Choi Ran

In this Korean name, the family name is Choi.

Choi Ran
Born	(1960-11-30) November 30, 1960 (age 64) Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
Education	Chung-Ang University - B.A. and M.A. in Theater and Film
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1979-present
Spouse	Lee Chung-hee ​ (m. 1984)​
Korean name
Hangul	최란
Hanja	崔蘭
Revised Romanization	Choe Ran
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Ran

Choi Ran (born November 30, 1960) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 1979 and became best known as a supporting actress in television dramas, notably those written by the Hong sisters.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Choi married sportswriter and former basketball player Lee Chung-hee in 1984.[9][10] They have one son Lee Jun-gi, and two daughters Lee Hyeon-gyeong and Lee Hyeon-jeong.[11]

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Network
1984	Independence Gate		KBS1
1985	I Like My Daughter Better		KBS1
1986	Drama Game: "Reunion"		KBS2
1987	A Tree Blooming with Love	Soo-jin's aunt	KBS1
1993	Keep Your Voice Down		SBS
	Our Hot Song		SBS
1994	General Hospital	Section chief of Nursing, Ward 132	MBC
	Find Hidden Objects		KBS2
	The Road to You		KBS2
1995	Love and Marriage	Yoon Jung-bin	MBC
1996	The Season of Blossoming Love		KBS2
1997	Medical Brothers	Gangneung hospital director Ok Sook-hyun	MBC
	Love and Farewell		MBC
	Cinderella	Park Jin-hee	MBC
1998	The Barefooted Youth	Police forensic specialist	KBS2
	Advocate	Sung Min-hee	MBC
	Legendary Ambition	Song Hye-joo	KBS2
1999	Hur Jun	Hong-choon	MBC
2000	Mr. Duke	Park Ae-ja	MBC
	Clear Skies Tomorrow		KBS1
2001	Pretty Lady	Manager Choi	KBS2
	Sun-hee and Jin-hee	Geum-soon	MBC
	Sangdo	Woo Yeo-ran	MBC
	This is Love	Park Byung-ok	KBS1
2002	Kitchen Maid	Ms. Park	MBC
2003	Into the Sun	Ji Hwa-ja	SBS
	All In	Manager Jang Mi-ran	SBS
	Pearl Necklace	Jung Myung-sook/Chris Jung	KBS2
2004	Kkakdugi (Cubed Radish Kimchi)	Heo Shil-ne	KBS2
	Kkangsooni	Heo Pung-ja	EBS
	A Second Proposal	Go Myung-ok	KBS2
2005	Sassy Girl Chun-hyang	Lee Mong-ryong's mother	KBS2
	Sad Love Story	Sook-ja	MBC
	A Farewell to Sorrow	Kim Sun-ok	KBS2
	My Girl	Bae In-sun	SBS
2006	The 101st Proposal	Jang Eun-im	SBS
2007	Air City	Choi Jung-hee	MBC
	Kimcheed Radish Cubes	Song Soo-nam	MBC
	Thirty Thousand Miles in Search of My Son	Nam Hyun-sook	SBS
2008	Hong Gil-dong	Court lady Noh	KBS2
	Strongest Chil Woo	Woman from Chungju	KBS2
2009	Swallow the Sun	Choi In-sook	SBS
	Don't Hesitate	Uhm Mi-soon	SBS
	You're Beautiful	Choi Mi-ja	SBS
2010	Dong Yi[12]	Lady Yoon	MBC
	You Don't Know Women	Jang Geum-sook	SBS
2011	Gyebaek	Young-myo	MBC
	KBS Drama Special: "Daughters of Bilitis Club"[13][14]	Park Myung-hee	KBS2
	Poseidon	Young-ran	KBS2
	Glory Jane[15]	Director of nursing service	KBS2
2012	Big	Kim Young-ok	KBS2
	Reckless Family 1	(guest)	MBC Every 1
	Reckless Family 2	Choi Ran	MBC Every 1
2016	Secrets of Women	Park Bok-ja	KBS2

Film

Year	Title	Role
2001	The Humanist
2002	Forgive Me Once Again Despite Hatred 2002	Department head Moon
2003	Run 2 U	Madam Kim
2004	Dead Friend	Su-in's mother (cameo)
	Lovely Rivals	Go Mi-nam's mother
	Shinsukki Blues	Chief Park (cameo)

Variety show

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2020	King of Mask Singer	Contestant as "White Horse" (episode 273)	[16]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1979	TBC Miss Chunhyang Pageant	Winner	—	Won
2001	KBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actress	This Is Love	Won
2009	Ministry of Strategy and Finance	Commendation	—	Won
	Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries	Commendation	—	Won
	SBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Special	You're Beautiful, Swallow the Sun	Nominated
2010	5th Korea Sharing Awards	Special Award from the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea	—	Won
2011	6th Korea Sharing Awards	Grand Prize from the Mayor of Seoul	—	Won

References

1. Ho, Stewart (May 24, 2012). "Gong Yoo, Suzy, Lee Min Jung, Choi Ran and Yoon Hae Young Take a Photo for Big". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
2. "Stars Join "Hanareum Hope Festival"". KBS Global. September 19, 2008. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
3. Chun, Sung-woo (7 November 2010). "Nation abuzz with support for G20 summit". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
4. "Weekly Star Scene". Arirang News. 9 February 2011. Archived from the original on 2015-04-11. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
5. Kwaak, Je-yup (14 December 2011). "Seo Taiji tops list of celebrity property holdings". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
6. "Run Turtle Marathon this Sunday". The Korea Times. 17 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
7. "Celebrities speak out on plight of NK defectors in China". The Dong-a Ilbo. 6 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
8. (인터뷰) 연예인 최란 전세금 270만원으로 180억 만든 비결은?. ChosunBiz (in Korean). 9 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
9. "Choi Ran and Lee Chung-hee Invited to Thai Royal Ceremony". KBS Global. 18 February 2005. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
10. Sung, Ho-jun (16 December 2005). "Sport marriage season pitches into full swing". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
11. Choe, Min-ji (12 October 2011). "Choi Ran Wants to Make Lee Seung Gi her Son-In-Law". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
12. "Dong Yi hopes to brighten up your 2010". Hancinema. 2 February 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-02-16. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
13. ""Stop the broadcasting!" viewers angered by homosexual drama". Hancinema. 7 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
14. Park, Charles Junwoo (19 August 2011). "Lesbians in drama test society's limits". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
15. "Glory Jane deals with social problems". Hancinema. 26 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-10-30. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
16. Lee Ah-young (September 20, 2020). "'복면가왕' 비쥬·이형택·최란·이혜성, 반가운 얼굴X반전 노래실력 (종합)". News1 (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 6, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.

External links

• Choi Ran on Twitter (in Korean)
• Choi Ran on Facebook (in Korean)
• Choi Ran at HanCinema
• Choi Ran at IMDb
• Choi Ran at the Korean Movie Database