Woo Mi-hwa

Woo Mi-hwa (Korean: 우미화, February 2, 1974) is a South Korean actress. She began her career as actress in theater, then transitioned to supporting roles on television and film. She debuted as theater actress in 1998 with role Petra in Korean adaptation of play An Enemy of the People.

Woo has performed in over 60 theatre productions. Some of her stage roles during that period were in acclaimed revivals of Three Sisters and Dear Elena. She has received prestigious theater acting awards, including the 2011 Seoul Theater Festival Female Acting Award and Best Actress of the 2011 Korea Acting Awards for Blowing Songs Flowers in the Rain, Best Actress of the 2013 Korean Drama Awards for Three Sisters, and the 2017 SACA Best Actress Award for her portrayal of Elena in Lyudmila Razumovskaya Dear Elena.

She has appeared in supporting roles in various films and television dramas. Her first notable supporting role in television was from drama series Life (2018). In the same year, Woo's other works were Sky Castle (2018), Doctor Prisoner (2018), and Black Dog: Being A Teacher (2018). Before she started acting in crime drama Voice Season 4 (2020), She signed with her current agency D-plan Entertainment.

Her most known role in television series is Lee Myung-shin, Hye-jin's step mother from Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021). She also acted important supporting roles in Bloody Heart and Link: Eat, Love, Kill. She also known for her role as Dok Go-soon, chief of firefighter squad in drama The First Responders.