Yunjin Kim

Yunjin Kim

actress

Yunjin Kim was born on Nov 07, 1973 in South Korea. Yunjin Kim's big-screen debut came with Shiri directed by Je-kyu Kang in 1999. Yunjin Kim is known for Ms. Ma, Nemesis directed by Yeon-Hong Min, Yunjin Kim stars as Ms. Ma and Ko Sung-hee as Seo Eun-Ji. Yunjin Kim has got 6 awards and 20 nominations so far. The most recent award Yunjin Kim achieved is Gold Derby Awards. The upcoming new tvshow Yunjin Kim plays is XO, Kitty - Season 1 which will be released on May 18, 2023.

Yunjin Kim (born November 7, 1973), also known as Kim Yun-Jin is a South Korean-American film and theater actress. She is best known for her role as Sun on the American television series Lost, and as the North Korean spy Bang-Hee in the South Korean film Shiri. She also starred as Dr. Karen Kim in the ABC drama series Mistresses.Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea on November 7, 1973. She immigrated to the United States with her family in 1980. They lived in Staten Island, New York. She joined the middle school drama club in the 7th grade and performed in the musical My Fair Lady.Kim attended high school at the prestigious Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, a public high school located in Manhattan. From there, she went on to study drama at the London Academy of Performing Arts and later earned her BFA degree in drama at Boston University. Kim has remarked that in her zeal to become Americanized quickly, she studied acting, academics and pronunciation with equal intensity. She is also a trained dancer and martial arts fighter.After graduation, Kim devoted herself full-time to acting. She garnered several minor parts on MTV, in soap opera-style dramas on ABC, and on the off-Broadway stage. In 1997, she starred in Splendid Holiday, a Korean TV drama shot on location in New York. Kim decided to return to Korea. She was cast in the TV drama Wedding Dress and was also invited to act in Lee Kwangmo's feature Spring in My Hometown, although she ended up not taking this role. Her breakthrough debut came in the 1999 film Shiri, South Korea's first blockbuster film. Shiri became the highest-grossing film in Korean history at the time. In November 2000, she continued her association with Kang Je-gyu in The Legend of Gingko.After acting in a Japanese film and a feature set in Los Angeles, Kim appeared in the sci-fi feature Yesterday. Then in 2002, Kim took the lead role in Ardor, the feature film debut of documentarist Byun Young-ju. The film was invited to screen in a non-competitive section at the 2003 Berlin film festival.In 2004, Kim started appearing in the U.S. television series Lost, which ran for six seasons.In May 2006, Maxim named Kim number 98 on its annual Hot 100 List. In October 2006 she was featured on the cover of Stuff, as well as an inside spread.In 2013, she had a leading role in the ABC drama series Mistresses.In 2018, Kim returned to Korean television by headlining the series Ms. Ma, Nemesis.

  • Birthday

    Nov 07, 1973
  • Place of Birth

    Seoul, South Korea
  • Also known

    김윤진, 金允珍, Kim Yoon-jin, 金仑珍, Kim Yun-jin

Known For

Awards

6 wins & 20 nominations

Gold Derby Awards
2008
Ensemble of the Year
Winner - Gold Derby TV Award
2008
Drama Supporting Actress
Winner - Gold Derby TV Award
Grand Bell Awards, South Korea
2008
Best Actress
Winner - Grand Bell Award
1999
Best New Actress
Winner - Grand Bell Award
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