Kim So-yeon
























Kim So-yeon

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Born
(1980-11-02) November 2, 1980 (age 37)
Seoul, South Korea
Education
Dongguk University (Theater and Film)
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1994–present
Agent
J Wide-Company
Spouse(s)

Lee Sang-woo (m. 2017)


Korean name
Hangul
김소연
Hanja
金素姸
Revised Romanization
Gim So-yeon
McCune–Reischauer
Kim Soyŏn

Kim So-yeon (born November 2, 1980) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for starring in a number of well-known television series, notably All About Eve (2000), Iris (2009), Prosecutor Princess (2010), and Happy Home.




Contents





  • 1 Career


  • 2 Personal life


  • 3 Filmography

    • 3.1 Television series


    • 3.2 Film


    • 3.3 Variety show


    • 3.4 Music videos



  • 4 Theater


  • 5 Awards and nominations


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links




Career


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.[1] 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).[1] 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.[2]


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[3] and Anhui Merchants[4] also proved unsuccessful.[5][6] So Kim took a break for three years to ponder whether she wanted to continue being an actress.[7] She returned to television in 2008 with Gourmet (adapted from Huh Young-man's titular manhwa) and found acting fun for the first time.[8]


A year later, Kim's career resurgence began with the 2009 big-budget series Iris.[9][8] 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.[10][11] 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).[12]


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.[13][14][15] Kim said that the cheerful, unpredictable character was similar to her own real-life personality.[16][17][18] Later in the year, she played a rigid doctor in sports drama Dr. Champ.[19]


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.[20][21] She spent months studying the Russian language and coffee brewing even before shooting began.[22]Gabi was Kim's first Korean feature film in 15 years, since Change in 1997.[1][23][24] This was followed by another period drama The Great Seer, where she played a healer in Goryeo.[25]


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.[7][26]
In 2014, she played a fashion merchandiser who falls for her much younger childhood friend in I Need Romance 3.[27][28][29] Kim then appeared in the "Female Soldier Special" of military boot camp reality show Real Men.[30]


In 2015, she starred in her second cable series Beating Again, about a businessman who falls for his secretary after he gets a heart transplant.[31] Kim also joined the fourth season of We Got Married, pairing up with Kwak Si-yang.[32]


In 2016, Kim starred MBC's weekend drama Happy Home, playing a mother who has lost her son in an accident.[33]


In March 2018, Kim left her previous agency Namoo Actors and signed an exclusive contract with J Wide Company on April 3, 2018.[34] She was then cast in SBS weekend drama Secret Mother.[35][36]



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 were getting married in June 2017.[37]



Filmography



Television series















































































































































Year
Title
Role
Network
1994

Dinosaur Teacher


SBS

Daughters of a Rich Family
Hye-ri (Kwon Il-ryung's daughter)

KBS2
1995

Drama Game "Min-woo vs. Min-woo"


Drama Game "Their Summer"

1996

You Can't Stop Mom
Eldest daughter
SBS

Drama Game "Come Back Home"
Park Mi-kyung
KBS2

City Men and Women
Yoo Won-hee
SBS

1.5


MBC

Reporting for Duty
Woo Ji-soo
KBS2

Open Your Heart
Jung Yoo-kyung
MBC

Seven Spoons
Hye-joo
1997

Because of Love

KBS2

Drama Special "Christmas in May"


Yesterday
Lee Seung-hye
MBC

Friday Night Theater "On Her First Night"

KBS2
1998

Soonpoong Clinic
Oh So-yeon
SBS

I Love You, I Love You
Lee Soon-young

Winners
Kim Seo-joo
1999

Sunday Best "Pickpocket by Name"
Kim Ji-hyun
KBS2

We Saw a Little Lost Bird
Seo Ga-hee

Ad Madness
Lee Ye-rin
2000

All About Eve
Heo Young-mi
MBC

Mom and Sister
Noh Seung-ri / Jang Yoo-kyung
2002

Sunlight Upon Me
Kim Yeon-woo

Trio
Choi Seo-young
2004

2004 Human Market
Hong Si-yeon
SBS

Just Like a Beautiful Flying Butterfly
Jin Zhi Xiu

CCTV
2005

Autumn Shower
Lee Kyu-eun
MBC
2007

Anhui Merchants
Hu Yu Ling
DTV
2008

Gourmet
Yoon Joo-hee
SBS
2009

Iris
Kim Seon-hwa
KBS2
2010

Prosecutor Princess
Ma Hye-ri
SBS

Dr. Champ
Kim Yeon-woo

Athena: Goddess of War
Kim Seon-hwa (Cameo, ep.17 & 19)
2012

The Great Seer
Hae-in
2013

Iris II
Kim Seon-hwa (Cameo, ep.20)
KBS2

Two Weeks
Park Jae-kyung
MBC
2014

I Need Romance 3
Shin Joo-yeon

tvN
2015

Beating Again
Kim Soon-jung

jTBC

High-End Crush
Entertainment news anchor (Cameo)

Naver TV Cast
2016

One More Happy Ending
Divorced woman (ep.1)
MBC

Happy Home
Bong Hae-ryung
2017

20th Century Boy and Girl
Director Kim (Cameo)
2018

Secret Mother
Kim Lisa
SBS


Film























Year
Title
Role
1997

Change
Ko Eun-bi
2005

Seven Swords
Luzhu/Green Pearl
2007

The Pictures (short film)
Photographer
2010

Iris the Movie
Kim Seon-hwa
2012

Gabi
Tanya
2015

Love Forecast
Kang Joon-soo's ex-girlfriend 1 (cameo)


Variety show

























Year
Title
Network
Notes
1997Inkigayo (Popular Music) Best 50MBC
MC
1998-2000Inkigayo (Popular Music)
SBS
2009KBS Drama Awards
KBS2
2014Real Men: Female Soldier Special - Season 1MBCCast member
2015
We Got Married - Season 4
2016King of Mask SingerContestant as "Nice to Meet You Squirrel" (Ep 77)


Music videos

















Year
Song title
Artist

1996
"Why Is the Sky"

Lee Ji-hoon

1997
"Beautiful Goodbye"

Jung Jae-wook

1998
"Endless Sorrow"

Sa Joon

2008
"Classic"

KCM
"Diary of a Day"
"Fluttering"


Theater








Year
Title
Role
2009

Hamlet

Ophelia


Awards and nominations
















































































































Year
Award
Category
Nominated work
Result
1994
Miss Binggrae Pageant
Miss Binggrae June
N/A
Won
2nd SBS Drama Awards
Best Young Actress

Dinosaur Teacher
Won
1998
6th SBS Drama Awards
Popularity Award, Actress

Soonpoong Clinic
Winners
I Love You, I Love You
Won
2000
19th MBC Drama Awards
Viewer's Favorite Character (Actress)

All About Eve
Won
2008

16th SBS Drama Awards
Best Supporting Actress in a Special Planning Drama

Gourmet
Won
2009

23rd KBS Drama Awards[38]
Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama

Iris
Nominated
Popularity Award, Actress
Won
2010

46th Paeksang Arts Awards
Best Actress
Nominated

18th SBS Drama Awards[39]
Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Planning Drama

Dr. Champ
Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special

Prosecutor Princess
Nominated
Top 10 Stars

Prosecutor Princess
Dr. Champ
Won
2011
6th Asia Model Festival Awards
Asia Special Award
N/A
Won
9th Korea Jewelry Fair
Best Jewelry Lady
N/A
Won
2012
20th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards
Excellence Award, Actress in a Film

Gabi
Won

20th SBS Drama Awards
Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special

The Great Seer
Nominated
2013
18th Busan International Film Festival
Female Fashionista Award
N/A
Won

2nd APAN Star Awards
Excellence Award, Actress

Two Weeks
Won

32nd MBC Drama Awards
Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries
Nominated
6th Herald-Donga TV Lifestyle Awards[40]Best Style Award
N/A
Won
2015
15th MBC Entertainment Awards
Top Excellence Award for Variety Show

We Got Married
Won
Best Couple (with Kwak Si-yang)
Nominated
2016

5th APAN Star Awards
Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama

Happy Home
Won

9th Korea Drama Awards
Grand Prize (Daesang)
Won
Star of the Year
Won

35th MBC Drama Awards
Grand Prize (Daesang)
Nominated
Top Excellence Award, Actress in Serial Drama
Won
Best Couple (with Lee Sang-woo)
Nominated
Best Couple (with Lee Pil-mo)
Nominated


References




  1. ^ abc Lee, Claire (7 March 2012). "Former teen star returns to big screen". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2015-03-31. 


  2. ^ Lee, Young-ee (18 August 2002). "Korean TV Series to Be Aired First Time in Japan". The Dong-a Ilbo. Retrieved 2015-03-31. 


  3. ^ Transliterated as Jiu Xiang Mei Li Hu Die Fei.


  4. ^ Transliterated as Da Qing Hui Shang.


  5. ^ Park, Jeong-ho. "Korean producer hopes for hit film". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 24 June 2005. 


  6. ^ Elley, Derek (31 August 2005). "Review: Seven Swords". Variety. Retrieved 2014-11-07. 


  7. ^ ab Cho, Suyoun (23 July 2013). "From being a teen star to real actress, Kim So yeon talks about her passion". BNTNews. Retrieved 2014-11-07. 


  8. ^ ab "Kim So-yeon Spreads Her Acting Wings in TV Drama Iris". The Chosun Ilbo. 28 November 2009. Retrieved 2014-11-07. 


  9. ^ Han, Sang-hee (24 May 2009). "Iris to Bring Spy Story to Small Screen". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2015-03-31. 


  10. ^ "Interview: Kim So-yeon, The female warrior Sun-wha from KBS drama Iris - Part 1". 10Asia. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 2015-03-31. 


  11. ^ "Interview: Kim So-yeon in Iris - Part 2". 10Asia. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 2015-03-31. 


  12. ^ Hong, Lucia (19 November 2010). "Movie version of TV series IRIS to be released next week". 10Asia. Retrieved 2015-03-31. 


  13. ^ Han, Sang-hee (30 March 2010). "Younger Men, Power, Money Fill Dramas". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2015-03-31. 


  14. ^ "Press conference for SBS TV series Princess Prosecutor: Kim So-yeon says "Ma Hye-ri and I are very similar" - Part 1". 10Asia. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 2015-03-31. 


  15. ^ "Press conference for SBS TV series Princess Prosecutor: Kim So-yeon says "Ma Hye-ri and I are very similar" - Part 2". 10Asia. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 2015-03-31. 


  16. ^ "Interview: Actress Kim So-yeon says "feels like I am back at the starting line" - Part 1". 10Asia. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 2015-03-31. 


  17. ^ "Interview: Actress Kim So-yeon - Part 2". 10Asia. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 2015-03-31. 


  18. ^ "Interview: Actress Kim So-yeon - Part 3". 10Asia. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 2015-03-31. 


  19. ^ Kim, Sun-young (28 September 2010). "Review: SBS TV series Doctor Champ - 1st Episode". 10Asia. Retrieved 2015-03-31. 


  20. ^ Lee, Jin-ho (15 February 2012). "Kim So Yeon of Gabi Wants to be Jang Hee Bin". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2015-03-31. 


  21. ^ Kwaak, Je-yup (21 February 2012). "Gabi: East-meets-West thriller on Joseon Kingdom's first coffee". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2015-03-31. 


  22. ^ Oh, Mi-jung (7 March 2012). "Kim So Yeon Speaks Russian and Japanese for Gabi". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2015-03-31. 


  23. ^ Sunwoo, Carla (8 March 2012). "Kim So-yeon returns to the big screen after 15 years". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2015-03-31. 


  24. ^ "Kim So Yeon: 'I Seem to have Begun Acting 18 Years Since Debut'". KBS Global. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 2014-11-10. 


  25. ^ "Kim So-yeon cast as female lead in Ji Jin-hee's TV series". 10Asia. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 2015-03-31. 


  26. ^ Ko, Hong-ju (16 May 2013). "Kim So-yeon Cast in Lee Joon-gi Drama". 10Asia. 


  27. ^ Lee, Sun-min (19 November 2013). "Kim So-yeon joins I Need Romance". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-11-10. 


  28. ^ Hong, Grace Danbi (8 January 2014). "Kim So Yeon Plans on Being Bold If a Bed Scene Comes Up in I Need a Romance 3". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2015-03-31. 


  29. ^ Park, Jin-hai (9 January 2014). "Cable dramas having heyday". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2015-03-31. 


  30. ^ Ko, Hong-ju (4 August 2014). "Kim So Yeon, Girl's Day's Hyeri, G.Na and More Join Real Man Female Soldier Special". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2015-03-31. 


  31. ^ Park, Ah-reum (11 December 2014). "Jung Kyung Ho and Kim So Yeon Confirmed as Leads of New JTBC Drama". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2015-03-31. 


  32. ^ "Kim So Yeon and Kwak Si Yang Confirmed for ′We Got Married′". enewsWorld. 27 August 2015. 


  33. ^ "An emotional performance leads to the next chapter". Korea JoongAng Daily. 26 August 2016. 


  34. ^ "FA 김소연, 제이와이드行..이상윤 김태리와 한솥밥". Sports Seoul (in Korean). April 3, 2018. 


  35. ^ "'Secret Mother' looks at Korea's intense education scene". Kpop Herald. 9 April 2018. 


  36. ^ "Kim So-yeon Returns with Mysterious Role in New TV Series". The Chosun Ilbo. 19 May 2018. 


  37. ^ "TV stars Lee Sang-woo, Kim So-yeon to wed in June". The Korea Times. 12 April 2017. 


  38. ^ Han, Sang-hee (3 January 2010). "2009 Drama Awards Wrap Up With No Surprises". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 2015-03-31. 


  39. ^ "Ko Hyun-jung wins grand prize at SBS Drama Awards". 10Asia. 8 June 2011. 


  40. ^ "Joo SW, Han JH win best dressed prizes at Herald·Donga TV Lifestyle Awards". The Korea Herald. 4 December 2013. 



External links





  • Kim So-yeon at HanCinema Edit this at Wikidata


  • Kim So-yeon at the Korean Movie Database


  • Kim So-yeon on IMDb






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