Kim Yeo-jin
Acting • Born 1972-06-24
Biography
Kim Yeo-jin (born June 24, 1972) is a South Korean actress and activist. Kim made her acting debut in the stage play What Do Women Live For in 1995, and has since remained active in film and television, drawing praise for her supporting roles in Im Sang-soo's Girls' Night Out (1998), Lee Chang-dong's Peppermint Candy (2000), and Im Kwon-taek's Chi-hwa-seon (2002). Kim is known for being actively engaged in various rallies and civic group activities, attracting public attention to controversial social and political issues, including efforts to reinstate laid-off shipbuilders at Hanjin Heavy Industries, calls to lower university tuition fees, and opposition to the Four Major Rivers Project. She often expresses her opinions on social networking service Twitter,[8][9][10][11][12] and has been called one of the most popular socialtainers. Because of her outspokenness, MBC banned Kim in 2011 (she was originally scheduled to appear as a "progressive" panelist on the current affairs radio show Sohn Suk-hee's Spotlight), which led to prominent figures from academic, literary and media circles to call for a boycott of the network's programs. Kim has also campaigned for liberal politicians Roh Moo-hyun, Moon Jae-in and Park Won-soon.
Filmography
61 credits
A Perfect Match
Movie • 2002
Kim Hae-in
Peppermint Candy
Movie • 2000
Hong-ja
Vegetarian
Movie • 2010
Ji-hye
Painted Fire
Movie • 2002
Jin-hong
Children...
Movie • 2011
Jung-ho's Mother
Miracle
Movie • 2011
woman from Eonyang
Red Candy
Movie • 2010
Min Jung
The Uninvited
Movie • 2003
Moon Jeong-suk
Kang Deok-sun's Love History
Movie • 2017
Nam Hee-soon
A Good Lawyer's Wife
Movie • 2003
Eun Ho-jung's Friend
Closer to Heaven
Movie • 2009
Professor Son Young-chan
Looking for My Wife
Movie • 2010
Shin Young-Shin
Wedding Dress
Movie • 2010
Mi-ja
Last Child
Movie • 2018
Mi-sook
Heaven: To The Land of Happiness
Movie • 2021
Jinsuk & Me
Movie • 2012
Self
Girls' Night Out
Movie • 1998
Soon
The Big Picture
Movie • 2013
(voice)
My New Partner
Movie • 2008
Jung Kyu-hwa
Drive
Movie • 2024
Park Jung-sook
Vincenzo
TV • 2021
Choi Myung-hee
Lee San, Wind in the Palace
TV • 2007
Queen Jeongsun
Hwajung
TV • 2015
Kim Gae-shi
사랑할수록
TV • 2000
Song Ga-Yeong
Solomon's Perjury
TV • 2016
Seo-Yeon's mother
Witch's Court
TV • 2017
Min Ji-Sook
The Story of Park's Marriage Contract
TV • 2023
Lee Mi-dam
Amnok River Flows
TV • 2008
Choi Mun Ho (Mi Reuk's wife)
Jewel in the Palace
TV • 2003
Dr. Jang-deok
My Secret, Terrius
TV • 2018
Shim Eun-Ha
My Strange Hero
TV • 2018
Im Se-kyung
Extracurricular
TV • 2020
Lee Hae-gyoung
Goodbye Earth
TV • 2024
Yeo Mi-ryeong
Daily Dose of Sunshine
TV • 2023
Kwon Ju-yeong
Itaewon Class
TV • 2020
Jo Jung-min
Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung
TV • 2019
Queen Dowager Yim
Children of Nobody
TV • 2018
Kim Dong-sook
Man to Man
TV • 2017
Prosecutor Lee's wife
Love in the Moonlight
TV • 2016
Kim So-sa
Cheer Up!
TV • 2015
Park Sun-yeong
Pride and Prejudice
TV • 2014
Oh Do-jung
Tears of Heaven
TV • 2014
Ban Hyeo-jeong
Lovers of Music
TV • 2014
Coach Bang Ji-sook
Angel Eyes
TV • 2014
Yoo Jung-hwa
Can You Hear My Heart?
TV • 2011
Mi-sook
Road No. 1
TV • 2010
Dal-moon's wife
Worlds Within
TV • 2008
Lee Seo-woo
Blue Fish
TV • 2007
The Snow Queen
TV • 2006
Shin Don
TV • 2005
Princess Duk-nyung
The Land
TV • 2004
Second Proposal
TV • 2004
Kyung-hee
Good Person
TV • 2003
Detective Park's wife
Forever Love
TV • 2003
Lee Kwang-sook
I Love Hyun-jung
TV • 2002
Nam Hye-sook
Fox and Cotton Candy
TV • 2001
Min Yeo-ok
KAIST
TV • 1999
Professor Eun Na-young
Where Stars Land
TV • 2018
Yoon Hye Won [Yeo Reum's mother}
Meow, the Secret Boy
TV • 2020
Sung Hyun Ja [Ko Doo Shik's mother]
Beyond the Bar
TV • 2025
Kwon Na-yun
Several Questions That Make Us Happy
TV • 2007