Kim Yoon-jin Biography
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Kim Yoon-jin (김윤진, born November 7, 1973 in
Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean actress.
At the age of 10, Kim immigrated to the
United States with her family. As a shy teenaged girl in Staten Island,
New York still getting accustomed to life in the U.S., she joined the
middle school drama club in the 7th grade and found herself on the stage
of the musical My Fair Lady. "I was cast as only an extra, but that day,
I stood on the stage and sang loudly in my own voice..." she recalled.
"When singing and acting on stage, I didn't feel the least bit awkward.
I felt so at home under the lights... Something about being on stage
just felt right."
Pursuing her passion, Kim moved to New York
City, where she attended and her earned her diploma at the New York High
School of Performing Arts. From there, she studied drama at the London
Academy of Performing Arts and later earned her Acting degree at Boston
University.
After graduation, Kim devoted her full time
to acting. She garnered several minor parts on MTV, in soap opera-style
dramas on ABC, and on the Broadway stage. In 1996, a Korean TV show
filming in Manhattan called and persuaded her to return to her homeland,
to appear in the Korean TV drama A Gorgeous Vacation. This was followed
by two other roles in Foreboding and the miniseries Wedding Dress. Then
in 1997, based on the popularity she gained with her role in Wedding
Dress, she was offered and accepted a script for her debut film. "Even
then, I had no idea I would live in Korea," Kim said, "I thought I would
finish the film and go back to the United States."
Surprisingly, that film was Shiri (1999),
the blockbuster action thriller that broke Korean box-office records,
and made Kim an instant celebrity throughout Korea. Over the next
several years, she starred in five additional films. In July 2003, Kim
signed a three-year contract with William Morris, a famous American
agency representing Hollywood stars such as Halle Berry, Salma Hayek,
Kevin Spacey, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Lucy Liu, Jackie Chan, and Reese
Witherspoon.
Kim (credited as Yunjin Kim) can currently
be seen as the character Sun in the television series Lost (2004). She
has also been cast as the lead actress in the American film Georgia
Heat, set to start filming in June 2005. The film will star Billy Bob
Thornton and be produced by Janet Young, producer of The Joy Luck Club
(1993).
Filmography
Lost (2004) TV Series ... as Sun Kwon
Milae (2002) ... as Mi-heun
... aka Ardor (2002) (Hong Kong: English
title) (USA)
Yesterday (2002) ... as Hui-su
Iron Palm (2002) ... as Ji-ni
... aka Mr Iron Palm (2002) (International:
English title)
Rush! (2001) ... as Seo-Yeong
Danjeogbiyeonsu (2000) ... as Yeon
... aka Gingko Bed 2 (2000) (informal
English title)
... aka Moyuru Tsuki: The Legend of Gingko
(2000)
Swiri (1999) ... as Lee, Myung-hyun (Lee,
Bang-hee)
... aka Shiri (1999) (Hong Kong: English
title)
Weding Deureseu (1998) TV Series ... as
Gina
... aka Wedding Dress
With Love (1998) TV Series
Beautiful Vacation (1996) (mini) TV Series
... aka A Gorgeous Vacation
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