Nam Gi-ae

In this Korean name, the family name is Nam.

Nam Gi-ae (Korean: 남기애; born on September 13, 1961)^[1] is a South Korean actress in Chung-Ang University, Department of Theater and Film.^[2] She made her acting debut in 1998, since then, she has appeared in number of plays, films and television series. She is known for her supporting roles in Suspicious Partner (2017), Mother (2018), Flower of Evil (2020), and Encounter (2018–19). She has acted in films such as: The Merciless (2017) and High Society (2018) among others.^[3]

Nam Gi-ae
Nam Gi-ae in March 2019
Born	(1961-09-13) September 13, 1961 (age 63)
Other names	Nam Ki-ae Nam Nam-ae
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1998–present
Agent	Ace Factory
Korean name
Hangul	남기애
Hanja	南基愛
RR	Nam Giae
MR	Nam Kiae

Career

Nam Gi-ae is affiliated to artist management company Ace Factory since 2019. She made her acting debut in plays in 1998 and her TV series debut in 2015 in All About My Mom. Since then she has appeared in supporting roles in Oh My Venus (2015), Descendants of the Sun, Another Miss Oh, and MBC TV's fantasy comedy W (2016). In 2017, she got recognition by appearing in KBS's mystery comedy Ms. Perfect, Suspicious Partner, and JTBC's melodrama Rain or Shine. In 2018, Nam was seen in tvN's suspense drama Mother, KBS TV series Love to the End, Matrimonial Chaos and tvN's romance drama Encounter.^[4]

In 2019, Nam was part of main cast in tvN's legal drama Confession.^[5] In 2020, she was cast in tvN's suspense TV series Flower of Evil.^[6] In 2021 she appeared in Sell Your Haunted House, Chimera, Jirisan, The Red Sleeve, SBS's romantic TV series Now, We Are Breaking Up as Kang Jeong-ja, mother of Song Hye-kyo's character and JTBC's mystery drama Artificial City.^[7] In 2022 she appeared in JTBC's romantic drama Thirty-Nine as mother of one of the main leads.^[8]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016	Snow Paths	Kim Seong-sim		[9]
2017	The Merciless	Hyun-soo's mother		[10]
2018	High Society	Madam 1
2019	Exit	Lee In-sook
2020	Pray	Yeong-ae, Jeong-in's mother		[11]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	Oh My Ghost	Seo Bing-go's customer	Special appearance	[9]
	All About My Mom	Hong Yoo-ja
	Oh My Venus	Je Soon-ja
2016	Descendants of the Sun	Kang Mo-yeon's mother
	Monster	Jung Mi-ok
	Another Miss Oh	Heo Ji-ya
	W	Gil Soo-sun
	Be Positive	Hwan-dong's mother
2016–17	Night Light	Moon Hee-jeong
2017	Introverted Boss			[10]
	Ms. Perfect	Choi Duk-boon / Moon Hyung-sun
	My Secret Romance	Jo Mi-hee
	Suspicious Partner	Hong Bok-ja
	Stranger	Choi Kyung-soon
	Hospital Ship	Lee Soo-kyung
	KBS Drama Special: "If We Were a Season"	Kim Mi-hee	Season 8, Episode 1
2018	Rain or Shine	Joo-won's mother
	Mother	Nam Hong-hee's mother
	Suits	Sim Young-joo	Special appearance
	Love to the End	Ha Yeong-ok		[12]
	Life	Jin-woo and Sun-woo's mother
	Matrimonial Chaos	Baek Mi-yeon		[13]
	Encounter	Jin Mi-ock		[14]
2019	Haechi	Queen Inwon		[11]
	Confession	Madame Jin		[15]
	Catch the Ghost	Han Ae-sim		[16]
2020	When the Weather Is Fine	Yoon Yeo-jeong		[17]
	Flower of Evil	Gong Mi-ja		[18]
2021	Sell Your Haunted House	Joo Kyeong-hee		[19]
	Jirisan	Kang Hyun-jo's mother		[20]
	Chimera	Cha Eun-soo		[21]
	The Red Sleeve	Royal Noble Consort Yeong-bin Yi		[22]
	Now, We Are Breaking Up	Kang Jeong-ja		[23]
2021–22	Artificial City	Min Ji-yeong		[24]
2022	Thirty-Nine	Jang Joo-hee's mother		[25]
	Doctor Lawyer	Han Yi-han's mother		[26]
2023	Call It Love	Ma Hee-ja		[27]
	The Secret Romantic Guesthouse	Queen Dowager		[28]
	King the Land	Han Mi-so		[29]
2025	Salon de Holmes	Jeon Ji-hyun		[30]

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Pine Tree in Front of the Yard	Mother	[31]
2011	Scandal Gang	Mrs. Sneawell
2012	Cola Girl	Eldest daughter-in-law
	Please Turn Off the Lights	Woman
2021	Oil	Ma Singer
	Lovesong	Maggie	Abi Morgan's play[32]
2022	Vincent River	Anita	[33]