Yunjin Kim
Birth Name:
Yunjin Kim
Birth Place:
Seoul, South Korea
Profession
Actress
Fast Facts
- In 2011, she was appointed honorary Ambassador of the Korean Red Cross, an organization she has been involved with since 2006, when she helped promote their donation campaign "Give 100, New York․"
- Won a Blue Dragon Award for Best Actress for "Milae" in 2002
- Won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for "Lost" in 2006
- Studied drama at the London Academy of Performing Arts and later graduated from Boston University with a degree in drama
- Married her former manager Jeong Hyeok Park on March 28, 2010
- Developed an interest in acting after appearing in school plays, including the musical "My Fair Lady․"
- Made her on-screen debut in the 1996 mini-series "Beautiful Vacation․"
- Best known for her role as Sun Kwon in "Lost" and as Karen Kim in "Mistresses․"
- Did a lot of translation work for her Korean lines in "Lost" to make them sound more conversational and natural
- Is a spokesmodel for the Japanese cosmetics company Kanebo
Awards
- 1999Blue Dragon Award - Best New Actress:Nominated
- 1999Grand Bell Award - Best New Actress:Winner
- 1999Korean Association of Film Critics Award - Best New Actress:Winner
- 2000Blue Dragon Award - Best Supporting Actress:Nominated
- 2002Blue Dragon Award - Best Actress:Winner
- 2003Grand Bell Award - Best Actress:Nominated
- 2004OFTA Television Award - Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:Nominated
- 2005Gold Derby TV Award - Drama Supporting Actress:Nominated
- 2005OFTA Television Award - Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:Nominated
- 2006Actor - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series:Winner
- 2006Gold Derby TV Award - Ensemble of the Year:Nominated
- 2007Gold Derby TV Award - Ensemble of the Year:Nominated
- 2007Golden Nymph - Outstanding Actress - Drama Series:Nominated
- 2008Asian Film Award - Best Actress:Nominated
- 2008Blue Dragon Award - Best Actress:Nominated
- 2008Gold Derby TV Award - Ensemble of the Year:Winner
- 2008Gold Derby TV Award - Drama Supporting Actress:Nominated
- 2008Grand Bell Award - Best Actress:Winner
- 2008Golden Nymph - Outstanding Actress - Drama Series:Nominated
- 2009Saturn Award - Best Supporting Actress on Television:Nominated
- 2009Gold Derby TV Award - Ensemble of the Year:Nominated
- 2009Golden Nymph - Outstanding Actress - Drama Series:Nominated
- 2010Blue Dragon Award - Best Actress:Nominated
- 2010Gold Derby TV Award - Ensemble of the Year:Nominated
- 2010Grand Bell Award - Best Actress:Nominated
- 2010Golden Nymph - Outstanding Actress - Drama Series:Nominated
- 2010Scream Award - Best Supporting Actress:Nominated
- 2015Grand Bell Award - Best Actress:Nominated