---
name: "Seo Young-hwa"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/seo-young-hwa"
fi1m_id: "seo-young-hwa"
imdb_id: "nm1296981"
tmdb_id: 564849
wikidata_id: "Q31179866"
roles: []
born: "1 January 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-18T08:22:58.031862+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Seo Young-hwa

## Identity

Seo Young-hwa

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/seo-young-hwa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** seo-young-hwa
- **IMDb ID:** nm1296981
- **TMDB ID:** 564849
- **Wikidata ID:** Q31179866
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31179866, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1296981/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/564849

Actor. Born 1 January 1968 in South Korea.

## Details

- **Born:** 1 January 1968, South Korea
- **Active:** 2003–2019
- **Also known as:** Yeong-hwa Seo
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 91 (1), 2010s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31179866, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1296981/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/564849

## Biography

Seo Young-hwa is a South Korean actress. Born in 1968, she graduated from the Korea National University of Arts and began her career on the theatre stage, debuting in 1991.

She made her feature film debut as Eon Deok-nyeo in Bong Joon-ho’s *Memories of Murder* (2003). She has since taken supporting roles in films including *Hwayi: A Monster Boy* (2013), *Right Now, Wrong Then* (2015), *On the Beach at Night Alone* (2017), *The Woman Who Ran* (2020) and several works by director Hong Sang-soo. She has also appeared in television series such as *Kingdom* (2019).

*Sources: imdb.com, koreanfilm.or.kr, asianwiki.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Kingdom* (2019), Fi1m 84, as Shaman — [page](https://film.one/tv/kingdom.md)
- *Memories of Murder* (2003), Fi1m 91, as Eon Deok-nyeo — [page](https://film.one/film/memories-of-murder.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Novelist's Film* (2022), as Sewon
- *Sophie's World* (2022), as Mrs. Ko
- *The Policeman's Lineage* (2022), as Min-jae's mother
- *In Front of Your Face* (2021), as Passerby
- *Introduction* (2021), as Juwon's Mother
- *Go Back* (2021), as 송미연
- *Winter's Night* (2020), as Eun-joo
- *The Woman Who Ran* (2020), as Youngsoon
- *Film Adventure* (2019), as Hye-ok
- *I Am Home* (2019), as Mi-ja
- *Kingdom* (2019), series, as Shaman — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/kingdom.md)
- *Grass* (2018), as Sunghwa
- *After My Death* (2018), as Kyung-min's Mother
- *A Tiger in Winter* (2018), as Editor
- *107th Night* (2018), Actor
- *Save Me* (2017), series, as Yeong-sun's mother
- *On the Beach at Night Alone* (2017), as Jeeyoung
- *Luck-Key* (2016), as Eun-joo's Mother
- *If You Were Me* (2016), as Woman
- *Overman* (2016), as Yeon-hee
- *Right Now, Wrong Then* (2015), as Joo Youngsil
- *Alice in Earnestland* (2015), as Kyung-sook
- *A Matter of Interpretation* (2014), as Older Sister
- *Hill of Freedom* (2014), as Kwon
- *Man on the Chair* (2014), as Narrator
- *Hwayi: A Monster Boy* (2013), as Seon-ja
- *Venice 70: Future Reloaded* (2013), Actor
- *The Gifted Hands* (2013), as Joon's mother
- *26 Years* (2012), as Mi-jin's mother
- *Mai Ratima* (2012), as Corn
- *Juvenile Offender* (2012), as Judge
- *Romance Joe* (2012), as Cho-hee's Mother
- *49th day* (2011), as Mother
- *Children...* (2011), as Dong-pil's Mother
- *Oki's Movie* (2010), as Sooyang
- *Like You Know It All* (2009), as Oh Jinsook
- *Crossing* (2008), as Yong-soo's wife
- *Beastie Boys* (2008), as Seung-woo's mother
- *A Man Who Was Superman* (2008), as Hee-jung's mother
- *Wide Awake* (2007), as Sang-woo's Mother
- *Hearty Paws* (2006), as Aunt
- *Rules of Dating* (2005), as Language Teacher
- *Memories of Murder* (2003), as Eon Deok-nyeo — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/memories-of-murder.md)
- *Popee* (2002), Actor

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