Cha Mi-kyung

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Cha Mi-kyung (Korean: 차미경; born 25 July 1965)^[1] is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 2007, since then, she has appeared in number of films and television series. She is known for her roles in Itaewon Class (2020), Racket Boys and The Red Sleeve (2021). She has acted in films as: Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 (2019) and Three Sisters (2020) among others.^[2] In 2021 she appeared in TV series Our Beloved Summer and in 2022 she is cast in TV series From Now On, Showtime! alongside Park Hae-jin.^[3]

Cha Mi-kyung
Born	(1965-07-25) 25 July 1965 (age 60)
Other names	Kim Mi-kyung
Occupations	Actress Theater actor
Years active	2007–present
Agent	Different Company
Korean name
Hangul	차미경
RR	Cha Migyeong
MR	Ch'a Migyŏng

Career

Cha Mi-kyung is affiliated to artist management company Different Company.^[4] She is also a founding member of the Gamagol Theater Company.^[3]

In 2021, she appeared as Oh Mae grandma in SBS sports TV series Racket Boys, for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress Award for an Actress at 2021 SBS Drama Awards.^[5]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2007	Secret Sunshine	Boutique owner		[6]
2010	The Boy from Ipanema	Owner of B&B
2011	My Heart Beats	Professor Yeo
2012	The Neighbor	Sang-yeong's wife
2013	Hope	Vice-principal
2014	Thuy	Mother-in-law
2015	Alice: Boy from Wonderland	Female professor
2017	Ordinary People	Mother-in-law
2018	Golden Slumber	Supermarket Owner
	A Field Day	Jin-Ho's mother		[7]
	Dark Figure of Crime	Kalguksu
2019	Juror 8	Yang Choon-ok		[8]
	Kim Ji-young: Born 1982	Dae-hyun's mother		[7]
	Family Affair	Mom Kyeong-sook
2020	Three Sisters	Mother
2021	The Moon In The Daytime	Lee Seul-i	Short film	[9]
2022	Our Season	Chun-bun		[10]
2024	Hidden Face	Seong-jin's mother

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2020	Itaewon Class	Kim Soon-rye		[11]
	The Cursed	Jin Jong-hyeon's mother
	Memorist	Mrs. Gong
	Mothers	Choi Soon-ok
	Mystic Pop-up Bar	Jeom-rye	Ep.4 Special appearance
2021	Racket Boys	Oh Mae grandma		[12]
	The Red Sleeve	Court Lady Park		[13]
2021–2022	Our Beloved Summer	Kang Ja-kyung		[14]
2022	From Now On, Showtime!	Na Geum-ok		[15]
	The Forbidden Marriage	Grand Queen Dowager		[16]

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.
SBS Drama Awards	2021	Best Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series Genre/Fantasy Drama	Racket Boys	Nominated	[5]
		Best Supporting Team [note 1]		Won	[17]

Notes

1. with Kim Min-ki, Lee Ji-won, Jung Min-seong, Kim Kang-hoon, Cha Mi-kyung and Shin Cheol-jin