Kim Sun-young
Biography
Kim Sun-young is a South Korean actress born on April 10, 1976, in Yeongdeok, North Gyeonsang, South Korea. Her stage name is 김선영, and she is also known as Kim Seon-. Active in acting with eighty-one known credits, she has performed in numerous popular dramas including Reply 1988, Because This is My First Life, Romance is a Bonus Book, When the Camellia Blooms, Vagabond, Crash Landing On You, and Backstreet Rookie. Kim won the Best Supporting Actress award at the Chunsa Film Art Awards and the Wildflower Film Awards for her performance in Communications and Lies. Additionally, she received the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 56th Baeksang Arts Awards for her role in Crash Landing On You.
Career overview
Kim Sun-young is a South Korean actress born on April 10, 1976, in Yeongdeok, North Gyeonsang, South Korea. Her stage name is 김선영, and she is also known as Kim Seon-. With eighty-one known credits in acting listed on her professional profile, she has established a prominent career in television dramas and film.
Her television work includes appearances in several popular dramas. She performed in Reply 1988 in 2015, Because This is My First Life in 2018, and Romance is a Bonus Book in 2019. Her other television credits from 2019 are When the Camellia Blooms, Vagabond, and Crash Landing On You, followed by Backstreet Rookie in 2020.
Kim has earned recognition and awards for her film and television performances. She won the Best Supporting Actress award at both the Chunsa Film Art Awards and the Wildflower Film Awards for her work in Communications and Lies. Additionally, she received the Best Supporting Actress award at the 56th Baeksang Arts Awards for her role in Crash Landing On You.
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- Sugar (2026) as Investigator
- Portrait of a Family (2026) as Hwang Ji-sook
- The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call (2025) as Kang Myeong-hui
- Confidence Queen (2025) as Lee Seon-mi
- Our Unwritten Seoul (2025) as Yeom Bun-hong
- The Price of Confession (2025) as Wal-Sun
- Aema (2025) as Anga Madam
- Love, Take Two (2025) as Kim Sun-young
- Love: Track (2025) as Park Yeong-mi
- Reply 1988 10th Anniversary (2025) as Self
- Kimchi (2025) as Park Yeong-mi
- No Gain No Love (2024) as Um So-Hye
- Exhuma (2024) as Oh Gwang-sim
- A Virtuous Business (2024) as Seo Yeong-bok
- Hijack 1971 (2024) as Young-sook
- Queen of Divorce (2024) as Son Jang-mi
- Actors Reunion (2024) as Self
- The Bek Show: End of Civilization (2024)
- Doona! (2023) as Doona's mom
- Crash Course in Romance (2023) as Cho Su-hui
- Queenmaker (2023) as Kim Hwa-soo
- Concrete Utopia (2023) as Geum-ae
- Love Reset (2023) as Jung-yeol's Mom
- Dream Palace (2023) as Hye-jeong
- Brave Detectives (2022) as Self - Host
- Broker (2022) as Orphanage Director's Wife
- Stock Struck (2022) as Jung Hang-ja
- Return to Seoul (2022) as Aunt
- Life Is Beautiful (2022) as Jeong-ah
- The Game Caterers (2021) as Self
- The Silent Sea (2021) as Hong Ga-young
- Three Sisters (2021) as Hee-sook
- Hospital Playlist (2020) as Shop Owner's Wife
- Backstreet Rookie (2020) as Gong Boon-hee
- Homemade Love Story (2020) as Lee Man-jung
- The Day I Died: Unclosed Case (2020) as Min-jung
- Winter's Night (2020) as Hae-ran
- Crash Landing on You (2019) as Na Wol-sook
- Vagabond (2019) as Gye Sun Ja [Restaurant Owner / Secret Agent]
- When the Camellia Blooms (2019) as Park Chan-suk
- Her Private Life (2019) as Eom So-hye
- Romance Is a Bonus Book (2019) as Seo Young-a
- At Eighteen (2019) as Soo-Bin's mother
- MAL·MO·E: The Secret Mission (2019) as Ku Ja-young
- Juror 8 (2019) as Cleaning Fairy
- Trade Your Love (2019) as Cho Su-jung
- Socialization - Understanding of Dance (2019) as Han Soo Ji's Mother
- Movie Room (2018) as Self
- Dear My Room (2018) as Jung So-yeon
- Just Dance (2018) as Park Shi-Young
- Longing Heart (2018) as Shin-Woo's mother
- Miss Baek (2018) as Jang-seop's Sister
- Mothers (2018) as Yeon-hwa
- Herstory (2018) as President Shin
- Because This Is My First Life (2017) as Kim Hyun-ja
- Lookout (2017) as Lee Soon-Ae
- Hospital Ship (2017) as Oh Mi-Jung
- Girls' Generation 1979 (2017) as Jung-hee's mother
- One-Line (2017) as Assistant Manager Hong
- Happy Bus Day (2017) as Sun-young
- Communication & Lies (2017) as Private institute head/Supermarket owner
- My Little Old Boy (2016)
- Wanted (2016) as Oh Mi-Ok
- Shopaholic Louis (2016) as Heo Jung-Ran
- Ms. Temper & Nam Jung Gi (2016) as Han Young-Mi
- Missing (2016) as Massage Parlor Owner
- Men on a Mission (2015) as Self
- Reply 1988 (2015) as Kim Sun-young
- Enemies In-Law (2015) as Teacher
- The Long Way Home (2015) as Middle-aged Woman
- Hotel King (2014) as So Moon-jung
- Pinocchio (2014) as Elder woman on the bench
- Ode to My Father (2014) as Store Owner
- Another Family (2014) as Lee Ok-yeon
- Drama Festival (2013) as Young Ae
- Baeksang Arts Awards (2012) as Self
- Love Clinique (2012) as Lee Hyung-ja
- KBS Drama Special (2010)
- Ice Bar (2006) as Choon-ja
- Moral Family