Woo In-hee

Woo In-hee
Woo as Chunhyang in The Tale of Chunhyang (1959)
Born	c. 1940 Kaesong, Chosen, Japanese Empire
Died	1981 (aged c. 41) Kang Kon Military Academy, Pyongyang, North Korea
Cause of death	Execution by firing squad
Nationality	North Korean
Occupation	Actress
Known for	Mistress of Kim Jong Il
Notable work	The Tale of Chunhyang, The Story of a Detachment Commander, The Town where We Live, The Girl from Diamond Mountain
Title	People's Actress [ko]
Spouse	Yoo Ho-sun
Partner	Kim Jong Il
Children	Three
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	우인희
Hancha	禹仁姫
Revised Romanization	U In-hui
McCune–Reischauer	U Inhŭi

Woo In-hee (Korean: 우인희; c. 1940–1981) was a North Korean actress and a mistress of Kim Jong Il.

Having reached stardom in the 1960s and 1970s, Woo, renowned for her beauty, acted in dozens of films.^[1] She married Yoo Ho-sun, a famed film director, but she was involved in affairs outside of her marriage. In the late 1970s, she became a secret mistress of Kim Jong Il. After Woo began an affair with another man, Kim had her publicly executed in front of 6,000 people.