Kim Young-ok
TV Actress
Television actress who has been affectionately named South Korea's "National Grandma" for her many roles as a grandmother in TV and film productions. She has been seen in Marriage, Not Dating, All Kinds of Daughters-In-Law, Squid Game and more.
She made her professional acting debut in the 1957 feature film Farewell Sorrow!
In 2018, she was awarded the Bogwan Order of Cultural Merit at the Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards.
She was born in Gyeonggi, Japanese Korea.
Both she and Park Hae-soo appeared on the hit Netflix series Squid Game.