South Korean actress Kim Go-eun recently won her first Best Actress award in the Film category at the 60th Baeksang Arts Awards. ExhumaIt has received a warm response from many Chinese fans.
The 32-year-old Kim is known for her natural, intuitive acting and her Beijing accent, making her a favourite among Chinese film fans.
In 1994, when she was four years old, Kim moved from Seoul to Beijing with her parents and older brother, and lived in China for 10 years due to her father’s work.
She studied at Beijing’s Miyun County No. 3 and No. 4 Middle Schools, and returned to Seoul at the age of 14.
Kim said her dream of working in the film industry was inspired by the 2002 film. togetherShe said she has seen the Chinese director Chen Kaige’s film “Asteroid in the Sky” more than 20 times.
She attended Kaywon Arts High School with the intention of working behind the scenes or becoming a screenwriter, but was captivated by acting there and went on to study drama at Korea National University of Arts.
Kim made her debut in the 2012 film MuseShe plays Eun-gyo, a 17-year-old middle school student who falls in forbidden love with a 70-year-old poet.
Kim stunned audiences with her performance, which her co-star Park Hae-il described as “fresh, dreamy and charming,” and swept the Best New Actress awards that year.
Despite her success with the role, Kim rejected typecast roles.
She has taken on a variety of roles, including a developmentally disabled woman, an orphaned gang member, and a shaman. Exhuma He won the 2024 Baeksang Arts Award.
Kim made her television debut in the 2016 drama. Trapped CheeseThe second drama of the same year, Goblin: The Lonely and Great GodIt became a hot topic across Asia overnight.
She played a bright middle school girl who is the only person capable of ending the protagonist’s painful immortality by pulling out the sword that has been lodged in her chest for centuries.
Kim’s fans have praised her for her youthful and fresh look, calling her a “girlish beauty.”
Some Chinese fans have compared Kim’s career to that of Chinese actress Tang Wei, who also made her film debut in an R-rated movie and went on to win a number of prestigious Korean film awards.
Tan has twice won the Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film “Love Letter.” Late Autumn 2010 and Decision to leave 2022.
