Gil Hae-yeon | |
|---|---|
 Gil Hae-yeon in March 2022 | |
| Born | April 11, 1964 South Korea |
| Education | Dongduk Women's University – Korean Language and Literature |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Agent | Just Entertainment |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 길해연 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gil Hae-yeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kil Haeyŏn |
Gil Hae-yeon (Korean: 길해연) is a South Korean actress. She is best known to North American audiences for her performance in the film In Her Place, for which she garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015[1] and won the Wildflower Film Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 3rd Wildflower Film Awards in 2016.[2]
In South Korea, her roles have included the television series Goodbye Mr. Black, Working Mom Parenting Daddy, Possessed, Something in the Rain, One Spring Night and Woman of 9.9 Billion. She is most active as a supporting actress, playing role of main characters' mothers.
Gil also writes children's plays and children's books.[3] She has written over 10 children's books and children's play scripts. She also wrote 'Intensive for Children' based on her experience teaching children in a children's theater class.[4]
In 2020, Gil took office as third Chairman of The Korea Theater Welfare Foundation which was established in 2005 to support theater practitioners so that they do not give up theater even in difficult circumstances and are guaranteed basic treatment. The first Chairman Park Jeong-ja and the second Chairman Yoon Seok-hwa.[5]
- ^ "Canadian Screen Awards Nominees 2015: 'Orphan Black,' Xavier Dolan's 'Mommy' Lead The Pack". Huffington Post, January 13, 2015.
- ^ Nadilo, Sebastien (10 April 2016). "Alive Wins Grand Prize Award at The 3rd Korean Wildflowers Film Awards Korea – Winners 2016". Asianmoviepulse.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ^ Jeong, Sang-young (2013-05-09). ""섹시하지 않은데, 팜파탈이라니" 호호" [She’s not sexy, but she’s a femme fatale]. “섹시하지 않은데, 팜파탈이라니” 호호 (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- ^ "[당신의 리스트] 배우 길해연의 아이와 함께 읽을 만한 어린이책 5" [[Your List] 5 Children's Books to Read recommended by Actress Gil Hae-yeon]. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 2020-07-22. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- ^ "길해연 한국연극인복지재단 이사장 인터뷰 - 서울지방변호사회 회보" [Interview with Gil Hae-yeon, Chairman of the Korea Theatre Welfare Foundation - Seoul Regional Bar Association]. news.seoulbar.or.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-03-19.