South Korean actress Kim Hye-soo has been recognized with multiple awards and nominations in film and television. She has won seven Baeksang Arts Awards, five Blue Dragon Film Awards, one Grand Bell Awards— seven for Best Actress, and two for Best New Actress—since the first award in 1987 for her debut performance in Ggambo. Kim holds the record for the youngest actress to win Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Leading Actress for First Love (1993) at the age of 23. She has also won three times for her work in First Love (1993), Dr. Bong (1995), and Tazza: The High Rollers (2006), making her tie with Yoon Jeong-hee for the most awards for Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Leading Actress.
In 2005, Kim won Best Actress Award at both Baeksang Arts Awards and Grand Bell Awards, achieving the "Grand Slam" acting career for winning Best Actress Awards at three major Korean film awards (Baeksang, Grand Bell, and Blue Dragon).
Kim consecutively won the MBC Drama Awards for Best Actress in 1995 and MBC Drama Awards for Grand Prize in 1996 for The Man of The Woman and Partner. She also won two KBS Drama Awards for Grand Prize in 2003 and 2013. Kim is the first and only actress to win three competitive Grand Prizes with different Drama Awards held by major Korean television networks. In addition, she won two Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actress for Oxtail Soup (1996) and Signal (2016).
Major awards
Asian Film Awards Year Category Work Result 2007 Best Actress Tazza: The High Rollers 2008Best Supporting ActressSkeletons in the Closet 2013The Thieves 2016Best ActressCoin Locker Girl
Baeksang Arts Awards Baeksang Arts Film Awards Year Category Work Result 1987 Best New Actress – FilmGgambo 1993Best Actress – FilmFirst Love 1995Most Popular Actress – FilmThe Eternal Empire 1996Best Actress – FilmDr. Bong 2005 Hypnotized 2007Tazza: The High Rollers 2016Coin Locker Girl 2017Familyhood 2019Default Bazaar Icon Award 2021Best Actress – FilmThe Day I Died: Unclosed Case
Baeksang Arts TV Awards Year Category Work Result 1988Best New Actress – TelevisionSamogok1991Most Popular Actress – TelevisionWhen The Flower Blooms And The Bird sings 1996 Best Actress – Television Oxtail Soup 2000Kook Hee2014The Queen of Office 2016Signal 2020Hyena 2022Juvenile Justice 2023 Under the Queen's Umbrella
Blue Dragon Film Awards Year Category Work Result 1993 Best Leading Actress First Love 1995 Dr. Bong 2004 Hypnotized 2006 Tazza: The High Rollers Popular Star Award 2011Best Leading Actress Villain and Widow Popular Star Award 2013Best Supporting ActressThe Face Reader 2015Best Leading Actress Coin Locker Girl 2016 Familyhood 2019 Default 2021 The Day I Died: Unclosed Case 2023Smugglers Blue Dragon Film Award - Special Achievement AwardKim Hye-soo
Blue Dragon Series Awards Year Category Work Result 2022 Best Leading Actress Juvenile Justice
Grand Bell Awards Year Category Work Result 1993 Best Actress First Love 1996 Dr. Bong 2005 Hypnotized 2006 The Red Shoes 2007 Tazza: The High Rollers 2011 Villain and Widow 2015 Coin Locker Girl
Critics awards
Asian Film Critics Association Awards Year Category Work Result 2007Best ActressTazza: The High Rollers
Buil Film Awards The Buil Film Awards are presented in an annual award show hosted by the Busan Ilbo newspaper since 1958. Year Category Work Result 2015Best ActressCoin Locker Girl 2016Familyhood
Chunsa Film Art Awards The Chunsa Film Art Awards are annually presented by the Korean Film Directors' Association (DGK) since 1990. Year Category Work Result 2004Best ActressHypnotized 2006Tazza: The High Rollers 2016Coin Locker Girl 2023Smugglers
Cine21 Film Awards Year Category Work Result 2007Best ActressTazza: The High Rollers
Director's Cut Awards Year Category Work Result 2019Jury AwardDefault
Grimae Awards The Grimae Awards are an annual award ceremony held by the Korean Television Producers Association (KDPS) since 1993. Year Category Work Result 1999Best ActressKuk-hee
KOFRA Film Awards Year Category Work Result 2019Jury AwardDefault
Korea Gold Awards Festival The Korea Gold Awards Festival is an annual award show presented by the Korean Society of Cinematographers (KSC) in recognition of the technical achievements in Korean films since 1977. It added acting awards categories in 1993. Year Category Work Result 2015Best ActressCoin Locker Girl
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards The Korean Association of Film Critics Awards are presented annually since 1980 by the Korean Association of Film Critics (KAFC) recognizing excellence in films, both domestic and foreign. Year Category Work Result 2015Best ActressCoin Locker Girl
Korean Film Actor's Association Awards Year Category Work Result 2015 Top Star Award Coin Locker Girl
Korean Film Producers Association Awards Year Category Work Result 2015Best ActressCoin Locker Girl
Max Movie Awards Year Category Work Result 2007Best ActressTazza: The High Rollers 2014The Face Reader Best Supporting Actress 2016Best ActressCoin Locker Girl
Television network awards KBS Drama Awards Year Category Work Result 1987 Best New Actress Samogok, Young Zelkova Tree 1988Excellence Award, ActressSun Shim-yi 2003 Grand Prize (Daesang) Jang Hui-bin Top Excellence Award, Actress 2013Grand Prize (Daesang) The Queen of Office Top Excellence Award, Actress Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Best Couple Award with Oh Ji-ho
MBC Drama Awards Year Category Work Result 1991Excellence Award, ActressRosy Life1995Top Excellence Award, ActressOxtail Soup 1996Grand Prize (Daesang) Partner Top Excellence Award, Actress Best Couple Award with Lee Jong-won1999Grand Prize (Daesang)Kuk-heeTop Excellence Award, Actress Talent of the Year2004Top Excellence Award, ActressHan River Ballad
SBS Drama Awards Year Category Work Result 2009 Top Excellence Award, Actress Style Top 10 Stars 2020 Grand Prize (Daesang) Hyena Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama Best Couple Award with Ju Ji-hoon
tvN10 Awards Year Category Work Result 2016 Best Actress Signal
Other awards Asian Academy Creative Awards Year Category Work Result 2022 Best Actress in a leading role Juvenile Justice
Asia Contents Awards Year Category Work Result 2020 Best Actress Hyena Excellence Award
Asia-Pacific Producers Network Awards Year Category Work Result 2015 Asian Movie Artist Award Coin Locker Girl Asia-Pacific Producers Network
APAN Star Awards Year Category Work Result 2013Top Excellence Award, Actress Tazza: The High Rollers and The Queen of Office 2016 Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Signal 2021 Grand Prize (Daesang)Hyena 2022 Top Excellence Award, Actress in an OTT Drama Juvenile Justice 2023 Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Under the Queen's Umbrella
KBS Excellent Program Evaluation Awards Year Category Work Result 1987 Best Acting Young Zelkova Tree
Korea Fashion Photographers Association Year Category Work Result 2000 Photogenic Actor Award Kim Hye-soo
Dong-A TV Fashion Beauty Awards Year Category Work Result 2005 Fashion Icon Award Kim Hye-soo
Hong Kong International Film Festival Year Category Work Result 2007 Best Actress Tazza: The High Rollers
Korea Best Dresser Swan Awards Year Category Work Result 2006 Best Dressed, Movie Actress category Kim Hye-soo
Korean Film Awards Year Category Work Result 2004Best Actress Hypnotized 2005 The Red Shoes 2007 Tazza: The High Rollers
Korea Drama Awards Year Category Work Result 2006 Grand Prize (Daesang) The Queen of Office 2023 Under the Queen's Umbrella
Korea Movie Star Awards Year Category Work Result 2007 Best Actress Tazza: The High Rollers
Korea Visual Arts Festival Year Category Work Result 2007 Photogenic Award Kim Hye-soo 2011
Newport Beach Film Festival Year Category Work Result 2006 Best Actress Tazza: The High Rollers
Pyeongtaek Film Festival Year Category Work Result 2006 Best Actress Tazza: The High Rollers
Style Icon Awards Year Category Work Result 2009 Best Actress Style Choi, Ji-eun (13 November 2009). "Style Icon Awards shines 2009 with edginess". 10Asia.Icon of the YearKim Hye-soo
University Film Festival of Korea Year Category Work Result 2006 Best Actress Tazza: The High Rollers
Miscellaneous awards
Asia Model Awards Year Category Work Result 2025 Asia SNS Star Award Kim Hye-soo
Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards are an annual award show held by the Korea Entertainment Information Newspaper since 1992. Year Category Work Result 2006Best Actress Tazza: The High Rollers 2012 Top Excellence Award, Actress (Film) The Thieves 2013 Grand Prize (Daesang) for TV The Queen of Office
Kinolights Awards Year Category Work Result 2022 Actress of the Year (Domestic) Juvenile Justice
Visionary Awards Note: + Year Category Work Result 2023 2023 Visionary Kim Hye-soo
State honors + Name of country, year given, and name of honor Country Organization Year Honor or Award South Korea Financial Services Commission 2022 President's Citation National Tax Service 2018Presidential Commendation
Listicles + Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement Publisher Year Listicle Placement Cine21 2021 Actress to watch out for in 2022 2022 Actress to watch out for in 2023 Forbes 2011 Korea Power Celebrity 40 2017 2020 2022 2023 Elle Japan 2022 Top 16 Hallyu Best Actress Gallup Korea 2008 Gallup Korea's Film Actor of the Year|lang=ko 2010 2012 2013 2017 2019 2020 2023 Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year KBS 2023 The 50 people who made KBS shine The Screen 2009 1984–2008 Top Box Office Powerhouse Actors in Korean Movies 20192009–2019 Top Box Office Powerhouse Actors in Korean Movies
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