Biography
Birth date November 7 1973
Birth place Seoul, South Korea
Height 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Spouse Jeong Hyeok Park
Languages Korean and English.
Trivia
Although born in Korea, she was raised mostly in New York City.
Already a bankable star in Asia, she is crossing over the Pacific and gaining American fans in the hit TV show "Lost" (2004).
She shares the very popular Korean last name "Kim" (more than one fifth of the population) with her "Lost" (2004) co-star and on-screen husband, Daniel Dae Kim. They are neither related nor married.
A trained dancer: Ballet, Jazz, Afro-Caribbean and Peking Opera Dance.
She is also a trained fighter. Her combat skills are Unarmed, Quarter Staff, Broad Sword and Tae Kwon Do.
Published a Japanese photobook called "XOXO".
Trained at Boston University (BFA Acting), British American Drama Academy, High School of Performing Art.
Career
Yunjin Kim is a Korean American film and theater actress. Although she is best known in the English-speaking world for her role as Sun on the American television series Lost, Kim has also appeared in numerous film and TV projects in South Korea.
After graduation, Kim devoted herself full time to acting. She garnered several minor parts on MTV, in soap opera-style dramas on ABC, and on the off-Broadway stage. In 1997 she starred in Splendid Holiday, a Korean TV drama being shot on location in New York. In part due to this experience, Kim decided to return to Korea. She was quickly cast in the TV drama Wedding Dress and was also invited to act in Lee Kwangmo's feature Spring in My Hometown, although she ended up not taking this role. Her breakthrough debut came in the 1999 film Shiri, South Korea's first blockbuster film. Shiri became the highest grossing film in Korean history at the time, making her an instant star throughout the country. In November 2000 she continued her association with KangJeGyu Film in the big-budget The Legend of Gingko.
Film
1999 Shiri
2000 The Legend of Ginkgo
2001 Rush!
2002 Iron Palm
2002 Yesterday
2007 Seven Days
2010 Harmony
2011 Heartbeat
Television
1996 Splendid Holiday 화려한 휴가
1997 Foreboding 예감
1998 Wedding Dress 웨딩 드레스
2004–2010 Lost
