1. Woo Mi-hwa began her career as actress in theater, then transitioned to supporting roles on television and film.
21 Facts About Woo Mi-hwa
1. 2.
Woo Mi-hwa debuted as theater actress in 1998 with role Petra in Korean adaptation of play An Enemy of the People.
3.
Woo Mi-hwa has received prestigious theater acting awards, including the 2011 Seoul Theater Festival Female Acting Award and Best Actress of the 2011 Korea Acting Awards for Blowing Songs Flowers in the Rain, Best Actress of the 2013 Korean Drama Awards for Three Sisters, and the 2017 SACA Best Actress Award for her portrayal of Elena in Lyudmila Razumovskaya Dear Elena.
4.
Woo Mi-hwa has appeared in supporting roles in various films and television dramas.
5.
Woo Mi-hwa's most known role in television series is Lee Myung-shin, Hye-jin's step mother from Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha.
6.
Woo Mi-hwa acted important supporting roles in Bloody Heart and Link: Eat, Love, Kill.
7.
Woo Mi-hwa known for her role as Dok Go-soon, chief of firefighter squad in drama The First Responders.
8.
Woo Mi-hwa was born on February 2,1974, into a mining family in Hambaek, a village near Yeongwol, Gangwon Province.
9.
Woo Mi-hwa spent her early years in her hometown until her father, faced with the decline of the mining industry, had to relocate to Seoul in search of employment.
10.
From 2001 to 2004, Woo Mi-hwa was member of Yeonwoo Theater Company.
11.
Woo Mi-hwa herself was honored with the Female Acting Award at the 2011 Korean Drama Awards for her outstanding performance in the play.
12.
From 2008 to 2010, Woo Mi-hwa appeared in the plays The People Who Lived in Gampo, Deok-yi, and Yeol-soo.
13.
In 2013, Woo Mi-hwa had the opportunity to showcase her talent alongside Kim Ji-won and Jang Ji-a in the Korean adaptation of Anton Chekhov play Three Sisters.
14.
Woo Mi-hwa portrayed the title role of Olga in this production, which was directed by Moon Sam-hwa and staged at the Seoul Arts Center's Free Small Theater.
15.
The National Theater production is loosely based on the true story of Korea's first confirmed serial murders, which took place between 1986 and 1991 in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, in which Woo Mi-hwa played Park Gi-ja.
16.
In 2018, Woo Mi-hwa was cast in theater play Warrior of Sunshine.
17.
Woo Mi-hwa made her feature film debut in 2020 as the titular character in Han Jae-yi's melodrama Ivy.
18.
In March 2021, Woo Mi-hwa was offered the role Anita in the MPN Company play Vincent River, adaption of Philip Ridley's play, directed by Shin Yoo-cheong.
19.
In 2021, Woo Mi-hwa starred alongside Song Kang-ho in Han Jae-rim's film Emergency Declaration.
20.
Woo Mi-hwa Mi-wha is affectionately nicknamed "Woo Mi-hwa-bosal" - a portmanteau of her surname and a short term for a righteous Bodhisattva - by her theater friends, due to her calm demeanor and willingness to lend an ear if her junior actors need advise.
21.
Woo Mi-hwa met her husband Yoon Jeong-hwan, fellow actor, theater director and producer, when they were both students at Dongguk University's Department of Theater and Film.