Kim Ji-soo

Kim Ji-soo (; born October 24, 1972), birth name Yang Sung-yoon , is a South Korean actress.

Career A graduate of Kaywon High School of the Arts, Kim made her acting debut in 1992. She worked as a television actress for over a decade before branching out into film, saying in an interview that, "I was getting older by the second, and I hated becoming complacent." In 2005, Kim made her first big screen appearance with a leading role in Lee Yoon-ki's This Charming Girl, a character study of a twenty-something single woman working at a post office. The film was well received by critics, and Kim herself was singled out for praise, with The Japan Times commenting, "Kim's performance is a masterful balance of understatedness and open-wounded vulnerability." Kim won Best Actress at the Singapore International Film Festival,

In 2006 Kim appeared in several films, first with Jo Jae-hyun in the melodrama Romance, though she was publicly critical about the lack of depth to her character. In October 2006, she portrayed a victim of the Sampoong Department Store collapse in Traces of Love, which was selected as the opening film of the 11th Pusan International Film Festival. In November 2006, Kim starred opposite Han Suk-kyu in the romantic drama Solace, receiving a nomination for Best Actress at the Korean Film Awards. Her turn as a complex antiheroine garnered praise, and she won a Top Excellence Award in Acting at the year-end KBS Drama Awards and a nomination for Best TV Actress at the Baeksang Arts Awards.

In 2010 she starred in her first historical series The King of Legend which focuses on Geunchogo, the 13th ruler of Baekje. Shortly before the drama's premiere, Kim was involved in a drunken hit-and-run accident (this was her second offense; her first DUI was in 2000 for which she lost her license). Amidst a wave of complaints demanding that she be fired from the drama, broadcast station KBS stuck by the actress, and Kim released an official apology and paid the fine of . She was later listed among the top 10 highest-paid entertainers on KBS for the year 2011, with a salary of . Starring roles followed in Love Again (2012) and One Warm Word (2013).

When asked in an interview if she would consider appearing nude onscreen, Kim replied, "I don't want to take nude scenes to prove my passion for acting, which I have always had."

In November 2020, Kim signed with new agency Lead Entertainment.

In November 2022, Kim left Lead Entertainment and signed with new agency IOK Company.

Personal life Relationships She was in a six-year relationship with actor Kim Joo-hyuk, with whom she co-starred in the 2002 SBS drama series Like a Flowing River. The couple broke up in 2009.

After her change in relationship status on Facebook was leaked in March 2012, Kim confirmed that she was dating a Korean-Canadian 16 years her junior. The couple split in 2013.

Filmography Television series Year Title Role 1992 Female Detective 8080 Detective Cha Song-hwa Time of Ardor 1993 Faraway Songba River Lee Ok-im 1993–1994 To the Lovely Others Lee Myung-sook 1994 General Hospital Nurse Joo Kyung-hee M Kim Eun-hee The Last Lover Kim Joo-hee 1995 Little Heroes Yeo-jin 1996 Sibling Relations Lee Guk-hee 1997 The Angel Within Mountain Lee Soo-jung One-Act Play – "Two Mothers" MBC Best Theater – "Solomon's Thieves" 1997–1998 When She Beckons Kim In-hwa/Jang In-young 1998 Love Lee So-jin 1998–1999 See and See Again Eun-joo I Hate You, But It's Fine Letters Written on a Cloudy Day 1999 MBC Best Theater – "Once in a Lifetime" 1999–2000 Sweet Bride Min-hee 2000 Bad Friends Lee Sang-eun MBC Best Theater – "Dong-bo's Bluebird" Ji-soo 2000–2001 Full of Sun Park Ji-sook Foolish Princes Joo Jang-mi 2001 Wind from the Straits Legend Yoon Seo-yeon 2002 Sunshine Hunting Song Hee-ju 2002–2003 Like a Flowing River Park Sang-hee 2003 First Love Yoon Seo-gyung 2004–2005 The Age of Heroes Park So-sun 2008 Women in the Sun Shin Do-young/Kim Han-sook 2010–2011 The King of Legend Buyeo Hwa 2012 Love Again Uhm Ji-hyun 2013 One Warm Word Song Mi-kyung 2016 Memory Seo Yeong-joo 2016–2017 Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth Queen Mother Jiso 2017–2018 A Korean Odyssey Na Chal-nyeo 2018 Where Stars Land Yang Seo-gun 2020 365: Repeat the Year Lee Shin 2021 High Class Nam Ji-seon 2024Romance in the House Keum Ae-yeon

Film Year Title Role 2005 This Charming Girl Jeong-hae Murder, Take One Jung Yun-jung (cameo) Love Talk Jeong-hae (cameo) 2006 Romance Yun-hee Traces of Love Seo Min-joo Solace Lee Hye-ran 2011 Come Rain, Come Shine Woman next door (cameo) 2015 Gangnam Blues Min Seong-hee 2016 Woo-joo's Christmas Sung Woo-joo 2018 Intimate Strangers Ye-jin

Variety shows

Music video appearances Year Song title Artist 1999 "Are You Going" Jinju 2001 "Should I Say I Love You Again?" Kim Dong-ryool 2004 "Memory Loss" Gummy 2006 "That Man, That Woman" Vibe

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1997 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress When She Beckons 1998 MBC Drama Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) See and See Again 2002 SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Like a Flowing River 2005 18th Singapore International Film Festival Best Actress This Charming Girl 41st Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actress 42nd Grand Bell Awards Best New Actress 6th Busan Film Critics Awards Best New Actress 26th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best New Actress 4th Korean Film Awards Best New Actress 2006 Mnet KM Music Festival Best Actress in a Music Video That Man, That Woman 2007 6th Korean Film Awards Best Actress Solace 2008 KBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress Women of the Sun 2009 45th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actress (TV) 2011 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama The King of Legend 2014 50th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actress (TV) One Warm Word SBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special 2018SBS Drama AwardsExcellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday DramaWhere Stars Land