Kim So-yeon

Kim So-yeon is one of those Korean actresses who just keeps leveling up, and I'm genuinely in awe of her range. She got people's attention as a teenager in All About Eve back in 2000, held her own opposite action heavyweights in the spy thriller Iris, won hearts as the charming Prosecutor Princess, and then — two decades into her career — completely stole the show as the calculating villainess Cheon Seo-jin in The Penthouse: War in Life, which became a massive hit. That Penthouse arc especially showed she could do full-on theatrical evil without losing the audience's begrudging love, which is a genuinely rare skill. Dongguk University theater training showing its worth, I'd say.

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Name (English)

Kim So-yeon

Name (Japanese)

キム・ソヨン

Reading

きむ・そよん

Born

November 2, 1980 (age 45)

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Occupation

actor / film actor / stage actor / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Monkey

High school

Ilsandong High School

University

Dongguk University

• Official sitehttp://www.namooactors.com/star/kimsoyeon/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/sysysy1102/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20So-yeon
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%A8%E3%83%B3%20(1980%E5%B9%B4%E7%94%9F%E3%81%AE%E5%A5%B3%E5%84%AA)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464372

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• stage actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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