Korean series and films have recently become available to Russian viewers. However, they immediately came to his taste, not least due to the peculiar, sophisticated beauty of Korean actresses. Kim So Yeon has especially many fans among Russians.
Biography: childhood and youth
The future star of Korean television series was born on November 2, 1980. She showed independence from a young age, and when she turned 14, without the consent of her parents, she took part in the Miss Binggrae beauty contest. The experience turned out to be successful, as Kim So Young managed to win the sympathy of the jury, and she won first place. As the actress herself later said, before going to the podium, she had to brighten her eyes with an ordinary stationery marker, because unlike the many rivals who came to the contest with their mothers and an arsenal of everything they needed, she didn’t even have any makeup.
The girl was immediately noticed and began to be invited to shoot in popular children's television shows. In particular, in 1994, the series “Dinosaur Teacher” was released. The debut turned out to be successful, and the cute face of Kim So Yun (born in 1980) began to flicker on TV screens more and more often.
In addition, an interesting fact: the actress became the first Korean teenager to earn 100 million won by acting in commercials.
First success
In her interviews, the actress often complained that due to the fact that she looks older than her years, she is invited to adult roles. In particular, in 2000, Kim So Yeon (actress, born in 1980) played in two television series at once, such as "Mom and Sister" and "All About Eve." The latest project brought her fame not only in Korea, where he beat all popularity ratings, but also in other countries. However, since the girl played a heroine with a harsh character, they began to offer her the roles of a similar plan in the future, and then her career went up.
Chinese period
The decrease in the number of job offers led to the fact that Kim So Young (actress, born in 1980) decided to try her luck abroad. To this end, she went to Hong Kong, where she starred in the film by the director Tsui Hark "Seven Swords." It was based on the television series of the same name, a series of comics and a video game. In the film, the actress (1980, Kim So Young) played the role of a noble Korean girl turned into a slave. However, this role did not bring her the expected success, as well as participation in the Chinese television drama "Just a Beautiful Flying Butterfly." At the same time, the reasons were related more to the projects themselves, and not to the game of Kim So Yeon.
Break
Frustrated by the failures at home and abroad, the actress (1980, Kim So Young) decided to take a creative break. For three years, the girl pondered whether she wants to continue her career in the cinema or if she is better off looking for another area to realize her talents. Finally, she still decided to return to the big screen, and her first work after a pause was the series “Gourmet”, which tells about the rivalry of two young people - talented cooks, who are also stepbrothers.
Iris
Kim So Young (actress, 1980), films with which at that time were very popular among people of different ages in South Korea, simply got sick with the desire to get a role in a spy series about young people who want to combine the two halves of their homeland. A project called "Iris" were supposed to begin filming in 2009. To get an invitation, the girl made a short hairstyle and visited the gym for several months in order to get herself in proper shape. As a result, she went through a hard casting and played the role of North Korean spy Kim Seon-hwa. At the same time, although her character was not originally a key figure, thanks to the talent of the girl, the scriptwriters increased the number of episodes, as this was required by the audience.
2010 year
This period was one of the most fruitful in the creative career of Kim So Yeon.
So, after filming in the first season of the film “Iris”, the girl began acting in the TV project “Princess Prosecutor” (“Charming Prosecutor”), which consists of 16 episodes. The painting was recognized as successful, as well as the performance of Kim So Yeon as Ma Hye-ri. This was followed by participation in the "sports and hospital" drama "Doctor Champ", in which the actress played a girl doctor who is "torn" between a colleague in love with her and a judo patient. However, of the projects in which Kim So-young took part in 2010, viewers rated her participation in 3 episodes of the series “Athena: Goddess of War” the most. This television project was created by the same team as Iris, and some characters continued their existence in the new picture. By the way, after a while a sequel of these projects was released. In the film “Iris II, ” Kim So-young again appeared in front of the audience in her favorite role as North Korean spy Kim Sung-hwa.
Russian coffee
Although Kim So Yong has starred mainly in television series, she also has several successful roles in films shown on the big screen. So, in 2012, the actress appeared in front of the audience in the image of a Japanese barista in the film "Russian Coffee". He talks about events taking place in the Far East at the very beginning of the 20th century. On the eve of the Russo-Japanese War, King Joseon (the old name of Korea) Kojon takes refuge in the Russian embassy. Adventurers Tanya (Kim So Yong) and Ilyich are recruited there by the Japanese. As a child, the girl’s father insisted on teaching her the Russian language, so she was happy to be accepted to the embassy as barista. There she meets the emperor, whom she is entrusted with poisoning. But after learning the truth about the death of her father, the girl refuses to fulfill the task of Japanese intelligence.
Being an extremely responsible person, in preparation for the filming of Kim So Yeon, films with the participation of which she enjoy watching in Russia, for 2 months she learned how to make coffee and studied the basics of the Russian language. As a result, she very convincingly played the role of Tanya, earning praise from the audience and critics.
Further career
Korea’s rich history has more than once become a source of inspiration for screenwriters. In 2012, the television series “The Great Seer” was released on television, which tells about the events that took place in the medieval state of Koryo. In the picture, the girl was assigned to play the role of a doctor, with whom she coped with her inherent talent. The series was quite successful and was shown not only in Korea, but also in many other countries, which made Kim So Yeong recognizable in foreign countries.
Last works
In 2013, the actress (1980, Kim So Young) took part in another project So Hyun Ken, in which she starred in "Charming Attorney" - in the series "Two weeks." In it, she again got the role of the adamant guardian of the rule of law. But this time, the character embodied by the actress (1980, Kim So Young) helps an innocent prisoner in the fight for justice.
Of the actress’s recent works, one can also note the project of Korea’s most famous cable television “Falling in Love with Song Jung”, launched in 2015. In it, she played the role of secretary, who understands that the boss is not indifferent to her. It would seem like a normal story, but not so simple. It turns out that the heart was transplanted to the young man, which now determines the behavior of his "owner". So, “cracker” gradually becomes a person who is not afraid to show his feelings.
