Acting
Kim Borana
Born 1972-10-16 · Seoul, South Korea
Kim Borana, professionally known as Borana, is a South Korean actress and singer born on October 16, 1972, in Seoul. She began her entertainment career in 1987 after winning the Photogenic Award at the Miss Lotte pageant, which led to her debut as a model for Lotte Confectionery. In 1992, she was officially selected as part of SBS's second talent recruitment class, marking her transition into acting. Throughout the 1990s, Borana appeared in various television dramas, films, and musicals, and served as the lead vocalist on Uptown's fourth album Verbal Medication in 1999. That same year, she married music producer Dick (Gu Yong-hui) and temporarily retired from public life. She returned to acting in 2017 with the independent film Flowers, and has since resumed her career with roles in productions such as Backstreet Rookie (2020), When My Love Blooms (2020), Red Balloon (2022), and Woman in a Veil (2023). Borana is a Christian and attended the Seoul Institute of the Arts, though she did not complete her studies.
Acting credits
Short film by Jae-Yeong Heo, Soo-gil Lee, and Derek Son Tae-woong.
The Love of a Grape Seed
1994
5.3Mysterious meteorites that have fallen on Earth full of energy and light. Thisis in fact the powerful Almon. They use the power of Dr. Morse, whose brain is superior, to take control of the underground empire and to make him a servant of the underworld. Almon dreams of conquering the galaxy and become emperor. Almon creates a robot that resembles a dinosaur, sets out on the road to conquer the earth. Shim Hyung-rae, who appeared in the lead role of the Thunderhawk movies, was absent due to circumstances, and a rookie comedian appeared as Esperman on behalf of Shim Hyung-rae.
Thunderhawk 6 - Third Generation Thunderhawk
1989
7.0Hye-joo and Eun-kyung vie for 1st place in school. Tae-ho, who's tormented by his parents who incessantly nag about grades, has a crush on Hye-joo. The two girls begin an earnest struggle for the top score as they prepare for the final exams. But when Eun-kyung sees Hye-joo, who's been too sick to study, cheat, she becomes indignant.
Let's Look at the Sky Sometimes
1990
7.5When old Mr. Park dies, his first son Chan-Wu, a film director, and his troublesome daughter Mi-Seon hurriedly come back to their rural hometown, and third son Chan-Se comes back to Korea from America. As the quiet country village gets busy preparing funeral, the house in mourning becomes a meeting place where villagers gather to ask how they are getting along and meet old friends. The children mourn their father's death and above all Mi-Seon, who caused her parents a lot of grief, can't stop crying. Chan-Wu, the chief mourner, has a revelation about his career, and Chan-Se prepares to sing hymns for the Confucian funeral service. Old Man Park's sister sells insurance products and gradually the funeral service becomes for the living rather then the dead.
Farewell My Darling
1996
9.0No synopsis available yet.
This Is the Beginning of Love
1991