Kim So-yeon (born November , ) is a South Korean actress. She is best
known for starring in a number of well-known television series,
notably All About Eve (), Iris (), Prosecutor Princess (), and Happy
Home.Kim So-yeon broke into the entertainment industry in at the age
of by entering the Miss Binggrae beauty pageant without her parents'
approval. Then in her second year of middle school, she used a marker
pen as her eyeliner and ended up winning the top prize. Not long after
her acting debut in Dinosaur Teacher, the teen actress starred in
popular TV shows such as Reporting for Duty () and Soonpoong Clinic
(), while hosting the music program Inkigayo and appearing in numerous
commercials (Kim was the first Korean teen star to earn more than â‚©
million from commercial modeling). Because of her preternaturally
mature looks and poise, she was often cast in older roles, notably as
a manipulative, villainous anchorwoman in All About Eve, which drew a
peak viewership rating of .% when it aired in .But being typecast as
prim, cold-hearted characters had a negative effect on Kim's career,
and her fame went downhill in the mid-s. Her attempt to crossover to
China via Hong Kong director Tsui Hark's wuxia film Seven Swords (in
which she played a Joseon noblewoman-turned-slave) and the Chinese
dramas Just Like a Beautiful Flying Butterfly and Anhui Merchants also
proved unsuccessful. So Kim took a break for three years to ponder
whether she wanted to continue being an actress. She returned to
television in with Gourmet (adapted from Huh Young-man's titular
manhwa) and found acting fun for the first time.A year later, Kim's
career resurgence began with the big-budget series Iris. She cut
short her trademark long hair and worked hard on her action scenes to
look convincing in her role as a North Korean spy, and she drew praise
for her portrayal of a tough woman conflicted about her loyalty to her
country and her love for a South Korean agent. Kim later reprised the
role in the re-edited cut Iris the Movie, the series' spin-off Athena:
Goddess of War () and sequel Iris II ().
known for starring in a number of well-known television series,
notably All About Eve (), Iris (), Prosecutor Princess (), and Happy
Home.Kim So-yeon broke into the entertainment industry in at the age
of by entering the Miss Binggrae beauty pageant without her parents'
approval. Then in her second year of middle school, she used a marker
pen as her eyeliner and ended up winning the top prize. Not long after
her acting debut in Dinosaur Teacher, the teen actress starred in
popular TV shows such as Reporting for Duty () and Soonpoong Clinic
(), while hosting the music program Inkigayo and appearing in numerous
commercials (Kim was the first Korean teen star to earn more than â‚©
million from commercial modeling). Because of her preternaturally
mature looks and poise, she was often cast in older roles, notably as
a manipulative, villainous anchorwoman in All About Eve, which drew a
peak viewership rating of .% when it aired in .But being typecast as
prim, cold-hearted characters had a negative effect on Kim's career,
and her fame went downhill in the mid-s. Her attempt to crossover to
China via Hong Kong director Tsui Hark's wuxia film Seven Swords (in
which she played a Joseon noblewoman-turned-slave) and the Chinese
dramas Just Like a Beautiful Flying Butterfly and Anhui Merchants also
proved unsuccessful. So Kim took a break for three years to ponder
whether she wanted to continue being an actress. She returned to
television in with Gourmet (adapted from Huh Young-man's titular
manhwa) and found acting fun for the first time.A year later, Kim's
career resurgence began with the big-budget series Iris. She cut
short her trademark long hair and worked hard on her action scenes to
look convincing in her role as a North Korean spy, and she drew praise
for her portrayal of a tough woman conflicted about her loyalty to her
country and her love for a South Korean agent. Kim later reprised the
role in the re-edited cut Iris the Movie, the series' spin-off Athena:
Goddess of War () and sequel Iris II ().
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