{"id":10669,"date":"2026-09-13T15:49:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kdramakopi.com\/?post_type=acteur&#038;p=10669"},"modified":"2026-09-13T15:49:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:49:53","slug":"kim-young-ok","status":"publish","type":"acteur","link":"https:\/\/www.kdramakopi.com\/en\/acteur\/kim-young-ok\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Young-ok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kim Young-ok<\/strong> (Kim Young-ok), born on December 5, 1937, in Seoul, is a South Korean actress whose career ranks among the longest in the country\u2019s film and television industry. Nicknamed the \u00abnational grandmother\u00bb because of the many matriarch roles she has played, she made her debut at just 19 years old in the film <em>Farewell, Sorrow!<\/em> in 1957. She went on to have a particularly prolific career in film, television, and voice acting. In 1979, her role in <em>I Sell Happiness<\/em> earned him the Daesang at the Baeksang Arts Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the big screen, she has appeared notably in <em>The Lovers of Woomook-baemi<\/em> (1990), <em>When Spring Comes<\/em> (2004), <em>Public Enemy Returns<\/em> (2008), <em>Sunny<\/em> (2011), <em>Fists of Legend<\/em> (2013) and <em>Snowy Road<\/em> (2015). She also stars in the action movie <em>Ballerina<\/em> in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A frequent presence on television, she has appeared in dramas spanning several generations. She has starred in, among others, <em>Coffee Prince<\/em> (2007), <em>Boys Over Flowers<\/em> (2009), <em>Protect the Boss<\/em> (2011), <em>Reply 1988<\/em> (2015), <em>Dear My Friends<\/em> and <em>Louis the Shopaholic<\/em> (2016), then <em>Live Up to Your Name<\/em> (2017). In 2020, she played the court lady Noh Ok-nam in <em>The King: Eternal Monarch<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The year 2021 further solidifies its international popularity with <em>Mouse<\/em>, <em>Squid Game<\/em>, <em>Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha<\/em> and <em>Jirisan<\/em>. She continues with <em>Pachinko<\/em> and <em>Tomorrow<\/em> in 2022, then <em>King of the Land<\/em> in 2023. In 2024, she appeared notably in <em>The Midnight Studio<\/em>, <em>Goodbye Earth<\/em>, <em>The Judge from Hell<\/em> and <em>Iron Family<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still active, Kim Young-ok will star in 2025 in <em>The Art of Negotiation<\/em>, <em>Mary Kills People<\/em>, <em>Typhoon Family<\/em> and <em>Cashero<\/em>. In 2026, she continued her career with <em>Our Sticky Love<\/em> and <em>Mission: Mom Possible<\/em>, confirming a remarkable longevity of nearly seven decades.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":10670,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":""},"class_list":["post-10669","acteur","type-acteur","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kim Young-ok : biographie, s\u00e9ries, actualit\u00e9s - Kdrama Kopi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kdramakopi.com\/en\/actor\/kim-young-ok\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kim Young-ok : biographie, s\u00e9ries, actualit\u00e9s - 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