Kim Hye-jun

Kim Hye-jun (born May 8, 1995) is a South Korean actress.[1] She is best known for her role in Kingdom as Queen Consort Cho. She won Best New Actress at the 40th Blue Dragon Film Awards for her role in Another Child. Her other works include Matrimonial Chaos and Rain or Shine.

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Hye-jun
Kim in 2019
Born (1995-05-08) May 8, 1995
South Korea
Alma materHanyang University (Theater and Film)
OccupationActress
Years active2015–present
AgentA.N.D Entertainment
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationGim Hye Joon
McCune–ReischauerKim Hye Chun

Career

She first appeared in commercials in 2015 and was still studying theater and film at Hanyang University when she debuted in the lesbian romance web series Lily Fever. Determined to go to as many auditions as possible in order to gain experience, she unexpectedly passed one for Saturday Night Live Korea, although she had always considered herself to have no talent for comedy, and so joined the regular cast of the TV show in 2016. Having made her name participating in several popular skits, she left the show at the end of the season in June. She starred in several short movies such as A Transfer Student and appearing as support in a few TV series.[2][3]

She landed her first role in a feature film in After Spring. In 2018, Kim was cast as one of the main characters in Netflix Original series Kingdom, portraying the unusual character of an ambitious teenage queen who is expecting the heir of the throne. In late 2018, she reunited with Bae Doona in the TV series Matrimonial Chaos, playing Bae's younger sister. Although Kim's acting in Kingdom was criticized by some viewers who would find it inconsistent with the much codified period piece genre, she was praised just a few months later for her performance as one of the leads in Another Child, the directorial debut of Kim Yun-seok.[4][3]

In 2020, she got a lead role in the black comedy mystery MBC television series Chip In (2020), alongside Oh Na-ra,[5][6] in which she won Best New Actress at the 2020 MBC Drama Awards.[7]

Filmography

Films
Year Title Role
2018 Her Story Hye Soo's friend
After Spring Hyang Yi
2019 Another Child Kwon Joo Ri
Metamorphosis Park Sun Woo
2020 Sink Hole Eun Joo

Television series
Year Title Role Network
2015 Lily Fever Kim Kyung Ju Naver
2016 Dr. Romantic Jang Hyun Joo SBS
2017 Green Fever Wan Seon Naver
Reunited Worlds Sung Soo Ji SBS
Rain or Shine Lee Jae Young JTBC
2018 Matrimonial Chaos Kang Ma Ru KBS2
2019–2020 Kingdom Queen Consort Cho Netflix
2020 Chip In Yoo Bit-na MBC

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2019 28th Buli Film Awards Best New Actress Another Child Nominated [8]
40th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best New Actress Won [9]
2020 56th Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actress (Film) Nominated [10]
14th Asian Film Awards Best Newcomer Nominated [11]
39th MBC Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries / Short Drama Chip In Nominated
Best New Actress Won [7]

References
  1. "Kim Hye-jun (김혜준, Korean actress)". HanCinema. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  2. "KIM Hye-jun". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  3. "KoreaTimes". m.koreatimes.co.kr. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  4. "KIM Hye-jun". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  5. Jul 23, Lily Grace Tabanera |; 2020. "New K-Drama 'Chip In' Is Totally Giving Us 'Sky Castle' Vibes". COSMO.PH. Retrieved October 15, 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. Times, I. D. N.; Irma, Langgeng. "10 Potret Memesona Kim Hye Jun, Pemeran Yoo Bit Na di Drama 'Chip In'". IDN Times (in Indonesian). Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  7. Hong Se-young (December 30, 2020). "[2020 MBC 연기대상] 안보현·김혜준 남녀 신인상 영광". sports.donga (in Korean). Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  8. "Buli Film Awards Nominees". builfilm.busan.com. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  9. MacDonald, Joan (November 21, 2019). "2019 Blue Dragon Awards Honor Veteran Actors And Newcomers". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 22, 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  10. MacDonald, Joan. "2020 Baeksang Arts Awards Honor The Best Korean Dramas And Films". Forbes. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  11. "亞洲電影大獎學院". www.afa-academy.com. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
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