Kim Hye-soo

Kim Hye-soo is just one of those performers who makes everything look effortless, and I mean that as the highest compliment. She broke through as a teen sensation in the late '80s, but instead of coasting on that early fame she kept reinventing herself — going from girl-next-door to some of the sharpest, most commanding women on Korean screens. What I love about her is the sheer refusal to be put in a box: she'll do gritty crime drama one year and nuanced melodrama the next, always carrying that signature steel-and-warmth combo that nobody else quite pulls off. She's been in the industry since 1985 and still feels genuinely exciting to watch, which honestly is rarer than it should be.

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Name (English)

Kim Hye-soo

Name (Japanese)

キム・ヘス

Reading

きむ・へす

Born

September 5, 1970 (age 56)

Origin

Busan, South Korea

Height

168 cm

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor / stage actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dog

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/hs_kim_95/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20Hye-soo
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q196223

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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