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Kang So-ra

Acting Born Feb 18, 1990 Seoul, South Korea 24 credits

Biography

Kang So-ra is a South Korean actress.

Kang made her acting debut in the 2009 thriller movie 4th Period Mystery, but rose to fame when she starred in the 2011 blockbuster Sunny, a coming-of-age film about a group of high school girls growing up in the 1980s. This was followed by leading roles in television dramas, such as teen musical Dream High 2 (2012), and family drama Ugly Alert (2013). Kang also appeared on the third season of We Got Married, a reality show which pairs up celebrities into fake "married" couples; her partner was Leeteuk from the K-pop group Super Junior.

Kang gained increased recognition after starring in two hit series in 2014; medical drama Doctor Stranger (2014) and workplace dramedy Misaeng: Incomplete Life (2014); Doctor Stranger was a success in China with 400 million views and Misaeng: Incomplete Life was dubbed a "cultural phenomenon" in South Korea. This was followed by lead roles in romantic comedy Warm and Cozy (2015) together with Yoo Yeon-seok, legal drama My Lawyer, Mr. Jo (2016), and romantic comedy Revolutionary Love (2017) alongside Choi Si-won from the k-pop group Super Junior.

In 2019, Kang returned to the big screen in the cycling film Uhm Bok-dong.

In 2020, Kang starred in the comedy film Secret Zoo, based on the webtoon of the same name. She plays a veterinarian who pretends to be a lion. The same year, she was cast in the romance melodrama film Rain And Your Story.

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Known for

Running Man

as Self

Men on a Mission

as Self

Incomplete Life

as Ahn Young-yi

Doctor Stranger

as Oh Soo-hyun

Full filmography

  • Running Man (2010) as Self
  • Men on a Mission (2015) as Self
  • We Got Married (2008) as Self
  • Dream High (2011) as Shin Hae-sung
  • Incomplete Life (2014) as Ahn Young-yi
  • Ugly Alert (2013) as Na Do-hee
  • The Beauty Inside (2018) as Actress
  • My Lawyer, Mr. Jo (2016) as Lee Eun-Jo
  • MBC Music Festival (2005) as Self - Host
  • Doctor Stranger (2014) as Oh Soo-hyun
  • MBC Entertainment Awards (2001) as Self - MC
  • Rude Miss Young Ae (2007) as Kang So-Ra
  • Warm and Cozy (2015) as Lee Jung-joo
  • Revolutionary Love (2017) as Baek Joon
  • May Food Bless You (2018) as Self
  • Secret Zoo (2020) as Han So-won
  • Sunny (2011) as Young Choon-hwa
  • Strangers Again (2023) as Oh Ha-ra
  • Dr. Champ (2010) as Kwon Yoo Ri
  • Endless Rain (2021) as Soo-jin
  • Race to Freedom: Um Bok-dong (2019) as Kim Hyung-shin
  • Date My Friend (2025) as Self - Host
  • K-Pop: The Debut (2027)
  • My Paparotti (2013) as Sook-hee