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Nam Bo-ra

South Korean actress (born 1989)

Summary

South Korean actress (born 1989)

Field	Value
name	Nam Bo-ra
image	20231231 Nam Bora (남보라) 04.png
caption	Nam in December 2023
native_name_lang	ko
birth_date
birth_place	Seoul, South Korea
relatives	No Min-woo (nephew)
occupation	Actress
education	Dongduk Women's University - Broadcasting
years_active	2006–present
agent	Jellyfish Entertainment
spouse
module	{{Infobox Korean name/auto	child=yes	headercolor=transparent
hangul	%남보라

Nam Bo-ra (; born November 27, 1989) is a South Korean actress. She appeared in Sunny, Moon Embracing the Sun, and Don't Cry, Mommy.

Personal life

Nam grew up in a large family, with one elder brother and twelve younger siblings (7 males, 5 females), though one of her younger brothers had died. One of her nephews is No Min-woo, a member of the 6-member K-pop boy group Boyfriend.

On October 20, 2024, Nam announced her engagement to her non-celebrity boyfriend on her YouTube channel. Nam married businessman Lee Chan-woo on May 10, 2025. On December 11, 2025, Nam announced that she was expecting the couples first child.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
2010	Death Bell 2	Hyun-ah
I Saw the Devil	Section Chief Oh's daughter
2011	Sunny	young Seo Geum-ok
2012	Howling	Jung-ah
Horror Stories	Bak-ji	segment: "Secret Recipe"
Don't Cry, Mommy	Eun-ah
2013	The Suspect	Ji Dong-chul's wife
2015	Moon Young	Yeong-eun
2019	A Diamond In The Rough	Kim Gi-soon
2021	Croissant	Seong-eun
New Year Blues	Hyo Young's neighbor	Cameo
A Long Day
2023	My Brilliant Revenge	Uhm So-hyun

Television series

Year	Title	Role
2006	Look Back With a Smile	Nam Bo-ra
2010	Road No. 1	Kim Soo-hee
KBS Drama Special:
"Last Flashman"	Jo Ah-ra
Once Upon a Time in Saengchori	Oh Na-young
2011	Glory Jane	Kim Jin-joo
2012	Moon Embracing the Sun	Princess Minhwa
2013	Don't Look Back: The Legend of Orpheus	Han Yi-hyun
KBS Drama Special:
"The Memory in My Old Wallet"	Chae Soo-ah
A Little Love Never Hurts	Song Eun-joo
2014	Only Love	Kim Saet-byul
2015	My Heart Twinkle Twinkle	Lee Soon-jung
KBS Drama Special:
"Love Detective Sherlock K"	Kang Da-hae/Sherlock-K
2016	Spark	Son Ha-neul
2017	Lovers in Bloom	Jin Bo-ra
2018	Top Star U-back	Noh Hae-won
2021	The Penthouse: War in Life 2	pianist for Bae Ro-na (Cameo)
2022	It's Beautiful Now	Kim Yu-jin
Today's Webtoon	Jang Hye-mi
2023–2024	Live Your Own Life	Jeong Mi-rim

Variety show

Year	Title
2005	Chorus of Angels (Sunday Sunday Night)
2008	날아라 슛돌이 4기
2013	Dancing with the Stars: Season 3
2018	Secret Sisters
2019–2022	Class of Difference

Music video appearances

Year	Song title	Artist
2003	"Ache Aching"	Sol Flower
2012	"Leaving"	Noel
2013	"Hello"	NU'EST
2014	"The Space Between"	SoYou, Kwon Soonil, Park Yongin (Urban Zakapa)

Discography

Album information	Track listing
Project 나쁜사랑 (Project Bad Love)	{{hidden	Track listing

Ambassadorship

Public relations ambassador representing Yellow Umbrella (2023)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2011	19th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards		Best New Actress in a Drama	Once Upon a Time in Saengchori, Glory Jane
2012	MBC Drama Awards	Best New Actress	Moon Embracing the Sun
2013	49th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actress	Don't Cry Mommy
34th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best New Actress
KBS Drama Awards	Best New Actress	Shark, The Memory in My Old Wallet
2014	3rd APAN Star Awards	Best New Actress	Only Love
SBS Drama Awards	New Star Award

References

Hong, Grace Danbi. (October 18, 2012). "Video: U-Kiss Dong Ho and Nam Bo Ra's Posters for ''Don't Cry Mommy'' Revealed". enewsWorld.
(October 15, 2012). "''Crybaby'' Nam Bo Ra, "I Want To Stop Crying, But..." Cries Again". KDramaStars.
(October 15, 2012). "Nam Bora says, "I once made some chocolate for a person I loved"". Korea.com.
(September 29, 2023). "'13남매 장녀' 남보라, 추석 앞두고 눈물 '왈칵'". [[Newsis]] via Naver.
link. (August 21, 2015)
Hong. Se-young. (October 20, 2024). link. Sports Donga
Park. Jin-eop. (May 10, 2025). link. [[Sports Seoul]]
Choi. Shin-ae. (May 10, 2025). link. SpoTV News
"결혼 7개월만 임신 남보라, 빼꼼 내놓은 배 “올해 안 임신하고 팠는데 행복”".
"A Diamond in the Rough (Korean Movie - 2018) - 크게 될 놈".
"Croissant Movie - 2020".
link. Jang Ah-reum. News1. (December 2, 2021)
link. Lee Jun-hyun. Ten Asia. (March 20, 2023)
Seok Jae-hyun. link. (February 9, 2021)
link. Lee Yi-jin. Xports News. [[Naver]]. (May 15, 2022)
link. Park. Soo-in. Newsen. (June 8, 2022)
link. Lee Min-ji. Newsen. [[Naver]]. (June 15, 2023)
Ho, Stewart. (April 16, 2012). "Noel Releases Music Video Preview Featuring Nam Bo Ra". enewsWorld.
link. Jang Ji-yoon. [[Newsis]]. (December 6, 2022)
Hong, Lucia. (December 16, 2011). "So Ji-sub, Park Hae-il, Lee Tae-gon win top prize at culture and entertainment ceremony". 10Asia.

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