Kim Nam-joo (actress)

Kim Nam-joo (Korean: 김남주; born May 10, 1971) is a South Korean actress. Kim rose to stardom in the 1990s in television series such as Model, The Boss and Her House. After 2001, Kim went into semi-retirement, appearing only in commercials, particularly after she married actor Kim Seung-woo in 2005 and they started a family. Then in 2009, she made her comeback with Queen of Housewives, written by Park Ji-eun. Housewives was a rating hit, and Kim went on to collaborate with Park on Queen of Reversals (2010) and top-rated series My Husband Got a Family, which established Kim's continuing star status. In 2018, Kim received critical acclaim for her role in the series Misty.

Thanks to the growing popularity of TV dramas that portray the lives of working women in their 30s and 40s, Kim is considered one of the few established Korean actresses in their 30s, 40s and even 50s, reversing an ageist trend that dictated casting for decades.