My Take
Kim So-hyun is one of those rare performers who managed to grow up entirely on screen and actually come out the other side as a genuinely compelling adult actress — no small feat in the Korean entertainment industry. I first noticed her in Who Are You: School 2015, where she was doing the whole dual-role thing at just sixteen and somehow pulling it off with way more emotional weight than most veterans could manage. Then she goes and anchors Love Alarm, which had a premise just wild enough to fail, and she makes it work through sheer sincerity. River Where the Moon Rises showed she could hold a sweeping historical epic on her shoulders too. She's versatile, she's consistent, and honestly she never gets quite enough credit for how technically skilled she is at conveying quiet suffering. I'm genuinely curious where she goes next.
Overview
Kim So-hyun (Korean: 김소현; born 4 June 1999) is a South Korean actress. She is known for her leading roles in the youth drama Who Are You: School 2015 (2015), historical melodramas The Emperor: Owner of the Mask (2017) and River Where the Moon Rises (2021), romantic drama Love Alarm (2019), and the action-comedy Good Boy (2025).
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kim So-hyun
- Name (Japanese)
- キム・ソヒョン
- Reading
- きむ・そひょん
- Born
- June 4, 1999 (age 26)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Rabbit
- Origin
- Australia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / model / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Hanyang University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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.