[2] She made her acting debut in 1998, since then, she has appeared in number of plays, films and television series.

She is known for her supporting roles in Suspicious Partner (2017), Mother (2018), Flower of Evil (2020), and Now, We Are Breaking Up (2021).

[3] Nam Gi-ae is affiliated to artist management company Ace Factory since 2019.

Since then she has appeared in supporting roles in Oh My Venus (2015), Descendants of the Sun, Another Miss Oh , and MBC TV's fantasy comedy W (2016).

[6] In 2021 she appeared in Sell Your Haunted House, Chimera, Jirisan, The Red Sleeve, SBS's romantic TV series Now, We Are Breaking Up as Kang Jeong-ja, mother of Song Hye-kyo's character and JTBC's mystery drama Artificial City.