With quite a dramatic entry into the Spotlight, South Korean sweetheart Kim Go-eun has won several awards and accolades with her debut film. The actress stole the hearts of many after portraying her role as Eun-gyo in the critically acclaimed film – A Muse which was released in 2012. Her stellar performance didn’t just earn her fame, she also won honors including a Blue Dragon Film Award, the Grand Bell Award, and the Korean Association of Film Critics Award. In fact, she won most of the best new actress awards in South Korea the same year she made her debut.
Subsequently, she became a regular face on the big and small screens, appearing in films like Coin Locker Girl (2015) and tvN series Cheese in the Trap, which were also very successful.
Bio, age of Kim Go-eun
The TV sensation was born on July 2, 1991 in the city of Seoul, South Korea. However, her parents moved to Beijing, China in 1994 when she was three years old. The family remained there for about ten years.
Go-eun’s first interest in the entertainment industry was to become a filmmaker. The inspiration came from watching Chen Kaige Ensemble movies more than a few times. She cried every time she saw him and wanted to be a part of the movie world, but instead of pursuing her original dream of becoming a filmmaker, the actress found herself in acting by a stroke of luck. She enrolled in the Korea National University of the Arts drama school in order to further her education.
In 2012, without any acting experience, Kim Go-eun launched her acting career in film. A critically acclaimed muse . It was her ticket to stardom and she took advantage of it. Interestingly, she stumbled upon the role that made her instantly famous after meeting director Jung Ji-woo through friends. She found herself auditioning for the film with no time to prepare. Nonetheless, Go-eun stood out among the 300 actresses who auditioned for the same role. The director described her skills as nothing short of exceptional.
Kim, however, described her first experience in on camera as nerve-wracking. At first, she was a bag of nerves and couldn’t imagine doing it for the rest of her life. However, she got hooked after a few scenes and couldn’t imagine life without performing. Nonetheless, Go-eun saw the need to build herself up academically, which led to a hiatus in her acting career from 2013 to 2015, after which she came back strong. She made her on-screen return in the thriller Monster, tactfully depicting her versatility as an intellectually disabled woman who sought revenge on her murdered sister.
While her debut was impressive, her comeback was even more captivating, with film roles coming at her from all angles. She was cast alongside Kim Hye-soo in Girl’s Coin Locker in 2015 and also received her first invitation to the Cannes Film Festival the same year. His next film appearance was in Memories of the Sword, alongside actress Jeon Do-yeon, who happens to be his role model. Hot on the heels of Memories of the Sword where The Lawyer: A Missing Body and The Canola
Her television debut came in 2016 in the cable series Cheese in the Trap followed by Kim Eun-sook’s fantasy drama Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
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His movies and TV shows
Films she has honored include:
- A Muse (2012) as Han Eun-gyo
- Yeonga (2012) as Yung-ah – Short film
- Butterfly from Neverdie (2013) as Moon Soo-yeon
- Monster (2014) as Bok-soon
- Coin Locker Girl (2015) as Il-young
- Memories of the Sword (2015) as Seol-hee / Hong-yi
- The Advocate: A Missing Body (2015) as Jin Sun-mi
- Canola (2016) as Hye-ji
- Sunset in My Hometown (2018) as Sun-mi
The TV series she has featured in include:
- Cheese in the Trap (2016) as Hong Seol tvN
- Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016-2017) as Ji Eun-tak.
Is Kim Go-eun dating? Who is her boyfriend?
The beautiful actress has been in a relationship with veteran actor, Shin Ha Kyun. Ha Kyun is seventeen, but their relationship has blossomed nonetheless. The couple met while diving and built their friendship to the point of living together.
Nevertheless, the rumor on social media recently talked about their breakup and how Kim Go-eun is now dating her co-star Gong Yoo. Apparently this information holds no water and there is no confirmation of his partner status yet.
Her size
The actress stands at an average height of 1.67m. It is presumed that most of her bodily endowments are natural, as she claims to have had no surgery to alter them.
Other facts about Kim Go-eun
His sun sign is Cancer.
She was born in Seoul, South Korea.
The Korean beauty is a Protestant Christian in terms of religion.
She speaks Korean as well as Mandarin.
Her voice was featured on the track Attraction, by Tearliner. The track was used for the TV drama, Cheese in the Trap which she starred in.
Together by Chen Kaige sparked his interest in the film industry.
She amassed an estimated net worth of $5 million in 2017.
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