Kim So-eun is a South Korean actress. She rose to fame in 2009 with a supporting role in the popular television dramaBoys Over Flowers, and at the same year she starred in dramaHe Who Can't Marry and Empress Cheonchu. She has since starred in Happiness in the Wind, A Thousand Kisses, Liar Game and Scholar Who Walks the Night. In 2015, she was paired with Song Jae-rim on season 4 of We Got Married. In 2016–2017, she reunited with Song in family dramaOur Gap-soon.
Acting career
Kim So-eun made her acting debut with a bit part in the 2004 film Two Guys, when she was in junior high school. She then appeared in minor roles on TV and film, including Sisters of the Sea and The Show Must Go On. Kim rose to fame in 2009 with her supporting role as the heroine's best friend in the hit drama Boys Over Flowers. The same year, Kim gained praise for her versatility since for her portrayal of Chae Shi-ra's childhood counterpart Hwangbo Soo in the period epic Empress Cheonchu, for which she learned how to ride a horse and shoot with a bow and arrow. Kim then portrayed an older mid 20s woman in the romantic comedy series He Who Can't Marry, a remake of Japanese dramaKekkon Dekinai Otoko. Kim landed her first leading role in the 2010 daily drama Happiness in the Wind, which further raised her Korean Wave profile. She then starred in weekend drama A Thousand Kisses, which explored age differences in relationships. In 2012, she starred in the ten-episode Chinese dramaSecret Angel, which aired on the portal website Sohu.com. She returned to Korean television in the cable drama Happy Ending. That same year, she also appeared in Music and Lyrics, a reality show in which an actress and a male musician are paired together to collaborate, as lyricist and composer respectively, in creating a song. Kim and Lee Junho composed the song "Love is Sad," which Lee also recorded; it was released as a single and featured on the soundtrack of Feast of the Gods. After playing Princess Sukhwi in the period epic Horse Doctor, Kim starred in After School: Lucky or Not, opposite the 5 members of actor-idol group 5urprise, which was distributed via SK Telecom's online and mobile portals. She and Victoria Song were also chosen to host Glitter, a variety show on the lives of trendy twenty-somethings. In 2014, Kim starred in the horror filmMourning Grave, playing a ghost girl who forms a friendship with a ghost-seeing high school boy Kang Ha-neul. This was followed by a leading role in Liar Game, a Korean drama adaptation of the titular Japanese manga by Shinobu Kaitani. Kim also joined the fourth season of reality show We Got Married, where she was paired with Song Jae-rim in a "virtual" marriage; it boosted their popularity as a couple and as individual celebrities. In 2015, Kim starred in the webtoon adaptation Scholar Who Walks the Night, playing dual roles as a nobleman's daughter and a vampire's past love. She was set to launch her activities in China through the romance filmSky Lantern, a Korean-Chinese co-production film in which she stars opposite Taiwanese singer-actor Aaron Yan. The same year, she starred in the web drama Falling for Challenge alongside Xiumin. In 2016, Kim signed with new management agency Will Entertainment. From 2016 to 2017, she starred in the family drama Our Gap-soon as the title character. In 2017, Kim starred in the KBS Drama SpecialYou're Closer than I Think together with actor Lee Sang-yeob. The same year, Kim confirmed her return to the silver screen with romance fantasy film Are you in love? opposite Sung Hoon. In 2018, Kim starred in the romance comedy series That Man Oh Soo with CNBLUE's Lee Jong-hyun.
