O Mi-ran

O Mi-ran (; 28 August 1954 – 27 June 2006) was a North Korean actress. Originally a dancer at the Pyongyang Art Troupe (now the Mansudae Art Troupe), she started acting in 1979, appearing in films like A Broad Bellflower and The Nation and Destiny, winning the Best Acting Award at the 1st and 2nd Pyongyang International Film Festival, and gaining a national reputation as a cinema star.

Biography She was born on 28 August 1954 in Ot'an-dong in Chung-guyok, Pyongyang. Her father O Hyang-mun was an actor from , a town in Yeoncheon County (now in South Korea), with a North Korean defector connected to the cinema of North Korea informing Yonhap News Agency that the younger O had originally suffered prejudice due to her South Korean ancestry. She also had several siblings, including actress O Gum-ran. and she reportedly had as much monthly living expenses as the average North Korean general. She was named Merited Artiste in 1984 and People's Artiste in 1987. O Mi-ran died on 27 June 2006 from breast cancer; she was 51. She was interred at the Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery,

1987 Revolutionary Soldier 1988 Rights of Life Po Kum

1992 Nation and Destiny Part 11-13: Hong Yong Ja Hong Yong Ja 1994 My Mother Was a Hunter 1998 Bloostained Mark 1999–2000 Nation and Destiny Part 46-51: Choe Hyon Sol Ran