Nam Bo-ra

In this Korean name, the family name is Nam.

Nam Bo-ra (Korean: 남보라; born November 27, 1989) is a South Korean actress. She appeared in Sunny, Moon Embracing the Sun, and Don't Cry, Mommy.^{[1][2][unreliable source?][3][unreliable source?]}

Nam Bo-ra
Nam in December 2023
Born	(1989-11-27) November 27, 1989 (age 35) Seoul, South Korea
Education	Dongduk Women's University - Broadcasting
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2006–present
Agent	Jellyfish Entertainment
Spouse	Lee Chan-woo ​ (m. 2025)​
Relatives	No Min-woo (nephew)
Korean name
Hangul	남보라
RR	Nam Bora
MR	Nam Pora

Personal life

Nam grew up in a large family, with one elder brother and twelve younger siblings (7 males, 5 females), though one of her younger brothers had died.^[4] One of her nephews is No Min-woo, a member of the 6-member K-pop boy group Boyfriend.^[5]

On October 20, 2024, Nam announced her engagement to her non-celebrity boyfriend on her YouTube channel.^[6] Nam married businessman Lee Chan-woo on May 10, 2025.^[7][8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Death Bell 2	Hyun-ah
	I Saw the Devil	Section Chief Oh's daughter
2011	Sunny	young Seo Geum-ok
2012	Howling	Jung-ah
	Horror Stories	Bak-ji	segment: "Secret Recipe"
	Don't Cry, Mommy	Eun-ah
2013	The Suspect	Ji Dong-chul's wife
2015	Moon Young	Yeong-eun
2019	A Diamond In The Rough	Kim Gi-soon[9]
2021	Croissant	Seong-eun	[10]
	New Year Blues	Hyo Young's neighbor	Cameo
	A Long Day		[11]
2023	My Brilliant Revenge	Uhm So-hyun	[12]

Television series

Year	Title	Role
2006	Look Back With a Smile	Nam Bo-ra
2010	Road No. 1	Kim Soo-hee
	KBS Drama Special: "Last Flashman"	Jo Ah-ra
	Once Upon a Time in Saengchori	Oh Na-young
2011	Glory Jane	Kim Jin-joo
2012	Moon Embracing the Sun	Princess Minhwa
2013	Don't Look Back: The Legend of Orpheus	Han Yi-hyun
	KBS Drama Special: "The Memory in My Old Wallet"	Chae Soo-ah
	A Little Love Never Hurts	Song Eun-joo
2014	Only Love	Kim Saet-byul
2015	My Heart Twinkle Twinkle	Lee Soon-jung
	KBS Drama Special: "Love Detective Sherlock K"	Kang Da-hae/Sherlock-K
2016	Spark	Son Ha-neul
2017	Lovers in Bloom	Jin Bo-ra
2018	Top Star U-back	Noh Hae-won
2021	The Penthouse: War in Life 2	pianist for Bae Ro-na (Cameo) [13]
2022	It's Beautiful Now	Kim Yu-jin[14]
	Today's Webtoon	Jang Hye-mi[15]
2023–2024	Live Your Own Life	Jeong Mi-rim[16]

Variety show

Year	Title
2005	Chorus of Angels (Sunday Sunday Night)
2008	날아라 슛돌이 4기
2013	Dancing with the Stars: Season 3
2018	Secret Sisters
2019–2022	Class of Difference

Music video appearances

Year	Song title	Artist
2003	"Ache Aching"	Sol Flower
2012	"Leaving"[17]	Noel
2013	"Hello"	NU'EST
2014	"The Space Between"	SoYou, Kwon Soonil, Park Yongin (Urban Zakapa)

Discography

Album information	Track listing
Project 나쁜사랑 (Project Bad Love) Single Released: November 24, 2009 Label: Starsharp Entertainment	Track listing Intro 나쁜 사랑 (Bad Love)

Ambassadorship

• Public relations ambassador representing Yellow Umbrella (2023)^[18]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2011	19th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards[19]	Best New Actress in a Drama	Once Upon a Time in Saengchori, Glory Jane	Won
2012	MBC Drama Awards	Best New Actress	Moon Embracing the Sun	Nominated
2013	49th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actress	Don't Cry Mommy	Nominated
	34th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best New Actress		Nominated
	KBS Drama Awards	Best New Actress	Shark, The Memory in My Old Wallet	Nominated
2014	3rd APAN Star Awards	Best New Actress	Only Love	Won
	SBS Drama Awards	New Star Award		Won