Kim Ye-won is a famous South Korean actress and singer.
Wiki/Biography
Kim Ye-won was born as ‘Kim Shin-ah’ on Friday, December 11, 1987 (age 35, as of 2022) in Seongnam, a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Her zodiac sign is Sagittarius. She studied at the Theater and Film Department of Chung-Ang University in Seoul.
Physical appearance
- Height: 5’6″ (168cm)
- Hair color: Black
- Eye colour: Black
Family and ethnicity
His family lives in Seattle, USA. She has an elder named Kim Mina.
Kim Ye-won with her father as a child
Kim Ye-won with her mother
Kim Ye-won and her sister
Career
Agency
- JYP Entertainment (2015-2018)
- Company of Artists (2018–present)
As an actress
In 2008, she debuted in the Ghost series, “Hometown Legends” in the first episode as “Cho-ah”.
Kim Ye-won in Hometown Legends
She acted in famous K-dramas like I Need Romance (2012), The Innocent Man (2012) Who Are You? (2013), Don’t Dare To Dream (2015), Tomorrow, With You (2017), Suspicious Partner (2017), Rich Man (2018) and Welcome to Waikiki 2 (2019). She made her film debut with the film “A Tale of Legendary Libido” (2008) as “Dal-Gaeng”.
Kim Ye-won in I Need Romance (2012)
Kim Ye-won in A Tale of Legendary Libido as Dal-gaeng
She also starred in the films Sunny (2011), Horror Stories (2012), Take Off 2 (2015) and Door Lock (2018). She made her theater debut with the musical “Like Rain Like Music” (2010) as “Jung-Hwa/Sang-mi”. She performed in a few musicals like December (2013-2014), Goong (2014), All Shook Up (2014) and Jack the Ripper (2016).
Other work
She sang the OSTS for many K-dramas and movies, the first being “Bird” from the movie “The Accidental Gangster and the Mistaken Courtesan” (2008). She voiced the famous drama ost, “Dahlia of Sadness”, Although you are a nice person, This coalition, What a fool, and I swear. She also hosted the radio show Volume Up broadcast on KBS Cool FM.
Kim Ye-won in Volume Up
Favorites
- Fruit: The Peach
- To drink: Coffee
- Artist: Edgard Degas
- travel destinations: Paris
Facts and stories
- She likes to dance, travel and visit art galleries.
Kim Ye-won visits an art gallery
- In 2009, she made an appearance in the music video for ‘Women Are Just Like That’ by famous Korean actor and singer Kim Dong-hee.
- At the 9th Daegu International Musical Festival Awards in 2015, she received the award for Musical Actor of the Year.
- She is non-vegetarian.
Kim Ye-won eats eggs
- She has two pet dogs, Louis and Swing.
Kim Ye-won with her dog
Kim Ye-won with her pet dog
- She can play the piano.
Kim Ye-won at the piano
- Kim Ye-won likes to drink alcohol once in a while.
Kim Ye-won drinking champagne
- Her first Instagram photo was posted on May 5, 2015. It was a photo of herself.
Kim Ye-won’s first photo on Instagram
