Choi Hee-Seo

Moon Choi (aka Hee-Seo Choi) is a Korean actress, writer and director who is currently based in Seoul, South Korea. Moon made her commercial film debut in "Lifting King Kong"(2009, South Korea), in which she acted as a female weightlifter. For her transformation into the character, Moon received professional training from Korean national team of weightlifting for 3 months prior to shooting. After her major supporting role from the film "Lifting King Kong", she has acted in several independent films and short films which were screened in prestigious film festivals worldwide. Her recent short film "Janus", a 15-minute film which premiered in Cannes Film Festival, 2014, has won Jury's Grand Prize at Poitiers Film Festival in France, 2015.