Shin Min-a

What impresses me most about Shin Min-a is how she refused to coast on the model looks that made her famous. After debuting in 2000, she could have stayed a pretty face, yet she kept stretching into comedy, romance, and quietly grounded drama across two decades. The fact that she remains a leading name well into her career tells me she is one of the most disciplined craftspeople in Korean television. I find her appealing precisely because her warmth on screen never feels manufactured; it feels lived-in, and that is far harder to sustain than first stardom.

Name (English)

Shin Min-a

Name (Japanese)

シン・ミナ

Reading

しん・みな

Born

April 5, 1984 (age 42)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rat

Origin

Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

Occupation

actor / film actor / model / television actor

High school

Hyosung High School

University

Dongguk University

• Official sitehttp://www.shinmina.co.kr
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/illusomina/
• Xhttps://x.com/officialminah
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin%20Min-a
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%8A
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464569

Tags

• Gyeonggi Province
• actor
• film actor
• model

Last updated

2026-06-17

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.