Moon Hee-kyung

In this Korean name, the family name is Moon.

Moon Hee-kyung
Moon in 2020
Born (1965-12-22) December 22, 1965 (age 59)
Seogwipo, Jeju Island, South Korea
EducationSookmyung Women's University (B.A. in French Language and Literature)
OccupationActress
Years active1987–present
AgentThink Entertainment[1]
Children1
Korean name
Hangul
문희경
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMun Hui-gyeong
McCune–ReischauerMun Hŭigyŏng

Moon Hee-kyung (born December 22, 1965) is a South Korean actress. Moon made her acting debut in musical theatre in 1995. She has also played supporting roles in films and television series, notably Skeletons in the Closet (also known as Shim's Family) in 2007.[2][3]

Early life and education

Moon was born on December 22, 1965 in Harye-ri, Namwon-eup, Seogwipo, Jeju Island, South Korea. She graduated from Sookmyung Women's University.[4]

Career

In 2016, Moon became the only person to compete in both seasons of Tribe of Hip Hop.

Other activities

Philanthropy

In February 2023, Moon donated 1 million won to Hometown Love Donation.[5]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2007 Skeletons in the Closet Oh Hee-kyung
2008 Antique Muffler
Happy Mija Mi-ja Short film
2009 Possessed Kyeong-ja
2010 Try to Remember Eun-gyo's mother Cameo appearance
2011 My Black Mini Dress Yoo-min's mother
The Last Blossom Doctor Yoon
If You Were Me 5 Woman at the hospital
2013 The Hero Je-hyun's mother
2014 You Are My Vampire Hwang Deok-hee
2015 The Treacherous Discipline sanggung
2016 The Legend of a Mermaid Ok-ja

Television series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2008 My Life's Golden Age Lee Man-sook
2009 Iris Choi Seung-hee's aunt
2010 Golden House Noh Mae-ja [6]
Giant Oh Nam-sook
KBS Drama Special:
"Hot Coffee" 		Ji-sook
Dr. Champ Go Mi-ja
2011 49 Days Bang Hwa-joon
Bravo, My Love! Sunny Park
The Great Gift Yoon Joo-hee
Bride of the Sun Gong Kyung-sook
2012 The Moon and Stars for You Go Mi-ja
The Birth of a Family Park Geum-ok
The Great Seer Daemuryeo
2013 Good Doctor Mrs. Jang
KBS Drama Special:
"Eun-guk and the Ugly Duckling" 		Aunt [7]
2014 The Noblesse Park Kyung-ja [8]
Inspiring Generation Nun director
You're All Surrounded Yoo Ae-yeon [9]
The Idle Mermaid Yoon Jin-ah's mother
Naeil's Cantabile Seol Nae-il's ex teacher
You Are the Only One Park Joo-ran [10]
2015 My Heart Twinkle Twinkle Music professor
Rosy Lovers Emma Lee
2016 Secrets of Women Yoo Jang-mi
Second to Last Love Na Choon-woo
2017 The Lady in Dignity Mrs. Geum
Whisper Yoon Jung-ok
Because This Is My First Life Jo Myung-ji
Sisters-in-Law Yoo So-hee
2018 Tempted Oh Se-ri
Nice Witch Kim Gong-joo [11]
Ms. Ma, Nemesis Madame Park
2019 Love in Sadness Lim Yeon-hwa
Welcome to Waikiki 2 Min seok's mother Cameo (episode 2)
Home for Summer Heo Kyeong-ae
Graceful Family Ha Yeong-seo
2020 Hospital Playlist Seok-hyung's mother Season 1–2
2020 Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol Gong Mi-sook
No Matter What Noh Geum-suk
2021 Show Window: The Queen's House Kim Kang-im [12]
2022 The Killer's Shopping List Young Sun [13][14]
Doctor Lawyer Jang Jeong-ok [15]
Behind Every Star Kang Kyung-ok [16]
2023 Delivery Man Cameo [17]
Battle for Happiness Im Kang-suk [18]

Web series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2020–2022 No, Thank You Park Ki-dong Season 1–2 [19]

Television shows

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2022 We Are Family Cast Member [20]
2022–2023 Mr. Trot Master Season 2 [21]

Discography

Singles

Title Year Album
"Let's go to Boryeong"
(with Jeong Eui-song)[22] 		2021 Non-album single
"Let's go to Daecheon"

Musical theatre

Year Title Role Ref.
1995 Flower Train
The Last Empress
2003 One Fine Spring Day
Urinetown
2004 Beauty and the Beast Mrs. Potts
2005 Mamma Mia!
2006 The Lower Depths Tanya
2006 Menopause Professional Woman
2008 Nine Liliane La Fleur [23]
2023 Spring Again Jin-suk [24]

Ambassadorship

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 Ref.
Busan Film Critics Awards 2007 Best Supporting Actress Skeletons in the Closet Won
Korea Musical Awards 2004 Best Supporting Actress Beauty and the Beast Won
MBC Riverside Song Festival 1987 Grand Prize (Daesang) Moon Hee-kyung Won
SBS Drama Awards 2018 Best Supporting Actress Ms. Ma, Nemesis Nominated [27]

References

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  2. ^ Choi, Ha-na (March 7, 2007). 뮤지컬 대모의 스크린 입문, <좋지 아니한가>의 문희경 [Introduction to the Screen for the Godmother of Musicals: Moon Hee-kyung of Skeletons in the Closet]. Cine21 (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 24, 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
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  19. ^ Moon Ji-yeon (December 6, 2021). "[공식] 박하선 주연 '며느라기' 시즌2로 돌아온다..내년 1월 공개" [[Official] Park Ha-sun's 'Neorragi' comes back with season 2... Released in January next year] (in Korean). Sports Chosun. Archived from the original on December 11, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021 – via Naver.
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