| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1985 | 21st Baeksang Arts Awards | Best New Actress (TV) | Looking for a Woman | Won |
| 1985 | MBC Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress | The Ume Tree in the Midst of the Snow | Won |
| 1986 | 25th Grand Bell Awards | Best Actress | Pillar of Mist | Won |
| 1990 | MBC Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress | That Woman | Won |
| 1990 | 28th Grand Bell Awards | Best Actress | The Lovers of Woomook-baemi | Nominated |
| 1990 | 11th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Actress | The Lovers of Woomook-baemi | Nominated |
| 1994 | 16th Three Continents Festival | Best Actress | Rosy Life | Won |
| 1994 | 15th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Actress | Rosy Life | Won |
| 1994 | 5th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Special Jury Prize | Rosy Life | Won |
| 1994 | SBS Drama Awards | Grand Prize (Daesang) | Marriage | Won |
| 1995 | Korea Broadcasting Awards | Excellence Award, Actress | Marriage | Won |
| 1995 | 31st Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actress | Rosy Life | Won |
| 1995 | 15th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards | Best Actress | Rosy Life | Won |
| 1995 | 33rd Grand Bell Awards | Best Actress | Rosy Life | Nominated |
| 1997 | 10th Grimae Awards | Best Actress | Tears of the Dragon | Won |
| 1997 | KBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress | Tears of the Dragon | Won |
| 2002 | KBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress | Empress Myeongseong | Won |
| 2003 | SBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress | South of the Sun | Nominated |
| 2003 | SBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama | South of the Sun | Won |
| 2003 | SBS Drama Awards | Top 10 Stars | South of the Sun | Won |
| 2007 | MBC Drama Awards | Golden Acting Award, Actress in a Serial Drama | By My Side | Won |
| 2008 | KBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress | King Sejong the Great | Nominated |
| 2009 | KBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress | Again, My Love, Invincible Lee Pyung Kang | Nominated |
| 2009 | KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama | Again, My Love | Nominated |
| 2013 | MBC Drama Awards | Golden Acting Award, Actress | Pots of Gold | Nominated |
| 2015 | SBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special | Punch | Won |