Kim Yoo-jung (Korean: 김유정; born September 22, 1999) is a South Korean actress. She debuted as a model for a confectionery brand at the age of four.[2] After her acting debut in 2003, she became one of the most in-demand child actresses in Korea. She gained public attention for starring in television series Dong Yi(2010), Moon Embracing the Sun (2012), May Queen (2012), Golden Rainbow (2013), Secret Door (2014) and Angry Mom (2015). She also starred in the films Commitment (2013), Thread of Lies (2014), and Circle of Atonement (2015). She hosted music show Inkigayo from November 2014 to April 2016.
Kim has been nicknamed "Nation's Little Sister" after playing various child roles and "Sageuk fairy" after taking roles in several acclaimed historical dramas in her career.[3][4] She also gained the nicknames "Nation's First Love" and "Global First Love" following her well-loved performance in 20th Century Girl.[5][6] In 2017, she ranked 8th on ForbesKorea Power Celebrity list, the youngest to be included in the Top 10 at the age of 17.[7]
Early life and education
Kim was born in Seongdong District, Seoul, South Korea on September 22, 1999[8] as the youngest of three siblings.[9] Her older sister, Kim Yeon-jung, debuted as an actress in 2017.[10]
Kim attended Goyang High School of Arts and graduated in January 2018.[11] Kim deferred taking the national College Scholastic Ability Test in 2017, and instead decided to focus on her acting career.[12][13]
Career
2003–2011: Beginnings as a child actress
After Kim's acting debut when she was 4, she quickly became one of the most in-demand child actresses in Korea.[14] By the time she was a fifth grader, Kim had already appeared in 13 TV dramas and 15 movies.
In 2014, Kim's performance as a teenage bully in Thread of Lies drew critical acclaim and she was nominated for the Best New Actress in Blue Dragon Film Awards.[24] She next played a traditional funeral singer (or "gok-bi") in the single-episode Drama Special anthology,[25] and was cast in the horror mystery Room 731, an English-language graduate thesis film by USC filmmaker Kim Young-min.[26] This was followed by a starring role in the period drama Secret Door.[27] Kim also began hosting music show Inkigayo in November 2014 and left the show in April 2016.[28]
2015–2022: Transition to lead roles
In 2015, she starred in the television series Angry Mom which tackled bullying and school violence.[29] The same year, she reprised her role as a cat-turned-woman in Love Cells, a two-season web series adapted from the webtoon of the same title and played a murderer's daughter in the thriller film Circle of Atonement.[30][31]
In August 2016, Kim starred in her first adult leading role in the youth historical drama Love in the Moonlight as Hong Ra-on - a girl who was raised as a boy and eventually became a eunuch of Crown Prince of Joseon, played by Park Bo-gum.[32] A domestic hit, Moonlight achieved peak audience rating of 23.3% and its popularity was referred to as "Moonlight Syndrome".[33][34][35] Kim won "Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama" for portraying Moonlight's cross-dressing heroine at the 30th KBS Drama Awards.[36][37]
In 2017, she starred with Cha Tae-hyun in the romantic-comedy film Because I Love You.[38] Kim also had her first overseas fan meeting tour with Taipei, Taiwan as the first stop, at ATT Show Box on February 4, 2017.[39]
In 2018, Kim starred in the romantic-comedy drama Clean with Passion for Now, based on the webtoon of the same name. She played an employee at a cleaning company who doesn't care about dirtiness.[40]
In 2020, Kim was cast in the romantic-comedy drama, Backstreet Rookie, alongside Ji Chang-wook, based on a webtoon of the same name and played the role of a former high school troublemaker who becomes a part-time employee at a convenience store.[41] The actress is said to be attending action school in order to perform her own stunts and the production staff stated, "Kim has been working hard on fight scenes and wire action for her role as Jung Saet-byul. Please anticipate the unique transformation that Kim will undergo."[42]
During the 2020 SBS Drama Awards held on December 31, 2020, Kim was chosen to be the main host together with Shin Dong-yup.[43] At the same event, Kim was awarded Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Fantasy/Romance Drama for her great portrayal of her role as Jung Saet-byul in the series Backstreet Rookie.[44]
In December 2020, Kim was confirmed as the female lead role in the historical-fantasy drama Lovers of the Red Sky adapted from the novel written by Jung Eun-gwol. The drama premiered in August 2021 on SBS TV[45] and Kim played the titular role of Hong Chun-gi, the Joseon dynasty's only female painter, alongside Ahn Hyo-seop as Ha Ram, a blind astrologer.[46] The series reunited Kim with director Jang Tae-yoo after 13 years since Painter of the Wind (2008) where Kim played the childhood counterpart of the protagonist.[47]
Kim made her theatrical stage debut in January 2023, taking part in Kim Dong-yeon's play Shakespeare in Love, adapted from the 1998 film of the same name.[57] She played the role of Viola de Lesseps, the daughter of a wealthy merchant, who disguises herself as a man named Thomas Kent to become a theater actress, which was taboo for women at the time.[58] The play received favorable reviews and Kim's performance was praised by the critics and the audience.[59][60][61] In March, she made a special appearance in Jason Kim's film My Heart Puppy as Ah-min, a disabled girl who looks after abandoned dogs.[62] In January 2023, she was cast in the upcoming SBS television series My Demon where she portrayed Do Do-hee, a chaebol heiress. The series was released in November 2023.[63] In 2024, Kim made a special appearance in the Netflix Original series Chicken Nugget. She portrayed the character Choi Min-ah, the daughter of a company president, she becomes embroiled in a comedic mishap when she mistakenly believes a new machine is designed to alleviate her fatigue and accidentally turns into a chicken nugget.[64][65]
On August 26, 2010, Kim joined the "Kiss of Love" campaign which sold products produced by Seoul Social Welfare Community Chest of Korea using celebrities lip marks, autographs, and caricatures to support the self-reliance and child education of low-income families.[67] In December 2010, Kim and 33 other Sidus HQ's actors participated to showcase the beauty of Korea under the theme of Hanbok in a Love Sharing Hanbok Calendar event; proceeds from the sales were donated to Korea Compassion.[68]
On February 2, 2012, Kim and many other actors, opinion leaders, and models took part in a photography exhibition held by Kolon Sport for its 2012 S/S Collection; modeling fees were donated to serve neighbors in need.[69][70] On April 20, Kim gave out t-shirts designed by popular designer Kathleen Kye to participate on smart donation culture held by Samsung Electronics while releasing its smart TV on 'Insight Exhibition' to support Hanbit School for the Blind's students to continue to show their talents,[71][72] meanwhile the donated clothes were delivered to neighbors in need.[73] On May 5, Kim and Yeo Jin-goo did good deeds and donated their voices to the documentary narration of 'New Life to Children'—Sookhyun's Picture Diary, a live broadcast on MBC's special program for children with rare incurable diseases, which airs on the Children's Day.[74][75][76]
Kim auctioned an iPhone case to a charity auction held by Gyeonggi Province and Daum's portal site titled Infinite Care Campaign Auction for Neighborhood Love from January 9 to 16, 2013. Proceeds from the auction event were used for needy neighbors in Gyeonggi Province.[77] On November 23, Kim's attractive pictorials were revealed of her volunteer work, participating in fashion magazine Elle's signature charity project Share Happiness. It is a special charity collaboration project consisting of Elle's paper donations, stars' photo talent donations, and brand's relief fund. Donations collected under the name of Share Happiness were to be donated in full to help women and children in need in the society.[78]
On August 21, 2014, Kim participated in the Ice Bucket Challenge, a fundraising campaign by US ALS Association to develop treatments for "ALS" - also known as Lou Gehrig's disease - and to help patients. As well as taking an ice water shower, she made a donation to the ALS Association.[79] On October 8, Kim and other top stars representing South Korea donated their time by participating in the recording of the campaign song "Talk About Love" to encourage citizens to participate and join forces to rescue climate refugees in Tanzania and Malawi, Africa dying due to the effects of climate change. This project was jointly planned and supervised by Environment TV, an international relief organization.[80]
On June 1, 2015, it was confirmed that Kim intended to donate all of her earnings as the voice of Jun-hee for MBC's Human Documentary Love "Jin-sil Eomma II - Hwan-hee and Jun-hee's Adolescence" to Samhyewon, a Child Welfare Center. In 2014 she had established a relationship with the charity by donating snacks.[81] In December 2015, actors Lee Ki-woo, Hong Jong-hyun and Kim stepped forward to help their neighbors have a warm winter. The three donated 5,600 briquettes and delivering briquettes directly to Baeksa Village in Junggyebon-dong, Nowon District.[82] On June 7, 2018, Kim was selected for the Ice Bucket Challenge again, but instead donated ₩2,000,000 to the fund and ₩100,000 won to the construction fund of Lou Gehrig Care Hospital, citing health (hypothyroidism) reasons. Kim tried to convey her true feelings in a handwritten letter, and exerted a good influence to pay a lot of attention after the construction of the Lou Gehrig Care Hospital.[83][84][85]
In April 2019, Kim made donations to help residents in affected areas caused by the first-ever large forest fire in Gangwon Province.[86][87] On October 13, Kim made donations to '2019 Pink Run' Seoul Competition – a running event raising awareness of breast cancer. The full participation fee was donated to the Korea Breast Health Foundation, to be used to support breast cancer patients' surgery and breast cancer screening.[88] On October 27, ChildFund Korea revealed that Kim has become the 229th patron of the Green Noble Club, which is composed of individuals who have donated a large sum of at least ₩100,000,000 (approximately $88,511). Kim, who became the youngest member to have joined the club, continued to quietly make donations under a different name since her debut, has donated money to help low-income children in need due to COVID-19, and the remainder was used to fund sick children's medical expenses.[89]
On October 1, 2021, Kim donated 30 million won to support children at risk of crime victims through the Green Umbrella Children's Foundation. This donation was made on the occasion of Kim's birthday. The donation was used as an emergency subsidy for living expenses, medical expenses and housing expenses so that children at risk of crime victims can recover their health and boast healthy and brightness.[90]
On February 13, 2024, Kim donated ₩100 million to the Korea Pediatric Cancer Foundation to treat children suffering from childhood cancer, leukemia, and rare and intractable diseases.[91] In October, it was discovered that Kim donated a total of ₩100 million to the Elderly Support Center and the Green Umbrella Hansarang Village last month without mentioning her agency during the process. She personally selected the donation organization with the hope that elderly people living alone and disabled children will stay healthy in a better environment. Kim's donation will be used to support dietary products for the elderly, rehabilitation treatment expenses for 18 children with severe disabilities without connections, medical expenses, and nursing expenses.[92]
In 2017, Kim became the brand model for South Korean sportswear manufacturer, FILA, and promoted the brand till 2022.[111][112][113][114] In 2018, she became a brand model for cosmetics brand Laneige.[115] In 2021, she was selected as an advertising model for Alcon contact lenses[116] and Torretta – a water/ion supplement drink by Coca-Cola.[117][118] In January 2022, Kim featured in a 7-minute-long commercial video named Dark Farm for Laneige's Radian-C Cream, which recorded 1.45 million views within 10 days of its release.[119][120] The same year, she became an advertising model for Hana Bank.[121] In August 2022, BBQ announced that Kim would be its new brand endorser.[122] In August 2023, Nordisk, a Danish premium outdoor brand chose Kim as one of its model along with Ryu Jun-yeol and Choi Woo-sik.[123] In November 2023, she was selected as brand ambassador of Couronne, a women's luxury handbag brand.[124] In December 2023, she was appointed as an exclusive model for the English academy brand Adot English Academy and their online version Adot On.[125][126]
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