My Take
Go Ara is one of those rare performers who started as a model and actually made the acting transition stick — and then some. I first noticed her in Reply 1994, where she held her own in an ensemble that had no business being that charming, and she's been quietly building a genuinely varied resume ever since. Hwarang showed she could do sweeping period drama, Black proved she wasn't afraid of dark genre material, and Ms. Hammurabi let her dig into something with real social weight. She doesn't always get the headlines that some of her generation command, but every time I check in on her work she's clearly taking it seriously. Born in Jinju, trained at Chung-Ang University — she did the work, and it shows.
Overview
Go Ara (Korean: 고아라; born February 11, 1990) is a South Korean actress and model. She is best known for starring in the television series Sharp (2003), Heading to the Ground (2009), Reply 1994 (2013), You're All Surrounded (2014), Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (2016–17), Black (2017), Ms. Hammurabi (2018), Haechi (2019), and Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol (2020).
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Go Ara
- Name (Japanese)
- Ara
- Reading
- 不明
- Born
- February 11, 1990 (age 36)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Horse
- Origin
- Jinju, South Korea
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / model / child actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Chungshin Girls' High School
- University
- Chung-Ang University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://goara.smtown.com
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ara_go_0211/
- Xhttps://x.com/floara211
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ara
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.