Kim Sun-a (born October , ) is a South Korean actress. She is best
known for her titular role as Kim Sam-soon in the popular television
series My Lovely Sam Soon (). Other notable series include City Hall
(), Scent of a Woman (),The Lady in Dignity () and Should We Kiss
First? ().Kim Sun-a was born in Daegu in . She is the eldest of three
siblings, and has a younger brother and sister. When Kim was in middle
school, her family immigrated to Japan, and she spent much of her
adolescence in ChÅ fu, Tokyo, where she learned to speak Japanese
fluently.In , Kim enrolled at Ball State University in Indiana, United
States as a Piano major (she also became fluent in English).While in
South Korea for summer vacation in , Kim stood in for a friend in a
modeling job, thus inadvertently making her entertainment debut.
Despite her inexperience in show business, she left college and
subsequently appeared in a Hanbul Cosmetics commercial with the slogan
"I felt his scent on a strange woman," which jump-started her career.
She then appeared in a music video by Kim Hyun-cheol, and in began
getting cast in supporting roles on TV but did not emerge as a star.
Kim would first become well known as a film actress, debuting in the
big-budget box office failure Yesterday, but going on to play a lead
role as a student teacher in the unexpected hit Wet Dreams. Initially
Kim had considered a singing career and successfully auditioned to
join Park Joon-hyung and Park Jin-young's project mixed-gender group
"GOT" in but left the following year to pursue acting. The group then
became the five-piece boy band g.o.d. Kim's identity as the anonymous
female singer who was originally part of "GOT" was only revealed by
Park Joon-hyung and confirmed by Kim herself in .
known for her titular role as Kim Sam-soon in the popular television
series My Lovely Sam Soon (). Other notable series include City Hall
(), Scent of a Woman (),The Lady in Dignity () and Should We Kiss
First? ().Kim Sun-a was born in Daegu in . She is the eldest of three
siblings, and has a younger brother and sister. When Kim was in middle
school, her family immigrated to Japan, and she spent much of her
adolescence in ChÅ fu, Tokyo, where she learned to speak Japanese
fluently.In , Kim enrolled at Ball State University in Indiana, United
States as a Piano major (she also became fluent in English).While in
South Korea for summer vacation in , Kim stood in for a friend in a
modeling job, thus inadvertently making her entertainment debut.
Despite her inexperience in show business, she left college and
subsequently appeared in a Hanbul Cosmetics commercial with the slogan
"I felt his scent on a strange woman," which jump-started her career.
She then appeared in a music video by Kim Hyun-cheol, and in began
getting cast in supporting roles on TV but did not emerge as a star.
Kim would first become well known as a film actress, debuting in the
big-budget box office failure Yesterday, but going on to play a lead
role as a student teacher in the unexpected hit Wet Dreams. Initially
Kim had considered a singing career and successfully auditioned to
join Park Joon-hyung and Park Jin-young's project mixed-gender group
"GOT" in but left the following year to pursue acting. The group then
became the five-piece boy band g.o.d. Kim's identity as the anonymous
female singer who was originally part of "GOT" was only revealed by
Park Joon-hyung and confirmed by Kim herself in .
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