Lim Ji-yeon

Lim Ji-yeon is one of those actors you clock immediately as someone who lives inside a character rather than just performing it. I first really noticed her in Obsessed (2014) — a bold debut that earned her Best New Actress recognition at the Grand Bell Awards — but she absolutely detonated on the global stage with The Glory (2022–23), where she played a sadistic school bully with such terrifying commitment that you genuinely felt uncomfortable watching her smile. She trained at Korea National University of Arts, and that craft shows: she doesn't coast on looks or charm, she goes places emotionally that a lot of actors simply won't. I'm rooting for her to keep pushing into darker, stranger territory because that's clearly where she thrives.

Name (English)

Lim Ji-yeon

Name (Japanese)

イム・ジヨン

Reading

いむ・じよん

Born

June 23, 1990 (age 36)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Horse

Origin

South Korea, United States

Occupation

actor / film actor

University

Korea National University of Arts

• Official sitehttps://www.sim2005.co.kr/bbs/minihome_lim_jiyeon_new.html
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/limjjy2/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim%20Ji-yeon
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A8%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16865262

Tags

• actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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