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Occupation
  
Actress

Hanja
  
金素妍

Height
  
1.67 m

Hangul
  
김소연

Role
  
Actress


Agent
  
Name
  
Kim So-yeon

Years active
  
1994–present

Revised Romanization
  
Gim So-yeon

Education
  
Kim So-yeon Kim So Yeon and Boyfriend Sued for Fraud Agency Releases

Born
  
November 2, 1980 (age 43) (
1980-11-02
)
Seoul, South Korea

Movies
  
Gabi, Seven Swords, Iris the Movie, Love Forecast, Change, Killer Toon

Nominations
  
Blue Dragon Film Award for Best New Actress

TV shows
  
Falling for Innocence, Prosecutor Princess, I Need Romance, Iris, Two Weeks

Similar People
  
Jung Kyung‑ho, Kwak Si‑yang, Park Si‑hoo, Park Ha‑sun, Kim So‑eun

Profiles

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Kim So-yeon (Hangul김소연; Hanja金素妍; born November 2, 1980) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for starring in the television dramas All About Eve (2000), Iris (2009) and Prosecutor Princess (2010).

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Career

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Kim So-yeon broke into the entertainment industry in 1994 at the age of 14 by entering the Miss Binggrae beauty pageant without her parents' approval. Then in her second year of middle school, she used a marker pen as her eyeliner and ended up winning the top prize. Not long after her acting debut in Dinosaur Teacher, the teen actress starred in popular TV shows such as Reporting for Duty (1996) and Soonpoong Clinic (1998), while hosting the music program Inkigayo and appearing in numerous commercials (Kim was the first Korean teen star to earn more than ₩100 million from commercial modeling). Because of her preternaturally mature looks and poise, she was often cast in older roles, notably as a manipulative, villainous anchorwoman in All About Eve, which drew a peak viewership rating of 45.2% when it aired in 2000.

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But being typecast as prim, cold-hearted characters had a negative effect on Kim's career, and her fame went downhill in the mid-2000s. Her attempt to crossover to China via Hong Kong director Tsui Hark's wuxia film Seven Swords (in which she played a Joseon noblewoman-turned-slave) and the Chinese dramas Just Like a Beautiful Flying Butterfly and Anhui Merchants also proved unsuccessful. So Kim took a break for three years to ponder whether she wanted to continue being an actress. She returned to television in 2008 with Gourmet (adapted from Huh Young-man's titular manhwa) and found acting fun for the first time.

A year later, Kim's career resurgence began with the 2009 big-budget series Iris. She cut short her trademark long hair and worked hard on her action scenes to look convincing in her role as a North Korean spy, and she drew praise for her portrayal of a tough woman conflicted about her loyalty to her country and her love for a South Korean agent. Kim later reprised the role in the re-edited cut Iris the Movie, the series' spin-off Athena: Goddess of War (2010) and sequel Iris II (2013).

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Kim was cast in the leading role in romantic comedy Prosecutor Princess in 2010, and showcased her versatility by playing a Legally Blonde-inspired newbie district attorney who's initially more interested in shopping and dating, yet surprises her colleagues with her intelligence and learns to strive for justice. Kim said that the cheerful, unpredictable character was similar to her own real-life personality. Later in the year, she played a rigid doctor in sports drama Dr. Champ.

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In 2012, Kim appeared on the big screen as a royal barista embroiled in a plot to assassinate Emperor Gojong in Gabi, adapted from the historical fiction novel by Kim Takhwan. She spent months studying the Russian language and coffee brewing even before shooting began. Gabi was Kim's first Korean feature film in 15 years, since Change in 1997. This was followed by another period drama The Great Seer, where she played a healer in Goryeo.

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Kim reunited with Prosecutor Princess screenwriter So Hyun-kyung in Two Weeks (2013), in the role of a prosecutor who teams up with a fugitive to bring down a corrupt politician and her gangster henchman. In 2014, she played a fashion merchandiser who falls for her much younger childhood friend in I Need Romance 3. Kim then appeared in the "Female Soldier Special" of military boot camp reality show Real Men.

In 2015, she starred in her second cable series Falling for Innocence, about a businessman who falls for his secretary after he gets a heart transplant. Kim also joined the fourth season of We Got Married

In 2016, Kim starred her first MBC's weekend drama Happy Home which aired from February 27 - August 21, 2016

Personal life

On September 6, 2016, it was confirmed that Kim and actor Lee Sang-woo are in a relationship. The pair met on the set of MBC's weekend drama Happy Home. On March 28, 2017, it was announced that Kim and Lee are getting married in June 2017.

Filmography

Actress
2023
Tale of the Nine Tailed (TV Series) as
Ryu Hong Joo
- Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 - Chapter 12 (2023) - Ryu Hong Joo
- Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 - Chapter 11 (2023) - Ryu Hong Joo
- Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 - Chapter 10 (2023) - Ryu Hong Joo
- Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 - Chapter 9 (2023) - Ryu Hong Joo
- Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 - Chapter 8 (2023) - Ryu Hong Joo
- Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 - Chapter 7 (2023) - Ryu Hong Joo
- Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 - Chapter 6 (2023) - Ryu Hong Joo
- Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 - Chapter 5 (2023) - Ryu Hong Joo
- Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 - Chapter 4 (2023) - Ryu Hong Joo
- Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 - Chapter 3 (2023) - Ryu Hong Joo
- Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 - Chapter 2: Beautiful "Mi" (2023) - Ryu Hong Joo
- Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 - Chapter 1: Brotherhood, 1938 (2023) - Ryu Hong Joo
2023
Taxi Driver (TV Series) as
The First Deluxe Taxi Driver
- The Final Client (2023) - The First Deluxe Taxi Driver
2020
The Penthouse: War in Life (TV Series) as
Cheon Seo Jin
- The Penthouse 3: Hidden Room - Record of 540 Days Filming (2021) - Cheon Seo Jin
- The Penthouse 2 Hidden Room: Unfinished Story (2021) - Cheon Seo Jin
- The Penthouse Hidden Room: Hidden Story (2021) - Cheon Seo Jin
2019
Mother of Mine (TV Series) as
Kang Mi-ri / Kang Mi-Ri
2018
Secret Mother (TV Series) as
Lisa Kim / Kim Eun-young
2016
Happy Home (TV Mini Series) as
Bong Hae-Ryung
2016
One More Happy Ending (TV Series) as
Sung Yoon
- Episode #1.1 (2016) - Sung Yoon
2015
High-End Crush (TV Series) as
TV Reporter
2015
Falling for Innocence (TV Mini Series) as
Kim Soon-jung
2015
Love Forecast as
Jun-su's Ex-girlfriend
2014
I Need Romance 3 (TV Series) as
Shin Joo-yeon
- 'I Love You' Means- (2014) - Shin Joo-yeon
- It's Started Again. The Dating Hell! (2014) - Shin Joo-yeon
- I Can't Be Without You (2014) - Shin Joo-yeon
- Without Even a Promise to Return- (2014) - Shin Joo-yeon
- No Matter Who You Are, I'll Be With You By Your Side (2014) - Shin Joo-yeon
- I Don't Want to Lose You (2014) - Shin Joo-yeon
- Without Any Flowers, Without a Ring, and Without Any Words of Love (2014) - Shin Joo-yeon
- Don't Make Me Regret Coming Back to You (2014) - Shin Joo-yeon
- I'm Glad You've Learned How to Cry Again (2014) - Shin Joo-yeon
- It's Not Your Body That's Suffering, But Your Heart (2014) - Shin Joo-yeon
- I Hope You'll Never Come to Know Your Own Heart (2014) - Shin Joo-yeon
- No Matter What You May Be Feeling (2014) - Shin Joo-yeon
- I Promised I'd Be Back (2014) - Shin Joo-yeon
- It's Not that I'm Uncomfortable, It's That I'm Nervous and Excited (2014) - Shin Joo-yeon
- Nobody Loves Me (2014) - Shin Joo-yeon
- The Woman Who Resembled Shing Shing (2014) - Shin Joo-yeon
2014
I Need Romance (TV Series) as
Shin Joo-yeon
- Episode #3.1 (2014) - Shin Joo-yeon
2013
2 Weeks (TV Mini Series) as
Park Jae-kyung
2009
Ailiseu (TV Series) as
Kim Seon-hwa
2012
The Great Seer (TV Series) as
Hae In
2012
Gabi as
Tanya
2011
Athena: Goddess of War (TV Series) as
Kim Seon-hwa
- Episode #1.19 (2011) - Kim Seon-hwa
- Episode #1.17 (2011) - Kim Seon-hwa
2010
Dr. Champ (TV Series) as
Kim Yeon-Woo
2010
Prosecutor Princess (TV Series) as
Ma Hye Ri
2010
Iris: The Movie as
Seon-hwa Kim
2008
Shik-gaek (TV Series) as
Joo-Hee
2005
Autumn Shower (TV Series) as
Lee Kyu-eun
2005
Seven Swords as
Green Pearl
2002
Keuhaetsali naege (TV Series) as
Kim Yunu
2000
Eveui modeun geot (TV Series) as
Young-mi Heo
1998
Winners (TV Series) as
Kim Seo Joo
1997
Che-inji
1996
Boss
Self
2021
Knowing Bros (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.302 (2021) - Self (voice)
2020
Running Man (TV Series) as
Self
- Penthouse Special Part 2: Tenant War (2020) - Self
- Penthouse Special Part 1: Top Club vs Bottom Club (2020)
2019
Let's Eat Dinner Together (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #1.128 (2019) - Self - Guest
2018
I Can See Your Voice (TV Series) as
Self - Detective
- Wanna One (2018) - Self - Detective (as Kassy)
2015
We Got Married (TV Series) as
Self - Si-yang's Wife
- Episode #4.157 (2015) - Self - Si-yang's Wife
2013
Mnet Asian Music Awards (TV Series) as
Self - Presenter
- 2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards (2013) - Self - Presenter
2009
Ailiseu (TV Series) as
Self
- Reconstruction of IRIS (2009) - Self

References

Kim So-yeon Wikipedia