Yunjin Kim Biography

Fast Facts

• Born in Korea and moved to the U
• S
• at age 10; grew up on New York City's Staten Island
• First performed in a school production of My Fair Lady as a seventh grader
• Starred in Shiri (1999), one of the most successful Korean films of all time
• Served as a Korean Goodwill Ambassador for soccer's 2002 World Cup
• Originally auditioned for the role of Kate on Lost; the role of Sun was created after she met with the show's producers
• Described living in Hawaii during Lost as "magical," but admitted she once called a security guard to help her get a flying cockroach out of her condo
• Is unable to wear pierced earrings because she was born with a cleft in her left earlobe
• Is fluent in Korean and English
• Is skilled in multiple genres of dance (ballet, jazz and Afro-Caribbean) and combat (quarter staff, broad sword and Tae Kwon Do)
• In 2010, she married her former manager in Hawaii, shortly after filming some of her final scenes for Lost