# Lee Soo-kyung (actress, born 1996)

Lee Soo-kyung (born October 24, 1996), is a South Korean actress. She is the youngest two-time winner of Baeksang Arts Awards, one of the most prestigious entertainment awards in South Korea, for Best Supporting Actress with 2017 and 2021 films Heart Blackened and Miracle: Letters to the President. She made her television debut in the series Hogu’s Love in 2015.

## Career

Lee Soo-kyung enrolled in an acting school as part of her parents' wish for Lee to learn various skills like playing musical instruments, etc. She was then chosen to lead 2012 short film In the Summer. Her mainstream debut was in 2015, with both crime film Coin Locker Girl as pink-haired rogue girl living in Incheon's Chinatown and tvN's romantic comedy television series Hogu's Love as the protagonist's twin sister.
In 2017, Lee received critical acclaim for two films: a romantic coming-of-age about a schoolgirl who falls for her coach Yongsoon in which Lee got nominated for several major film awards, and a crime legal Heart Blackened in which her role as a murder suspect daughter of a powerful businessman earned her the first win and youngest winner record of Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Supporting Actress.
Lee returned to small screen with 2018 SBS workplace drama Where Stars Land, as the youngest team member of Incheon International Airport's Security Service.
Lee was cast in one series and one film in 2021. She acted as a cold and heavily-pressured law school student in JTBC's legal crime Law School, and as a tough firstborn daughter of the family main cast in the film that brings a second Baeksang Arts Awards for Lee 4 years after her first win, docudrama Miracle: Letters to the President.
In 2022, Lee acted in tvN's crime mystery Adamas as a TV reporter who hides a secret of being a murder witness in her childhood.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | In the Summer | Soon-young | |
| 2013 | The Pitapatting | Soo-kyung | |
| 2014 | Broken | Min-ki's class female student | |
| 2015 | Coin Locker Girl | Ssong | |
| 2016 | Familyhood | Sun-young | |
| 2017 | The Mayor | Byun Ah-reum | |
| 2017 | Yongsoon | Yong-soon | |
| 2017 | Heart Blackened | Im Mi-ra | |
| 2017 | Trivial Matters | Eun-ha | Short film |
| 2019 | The Odd Family: Zombie On Sale | Park Hae-gul | |
| 2020 | Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP | So-jin | Cameo |
| 2021 | Miracle: Letters to the President | Bo-kyung | |
| 2022 | Yaksha: Ruthless Operations | Mun Ju-yeon | Netflix Film |
| 2024 | Dead Man | Gong Hee-joo | |
| 2024 | Jeongdong-gil | Jung In | Short Film |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2015 | Hogu's Love | Kang Ho-kyung | |
| 2015 | Drama Special | Nam Seung-hee | Episode: "In Search of Argenta" |
| 2015 | Reply 1988 | Lee Soo-kyung | Cameo (Episode 8) |
| 2016 | Kidnapping Assemblyman Mr. Clean | Seul-gi | |
| 2018 | Where Stars Land | Na Young-joo | |
| 2021 | Law School | Kang Sol B | |
| 2022 | Adamas | Kim Seo-hee | |
| 2024 | Love in the Big City | Mi-ae | |
| 2025 | When Life Gives You Tangerines | | |

## Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination :
| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result |
| Baeksang Arts Awards | 2018 | Best Supporting Actress – Film | Heart Blackened | Won |
| Baeksang Arts Awards | 2018 | Best New Actress – Film | Yongsoon | Nominated |
| Baeksang Arts Awards | 2022 | Best Supporting Actress – Film | Miracle: Letters to the President | Won |
| Blue Dragon Film Awards | 2017 | Best New Actress | Yongsoon | Nominated |
| Blue Dragon Film Awards | 2021 | Best Supporting Actress | Miracle: Letters to the President | Nominated |
| Buil Film Awards | 2017 | Best New Actress | Yongsoon | Nominated |
| Buil Film Awards | 2022 | Best Supporting Actress | Miracle: Letters to the President | Won |
| Chunsa Film Art Awards | 2018 | Best New Actress | Yongsoon | Nominated |
| Chunsa Film Art Awards | 2022 | Best Supporting Actress | Miracle: Letters to the President | Nominated |
| Grand Bell Awards | 2017 | Best New Actress | Yongsoon | Nominated |
| SBS Drama Awards | 2018 | Best New Actress | Where Stars Land | Nominated |
| Women in Film Korea Awards | 2017 | Best New Actress | Yongsoon | Won |