 | Be Strong, Geum-soon! | Kim Young-ok | MBC |
| 2005 | 5th Republic | Yuk Young-soo | MBC |
| 2005 | Bichunmoo | (voice) | SBS |
| 2005 | Jikji | Lady Won Deok-Bi | MBC |
| 2007 | The King and I | Queen Jeonghui | SBS |
| 2007 | Kang Wan-suk | Kang Wan-suk | PBC |
| 2010 | Blossom Sisters | Kim Sook-kyung | MBC |
| 2010 | MBC Sunday Drama Theater: "Housewife Kim Kwang-ja's Third Activities" | Kim Kwang-ja | MBC |
| 2011 | The Duo | Gwi-dong's birth mother | MBC |
| 2011 | Miss Ripley | Akiko Sakamoto | MBC |
| 2012 | Moon Embracing the Sun | Shin Jung-kyung | MBC |
| 2012 | May Queen | Lee Geum-hee | MBC |
| 2013 | Bel Ami | Kim Mi-sook | KBS2 |
| 2014 | Jang Bo-ri Is Here! | Song Ok-soo | MBC |
| 2015 | Mask | Kang Ok-soon | SBS |
| 2015 | High Society | | SBS |
| 2016 | Still Loving You | Park Yeon-mi | KBS1 |
| 2018 | Grand Prince | Queen Dowager Shim | TV Chosun |
| 2020 | Man in a Veil | Lee Kyung-hye | KBS2 |
| 2021 | The All-Round Wife | Oh Jang-geum | KBS1 |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1985 | Fire-Lighter | |
| 1998 | Paradise Lost | Ji-woo's wife |
| 2000 | Truth Game | Wife |
| 2003 | The Crescent Moon | Han Young-ja |
| 2009 | Castaway on the Moon | Kim Jung-yeon's mother (cameo) |

### Variety/radio show

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1993-1995 | House Full of Happiness with Seo Se-won and Yang Mi-kyung | Host |
| 1997 | Between 3:00 to 5:00 with Yang Mi-kyung | DJ |
| 1999 | The Clinic for Married Couples: Love and War | Member of mediation committee |
| 2001-2002 | Village Songs with Yang Mi-kyung | DJ |
| 2001-2002 | The Pursuit of Happiness - Live | Host |
| 2005 | Sing Sing Sunday | Host |
| 2005-2006 | Love in Asia | Host |
| 2005-2006 | The Way to You - This Is Yang Mi-kyung | DJ |
| 2009-2010 | Shin Shin Woo Shin - Notes in Time with Yang Mi-kyung | Narrator |
| 2011–present | Multicultural Special - We Are Like a Rainbow with Yang Mi-kyung | DJ |

## Theater

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2004 | Even If You Hate Me, Once Again | Kim Soo-jung |

## Books

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1997 | If You Want to Live a Happy Life | essay collection |
| 2004 | Yang Mi-kyung's Poems Read with a Heart | 60 poems by her favorite poet |
| 2008 | With Love | essay collection; published in Japan |

## Awards

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work |
| 1985 | KBS Drama Awards | Best New Actress | |
| 2000 | KBS Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actress | School 3 |
| 2003 | MBC Drama Awards | Special Acting Award | Dae Jang Geum |
| 2004 | 40th Baeksang Arts Awards | Most Popular Actress (TV) | Dae Jang Geum |
| 2006 | 40th Taxpayer's Day | Prime Minister's Commendation | — |
| 2008 | Federation for Asian Cultural Promotion | Hallyu Achievement Award | — |
| 2009 | Kkottongnae Hyundo University of Social Welfare | Achievement Award | — |
| 2011 | 4th Korea Sharing and Volunteer Service Awards | Grand Prize, Individual category | — |
| 2012 | MBC Drama Awards | Golden Acting Award, Actress | Moon Embracing the Sun, May Queen |