Kim Yeong-ok

Acting

Kim Yeong-ok

Born December 5, 1937 · Incheon, South Korea (age 88)

Kim Yeong-ok (Korean: 김영옥; born December 5, 1937) is a South Korean actress who debuted in 1957. She is known as South Korea's "National Grandma" for her many portrayals of grandmothers in film and television. (Wikipedia)

Known For

BallerinaBallerina · 2023
Ballerina
7.02023
MovieActionThriller
Grieving the loss of a best friend she couldn't protect, an ex-bodyguard sets out to fulfill her dear friend's last wish: sweet revenge.
Casa Amor: Exclusive for LadiesCasa Amor: Exclusive for Ladies · 2015
Casa Amor: Exclusive for Ladies
5.72015
MovieComedyRomance
A beautiful workaholic is fired from her job as a marketing executive for a children's toy company. With her life spinning out of control she teams up with her neighbour, who owns a sex shop, to design and promote better sex toys.
Nothing SeriousNothing Serious · 2021
Nothing Serious
6.82021
MovieRomanceComedy
Woo-ri, 32, and Ja-young, 28, who both dislike being alone but have particular anxieties when it comes to dating, meet through an app.
SunnySunny · 2011
Sunny
7.82011
MovieDramaComedy
Seven girls become good friends in high school, then events pull them apart for 25 years. When one of the friends lies dying in a hospital, she wishes to see each of them one last time.
Robot Taekwon VRobot Taekwon V · 1976
Robot Taekwon V
6.61976
MovieAnimationScience Fiction
The benevolent Dr. Kim created Robot Taekwon V, installing his eldest son Kim Hoon as the robot's pilot. A taekwondo champion, Kim Hoon imbues Taekwon V with his own martial arts prowess in order to stop the giant robot minions of the evil Dr. Kaff, who - like all evil megalomaniacs - is looking to annex Korea and enslave all of humanity. Can Kim Hoon and Robot Taekwon stop the evil doctor from fulfilling his nefarious aims?
Granny's Got TalentGranny's Got Talent · 2015
Granny's Got Talent
7.72015
MovieComedy
A national cussing battle audition is the nation's hype. People from all over the country audition in becoming the "Cussing King." However, redundant cussing auditioners cause viewership to drop dramatically. The producer decides to revive the show by introducing a regular looking grandmother...
Snowy RoadSnowy Road · 2015
Snowy Road
6.92015
MovieDrama
Jong-bun and Young-ae are kidnapped and thrown into the same train. They both do not know where they are headed, but soon experience the horrific reality of comfort women.
White ValentineWhite Valentine · 1999
White Valentine
6.11999
MovieDramaRomance
A teen girl, Jeong-min, stays with her grandpa and helps in his bookstore. A young bird store owning man with a broken heart sends off a pigeon with a letter that arrives at the now adult Jeong-min.

Filmography

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Old Miss DiaryOld Miss Diary · 2006
Old Miss Diary
6.02006
MovieComedyRomance
CHOI Mi-ja, despite being thirty-two years old, is the leader hands down in being rash and naïve. Tired of her mistake filled life and increasing wrinkles, something happens in Mi-ja’s life to end her downward spiral. She meets tall, young, good-looking but rude Producer JI at the TV station where she works as a dubbing artist and falls head over heels for him! Mi-ja’s family finds out and grows in hope to bring Producer JI into the house somehow. But Mi-ja’s rash, naïve behavior is a big problem and her family is also far from normal. The three grannies, widowed father, old bachelor uncle, all short in size and odd in character, there is nothing that can stop them. As the entire family gets into full swing in trying to help Mi-ja get the younger man, the very unique family’s hilarious events begin. Their unpredictable rash challenge, will they be able to succeed?

Kim Young-ok

May I Help You?May I Help You? · 2022
May I Help You?
7.82022
SeriesDrama
Baek Dong Joo, a newly hired funeral director, has the uncanny gift, or curse, to momentarily resurrect and talk to the recently deceased. She has to grant their last wishes or have her days be filled with a series of bad luck and accidents. And helping the little boy that first terrified her when he came to life will lead her down a path she never could have expected. Kim Tae Hee works as a man for hire. Employed by his uncle Vincent running the newly opened errand service company “A Dime A Job” he can be hired for any odd (but legal) task. One day, Kim Tae Hee encounters Baek Dong Joo, when he is hired by her boyfriend to break up with her in his stead. After that, their paths continue to cross, and by the virtue of their jobs, their fates get intertwined deeper and deeper in a series of life and death situations, surrounding the wishes of the people who had died, and the painful past it is going to unravel for both of them.

Yoon So-ra's grandmother