Kim Sae-ron

Kim Sae-ron is one of those rare performers who carried the weight of expectation from childhood. From A Brand New Life to her stunning turn opposite Won Bin in The Man from Nowhere, she had a quiet, almost unsettling depth that few child actors ever reach, and the early Blue Dragon and Buil awards confirmed it was no fluke. What stays with me is how clearly that talent was visible before adulthood. Her passing in 2025 makes the body of work she left feel even more precious. I'd rather remember the artistry on screen than the noise around it, and let the performances speak.

Name (English)

Kim Sae-ron

Name (Japanese)

キム・セロン

Reading

きむ・せろん

Born

July 31, 2000 (age 26)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Dragon

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor / child actor

Awards & achievements

• 2014 Blue Dragon Film Awards
• 2016 Korea Drama Awards
• 2010 Buil Film Awards
• 2015 Golden Rooster Awards
• 2021 KBS Drama Awards
• 2010 Korean Film Awards
• 2011 Max Movie Awards, South Korea

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ron_sae/
• Xhttps://x.com/yuk0731
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20Sae-ron
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q486959

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-11

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