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Na Moon-hee

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Na Moon-hee

Born November 30, 1941 in Beijing, China27 films

Na Moon-hee is a South Korean actress. Since 1961, Na has had a prolific acting career in television and film spanning more than five decades. She established a classic Korean mother persona with her TV dramas Even if the Wind Blows, The Most Beautiful Goodbye in the World (written by Noh Hee Kyung), My Name is Kim Sam Soon, My Rosy Life, Goodbye Solo, Amnok River Flows (based on Der Yalu fließt), and It's Me, Grandma.

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On the big screen, Na has received acclaim for her roles in Crying Fist, You Are My Sunshine, Cruel Winter Blues and I Can Speak. Her critically acclaimed film I Can Speak (2017) won her the Best Actress trophy in three prestigious award ceremonies: 54th Baeksang Art Awards, 38th Blue Dragon Awards, and 55th Grand Bell Awards — a feat that has yet to be repeated.

After a series of comic roles in sitcoms such as Unstoppable High Kick!, the veteran actress garnered newfound popularity and played the title character in big-screen comedy Mission Possible: Kidnapping Granny K, followed by starring roles in Girl Scout, Harmony, Twilight Gangsters, and Miss Granny.

She received a Lifetime Achievement Award from MBC in 2010, and the prestigious Bo Gwan Order of Cultural Merit in 2012.

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Pawn posterFirst watchPawn20208.3as Seung-yi's GrandmotherA debt collector who looks intimidating, but actually has a warm heart, ends up becoming the guardian of a child, who has been left behind as collateral by her illegal immigrant mother.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Quiet Family poster7.0The Quiet Family1998Miss Granny poster7.3Miss Granny2014I Can Speak poster7.9I Can Speak2017Crying Fist poster7.3Crying Fist2005Voice of a Murderer poster6.6Voice of a Murderer2007

Filmography

27 films as actor
  1. TBA어쩌다 셰프
  2. 2024PicnicEun-sim
  3. 2022HeroCho Maria
  4. 2022My Perfect RoommateGeum-boon
  5. 2020PawnSeung-yi's Grandmother
  6. 2020Oh! My GranMoon-hee
  7. 2020Honest CandidateKim Ok-hee
  8. 2019A Little PrincessMal-soon
  9. 2018Love+SlingGui-bo's Mother
  10. 2017I Can SpeakNa Ok-boon
  11. 2014Miss GrannyOh Mal-soon
  12. 2010Twilight GangstersKim Jung-ja
  13. 2010HarmonyKim Moon-ok
  14. 2008Girl ScoutLee I-man
  15. 2007Mission Possible: Kidnapping Granny KKwon Soon-boon
  16. 2007May 18Naju-daek
  17. 2007Voice of a MurdererKyung-bae's Mother
  18. 2006Cruel Winter BluesJeom-sim
  19. 2005You Are My SunshineSeok-joong's Mother
  20. 2005Crying FistSang-hwan's Grandmother
  21. 2004Lovely RivalsMi-ok's mother
  22. 2004S DiaryJin-hee's mother
  23. 2003Please Teach Me EnglishMoon-su's Mother
  24. 2002Saving My HubbyChurch Grandma
  25. 2002My Beautiful Girl, MariNam-woo's Grandmother (voice)
  26. 1998The Quiet FamilySoon-rye
  27. 1971Lightning Atom