# Lee Hye-sook

Lee Hye-sook (born September 4, 1962) is a South Korean actress. She began acting in 1979, and has remained active in Korean cinema and television since. Lee is best known for the 1991 film Silver Stallion, in which she portrayed a young widow who was raped by an American soldier from a nearby base, then afterwards shunned by her village and driven to poverty and prostitution.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1980 | White Smile | |
| 1980 | Winter Love | |
| 1981 | Subzero Point '81 | Young-ok |
| 1981 | Youth Is Passion | |
| 1984 | The Forgotten Season | |
| 1984 | Holy Mission | Lady Jung |
| 1984 | Close Call with Death | Julie |
| 1985 | The Stranger | |
| 1986 | Mulberry | |
| 1986 | Tae (The Placenta) | Gwi-deok |
| 1986 | Jung-gwang's Nonsense | |
| 1986 | Days of Seduction | |
| 1987 | Sorrow | Lee Mi-sook |
| 1991 | Portrait of the Days of Youth | Lee Jeong-nim |
| 1991 | Camels Don't Cry Alone | |
| 1991 | Silver Stallion | Eon-rae |
| 1992 | Kim's War | 후사꼬 |
| 1998 | Bye June | Nurse 1 |
| 2001 | Wanee & Junah | Wa-ni's mother |
| 2008 | Open City | Song Ae-soon (cameo) |
| 2009 | Take Off | Bob's birth mother |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Role | Network |
| 1979 | Chief Inspector | | MBC |
| 1979 | Class 3 | | MBC |
| 1980 | Anguk-dong Miss | Crown Prince's Consort | MBC |
| 1981 | New Lady | Daughter-in-law (wife of the youngest son) | MBC |
| 1981 | Women's History: "Jang Hui-bin" | Queen Inhyeon | MBC |
| 1981 | Women's History: "Eunjangdo (Silver Knife)" | | MBC |
| 1983 | Gosanja Kim Jeong-ho | | MBC |
| 1983 | 500 Years of Joseon: "The King of Chudong Palace" | | MBC |
| 1984 | Governor-General of Joseon | Ye Wanyong's adoptive daughter | MBC |
| 1984 | Spray | Yoon-hee | MBC |
| 1984 | Bestseller Theater: "Beep Beep Club" | | MBC |
| 1985 | 500 Years of Joseon: "The Imjin War" | Yodo-dono | MBC |
| 1986 | Winter Flower | Han Mi-kyung | MBC |
| 1987 | Tomorrow and Tomorrow | Mi-yeon | MBC |
| 1988 | Three Women | Jang Se-hee | MBC |
| 1988 | Famine in the City | Ji Soo-hee | MBC |
| 1988 | New York Love Story | Jang Mi-hee | Fuji TV |
| 1989 | Senoya | Kang Shin-ae | KBS1 |
| 1989 | Flowering Nest | | KBS2 |
| 1990 | Mong-sil's Older Sister | Buk Cheon-deok, Mong-sil's stepmother | MBC |
| 1991 | Near the Valley | Han Min-hwa | KBS2 |
| 1991 | Hyung (My Older Brother) | | KBS2 |
| 1991 | Kim's War | Choi Moon-hee/Husako | Fuji TV |
| 1994 | Wind Blowing in the Window | Won-hee | KBS2 |
| 1995 | Good Men, Good Women | Choi Yoon-kyung | KBS2 |
| 1996 | When a Woman Loves | Jung-in | KBS2 |
| 1996 | Deokhye | Princess Deokhye | MBC |
| 1996 | Shooting | | KBS2 |
| 1996 | Gan-yi-yeok | Choi Yeon-woo | MBC |
| 1987 | Happy Morning | | KBS2 |
| 1998 | Hong Gil-dong | Choon-seom | SBS |
| 1998 | Hug | Jung-ae | SBS |
| 1999 | School 1 | Math teacher Yoon Yoo-ran | KBS2 |
| 1999 | School 2 | Math teacher Yoon Yoo-ran | KBS2 |
| 1999 | Beautiful Choice | Go Yoon-jung | MBC |
| 2000 | She's the One | Hong Chun-hee | KBS2 |
| 2000 | School 3 | Math teacher Yoon Yoo-ran | KBS2 |
| 2000 | Virtue | Kim Soon-young | SBS |
| 2000 | SWAT Police | Yoo Kang-joo's mother | SBS |
| 2001 | Ladies of the Palace | Yun Won-hyung's wife | SBS |
| 2001 | Delicious Proposal | Kwon Mi-sook | MBC |
| 2001 | KBS TV Novel: "Stepmother" | Lee Hae-shim | KBS1 |
| 2001 | Dancing Great Seoul Line | | Fuji TV |
| 2002 | Successful Story of a Bright Girl | Moon Jung-im | SBS |
| 2002 | Ruler of Your Own World | Kang In-ok | MBC |
| 2003 | Hello! Balbari | Min-ji's mother | KBS2 |
| 2003 | Country Princess | Yoon Ji-sook | MBC |
| 2003 | Merry Go Round | Sung Eun-kyo's mother | MBC |
| 2003 | Moon on Cheomseongdae | Sun-young | KBS2 |
| 2003 | One Million Roses | Kim Soon-young | KBS1 |
| 2003 | The King's Woman | Lady Kim, In-bin | SBS |
| 2003 | Breathless | Oh Hyun-mi | MBC |
| 2004 | April Kiss | Oh Shin-ja | KBS2 |
| 2004 | The Age of Heroes | Chun Tae-hee | MBC |
| 2004 | My 19 Year Old Sister-in-Law | Song Kyung-hwa | SBS |
| 2004 | Hyung (My Older Brother) | Kim Min-hee | KBS2 |
| 2004 | New York Love Story 2 | Miheui Koike | Fuji TV |
| 2005 | Encounter | Yoon-ok | MBC |
| 2005 | Wonderful Life | Min Do-hyun's stepmother | MBC |
| 2005 | 5th Republic | Jang Young-ja | MBC |
| 2005 | Loveholic | Im Young-ae | KBS2 |
| 2005 | A Farewell to Sorrow | Kang Hye-sun | KBS2 |
| 2005 | KBS TV Novel: "Sonaki (Rain Shower)" | | KBS2 |
| 2006 | Mr. Goodbye | Mi-hee | KBS2 |
| 2006 | Hearts of Nineteen | Choi Hye-sook | KBS1 |
| 2006 | Special Crime Investigation: "Murder in the Blue House" | First Lady Lee Jin-ah | KBS2 |
| 2007 | Heaven & Earth | Jin-sook | KBS1 |
| 2007 | Landscape in My Heart | Jang Mo-ran | KBS1 |
| 2007 | Merry Mary | Oh Sung-ja | MBC |
| 2007 | Ground Zero | Park Sung-hee | MBC |
| 2008 | Woman of Matchless Beauty, Park Jung-geum | Sa Soon-ja | MBC |
| 2008 | Why Did You Come to Our House? | Kim Mi-soon | SBS |
| 2008 | You Are My Destiny | Hong Yeon-shil | KBS1 |
| 2008 | Glass Castle | Han Yang-sook | SBS |
| 2009 | What's for Dinner? | Yoon Mi-hee | MBC |
| 2009 | Partner | Jung Hye-sook (guest, episodes 3–7) | KBS2 |
| 2009 | Don't Hesitate | Lee Jung-soo | SBS |
| 2009 | Hero | Joo Myung-hee | MBC |
| 2010 | Definitely Neighbors | Han Soo-hee | SBS |
| 2010 | Pure Pumpkin Flower | Pil-soon | SBS |
| 2011 | Dream High | Song Nam-boon | KBS2 |
| 2011 | My Bittersweet Life | Geum Hwa-yeon | KBS1 |
| 2011 | My Love By My Side | Sun-ah (cameo) | SBS |
| 2011 | If Tomorrow Comes | Kim Bo-bae | SBS |
| 2012 | Fashion King | Yoon Hyang-sook | SBS |
| 2012 | The Moon and Stars for You | Oh Young-sun | KBS1 |
| 2013 | My Lover, Madame Butterfly | Sylvia Choi | SBS |
| 2013 | Pots of Gold | Jang Deok-hee | MBC |
| 2013 | One Well-Raised Daughter | Im Chung-ran | SBS |
| 2015 | House of Bluebird | Jung Soo-kyung | KBS2 |
| 2015 | The Return of Hwang Geum-bok | Cha Mi-yeon | SBS |
| 2016 | Beautiful Gong Shim | Lawyer's wife | SBS |
| 2018 | My Only One | Hong-sil | KBS2 |
| 2022 | Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) 3 | Kim Dong-mi | TV Chosun |

### Variety show

| Year | Title | Network | Notes |
| 1986 | All Night Fuji | Fuji TV | Host |
| 1987 | JOCX-TV2 - Seoul Soul | Fuji TV | Host |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1982 | 18th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best New Actress (TV) | Women's History: Jang Hui-bin | Won |
| 1982 | MBC Drama Awards | Best New Actress | Women's History: Jang Hui-bin | Won |
| 1990 | 26th Baeksang Arts Awards | Most Popular Actress (TV) | Flowering Nest | Won |
| 1991 | 15th Montréal World Film Festival | Best Actress | Silver Stallion | Won |
| 1991 | 27th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actress | Silver Stallion | Won |
| 1991 | 29th Grand Bell Awards | Best Actress | Silver Stallion | Nominated |
| 1991 | 12th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Actress | Silver Stallion | Nominated |
| 1991 | 12th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Popular Star Award | Silver Stallion | Won |
| 1991 | 11th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | Best Actress | Silver Stallion | Won |
| 1991 | Presidential Commendation for Culture | Recipient | Silver Stallion | Won |
| 1992 | 30th Grand Bell Awards | Best Actress | Kim's War | Nominated |
| 1992 | 13th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Actress | Kim's War | Nominated |
| 2002 | KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress | TV Novel: Stepmother | Won |
| 2005 | KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress | A Farewell to Sorrow | Won |
| 2008 | KBS Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actress | You Are My Destiny | Nominated |
| 2009 | 17th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Take Off | Won |
| 2011 | KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama | My Bittersweet Life | Nominated |
| 2013 | MBC Drama Awards | Golden Acting Award, Actress | Pots of Gold | Won |