Actress Yunjin Kim: roles and facts

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:48

Yunjin Kim is an American and South Korean actress who rose to prominence after her role as Sung Kwon in the hit TV series Lost. The article will tell about her other film works and the details of her personal life.

Childhood and youth

The future actress was born in 1973 in Seoul. When the girl was ten, she and her family moved to America. She had to get used to the new conditions of life and learn another language, but Kim showed perseverance and diligence. She felt an interest in art and enrolled in the school drama club. After graduating from school, Yunjin Kim continued her education at the London Academy of Acting, and then at the prestigious Boston University. There she immersed herself in the study of English literature, which influenced the formation of her personality, and also improved her vocabulary.

Movie roles

The first role for Kim was found in the TV series "Great Vacation", filmed in 1997. Then the girl decides to return to her homeland, to Korea, where she almost immediately receives an offer to star in the serial films "Wedding Dress" and "With Love". The actress made her feature debut in the 1999 Korean action movie Shiri. Then Yunjin Kim played in a whole series of films: "Jinko", "Yesterday", "Iron Palm". Her very interesting dramatic work is the film "Passion" about the vicious relationship of a married woman, released in 2002.

"Staying alive" as the pinnacle of popularity

In 2004, the actress returns to America and finds out that the creators of the upcoming series about the crashed plane are interested in her candidacy. Yunjin Kim happily accepts the role. She will play the Korean Sung Kwon, who is experiencing difficulties in relations with her husband. This project was the cult series "Lost", which received a whole collection of eminent awards, including "Emmy" and "Golden Globe". Kim herself was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting TV Actress. Her heroine Sung Kwon turned out to be very touching, tender and able to love truly, with all her heart.

Sung's relationship with her husband Jin is not easy. He is the son of an ordinary fisherman. She is the daughter of an influential and dangerous Korean businessman who received an excellent education. Yunjin Kim, whose biography was divided into two separate small lives after moving to New York, perfectly demonstrated her command of English and Korean in the image of her character. It is noteworthy that Kim gave Korean lessons to her on-screen lover Daniel Dae Kim, who spoke it much worse. The actress was able to show the nuances of her character's feelings, Sun's inner conflict, hersuffering and hope.

Flashbacks, which are endowed with the story of each hero, show that Sun cheated on her husband. Constant reminders of their social inequality, distrust and coldness have split their relationship. Sun's acquaintance with another passenger on the crashed plane, Michael, makes Jin jealous and resentful. However, once on an island far from civilization, the couple, as if from above, gets a good chance to start all over again. It is in this miraculous place that Sun finally succeeds in getting pregnant. Kim was able to convey the boundless happiness of her character. Her acting gift is beyond doubt, and the naturalness of the reincarnations is surprising.

Subsequent roles

Kim Yunjin, who starred in films before Lost, has attracted increased attention from directors since her fateful role. She managed to appear in the films "Seven Days", "Two Sisters", "Heartbeat". These were the creations of Korean filmmakers, but in 2012 Yunjin Kim was invited to another project of the American ABC television channel called "Mistresses". It was a series again, but this time about four friends and their action-packed novels. One of Kim's partners in the filming was Alice Milano, the star of another legendary mystical series "Charmed". Four seasons of the project were filmed - in 2016, the channel's management decided to stop work on the series. However, Kim Yunjin did not stay away from the cinema for a long time. In early April, the release of an unusual and mystic althe picture "House out of time", where the actress again plays the main role.

Private life

Yunjin Kim, whose photo leaves no doubt about her extraordinary, partly royal and noble beauty, in 2011 became the face of the Korean representative office of the Loreal brand. She is regularly filmed for fashionable glossy publications. At 43, Kim manages to look very fresh, as well as maintain a truly girlish subtlety of the figure. Unfortunately for many admirers, the charming actress is married. Many predicted her an affair with Lost partner Daniel Dae Kim, but she linked her life with her former manager Jung Hyuk Park. The wedding ceremony took place on a Hawaiian island in 2010, just after filming ended on the final episode of Lost. The couple is in no hurry to become parents, but perhaps everything is ahead. In the meantime, the actress pays special attention to her acting career and takes on new interesting roles with pleasure.