South Korean actress
Kim Ok-vin
(
Korean
:
김옥빈
; born 3 January 1987), also known as
Kim Ok-bin
, is a South Korean actress. She made her debut in an online beauty contest in 2004, and began her acting career with a role in the 2005 film
Voice
. She appeared in the
television drama
series
Over the Rainbow
,
and in films such as
Dasepo Naughty Girls
,
The Accidental Gangster and the Mistaken Courtesan
and
The Villainess
. She has received several award nominations, and won Best Actress at the 2009
Sitges Film Festival
for her role in
Thirst
.
Early life
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Kim was born on 3 January 1987 and is the eldest of three siblings.
[1]
[2]
She trained in
martial arts
as a child,
[3]
and has attained third
dan
in
Hapkido
and second dan in
Taekwondo
. She also practices
Muay Thai
[4]
and
boxing
. She is interested in cars and motorcycles, speed racing, building computers, and sports such as soccer and baseball. She is
ambidextrous
.
[3]
Career
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2004?2008: Career beginnings
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Kim made her debut in an online
beauty contest
hosted by
web portal
Naver
in 2004.
[4]
Despite having little prior acting experience, she was cast as one of the three
leads
in the 2005
horror film
Voice
,
[5]
for which she was nominated for Best New Actress at both the
Blue Dragon Film Awards
and
Baeksang Arts Awards
.
[6]
[7]
She next starred as the lead actress in
Hanoi Bride
, a two-part
SBS
drama
aired during the
Chuseok
holidays to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the
Vietnam War
.
[8]
Her performance as Vietnamese girl Ly Th? V? caught the attention of film director
E J-yong
, who cast her as the main character in his 2006 film
Dasepo Naughty Girls
, based on a popular
webcomic
.
E
commented, "Not many young actresses would be mature enough to completely understand the heroine who has to support the family by selling herself as a prostitute... But Kim seemed like an actress who had the ability to understand the character."
[2]
She was initially reluctant to take the part, as the original comic had some explicit scenes, but decided to trust the director based on his previous work.
[9]
Kim auditioned for a part in the 2006
KBS
drama series
Hello, God
, and after impressing director Ji Yeong-soo with her "intense determination," was handed a leading role as
confidence trickster
Seo Eun-hye.
[10]
During filming she expressed self-doubts, saying, "I used to cry two or three times everyday [
sic
] when the shooting began because I felt that I was a rubbish actress," and with a tight schedule that allowed her less than two hours of sleep per day, was reported to have collapsed on set.
[2]
Later that year, she appeared in
MBC
drama
Over the Rainbow
as aspiring
pop
singer Jeong Hee-su, a part which required her to sing and master difficult
breakdance
moves.
[11]
Series producer Han Hee complimented Kim, saying, "She is a bold actress. She's very enthusiastic about her role with an almost perfectionist attitude."
[4]
However, she caused some concern when she admitted to only eating one meal per day while filming the drama.
[12]
In her next film,
The Accidental Gangster and the Mistaken Courtesan
, she starred alongside
Lee Jung-jae
as a
Joseon
-era
kisaeng
. She said she had found it difficult performing a historical role, but was helped by consultations with director Yeo Gyoon-dong and studied traditional
Korean dance
for two months. The film opened in South Korea in December 2008.
[13]
2009?present
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In February 2008, Kim was announced as the female lead in
Park Chan-wook
's
Thirst
, in a part that required numerous
adult scenes
with co-star
Song Kang-ho
.
[14]
Kim felt that she learned much from working alongside Song, while Park commended her versatility in showing the different sides to her character.
[15]
Thirst
topped the South Korean
box office
during its opening weekend with over one million admissions,
[16]
and was invited to the
2009 Cannes Film Festival
where it won the
Jury Prize
.
[17]
Richard Corliss
of
Time
praised Kim's performance in the film, saying, "It's the lovely Kim, just 22, who is the revelation here. She can play ? no, she can be ? a creature of mute docility, then searching ardor, then explosive eroticism, then murderous intent. She is
Lady Chatterley
and
Lady Macbeth
in one smoldering package."
[18]
The Hollywood Reporter
'
s Maggie Lee was more critical, commenting, "[Kim's] high-pitched neurosis is sometimes grating, but for a relative newcomer, she keeps her continuous personality transformations in stride,"
[19]
while Kyu Hyun Kim of
OhmyNews
said, "Kim is stunningly sexy in both wilted-housewife and full-blown
femme fatale
modes, and throws all of herself into the role," but considered her "a bit too young and contemporary" for the role.
[20]
She was a co-recipient of the Best Actress award at the 42nd
Sitges Film Festival
(shared with
Elena Anaya
for
Hierro
),
[21]
and received further nominations at the Blue Dragon Film Awards,
[22]
the Green Globe Film Awards,
[23]
and the Baeksang Arts Awards.
[24]
Kim in November 2009
Kim was reunited with director E J-yong for
Actresses
, a low-budget film in which she and five other leading Korean actresses portray themselves at a special
Vogue
magazine shoot. Like her co-stars, Kim agreed to take part with no
guarantee
and shared writing credits. The film opened on 10 December 2009.
[25]
[26]
In 2011, Kim was to star opposite
Eric Mun
in KBS's action drama
Poseidon
, set for broadcast in July 2011. However they dropped out when production was halted after the
Bombardment of Yeonpyeong
incident in November 2010.
[27]
Then Kim appeared in the war film
The Front Line
, playing a sharpshooter.
[28]
Then Kim once again worked with E J-yong for the
short
How to Fall in Love in 10 Minutes
, as part of the
Samsung Galaxy Note
-sponsored film
Cine Note
. E J-yong had contacted actors that he's personally close to and offered them the roles, and most of them accepted without pay based on their friendship and loyalty to him, Kim included.
[29]
The filmmaking process was later depicted in
Behind the Camera
, E's 2013
mockumentary
with a similar concept as
Actresses
.
Kim then dyed her hair pink for the 2012 comedy
Over My Dead Body
, which she said she greatly enjoyed filming, being a fan of the genre.
[30]
This was followed by a leading role in the science fiction-thriller film
11 A.M.
, which was released in the second half of 2013.
[31]
Kim returned to television in 2013 in the KBS period epic
The Blade and Petal
set in the
Goguryeo
dynasty, her first
TV drama
in seven years.
[32]
[33]
In 2014, Kim played a pickpocket in the
jTBC
cable comedy series
Steal Heart
.
[34]
[35]
[36]
Minority Opinion
, her courtroom drama alongside
Yoon Kye-sang
and
Yoo Hae-jin
which had wrapped filming in 2013, was released in theaters in 2015.
[37]
Kim in May 2017
In 2017, Kim starred in action thriller film
The Villainess
.
[38]
The film was invited to the
Cannes Film Festival
, where it had its world premiere.
[39]
In 2018, Kim starred in military thriller
The Discloser
.
[40]
The same year, she returned to the small screen in OCN's fantasy thriller drama
Children of a Lesser God
.
[41]
[42]
[43]
In 2020, Kim starred in the historical fantasy drama
Arthdal Chronicles
,
[44]
alongside
Song Joong-ki
,
Kim Ji-won
and other notable names.
In November 2022, Kim signed with Ghost Studio.
[45]
Filmography
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Film
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Television series
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Web series
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Web shows
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Music video
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Awards and nominations
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References
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