Kwon Hee-duk
Born	(1956-04-10)10 April 1956 Daejeon, South Korea
Died	16 March 2018(2018-03-16) (aged 61) South Korea
Nationality	South Korean
Occupations	Voice actress Writer
Spouse	Koo Ja-heung
Children	2

Kwon Hee-duk (10 April 1956 – 16 March 2018) was a South Korean voice actress and writer. She developed her skills as a voice actress when she was young and was involved in more than 3,000 works in commercials, dramas and films during her professional career. Kwon authored a series of collection readings containing 14 lyrical poems from the two Koreas and an essay collection.

On 10 April 1956, Kwon was born in Daejeon, and was brought up a Protestant. ^[1] She developed her voice acting skills from an early age, taking on the role of master of ceremonies for a children's programme when she was in the second grade of elementary school. ^[2] Kwon graduated from the Department of Broadcasting and Entertainment of the Seoul Institute of the Arts. ^[3] In 1976, she passed the Broadcasting Voice Actor Recruitment Test against 700 competitors, ^[2] making her debut not long. ^[3] She was the dubbed voice of major actress from the Western world such as Meg Ryan in her roles of Sally in When Harry Met Sally... and The French Kiss, ^{[2] [4]} Ingrid Bergman, Lim Chung-ha, ^[5] and Catherine Deneuve. ^[6] Kwon also voiced the dub of Marie Antoinette in Lady Oscar, Shira in Queen of the Universe She Ra, ^[2] and the role of Cordelia in the animated film Py Story. ^[6]

Kwon received popularity voicing the character of her stepmother Yoo Ji-ae in the animation series Run Hani. ^[7] She was the dubbed voice of the protagonist Lara in Doctor Zhivago, ^[4] and was the narrator of a 1988 television advertisement for a Samsung Electronics video player product featuring the actress Choi Jin-sil with the tagline "It’s up to you to be a man or a woman”, ^{[3] [8]} which earned her national recognition. ^[9] In 1996, she won the Grand Prize in the radio acting section at the Korea Broadcasting Awards. ^{[5] [8]} Kwon authored a series of collection readings, Do not grow old, mother, which contains 14 lyrical poems from the two Koreas. ^[4] In 1999, she authored the essay collection entitled A woman's voice is up to her, which received a positive review from Yes24, ^[10] and was the CEO of Seoul Sound Design. ^[3] Kwon produced an animation parody called of a traditional fairy tale four years later. ^[11] Overall, she was involved in more than 3,000 works in commercials, dramas and films during her professional career. ^[12]

She was a disability campaigner, ^{[6] [13]} and held a fundraising dinner show to raise funding for disabled people's welfare. ^[13] From May 2009, Kwon taught voice acting to nine students at Seoul Blind School. ^[13]

She was a registered member of the Myeongdong Cathedral. ^[14] Kwon was married to the former director of the Myeongdong Arts Theater Koo Ja-heung, with whom she had two children. ^[3] she died suddenly of an acute myocardial infarction that gradually worsened whilst she was in hospital on 16 March 2018. ^{[1] [4] [7]} Kwon's funeral took place at St. Mary's Hospital in Seoul three days later. ^[3]