Name |
Yoon-jin Kim |
Height |
5' 6¼ |
Naionality |
Korean |
Date of Birth |
7 November 1973, |
Place of Birth |
Seoul, South Korea |
Famous for |
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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 1996, a Korean TV show filming in Manhattan called and persuaded her to return to her country of origin, to appear in the Korean TV drama A Gorgeous Vacation. This was followed by two other roles in Foreboding and the miniseries Wedding Dress. Then in 1997 she was offered a script for her debut film, Shiri (1999).
Over the next several years, she starred in five additional films. In July 2003, Kim signed a three-year contract with William Morris, an American agency representing Hollywood stars such as Halle Berry, Salma Hayek, Kevin Spacey, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Lucy Liu, Jackie Chan, and Reese Witherspoon.
Kim can currently be seen as the character Sun Kwon in the television series Lost (2004).
In May 2006, Maxim named Kim #98 on its annual Hot 100 List. In October 2006 she was featured on the cover of Stuff, as well as a spread inside the magazine.
Kim appeared in Maxim again in March 2007, where she was described as "the Korean Julia Roberts" in her native Asia.