Shim Eun-kyung
Biography
Shim Eun-kyung is a South Korean actress who was born on May 31, 1994, in Gangneung, Gangwon, South Korea. Active in acting with fifty-four known credits on the Movie Database, she has starred in a number of films and television dramas. Her notable film work includes the blockbusters Sunny in 2011, Masquerade in 2012, and Miss Granny in 2014. She also starred in the Japanese film The Journalist in 2019, which earned her the Japanese Academy Award for Best Actress, marking a first for any Korean.
Career overview
Shim Eun-kyung is a South Korean actress born on May 31, 1994, in Gangneung, Gangwon, South Korea. Her stage name in Korean is written as 심은경, and she is also known as Sim Eun-kyeong and Sim. Active in the entertainment industry with a known total of 54 credits, she has built a substantial career starring in a variety of films and television dramas.
Among her notable film roles are appearances in several blockbusters. She starred in the 2011 film Sunny, the 2012 film Masquerade, and the 2014 film Miss Granny. In addition to her work in South Korean cinema, she expanded her career internationally by starring in the 2019 Japanese film The Journalist. Her performance in this Japanese production earned her the Japanese Academy Award for Best Actress, marking a first for any Korean actress.
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- Mad Concrete Dreams (2026) as Yo-na
- Chicken Sisters (2026) as Self
- Queen of Mars (2025) as Gare-J0517
- Two Seasons, Two Strangers (2025) as Lee
- The Killers (2024) as Joo-eun / So-min / Model / Sunshine
- Sohn's Questions (2024) as Self
- The Killers-Special Track (2024)
- One Day Off (2023) as Lee Jin-sol
- Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times? (2023) as Song Ha Young
- Just an Excuse (2022) as Self
- Seven Secretaries Special (2022) as Saran Park
- 7 Secretaries: The Movie (2022) as Saran Park
- Anonymous: Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department "Finger Murder" Countermeasure Office (2021) as Sena Kuraki
- Ultramarine Area (2021) as Kim Jun-hee
- Garden of Camellias (2021) as Nagisa
- Money Game (2020) as Lee Hye-Joon
- Seven Secretaries (2020) as Saran Park
- Fictitious OL Diary (2020) as So-yeon
- How Do You Play? (2019) as Self
- Blue Hour (2019) as Asami Kiyoura
- The Journalist (2019) as Erika Yoshioka
- You Quiz on the Block (2018) as Self
- Psychokinesis (2018) as Shin Roo-mi
- The Princess and the Matchmaker (2018) as Princess Songhwa
- Fabricated City (2017) as Yeo-wool
- The Mayor (2017) as Park Kyeong
- Train to Busan (2016) as Stowaway
- Missing You (2016) as Hee-ju
- Seoul Station (2016) as Hye-sun (voice)
- Sori: Voice from the Heart (2016) as Sori (voice)
- Queen of Walking (2016) as Man-bok
- Miss Granny (2014) as Oh Mal-soon / Oh Doo-ri
- Naeil's Cantabile (2014) as Seol Naeil
- Masquerade (2012) as Court Lady Sa-wol
- Seo Taiji Record of the 8th - 398 (2012) as Narrator (voice)
- Sunny (2011) as Young Na-mi
- Romantic Heaven (2011) as Boob-I
- Earth Rep Rolling Stars (2011) as Sooji (voice)
- Running Man (2010)
- The Great Merchant (2010) as Yi Hong (young)
- Bad Guy (2010) as Moon Won-in
- The Quiz Show Scandal (2010) as Kim Yeo-na
- Hello Murderer (2010) as Kim Ha-Rin
- Hilarious Housewives (2009) as Eun-kyung
- Possessed (2009) as So-jin
- Kangoku no Ohimesama (2009) as Jo Kyung Sook
- Women of the Sun (2008) as Shin Do-young (young)
- The Legend (2007) as Sujini (young)
- Hansel & Gretel (2007) as Young-hee
- Hwang Jin Yi (2006) as Hwang Jini (young)
- Thomas Ahn Joong-Keun (2004) as Ahn Jung-geun's daughter
- Guns & Talks (2001) as Little Girl with Toy Bunny
- Day and Night
- Starlight Falls as Lee Hyun-jung B