Moon So-ri

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Moon.
Moon So-ri
Born July 2, 1974 (1974-07-02) (age 37)
South Korea
Occupation Actress
Years active 1995–present
Spouse Jang Jun-hwan
Korean name
Hangul 문소리
Hanja 文素利
Revised Romanization Mun So-ri
McCune–Reischauer Mun Sori

Moon So-ri (born July 2, 1974), is a South Korean actress.

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[edit] Career

Moon So-ri appeared in plays and short films such as Black Cut[1] and To the Spring Mountain[2] before finding fame as a leading actress. Her first film role was in Lee Chang-dong's acclaimed Peppermint Candy, however her acting skills were not really showcased until she appeared in her second film Oasis, also by Lee Chang-dong. Her powerful portrayal of a woman with cerebral palsy earned her strong praise as well as the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Actor or Actress at the 2002 Venice Film Festival (Moon is only the second Korean to win a prize there, after Kang Soo-yeon in 1985 for The Surrogate Woman).[3] She was also named Best Actress at the 2003 Seattle International Film Festival.

The following year she again found fame in Im Sang-soo's third film A Good Lawyer's Wife. A 180-degree turn from her previous screen image, this film featured her as a free thinking woman in a decaying marriage who starts an affair with the teenage boy next door. This film was also invited to the Venice Film Festival, and she later won the Best Actress award from the Stockholm International Film Festival. Similar to the case with Oasis, Best Actress honors at many domestic awards ceremonies followed.[3]

In 2004, Moon starred opposite Song Kang-ho in The President's Barber, a film that illustrates 20 years of modern Korean history through the eyes of president Park Chung-hee's personal barber. She took a more central role in her next feature Sa-kwa (2005), about a woman who embarks on a new relationship after being dumped by her long-time boyfriend.[4] Also from 2005, Bravo, My Life! saw her return to the historical era of the late 70s/early 80s in a family drama set against the political upheaval of those times.[3]

In 2006, she played a sexually promiscuous professor in Bewitching Attraction, as well as a disapproving sister in the critically acclaimed Family Ties (for which she shared Best Actress honors with three castmates at the 2006 Thessaloniki Film Festival, where their film also swept Best Picture and Best Screenplay). Moon starred in her first ever TV series in 2007, the big-budget fusion historical drama Legend.[5] She followed that with sports movie Forever the Moment (a sleeper hit in 2008[6]), another TV drama (about a family of siblings)[7] and the human rights-themed Fly, Penguin in 2009.[8][9] She then joined the ensemble cast of Hong Sang-soo's Ha Ha Ha,[10] which won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.

After graduating with a degree in Education from Sungkyunkwan University, Moon became part of the theater group Hangang ("Han River") from 1995 to 1997, and debuted in the play Classroom Idea (she also collaborated in its creation).[11] She has always expressed a desire to return to her stage roots, and did so in 2006 in Sulpun Yonguk ("Sad Play")[12] and again in the 2010 Korean production of The Pitmen Painters.[13]

Moon narrated My Heart is Not Broken Yet, a 2007 documentary on Song Sin-do and her decade-long lawsuit against the Japanese government for an official apology towards her fellow comfort women.[14] She also did voice acting for Leafie, A Hen Into the Wild,[15] which in 2011 became the most successful Korean animated film of the modern era, with over 2 million admissions.[16][17][18][19][20]

She joined Konkuk University's Faculty of Arts in 2011 as a professor of film studies.[21]

In 2012 she reunites with Sol Kyung-gu in Lee Myung-se's spy film Mister K.[22]

[edit] Personal life

According to Moon, her father was very strict so he never let her to go to the theater but rather forced her to read classical literary works and play classical music (she is well-versed in pansori, the violin and the gayageum). But after seeing performances by professional actresses, she was bitten by the acting bug.[23]

On December 24, 2006 Moon married Jang Jun-hwan, director of cult film Save the Green Planet!.[24] Both Sungkyunkwan University alumni, the two reportedly met when Jang directed her in the 2003 music video for Jung Jae-il's 눈물꽃 ("Flower of Tears"). After suffering a miscarriage in 2010, Moon gave birth to a daughter on August 4, 2011.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Awards

[edit] References

  1. ^ Black Cut. IndieStory.
  2. ^ To the Spring Mountain. IndieStory.
  3. ^ a b c Darcy Paquet. Actors and Actresses in Korean Cinema: Moon So-ri. Koreanfilm.org.
  4. ^ Moon So-ri returns to her salad days. Korea Herald. September 26, 2008.
  5. ^ Tae Wang Sa Shin Gi 6 Interviews. Josei Jishin. June 30, 2008.
  6. ^ Handball "Sleeper" Tops Box Office for Third Week. Chosun Ilbo. January 30, 2008.
  7. ^ "All About My Family". MBC Global Media.
  8. ^ "Yim Soon-rye Returns with New Feature". Korean Film Council. April 16, 2009. http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=1243. 
  9. ^ "New Films". Korean Film Council. November 1, 2009. http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/reports.jsp?blbdComCd=601008&seq=139&mode=VIEW. 
  10. ^ Hong Sang-soo finally lets his characters have a laugh. JoongAng Daily. June 4, 2010.
  11. ^ The Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival History - 2001 Jury. PiFan.com.
  12. ^ "Award-Winning Actress Moon So-ri Thrives on Risks and Versatility". Korea Times. March 14, 2006. http://www.hancinema.net/award-winning-actress-moon-so-ri-thrives-on-risks-and-versatility-5506.html. 
  13. ^ 돌아온 "연극파 배우" 연극배우 권해효, 문소리. PlayDB. May 3, 2010. (Korean)
  14. ^ My Heart is Not Broken Yet. IndieStory.
  15. ^ Animated films from Korea back at the box office. JoongAng Daily. May 6, 2011.
  16. ^ "Leafie, A Hen Into the Wild” pre-sold to 3 countries at Cannes. 10Asia. June 9, 2011.
  17. ^ 'Leafie the Hen' Breaks Box Office Record. Chosun Ilbo. August 4, 2011.
  18. ^ ‘Leafie’ to become first S.Korean animation to top 1M viewers. The Hankyoreh. August 8, 2011.
  19. ^ Leafie the Hen Captures Korean Moviegoers. Korea Real Time. August 12, 2011.
  20. ^ "Leafie, A Hen Into the Wild" to open in China this month. 10Asia. September 8, 2011.
  21. ^ 배우 문소리씨 예술학부 영화전공 초빙교수로. Konkuk University. March 6, 2011. (Korean)
  22. ^ Sul Kyung-gu, Moon Sori, Daniel Henney cast in film "Mister K". 10Asia. February 10, 2012.
  23. ^ Actress Moon So-ri, Cover Model for 'Aera'. Chosun Ilbo. July 16, 2004.
  24. ^ Actress, Director to Wed on Christmas Eve. Chosun Ilbo. December 1, 2006.
  25. ^ 60 years later, filmmakers remember. JoongAng Ilbo. April 2, 2010.
  26. ^ The End. IndieStory.
  27. ^ Plan 19 from Outer Space. IndieStory.

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