Kang Sung-yeon

Kang Sung-yeon (; born July 21, 1976) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 1996 through MBC's Open Recruitment. Although her main profession was acting, she also contributed songs to several soundtracks and released two albums between 2001 and 2002 under the stage name Bobo. Kang rose to fame in 2005 for her role as Prince Yeonsan's concubine Jang Nok-su in The King and the Clown, a period film that drew 12.3 million admissions, making it (at the time) the highest-grossing domestic film in Korean cinema history. Kang continued to star in television dramas such as Let's Get Married, New Wise Mother, Good Wife (2007), Single Dad in Love (2008), Tazza (2008), and Wife Returns (2009). From 2012 to 2014, she hosted her own poetry reading program on EBS Radio.

Personal life Kang married jazz pianist Kim Ka-on on January 6, 2012. She announced her pregnancy in July 2014. In December 2023, the couple announced their divorce.

Filmography

Television series

Film

Variety/radio show Year Title Notes 1999 Super TV Sunday Fun MC 2008 Love Generation 2011 F.B.I. Find! Delicious TV 2012 Now on My Way to Meet You 2012–2014 Poetry Concert DJ 2012 Fairy Tales for Adults 2016 Two Yoo Project Sugar Man Sugar Man (Ep 17) Singderella MC2018King of Mask SingerContestant (Uparupa)

Discography Album informationTrack listing"내 안에 또 다른 나" (Another Different Me Inside) Track from The Reason I Live OST Released: July 1997 Label: MBC 예술단, Tan Entertainment "별(경진 테마)" (Stars (Contest Theme)) Track from KAIST 2000 OST Released: February 2, 2000 Label: Bobo Album Released: December 6, 2001 Label: Seoul RecordsThe Natural Album Released: November 25, 2002 Label: Seoul RecordsPerfect Silence Artist: Blank & Jones feat. Bobo Single Released: June 21, 2004 Label: Warner Bros. Records, WM Germany"미안해요" (I'm Sorry) Track from Let's Get Married OST Released: December 21, 2005 Label: 만월당"Reason (Female Ver.)" Track from Tazza OST Released: October 10, 2008 Label: Doremi Media"Perfect Silence (E-Craig's 212 Remix)" Artist: DJ Tiësto remix, Blank & Jones feat. Bobo Track from In Search of Sunrise 4: Latin America Released: December 14, 2009 Label: JMC Entertainment, Black Hole Recordings

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 1996 MBC Drama Awards Photogenic Award 1998 KBS Drama Awards Best New Actress My Love by My Side 1999 SBS Drama Awards Best New Actress Happy Together 2000 SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress Virtue, Rookie 2006 1st Dior Timeless Beauty Awards Recipient 43rd Grand Bell Awards Best Supporting Actress The King and the Clown Popularity Award 27th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Popular Star Award 5th Korean Film Awards Best Supporting Actress 2008 1st Korea Jewelry Awards Ruby Award SBS Drama Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Special Planning Drama Tazza 2010 SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Wife Returns 2015 MBC Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama The Great Wives 2020 MBC Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries / Short Drama She Knows Everything