Geum Bo-ra

Geum Bo-ra
Geum Bo-ra
Born	Son Mi-ja; February 21, 1961 (age 63); Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea
Education	Anyang High School of Film and Arts
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1979–present
Agent	Raisin Entertainment
Spouse	Oh Jae-hee (m. 1989; div. 2002) Kim Seong-taek (m. 2005)
Children	3
Korean name
Hangul	금보라
Hanja	琴きん寶たから羅ら
Revised Romanization	Geum Bo-ra
McCune–Reischauer	Kŭm Pora
Birth name
Hangul	손미자
Hanja	孫まご美よし子こ
Revised Romanization	Son Mi-ja
McCune–Reischauer	Son Mija

Geum Bo-ra (Korean: 금보라; born February 21, 1961), birth name Son Mi-ja (손미자), is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 1979, and won Best New Actress at the 1980 Grand Bell Awards for Water Spray.^[1] She was active in Korean cinema in the 1980s, and when she grew older, switched to supporting roles in television.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Geum married businessman Oh Jae-hee in 1989, but financial problems led to their divorce in 2002. They have three sons: former Yonsei University basketball player Oh Seung-jun, Oh Seung-min, and a third son.^[5] She remarried in November 2005 to widowed businessman Kim Seong-taek, and one of her two stepdaughters is Kim Hyeon-jin.^[6]^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1979	The Rain at Night
1980	Water Spray
1981	White Smile
	A Small Ball Shot by a Midget	Young-hee
	The Maiden Who Went to the City
1982	The Blues of Jong-ro
1983	The Lover of a Friend
1984	The Foolish Woman
1985	Dreams of the Strong	Oh Ae-ja
1986	Keum Dal-rae
1986	Sleeping in a Swamp of Angels
1987	Blue Heart
1989	The Wolf's Curiosity Stole Pigeons	Sook-hee
1993	A Honeymoon Trip	Kyeong-a
2002	Conduct Zero	Joong-pil's mother
2004	A Wacky Switch	Doctor (cameo)
2005	Daddy-Long-Legs	Mi-hyun
2005	The Art of Seduction	Ms. Jung (cameo)
2011	Sunny	Past photo (cameo)

Television series

Year	Title	Role
1981	Korea Fantasy	Ahn Ik-tae's first love
1982	Barefoot Glory	Nam Sung-yong's lover
1982	Ordinary People	Byul Nyeo
1983	Foundation of the Kingdom	Ban-ya
1983	Fog
1984	Labyrinth
	Bride Lessons
	Fireworks Display	Kyung-ae
1985	Silver Rapids
1986	Far Away People	Han Deok-soo's daughter
1986	Im Illera Im Illera	Yoon Young-shil
1987	KBS TV Novel: "Pearl Tower"
1993	Wangsibri	Jung-hee
1996	LA Arirang
1996	Colors
1997	The Reason I Live	Mrs. Han
1998	Legendary Ambition
	Seven Brides
	KBS TV Novel: "Eun-ah's Daughter"	Eun-ah's aunt
1999	Assignable Appearance
2000	Taejo Wang Geon	Queen Park
	It's Half	Kim Sun-hee
	Cheers for Women
2001	Fox and Cotton Candy	Sung Gu-ae
2002	The Story of Two Men
2002	Golden Wagon	Hwang Min-ja
2003	Jewel in the Palace	Na Joo-daek
2004	Match Made in Heaven	Eun-sun's mother
2004	Traveling Women	Song-yi's mother
2005	Hello My Teacher	Bae Yi-da
	Princess Lulu	Mrs. Park
	Let's Get Married	Kwan Eun-sun's mother
	Don't Worry	Hong Yeon-hwa
2006	Spring Waltz	Hyun Ji-sook
	Bad Family	Uhm Ji-sook
	Love Truly	Lee Han-sook
2007	By My Side	Yoo Il-shim
2007	Que Sera, Sera	Ji Kyung-sook
2008	Spotlight	Seo Woo-jin's mother
2008	Temptation of Wife	Baek Mi-in
2009	Strike Love	Choi Eom-ji's mother
2009	Creating Destiny	Shin Jin-hee
2010	Jejungwon	Yoo Seok-ran's mother
2012	Welcome Rain to My Life	Oh Min-ah
	May Queen	Jo Dal-soon
	Only Because It's You	Yoon Gong-ja's mother-in-law (cameo)
2013	Pots of Gold^[8]	Min Young-ae
	Potato Star 2013QR3	Wang Yoo-jung
	Hold My Hand	Kang Yang-soon
2014	Jang Bo-ri Is Here!^[9]	Lee Hwa-yeon
2015	My Heart Twinkle Twinkle	Hwang Mi-ja
	The Producers	Herself (cameo, episodes 1-2)
	Eve's Love	Mo Hwa-kyung
2016	Blow Breeze	Hwang Geum-sil
2017	Enemies from the Past	Oh Sa-ra
2018	Nice Witch	Byun Ok-jung
2021	The All-Round Wife	Dook Na-ra^[10]

Variety shows

Year	Title	Notes
2008	Interview Game
2008	I Need a Family - Season 2
2014	Fox-ya
2014	Real Mother Theatre

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1980	19th Grand Bell Awards	Best New Actress	Water Spray	Won
2009	17th SBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a Serial Drama	Temptation of Wife	Nominated
2013	32nd MBC Drama Awards	Golden Acting Award, Actress	Pots of Gold	Nominated
2017	36rd MBC Drama Awards	Best Character Award, Best Villain	Blow Breeze	Nominated

References

^ Jo, Hyeon-jin (21 January 2008). "행복한 독립군, 배우 금보라" [Happily Independent, Actress Geum Bo-ra]. Interview 365 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
^ "I'm Not Your Mother 4: 여배우 금보라와의 인터뷰" [I'm Not Your Mother 4: Interview with Actress Geum Bo-ra]. GQ Korea (in Korean). May 2011. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
^ Kim, Gwang-kuk (20 September 2013). "금보라, 인생의 파도를 가르는 고혹적인 여배우의 매력에 대하여(인터뷰)". TenAsia (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
^ Shin, Hyun-jung (29 September 2014). "Gather All The Flawless Skin Representatives Of Each Generation!". BNTNews. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
^ "Geum Bo-ra's white home". Hancinema. 11 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
^ Ha, Eun-jeong (28 April 2010). "금보라 모녀 첫 인터뷰. 우리가 '진짜' 모녀가 되기까지" [Geum Bo-ra's First Mother-Daughter Interview at Home: We've Become Mother and Daughter for 'Real']. Womansense (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
^ "Geum Bo-ra reveals her step-daughter". Hancinema. 18 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
^ "Geum Bo-ra in Gold, Appear! begs Baek Jin-hee to break up". Hancinema. 7 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
^ Jeong, Ju-ri (30 May 2014). "Jang Bo Ri Is Here Han Seung Yeon's acting becoming a hot issue". StarN News. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
^ Hwang Soo-yeon (September 16, 2021). "국가대표 와이프' 금보라X양미경X조은숙, 믿고 보는 조연 라인업 [공식입장]" ['National Wife' Geum Bo-ra X Yang Mi-kyung X Jo Eun-sook, a supporting lineup to trust and see [Official position]]. xportsnews (in Korean). Archived from the original on September 16, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2021 – via Naver.

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[1] Jo, Hyeon-jin (21 January 2008). "행복한 독립군, 배우 금보라" [Happily Independent, Actress Geum Bo-ra]. Interview 365 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.

[2] "I'm Not Your Mother 4: 여배우 금보라와의 인터뷰" [I'm Not Your Mother 4: Interview with Actress Geum Bo-ra]. GQ Korea (in Korean). May 2011. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.

[3] Kim, Gwang-kuk (20 September 2013). "금보라, 인생의 파도를 가르는 고혹적인 여배우의 매력에 대하여(인터뷰)". TenAsia (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.

[4] Shin, Hyun-jung (29 September 2014). "Gather All The Flawless Skin Representatives Of Each Generation!". BNTNews. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.

[5] "Geum Bo-ra's white home". Hancinema. 11 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.

[6] Ha, Eun-jeong (28 April 2010). "금보라 모녀 첫 인터뷰. 우리가 '진짜' 모녀가 되기까지" [Geum Bo-ra's First Mother-Daughter Interview at Home: We've Become Mother and Daughter for 'Real']. Womansense (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.

[7] "Geum Bo-ra reveals her step-daughter". Hancinema. 18 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2015-03-08.

[8] "Geum Bo-ra in Gold, Appear! begs Baek Jin-hee to break up". Hancinema. 7 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2015-03-08.

[9] Jeong, Ju-ri (30 May 2014). "Jang Bo Ri Is Here Han Seung Yeon's acting becoming a hot issue". StarN News. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-08.

[Supporting-10] Hwang Soo-yeon (September 16, 2021). "국가대표 와이프' 금보라X양미경X조은숙, 믿고 보는 조연 라인업 [공식입장]" ['National Wife' Geum Bo-ra X Yang Mi-kyung X Jo Eun-sook, a supporting lineup to trust and see [Official position]]. xportsnews (in Korean). Archived from the original on September 16, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2021 – via Naver.

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v t e Grand Bell Awards for Best New Actress
1960s	N/A (1962) N/A (1963) N/A (1964) N/A (1965) Moon Hee (1966) Yoon Jeong-hee (1967) N/A (1968)
1970s	Youn Yuh-jung (1971) Jeon Yeong (1972) Yoon Mi-ra (1973) N/A (1974) Moon Sook (1975) Han Yoo-jung (1976) Kim Young-ran (1977) Kim Bo-yeon (1978) Won Mi-kyung (1979)
1980s	Geum Bo-ra (1980) Jung Ok-myung (1981) Na Young-hee (1982) Lee Bo-hee (1983) Jo Young-won and Kim Ji-sook (1984) Jeon Hye-sung and Choi Hyun-mi (1985) Jeon Se-young (1986) Shin Hye-su and Cheon Eun-gyeong (1987) Choi Su-ji and Kang Ri-na (1989)
1990s	Choi Yu-ra (1990) Kim Sung-ryung and Choi Jin-sil (1991) Lee Ah-ro (1992) Oh Jung-hae (1993) Yoon Yoo-sun and Kim Jung-min (1994) Jang Sun-kyung and Jin Hee-kyung (1995) Lee Ji-eun and Lee Jung-hyun (1996) Jeon Do-yeon (1997) Yunjin Kim (1999)
2000s	Lee Jae-eun and Ha Ji-won (2000) Lee Eun-ju (2001) Seo Won (2002) Son Ye-jin (2003) Moon Geun-young (2004) Lee Chung-ah (2005) Choo Ja-hyun (2006) Jo Yi-jin (2007) Han Ye-seul (2008) Kim Kkot-bi (2009)
2010s	Lee Min-jung (2010) Moon Chae-won (2011) Kim Go-eun (2012) Seo Eun-ah (2013) Lim Ji-yeon (2014) Lee Yoo-young (2015) Kim Hwan-hee (2016) Choi Hee-seo (2017) Kim Da-mi (2018) Jeon Yeo-been (2019)
2020s	N/A (2020) N/A (2021) Kim Hye-yoon (2022) Kim Si-eun (2023)