In recent years, few young actresses have burst onto the scene quite so dramatically as KIM Go-eun, the young starlet of <Eungyo> (2012). Playing an alluring high school girl in a literary film teeming with themes of male desire and in many ways reminiscent of the novel <Lolita>, KIM couldn’t help but draw attention for her first role. Aside from the taboo nature of the role itself, most remarkable was her talent, which was quickly recognized as KIM swept the B...More

In recent years, few young actresses have burst onto the scene quite so dramatically as KIM Go-eun, the young starlet of <Eungyo> (2012). Playing an alluring high school girl in a literary film teeming with themes of male desire and in many ways reminiscent of the novel <Lolita>, KIM couldn’t help but draw attention for her first role. Aside from the taboo nature of the role itself, most remarkable was her talent, which was quickly recognized as KIM swept the Best New Actress category at every major awards ceremony in 2012. KIM switched gears for her second role, as a sister seeking revenge for her murdered sister in <Monster>, alongside LEE Min-ki in 2014. In the same year, she appeared in the period blockbuster <Memories of the Sword> alongside JEON Do-yeon and LEE Byung-hun. KIM’s next lead role came in the gritty female-led gangster thriller <Coin Locker Girl>, as a young girl taken under the wing of a gruff loan shark played by KIM Hye-su. Though shot prior to <Coin Locker Girl>, later in 2015 KIM starred in the main supporting role in the large scale period action film <Memories of the Sword> alongside JEON Do-yeon and LEE Byung-hun. Following that title’s critical and commercial misfire, KIM quickly followed up with the thriller <The Advocate: A Missing Body> alongside LEE Sun-gyun. She next appeared in the CHANG’s drama <Canola> with YOUN Yuh-jung, which was optioned for a Chinese remake ahead of its spring 2016 release.
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