Lee Joo-sil

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Joo-sil (Korean: 이주실;^[3] 8 March 1944 – 2 February 2025) was a South Korean film, television and theatre actress. She was known for playing Hwang Jun-ho's mother in the second season of the South Korean dystopian survival thriller action television series Squid Game.^[4]

Lee Joo-sil
Born	(1944-03-08)8 March 1944 Bucheon, Korea, Empire of Japan[1]
Died	2 February 2025(2025-02-02) (aged 80) Uijeongbu, South Korea
Alma mater	Wonkwang University[2]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1965–2025
Korean name
Hangul	이주실
Hanja	李周實
RR	I Jusil
MR	I Chusil

Lee began her acting career in live theater in 1965.^[5][6] At the 24th Baeksang Arts Awards, she won a Baeksang Arts Award in the category Best Theatre Actress.^[7] She earned her doctorate degree in public health from Wonkwang University in 2010.^[8][9]

In 1993, Lee was diagnosed with breast cancer but recovered ten years later.^[5] She died from stomach cancer at her family's home in Uijeongbu, on 2 February 2025, at the age of 80,^[10][11] having been diagnosed with the disease three months prior.^[5]

Filmography

• A Single Spark (1995) - Tae-il's mother
• The Uninvited (2003) - Ms. Song
• Face (2004) - Hyun-min's mother
• Blossom Again (2005) - In-young's mother
• Running Wild (2006) - Do-young's mother
• The City of Violence (2006) - Seok-hwan's mother
• Hot for Teacher (2007) - Headmaster Nun
• Black House (2007) - Vice Principal
• Punch Lady (2007) - Ha-eun's mother
• Le Grand Chef (2007) - Han's mother
• Sunny (2008) - Mother-in-Law
• Antique (2008) - Jin-hyuk's grandmother
• Hello, Schoolgirl (2008) - Laundromat mother
• The Sword with No Name (2009) - Ja-yeong's mother
• The Tower (2012) - Mrs. Jung
• Commitment (2013) - Hwang Jeong-sook
• The Chosen: Forbidden Cave (2015) - Dol-soon's mother
• Oh My Ghost (2015) - Bong-sun's grandmother
• Tomorrow Victory (2015 – 2016) - Park Bok-soon
• Train to Busan (2016) - Seok-woo's mother
• Chang-ok's Letter (2017) - Chang-ok
• Bad Thief, Good Thief (2017) - Kim Soon-Cheon
• Notebook from My Mother (2018) - Ae Ran
• Sunkist Family (2019) - Grandmother
• Goo-hae-jwo (2019) - Sung Ho's grandmother
• Mystic Pop-up Bar (2020) - Lee Kkeut Sun
• Voice (2021) - Park Eun Soo's grandmother
• Hospital Playlist (2021) - Brain tumor patient
• The Witch's Diner (2021) - Lee Bok Nam
• Would You Like a Cup of Coffee? (2021) - Ms. Hwang
• Happiness (2021) - Ji Sung-Sil
• It's Beautiful Now (2022) - Jung Mi-Young
• Divorce Attorney Shin (2023) - Yang Bok-sun
• The Good Bad Mother (2023) - Jung Gum-ja's Mother-in-law
• The Uncanny Counter (2020 – 2023) - Jang Choon Ok, So Moon's grandmother
• Squid Game (2024) - Hwang Jun-Ho's mom