My Take
Claudia Kim is one of those rare performers who managed to plant a foot in two very different worlds and look completely at home in both. She broke out in Korean dramas, graduated from Ewha Womans University, and then somehow landed herself in the Marvel universe in Avengers: Age of Ultron, which is a pretty wild leap by anyone's standards. Her role as the Serpent Nagini in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald got a lot of attention — partly because the part had real dramatic weight, partly because she carried it with this quiet, unsettling grace. Then she came back to Korean screens in Gyeongseong Creature, which showed she hasn't lost a step at home either. She's never been the loudest name in any room, but I think that's kind of the point — she lets the work do the talking, and the work is consistently good.
Overview
Kim Soo-hyun (Korean: 김수현; born 25 January 1985), better known by the stage name Claudia Kim (클로디아 킴), is a South Korean actress and model. She has appeared in Western films such as Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), The Dark Tower (2017), and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), as well as in Korean dramas such as Queen of the Game (2006–2007), Gyeongseong Creature (2023–2024), and The Atypical Family (2…
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Claudia Kim
- Name (Japanese)
- スヒョン
- Reading
- すひょん
- Born
- January 25, 1985 (age 41)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Ox
- Origin
- Seoul, South Korea
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / model / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Ewha Womans University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.