Kim Sun-young

Acting

Kim Sun-young

Born

1976-04-10 (50)

Place of birth

Yeongdeok, North Gyeonsang, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

75 titles

Kim Sun-young (born April 10, 1976) is a South Korean actress. She has performed in a variety of popular dramas, including Reply 1988 (2015), Because This is My First Life (2018), Romance is a Bonus Book (2019), When the Camellia Blooms (2019), Vagabond (2019), Crash Landing On You (2019), and Backstreet Rookie (2020). She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the Chunsa Film Art Awards and Wildflower Film Awards for her performance in Communications and Lies. Kim has received the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 56th Baeksang Arts Awards for her role on Crash Landing On You.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 16 titles

Hijack 1971 poster
6.8

In the year 1971, former Korean Air Force fighter pilot Tae-In (Ha Jung-Woo) works as a pilot for a commercial airline. He faces a crisis inside a hijacked flight with the passengers, including Yong-Dae (Yeo Jin-Goo), and his crew members, including Captain Kyu-Sik (Sung Dong-Il) and Flight Attendant Ok-Soon (Chae Soo-Bin).

Hijack 1971

2024

Exhuma poster
7.7

After tracing the origin of a disturbing supernatural affliction to a wealthy family's ancestral gravesite, a team of paranormal experts relocates the remains—and soon discovers what happens to those who dare to mess with the wrong grave.

Exhuma

2024

Broker poster
7.2

When a young mother reconsiders abandoning her baby, she discovers a scheme selling foundlings for adoption.

Broker

2022

Return to Seoul poster
6.2

After an impulsive travel decision to visit friends, Freddie, 25, returns to South Korea for the first time, where she was born before being adopted and raised in France. Freddie suddenly finds herself embarking on an unexpected journey in a country she knows so little about, taking her life in new and unexpected directions.

Return to Seoul

2022

Concrete Utopia poster
6.9

The world has been reduced to rubble by a massive earthquake. While no one knows for sure how far the ruins stretch, or what the cause of the earthquake may be, in the heart of Seoul there is only one apartment building left standing. It is called Hwang Gung Apartments. As time passes, outsiders start coming in to Hwang Gung Apartments trying to escape the extreme cold. Before long, the apartment residents are unable to cope with the increasing numbers. Feeling a threat to their very survival, the residents enact a special measure.

Concrete Utopia

2023

Love Reset poster
7.5

A married couple who received a divorce settlement lose their memories in an accident. With amnesia, they fall in love again, so their families try to restore their memories to finalize the divorce.

Love Reset

2023

Life Is Beautiful poster
6.9

Suddenly learning she is terminally ill, Se-yeon asks her husband, Jin-bong the absurd task of helping her find her first love, and he unwillingly joins her search. Along their journey, Se-yeon and Jin-bong are reminded of the most glittering, beautiful moments of their lives.

Life Is Beautiful

2022

Sugar poster
7.0

A hard-working mom Mira's 9-year-old son Dong-myung collapses out of the blue due to Type-1 diabetes. Realizing Dong-myung now has to painfully take blood tests 365 days, her heart drops. Mira desperately looks for painless blood sugar monitoring devices globally and ends up importing 'DexCom' device, first time ever in Korea. Feeling empathetic to other patients, she begins to help other moms to buy the devices. However, Mira faces accusations of illegal import. She decides to take on the world for those in pain. Will Mira continue this battle, not just for her son but for the greater good?

Sugar

2026

Three Sisters poster
5.9

The awkward, distant, and wounded three sisters gather at their hometown for their father's birthday. However, on the day of the party, there is a big mess because of their little brother Jin-seob's abnormal behavior, and the past of the three sisters slowly reveals.

Three Sisters

2021

Portrait of a Family poster
7.0

Baseball player Jung-gu and movie star Nam-mi are a celebrity couple who are blissfully happy in their careers and marriage. One day, a girl named Dong-ju shows up and the couple's lives are instantly destroyed. Seven years later, as Dong-ju gets involved in the death of a middle-school girl, Jung-gu and Nam-mi decide to fight a battle they have no chance of winning.

Portrait of a Family

2026

The Day I Died: Unclosed Case poster
7.0

The detective Hyun-soo tries to track down a girl who disappeared off of a cliff during a stormy night.

The Day I Died: Unclosed Case

2020

Dream Palace poster
8.0

Hye-jeong, who lost her husband in an industrial accident, moves into a sparky new town apartment 'Dream Palace'. But things go awry, construction defect occurs in her unit, and to catch up the repairment fee, she joins the discount promotion act of the apartment. But her neighbors ostracize her for devaluing the apartment, and to protect the unit she purchased as the exchange on her husband’s life, she dives into the demo once more.

Dream Palace

2023

Winter's Night poster
5.9

A middle-age couple visit a temple in Chuncheon where they spent their first night together 30 years prior. On the way, one of them cannot find their phone and hurries to find it. As the night unravels, they will come across an ex-lover, a friend, and a young couple who resemble them 30 years ago.

Winter's Night

2020

HOPE: The Unread Book and Life poster
NR

A musical about a 78-year-old woman named Eva Hope's decades-long legal battle to protect an unpublished manuscript by a world-famous late author.

HOPE: The Unread Book and Life

2023

The Bek Show: End of Civilization poster
NR

The versatile artist, BEK Hyunjin ventures into theater direction, leaving the actors in a state of confusion. His unconventional direction unfolds into strange scenes on stage. Scenes of people howling, a woman's monologue, another woman lip-syncing a song appear in random order, and BEK Hyunjin himself appears on stage as a primitive man, a singer and a narrator.

The Bek Show: End of Civilization

2024

Kimchi poster
NR

A story about the conflict between mother Youngmi and her son, who discovers his secret through a threatening text message.

Kimchi

2025

2010s · 17 titles

Ode to My Father poster
7.4

Duk-soo lost his father and younger sister while taking refuge during the Korean War. He leaves for Germany to work as a miner and enters the Vietnam War. He wishes to find his sister.

Ode to My Father

2014

Miss Baek poster
7.4

A woman's past as a convict follows her everywhere and because of this she doesn't open up to others. But then she strikes up a friendship with a broken child who has suffered from domestic violence and decides to save the girl from the cruel world. A man who holds feelings for the woman, tries to protect her in his own way.

Miss Baek

2018

Mothers poster
6.7

The owner of a student study center gets an awkward request and suddenly faces the prospect of raising her dead husband's teenage son by herself.

Mothers

2018

Herstory poster
8.7

A true story of a six-year-long legal conflict of 10 comfort women and 13 attorneys against 200 Fukuoka supporters association.

Herstory

2018

Juror 8 poster
7.4

Seoul, South Korea, September 21st, 2008. Eight citizens, the first to intervene as jurors in the country's legal history, are randomly selected to examine a matricide case that appears to have been resolved due to the existence of apparently conclusive evidence.

Juror 8

2019

One-Line poster
6.6

A cunning loan broker recruits a talented young scammer into his fraudulent operation, sparking a dangerous game of deception and survival.

One-Line

2017

Monster poster
6.6

Bok-Soon runs a street stall, cares for her younger sister, and is feared by many because of her quick temper. When Tae-Soo murders her sister, rage consumes her completely as she stalks the killer.

Monster

2014

The Long Way Home poster
6.9

Nam-bok, a middle-aged South Korean farmer is conscripted and assigned a mission to deliver a classified military document that may decide the fate of the war. After losing it while under attack from the enemy, he then faces a teenage North Korean soldier named Yeong-gwang who happens to acquire the secret document on his way to the North.

The Long Way Home

2015

MAL·MO·E: The Secret Mission poster
7.8

During the Japanese occupation of Korea, the Japanese Empire seeks to eradicate the Korean language and identity. In retaliation, a small group of Korean patriots try to protect their language by compiling the first Korean language dictionary.

MAL·MO·E: The Secret Mission

2019

Missing poster
6.8

A working single mother comes home one day to find that her daughter and the nanny have disappeared -- and this is just the beginning of her nightmare.

Missing

2016

Trade Your Love poster
5.8

Sung-seok and Hae-joo, who have been under pressure of marriage, devise a scheme at their first meet; a fake wedding. They reach an agreement under the desire of not only being free from their parents’ meddling but carrying their secret future plan. Sung-seok plans to run away with his lover who has a kid and Hae-joo plans to start her new career abroad after their planned marriage. However, their families get too much excited about this news more than their expectation and their near-flawless plan starts to become a mess.

Trade Your Love

2019

Love Clinique poster
6.4

A comedy about a woman who tries to overcome tone-deafness and a man who tries to help her but joins the romance.

Love Clinique

2012

Enemies In-Law poster
6.2

Chul-soo is the only son of a legendary thief family. He falls in love with Young-hee who is a police officer. Her family is also a police family. To get her parents’ permission to marry, Chul-soo undertakes an exam to become a police officer, but both families work to prevent their marriage.

Enemies In-Law

2015

Another Family poster
6.2

Taxi driver Sang-gu is an ordinary father who has made a happy family. Due to their unfortunate financial circumstances, he is sorry that he cannot afford to send his daughter Yoon-mi to university like other parents. Yet, with a bright smile on her face, Yoon-mi tells her father that she will one day buy him a new car and pay college tuition fees for her younger sibling. However, less than two years after Yoon-mi begins her job at a large corporate company, she gets seriously ill and returns home. Sang-gu is heartbroken to see his young daughter in such a condition.

Another Family

2014

Happy Bus Day poster
7.6

For the final birthday party of the eldest son, a family gathers in the house to have a plan with a bus..... Mother asks each of them to stay in his room for 10 minutes. Each person reveals personal wounds and secrets.

Happy Bus Day

2017

Socialization - Understanding of Dance poster
4.0

"Drama Special - Understanding Dance" is a romantic comedy about Byeong Hyeon's love for Soo Ji, whom he meets at dance class. (Source: Han Cinema)

Socialization - Understanding of Dance

2019

Communication & Lies poster
4.0

Shot in black-and-white, this story told partly in flashbacks with excellent acting focuses on a cleaning woman and a teacher. She displays self-destructive behaviour as a result of a terrible tragedy. He is unhappy, has suppressed feelings and incessantly phones the council about all kinds of trifles. Where she seeks extremes, including excessive sex and lies, he is introverted. When these two damaged souls meet at work, a bond results and they go traveling together. But their inability to communicate breaks the vulnerable relationship and this again has tragic consequences.

Communication & Lies

2017

Series credits

Men on a Mission poster
7.4

Male celebs play make-believe as high schoolers, welcoming star transfer students every week and engaging in battles of witty humor and slapstick.

Men on a Mission

2015

My Little Old Boy poster
7.3

How much do you know about your grown up son? In Mom’s Diary, the daily lives of the grown up celebrity sons are closely observed by their mothers. Do you know why your son drinks so much these days? How much do you know about your son’s philosophy in his life style? Heart-warming moments of observational communication between a mother and a son can be seen on Mom’s Diary.

My Little Old Boy

2016

KBS Drama Special poster
7.4

Forget the existing one-act dramas! Short but impactive! KBS Drama Special presents high quality single episode dramas. Dramas are the broadcast content with the widest public appeal. KBS Drama Special will produce short dramas of far-reaching impact involving at times a serious social message, unique emotions or perspectives. It will stay abreast of modern viewership.

KBS Drama Special

2010

The Game Caterers poster
8.7

A webseries where Na Young Seok, a variety show producer, caters people his iconic games from 'New Journey to the West'.

The Game Caterers

2021

Hospital Playlist poster
8.6

Every day is extraordinary for five doctors and their patients inside a hospital, where birth, death and everything in between coexist.

Hospital Playlist

2020

Movie Room poster
9.4

Movie meets humanities! This talk show/variety show for movie enthusiasts features interesting discussions by a writer and two movie directors where film and humanities intertwine.

Movie Room

2018

Crash Landing on You poster
8.5

A paragliding mishap drops a South Korean heiress in North Korea -- and into the life of an army officer, who decides he will help her hide.

Crash Landing on You

2019

Reply 1988 poster
8.7

Take a nostalgic trip back to the late 1980s through the lives of five families and their five teenage kids living in a small neighbourhood in Seoul.

Reply 1988

2015

When the Camellia Blooms poster
8.2

Dongbaek is a single mother. When a potential new love enters her life, she finds ways to defy the social stigmas surrounding her.

When the Camellia Blooms

2019

Vagabond poster
8.3

Stuntman Cha Dal-geon gets involved in a tragic airplane crash and ends up discovering a national corruption scandal in the process. Go Hae-ri, the oldest daughter of a deceased marine, decides to work for the National Intelligence Service as a secret ops agent in order to support her mom and younger siblings, although all she wanted to do is to become a civil servant.

Vagabond

2019

Because This Is My First Life poster
8.2

Two housemates get married for financial convenience, but discover nothing is simple when it comes to demanding in-laws — or facing their growing bond.

Because This Is My First Life

2017

Confidence Queen poster
7.7

Three con artists with different backgrounds, team up for a daring and adventurous scheme of revenge against the villains of this era.

Confidence Queen

2025

Brave Detectives poster
6.0

“Brave Detectives” is a true-crime show featuring a dramatic and vivid retelling of unimaginable cases. It features the shocking crimes and the detectives’ investigation stories with blood, sweat, and tears.

Brave Detectives

2022

The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call poster
8.5

To create a top-tier trauma center, a war-seasoned doctor arrives — bringing his blunt but skilled ways to transform his team into life-saving mavericks.

The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call

2025

Backstreet Rookie poster
7.7

It tells an unpredictable 24-hour love story of the four-dimensional innocent girl Jung Saet Byeol who was once a troublemaker and the adorkable caring male store manager, Choi Dae Hyun, in the context of a convenience store. They have met each other accidentally 4 years ago, back then Saet Byeol asked Dae Hyun to buy cigarettes for them. Until now, Saet Byeol comes to the convenience store Dae Hyun runs for a part-time job, their hilarious romantic story starts.

Backstreet Rookie

2020

Crash Course in Romance poster
8.2

The series follows the bittersweet relationship between a banchan shop owner whose daughter enters the war of Korea's college entrance exams, and a top hagwon instructor.

Crash Course in Romance

2023

Fresh off the Sea poster
7.3

A coastal journey exploring beach jobs and local seafood delights. Watch Yum Jung-ah, Ahn Eun-jin, Park Jun-myun, and DEX embark on a fun-filled seaside adventure across the country.

Fresh off the Sea

2024

Baeksang Arts Awards poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Baeksang Arts Awards

2012

Her Private Life poster
7.6

An art curator's life unravels, as she tries to keep her pastime as a die-hard K-pop fan secret from her gallery's new director.

Her Private Life

2019

No Gain No Love poster
8.5

Son Hae-yeong seeks out a fake wedding with her neighbourhood convenience store employee, Kim Ji-uk, to avoid missing out on a promotion.

No Gain No Love

2024

Pinocchio poster
8.2

In-ha and Ha-myeong become reporters for different reasons: one aspires to follow in her mother's footsteps and the other seeks to do honest news.

Pinocchio

2014

Our Unwritten Seoul poster
8.4

Twin sisters, whose similarities end with their looks, swap identities amid personal struggles — embarking on a journey to rediscover love and life.

Our Unwritten Seoul

2025

The Price of Confession poster
8.0

Accused of killing her husband, a woman is offered a way out by a mysterious stranger: in exchange for a confession in her place, she must commit murder.

The Price of Confession

2025

Homemade Love Story poster
6.0

Strangers living together at the Samkwang Villa get to know each other and even fall in love.

Homemade Love Story

2020

The Silent Sea poster
7.6

During a perilous 24-hour mission on the moon, space explorers try to retrieve samples from an abandoned research facility steeped in classified secrets.

The Silent Sea

2021

A Virtuous Business poster
8.1

In search of purpose, opportunity and independence, four rural women start an adult products business in 1992 — embarking on a journey of self-discovery.

A Virtuous Business

2024

Doona! poster
7.7

A college student navigates life and school while dealing with a unique predicament — he's living with a beautiful former K-pop sensation.

Doona!

2023

Queenmaker poster
7.3

After a tragic accident, a powerful fixer uses her skills to transform a civil rights lawyer into the next mayor — and take down her former employer.

Queenmaker

2023

Romance Is a Bonus Book poster
7.6

A gifted writer who's the youngest editor-in-chief ever at his publishing company gets enmeshed in the life of a former copywriter desperate for a job.

Romance Is a Bonus Book

2019

Shopaholic Louis poster
7.9

A romance takes place between Kang Ji-Sung aka Louie and Ko Bok-Sil. Louie is from a rich family, but he has lost his memory. Ko Bok-Sil is a woman with a heart like an angel. Louie learns about true love after meeting Ko Bok-Sil.

Shopaholic Louis

2016

Hotel King poster
7.8

A hotel manager and an heiress form an unlikely team in love and revenge as they try to protect her family’s legacy.

Hotel King

2014

Aema poster
7.4

In 1980s Korea, a movie star and a starlet defy male-dominated industry rules and backstage corruption while filming the provocative "Madame Aema."

Aema

2025

At Eighteen poster
6.8

A misunderstood loner is drawn out of his shell after transferring to another high school, where he comes across new ordeals -- and first love.

At Eighteen

2019

Ms. Temper & Nam Jung Gi poster
6.1

Ok Da-Jung is the youngest team leader in the cosmetics industry. She has divorced three times so far. She doesn't care what others think about her and she also has quite a temper. Nam Jung-Gi works as a section chief at the same cosmetics company as Ok Da-Jung. Unlike her, Nam Jung-Gi has a timid and nice personality. He can't say anything that makes others uncomfortable. He is able to make Ok Da-Jung's blood boil.

Ms. Temper & Nam Jung Gi

2016

The Guardians poster
6.5

People lose loved ones in crimes and the criminals are not punished. The daily lives of these people are completely broken. They form a group to realize justice.

The Guardians

2017

Love, Take Two poster
8.8

A single mom and her medical student daughter have entered an unexpected second act in their lives. A story of love that is not an end but a beginning that comes to them as they decide to live happily today instead of tomorrow.

Love, Take Two

2025

Reply 1988 10th Anniversary poster
8.8

The special follows the cast on a two-day, one-night trip to celebrate the show's anniversary.

Reply 1988 10th Anniversary

2025

Love: Track poster
5.8

A romance anthology featuring 10 different love stories, each with its own unique tone and charm. It has an ensemble cast.

Love: Track

2025

Wanted poster
6.3

Jung Hye In is a top actress in Korea who reigns over dramas, movies, and commercials. However, her son is kidnapped on the day she announces her retirement. With the help of PD Shin Dong Wook and police detective Cha Seung In, she ends up participating in a live reality show where she follows the kidnapper’s orders, and in the process uncovers clues towards catching the culprit and finding her son.

Wanted

2016

Office Workers poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Office Workers

2025