Kim Go-eun

Kim Go-eun is one of those rare actors who can carry a scene by doing almost nothing. Ever since A Muse announced her with that fragile, luminous presence, I've been drawn to how she suppresses rather than projects emotion. From Guardian to Little Women, she trusts silence and the eyes over big theatrics, which to me is the mark of someone who actually trained for this rather than stumbled into fame. With her arts-school grounding and a string of strong choices, I'd bet she stays a fixture of Korean screen acting for a long time. She's a performer I'll keep watching closely.

Name (English)

Kim Go-eun

Name (Japanese)

キム・ゴウン

Reading

きむ・ごうん

Born

July 2, 1991 (age 35)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Goat

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor

High school

Kaywon High School of Arts

University

Korea National University of Arts

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20Go-eun
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6408653

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.