Jeon Soo-kyeong

In this Korean name, the family name is Jeon.

Jeon Soo-kyeong (born July 12, 1966) is a South Korean actress. She is best known in musical theatre, and has starred in Korean productions of Mamma Mia!, Chicago, The Life, Guys and Dolls, Menopause, and Kiss Me, Kate.^[1]

Jeon Soo-kyeong
Jeon Soo-kyeong in June 2013
Born	(1966-07-12) July 12, 1966 (age 58) Seoul, South Korea
Education	Hanyang University - Theater and Film
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1989-present
Agent	Will Entertainment
Spouses	Joo Won-sung ​ ​ (m. 1993; div. 2008)​ Eric M. Swanson ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	2
Korean name
Hangul	전수경
Hanja	全秀卿
Revised Romanization	Jeon Su-gyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏn Sugyŏng

Jeon married Eric M. Swanson, general manager of the Millennium Seoul Hilton, on September 22, 2014.^[2][3] She has twin daughters Joo Ji-on and Joo Si-on from her first marriage, which ended in divorce in 2008.^[4]

Theater

Year	Title	Role
	Barry
1991	The Sound of Music
1992	A Chorus Line
	West Side Story
	Cats
1993	Nunsense
1995	Grease
1996	42nd Street
1998	Guys and Dolls
	The Life
1999	Gambler
2000	The Life	Sonja
2000-2001	Rent	Joanne Jefferson
2001	Kiss Me, Kate
	Tick, Tick... Boom!	Susan
	Chicago	Roxie Hart
2002	Rehearsal
2003	Nunsense Jamboree
2004	Mamma Mia![5]	Tanya
2004-2005	42nd Street	Maggie Jones
2005	Guys and Dolls	Adelaide
	Menopause	Professional Woman
2005-2006	Nunsense Jamboree
2006	Mamma Mia![6]	Tanya
	Menopause	Professional Woman
	Annie	Miss Agatha Hannigan
	Highlights
2007-2008	Mamma Mia!	Tanya
2007	Menopause[7]	Professional Woman
	Annie	Miss Agatha Hannigan
2008	The Life	Jojo
	Gambler[8][9]	Countess
2009	The Vagina Monologues[10]
	Go, Waikiki!	cameo
	Mamma Mia!	Tanya
2009-2010	Legally Blonde[11]	Paulette
2010-2013	Mamma Mia![12]	Tanya
2012	Catch Me If You Can	Paula Abagnale/Carol Strong
	La Cage aux Folles	Madame Marie Dindon
2013	급매 행복아파트 천사호	Young-hee
2014	Chicago	Matron "Mama" Morton
2014-2015	La Cage aux Folles	Madame Marie Dindon
2015	Chicago	Matron "Mama" Morton
2022–2023	42nd Street	Meggie Jones[13]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1989	Mouse Landing Operation
1990	Mrs. Cabaret	Park Sun-hee
1992	Beauty and the Beast	Belle (singing voice, Korean dubbed)
1995	Millions in My Account	Sun-ah
1996	Ghost Mamma	Kang Hye-kyung
1997	Hercules	Calliope (voice, Korean dubbed)
1998	Two Cops 3	Mother of abducted child
2000	Chu Noh-Myoung Bakery	Ajumma who returns the cake (cameo)
2002	Public Enemy	Mineral water ajumma
2003	Reversal of Fortune	Je-ni
2007	The Perfect Couple	Journalist Oh
	Venus and Mars	Hyang-mi
2008	A Tale of Legendary Libido	Hostel owner
2009	The Relation of Face, Mind and Love	Editor
	Paradise	Ah-ram
2010	Jumunjin	Soon-nyeo (cameo)
	Finding Mr. Destiny	Soo-kyung
	My Black Mini Dress[14]	Writer
2011	Mama[15][16]	Hee-kyung
2012	The Scent	Chinese restaurant manager (cameo)
	Return of the Mafia
2013	Jinx!!	(cameo)
	Marriage Blue	Dress shop owner, Yi-ra's boss
	Rockin' on Heaven's Door	Hospice director nun
2015	Enemies In-Law	Jo Kang-ja

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Network
2008	Chosun Police 2	Mae-hwa	MBC Dramanet
	Terroir	Go Ok-rim	SBS
2011	Twinkle Twinkle	Lee Eun-jung	MBC
	Royal Family	Carrie Kim
	Color of Women	Sung Ae-shim	Channel A
2012	I Do, I Do	Agency employee (cameo)	MBC
2013	Pots of Gold
	I Can Hear Your Voice	Dental pad lady (cameo, episode 1)	SBS
	Love in Her Bag	Kim Mi-yeon	JTBC
	Passionate Love	Joo Nam-ok	SBS
2014	Emergency Couple	Hospital director (cameo, episode 1)	tvN
	Into the Flames	Yang Hwa-ja	TV Chosun
	Glorious Day	House owner (cameo)	SBS
	Mama	Kwon Do-hee	MBC
	Drama Festival "A Resentful Woman's Diary"	Wolmae
2015	Divorce Lawyer in Love	Lee Yeon-hee (guest, episode 4)	SBS
2017	The Lady in Dignity	Director Seo	JTBC
	Band of Sisters	Vicky Jung	SBS
	Chicago Typewriter	Wang Bang-wool	tvN
	My Golden Life	Noh Jin-hee	KBS
2018	Welcome to Waikiki	House owner (cameo, ep. 6)	JTBC
	Queen of Mystery 2	Nam Bok-soon	KBS2
	The Rich Son	Na Young-ae	MBC
	The Time[17]	Jang Ok-soon
	Devilish Charm[18]	Gong Jin-yang	MBN
	The Last Empress	Empress Eun (cameo, ep. 46-48)	SBS
	My Strange Hero	Chae-min's mother	SBS
2019	Welcome to Waikiki 2	House owner (episodes 1, 2)	JTBC
	Melting Me Softly	Ma Dong-joo	tvN
2019-2020	Love with Flaws	Baek Jang-mi's mother	MBC
2020	She Knows Everything	Women's society president	MBC
	Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol	Im Ja-kyung	KBS
2021-2022	Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce)	Lee Si-eun	TV Chosun

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2019	My First First Love	Ga-rin's mother
2022	The Fabulous	Jang Ok-jin	[19]

Variety show

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2008	Singing in the Sky	Ongamenet	Host
2012	속풀이쇼 동치미	MBN

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1988	11th MBC Campus Song Festival		—	3rd
1997	3rd Korea Musical Awards	Best Supporting Actress	42nd Street	Won
1999	5th Korea Musical Awards	Best Supporting Actress	The Life	Won
2002	8th Korea Musical Awards	Best Actress	Kiss Me, Kate	Won
2010	44th Tax Payer's Day	성실납제자상	—	Won
2023	Scene Stealer Festival	Bonsang "Main Prize"	Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce)	Won	[20]