Jo Min-su

Jo Min-su (; born January 29, 1965) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her role in the Kim Ki-duk film Pietà.

Career Jo Min-su graduated from a vocational high school, Gyungbok Girls' Commercial High School, and first entered the entertainment business by doing a television commercial for (about US$100). She debuted in 1986 via the KBS TV Cultural Center, then appeared first on the big screen in Chung: Blue Sketch. But her public profile grew more through her television roles than movies, culminating in a Best Actress trophy in the 1989 KBS Drama Awards. Among her other notable TV series were Sandglass, Daemang (also known as Great Ambition), and Piano. After her marriage in 2005, she took a break from her acting career, but returned four years later with a memorable performance in Will It Snow for Christmas?.

But 2012 would prove to be the now-veteran actress's breakthrough year. Though she initially had reservations about doing a film by controversial auteur Kim Ki-duk, Jo became thankful to Kim for giving her the chance "to work with new material from what I was used to in the past. There aren't too many roles that women my age can do. They all seem the same. But this role was different." as well as from domestic critics and audiences, notably a Best Actress trophy at the Grand Bell Awards. She was also awarded the prestigious Okgwan Order of Cultural Merit.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1986 Chung: Blue Sketch Yu-mi Son of God Jeon Bo-bae 1990 I'm Gonna Do Something Shocking Jang-mi 1995 Man? Mi-ah 2005 Boy Goes to Heaven Ne-mo's motherCameo 2012 Pietà Jang Mi-sun2013 The Stone Lee Tae-sam Cameo2014 Venus Talk Lee Hae-young 2018 The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion Doctor Baek 2022 The Witch : Part 2. The Other One General Baek 2023 Love Reset Bo-bae

Television series Year Title Role Network1986 TV Literature:"Fire" KBS1 TV Literature:"Tale of a Mad Painter" Blind girl KBS1 I'm Leaving for Ewha KBS2 Rich Artifacts KBS11987 TV Literature:"Stairway of Green" KBS1 Door of Desire Tan-sil, Chung Ju-yung's wife KBS2 Where Does the Stream Go Flowing? KBS1988 Sun Rising Over the Hill KBS2 Punggaek Park Da-som KBS21989 Wang Rung's Family Woman from Seoul KBS2 Mount Jiri Partisan Soon-yi KBS1 Merry Go Round KBS1 Moonlight Family Young-sook KBS2 1990 Pacheonmu Yeon-shil KBS2 1990–1998 Love on a Jujube Tree Myo-soon KBS1 1991 MBC Best Theater:"A Midsummer Night's Dream - Desert Island Blues" Baek Hye-young MBC1992 TV Literary Theater:"Doll Making" Min Young-joo KBS1 The Woman Who Won 100 Times Jae-hee KBS2 Wind Blowing in the Woods Yoo Mi-sun KBS21993 Mountain Wind Choi Yoon-hwa MBC Lovers Hye-in KBS2 Marriage Na Seo-young SBS1995 Sandglass Sun-young SBS Asphalt Man Bae Jong-ok SBS1996 Until We Can Love KBS2 MBC Best Theater:"Seranade for Yeo-woon" Jung-hoo MBC1997 MBC Best Theater:"Changing Partners" Ae-ri MBC Love and Farewell Kang Min-joo MBC1999 House Above the Waves So-ran SBS Happy Together Seo Chan-joo SBS2000 The Aspen Tree SBS Fireworks Heo Min-kyung SBS 2001 Piano Shin Hye-rim SBS2002 My Name is Princess Choi Hwa-young MBC Great Ambition Dan-ae SBS Ice Flower Shin Young-joo SBS 2004 Proposal Han Kyung-hee SBS 2009 Will It Snow for Christmas? Cha Chun-hee MBC 2011 My Daughter the Flower Jang Soon-ae SBS 2013 Goddess of Marriage Song Ji-sun SBS 2020 The Cursed Jin KyungOCN

Hosting Year Title Role Notes 2019–present Diaspora Film Festival Host with Kim Hwan (2019–present) and Seon Jung-ah (2022)

Music video Year Song title Artist 1998 "To Heaven" Jo Sung-mo 2000 "Y" Koyote 2015 "The Light" The Ark

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 1987 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress 1989 KBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress 1990 26th Baeksang Arts Awards Most Popular Actress (TV) 2012Korea Film Actor's Association Achievement Award Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Okgwan Order of Cultural Merit 6th Asia Pacific Screen Awards Best Actress Jury Grand Prize 33rd Blue Dragon Film AwardsBest Leading Actress 32nd Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Best Actress 49th Grand Bell Awards Cine 21 Awards 2013 4th KOFRA Film Awards 23rd Fantasporto Director's Week 22nd Buil Film Awards 7th Asian Film Awards Best Actress People's Choice Awards 49th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actress (Film) 2018 27th Buil Film Awards Best Supporting ActressThe Witch: Part 1. The Subversion 2nd China Korea International Film Festival 201924th Chunsa Film Art Awards 55th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Supporting Actress (Film) 20218th Wildflower Film Awards Best Actress Jazzy Misfits