Kim Yoo-jung, the young actress from South Korea possesses everything
to make it big in the entertainment industry - a pretty face, charming personality,
and unmistakable acting prowess. Born on September 22, 1999 in Seoul, South
Korea., this cute and talented girl was discovered at 5 years old in a contest where
she grabbed the popularity award even though she was not a contestant (the
contestant was her sister).
Her first appearance on TV was in 2003 when she was cast for
a commercial for a local biscuit brand. Her acting career began a year after and
appeared in films such as Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, All for Love, The
Chaser, and Haeundae.
Her acting career on TV started in 2006 and quickly emerge as
one of the most in-demand child actresses in Korea. Her first acting award as
Best Child Actress was for for action-adventure series Iljimae. She became even more popular when she appeared
in the period drama Moon Embracing the
Sun.
In 2014, Kim's performance as a teenage bully in Elegant
Lies drew critical acclaim. She then played a traditional funeral singer in the
single-episode Drama Special anthology and was cast in the horror mystery Room
731, an English-language graduate thesis film by USC filmmaker Youngmin Kim.
This was followed by a starring role in the period drama Secret Door.
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