Kim Joo-ryoung

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Joo-ryoung (Korean: 김주령; born September 10, 1976) is a South Korean actress. She is mainly known for portraying Han Mi-nyeo or Player No. 212 in the Netflix original series Squid Game.^[4] For her performance, she was nominated for Best Actress in an Action Series at the 2nd Critics' Choice Super Awards.

Kim Joo-ryoung
Kim in February 2017
Born	(1976-09-10) September 10, 1976 (age 48) Gyeonggi, South Korea[1]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2000–present
Agent(s)	Just Entertainment[2] A3 Artists Agency[3]
Children	1
Korean name
Hangul	김주령
RR	Gim Juryeong
MR	Kim Churyŏng

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2000	Plum Blossom	Werther		[5]
2001	Sorum	Yong Hyun's mother
2003	Memories of Murder	Nurse		[6]
2005	You Are My Sunshine	Broadcast journalist		[7]
	Mr. Housewife	Writer Kim		[5]
2006	One Shining Day			[8]
	Four Horror Tales: Roommates	Teacher No.2		[7]
	No Mercy for the Rude	Hunchback Woman		[6]
2007	Paradise Murdered	Ghost
	Texture of Skin	Jae Hee		[9]
2008	My Dear Enemy	So Yeon's mother		[10]
2009	Handphone	Eum Sung
	I'm in Trouble	Soon Ae		[11]
2011	Re-encounter	Hwa Young		[10]
	Silenced	Yoon Ja-ae
2013	Sleepless Night	Joo Hee		[12]
2017	Bluebeard	Mi Sook		[13]
	The Mayor	Spokesperson for Byun Jong-goo's campaign		[7]
2018	Land of Happiness	Jin Sun		[14]
	Feng Shui	Mother		[15]
2019	Spring, Again	Reporter Kim
	By Quantum Physics: A Nightlife Venture	Investor	Cameo	[7]
	The Snob	Kim Bo-ryeong		[14]
2020	Collectors	Real estate agent	Cameo	[16]
2021	Recalled	Doctor		[14]
2023	Juhee from 5 to 7	Juhee		[17]
	Taste of Horror – Rehabilitation		Short film	[18]
2024	Spring Garden	Hye-ran		[19]
2025	The Noisy Mansion	Ji-won		[20]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2017	Andante	Young Sook		[15]
2018	Queen of Mystery 2	Won-jae's mother	Cameo
	Mr. Sunshine	Imperial Consort Sunheon
	The Ghost Detective	Gil Chae-won's mother		[21]
	Ms. Hammurabi	Youngest Daughter in a case	Cameo (Episode 7)
	Sky Castle	No Seung-hye's older sister	Cameo	[22]
2019	Babel	Kim Myung-shin		[23]
	Welcome to Waikiki 2	Han Soo-yeon's speech teacher	Cameo (Episode 9)	[15]
	Voice	Kwon Se-young's mother	Cameo (Episode 1–2)
	Doctor John	Park Hyun-sook	Cameo (Episode 15–23)
	Drama Stage: "Woman with a Bleeding Ear"	Im Sung-hee	One-act drama	[24]
2020	When My Love Blooms	Sung Hwa-jin		[25]
	Kingmaker: The Change of Destiny	Joo Mo		[26]
	The School Nurse Files	Doctor	Cameo (Episode 6)	[8]
2021	Artificial City	Go Seon-mi		[27]
	Squid Game	Han Mi-nyeo (Player No. 212)		[28]
2022	Big Bet	Jin Young-hee		[29][30]
	Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist	Seo Eun-woo's mother-in-law	Cameo (Episode 1–3)	[31]
	Revenge of Others	Jin So-jeong		[32]
2023	Twinkling Watermelon	Lim Ji-mi		[33]
2024	Queen of Tears	Grace Ko / Ko Jeong-ja		[34]

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.
Asia Artist Awards	2021	Best Actor Award	Kim Joo-ryoung	Won	[35]
Baeksang Arts Awards	2022	Best Supporting Actress – Television	Squid Game	Nominated	[36]
Blue Dragon Series Awards	2022	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated	[37]
	2023		Big Bet	Nominated	[38]
Critics' Choice Super Awards	2022	Best Actress in an Action Series	Squid Game	Nominated	[39]
Director's Cut Awards	2022	Best New Actress in series		Nominated	[40]
Screen Actors Guild Awards	2022	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Squid Game cast[A]	Nominated	[41]

Notes

1. Consisting of Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon, HoYeon Jung, Anupam Tripathi, Heo Sung-tae, O Yeong-su, and Kim Joo-ryoung.