Kim Ji-hyun

Kim Ji-hyun is the kind of actress who makes Korean drama feel three-dimensional. She rarely chases the lead role, but her presence in projects like Thirty-Nine and The Smile Has Left Your Eyes signals a performer trusted to hold a scene together. Trained at the Korea National University of Arts and comfortable across film and stage, she has the grounding that separates durable actors from fleeting faces. I value people like her precisely because they are not loud about it; they quietly raise the quality of everything around them. That craftsmanship deserves far more recognition than it usually gets.

Name (English)

Kim Ji-hyun

Name (Japanese)

キム・ジヒョン

Reading

きむ・じひょん

Born

January 2, 1982 (age 44)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dog

Origin

Ulsan, South Gyeongsang, South Korea

Occupation

actor / film actor / stage actor

University

Korea National University of Arts

• Official sitehttps://vibeactors.com/kimjihyun
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kimjihyuning/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20Ji-hyun%20(actress)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69696463

Tags

• South Gyeongsang
• actor
• film actor
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-23

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.