Na Moon-hee

Na Moon-hee
Na in July 2019
Born
Na Kyung-ja

(1941-11-30) November 30, 1941
NationalitySouth Korean
EducationChangduk Girls' High School, Seoul
OccupationActress
Years active1960–present
Spouse
Yoo Yun-sik
(m. 1965; died 2023)
Children3
Honours Bogwan Order of Cultural Merit (2012)
Korean name
Hangul
나문희
Hanja
羅文姬
RRNa Munhui
MRNa Munhŭi
Birth name
Hangul
나경자
Hanja
羅京子
RRNa Gyeongja
MRNa Kyŏngja
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Na Moon-hee (Korean: 나문희; Na Kyung-ja, Korean: 나경자; November 30, 1941) is a South Korean actress. Since 1960, Na has had a prolific acting career in television and film spanning more than five decades. She established a classic Korean mother persona with her TV dramas Even if the Wind Blows, The Most Beautiful Goodbye in the World (written by Noh Hee-kyung), My Name is Kim Sam-soon, My Rosy Life, Goodbye Solo, Amnok River Flows (based on Der Yalu fließt), and It's Me, Grandma. On the big screen, Na has received acclaim for her roles in Crying Fist, You Are My Sunshine, Cruel Winter Blues and I Can Speak. Her critically acclaimed film I Can Speak (2017) won her the Best Actress trophy in three prestigious award ceremonies: 54th Baeksang Arts Awards, 38th Blue Dragon Film Awards and 55th Grand Bell Awards — a feat that has yet to be repeated.

After a series of comic roles in sitcoms such as Unstoppable High Kick!, the veteran actress garnered newfound popularity and played the title character in big screen comedy Mission Possible: Kidnapping Granny K, followed by starring roles in Girl Scout, Harmony, Twilight Gangsters, and Miss Granny.

She received a Lifetime Achievement Award from MBC in 2010, and the prestigious Bo-gwan Order of Cultural Merit in 2012.