Kim Hye-jun

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Hye-jun
Kim in July 2024
Born (1995-05-08) May 8, 1995 (age 29)
Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea[1]
Alma materHanyang University (Theater and Film)
OccupationActress
Years active2015–present
AgentManagement MMM
Korean name
Hangul
김혜준
Revised RomanizationGim Hye-jun
McCune–ReischauerKim Hyechun

Kim Hye-jun (Korean: 김혜준; born May 8, 1995) is a South Korean actress.[2] She is best known for her role in Kingdom (2019–2020) as Queen Consort Cho. She won Best New Actress at the 40th Blue Dragon Film Awards for her role in Another Child (2019). She gained further recognition for her role as Song Yi-kyung or 'K' in Inspector Koo (2021) for which she won Best New Actress – Television at the 58th Baeksang Arts Awards the following year. Her other works include Matrimonial Chaos (2018) and Rain or Shine (2017–2018).

Career

She first appeared in commercials in 2015 and was still studying theater and film at Hanyang University when she debuted in the lesbian romance web series Lily Fever. Determined to go to as many auditions as possible in order to gain experience, she unexpectedly passed one for Saturday Night Live Korea, although she had always considered herself to have no talent for comedy, and so joined the regular cast of the TV show in 2016. Having made her name participating in several popular skits, she left the show at the end of the season in June. She starred in several short movies such as A Transfer Student and appearing as support in a few TV series.[3][4]

Kim in 2019

She landed her first role in a feature film in After Spring. In 2018, Kim was cast as one of the main characters in Netflix Original series Kingdom, portraying the unusual character of an ambitious teenage queen who is expecting the heir of the throne. In late 2018, she reunited with Bae Doona in the TV series Matrimonial Chaos, playing Bae's younger sister. Although Kim's acting in Kingdom was criticized by some viewers who would find it inconsistent with the much codified period piece genre, she was praised just a few months later for her performance as one of the leads in Another Child, the directorial debut of Kim Yoon-seok.[3][4]

In 2020, she got a lead role in the black comedy mystery MBC television series Chip In (2020), alongside Oh Na-ra,[5][6] in which she won Best New Actress at the 2020 MBC Drama Awards.[7] In 2021, Kim was cast one of the lead roles alongside Lee Young-ae in JTBC produced mystery thriller Inspector Koo, in which Kim portrays a college student who is secretly a ruthless serial killer.[8]

In 2022, she appeared in the Disney+ drama Connect which aired in December.[9]

In April 2024, Kim signed with new agency Management MMM.[10]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Ref.
2018 Her Story Hye Soo's friend
After Spring Hyang Yi
2019 Another Child Kwon Joo-ri
Metamorphosis Park Sun-woo
2021 Sinkhole Hong Eun-joo [11]

Television series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016–2023 Dr. Romantic Jang Hyun-joo Season 1
Season 3 – Cameo (episode 16) 		[12]
2017 Reunited Worlds Sung Soo-ji
2017–2018 Rain or Shine Lee Jae-young
2018 Matrimonial Chaos Kang Ma-ru
2020 Chip In Yoo Bit-na
2021 Inspector Koo Song Yi-kyung / Kei [13][14]

Web series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2015 Lily Fever Kim Kyung Ju
2017 Green Fever Wan Seon
2019–2020 Kingdom Queen Consort Cho Season 1–2
2022 Connect Choi I-rang [15]
2024 A Shop for Killers Jung Ji-an [16][17]

Television shows

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 Saturday Night Live Korea Cast Member Season 7

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
Asia Model Awards 2021 Rising Star Award Inspector Koo Won [18]
Asian Film Awards 2020 Best Newcomer Another Child Nominated [19]
Baeksang Arts Awards 2020 Best New Actress – Film Nominated [20]
2022 Best New Actress – Television Inspector Koo Won [21][22]
Blue Dragon Film Awards 2019 Best New Actress Another Child Won [23]
Blue Dragon Series Awards 2024 Best New Actress A Shop for Killers Nominated [24]
Buil Film Awards 2019 Best New Actress Another Child Nominated [25]
MBC Drama Awards 2020 Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries / Short Drama Chip In Nominated
Best New Actress Won [7]

References

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