With the Korean drama "Penthouse" on fire in Asia, the Korean actress Kim So-yeon, who starred in the villain Qian Seo-jin, became popular, not only received a lot of scripts in film and television dramas, but also invited the advertising industry. Who would have thought that this Korean actress over 40 years old had a second spring in her career, let's take a look at her legendary experience!
Kim So-yeon was born on November 2, 1980 in Seoul, South Korea. She is the youngest daughter of the family and has two older sisters. She participated in the "Miss Smile" audition in her sophomore year of high school and won the second prize.
In 1994, Kim So-yeon made her first tv series in a speaking skills course at the Acting Academy when she was discovered by the producers of SBS who were filming the teenage TV series "Mr. Dinosaur".
The 14-year-old Kim So-yeon also quickly won the Child Star Acting Award for the drama and has since entered the film and television circle.
Her parents also supported her to become an actress, and let her go to Dongguk University for drama and film drama, so Kim So-yeon officially embarked on the path of acting. Then, two years later, she took on the action film "The Boss."
In 1997, Kim So-yeon starred in the comedy film "Campus Transformation", for which she was nominated for Best Newcomer Actress at the 18th Korea Blue Dragon Film Awards.
In 1998, Kim So-yeon co-starred with Wu Zhiming, Kim Chan-woo, Song Huiqiao and other co-starring in the sitcom "Shunfeng Obstetrics and Gynecology", in which she played the role of "Wu Sujuan", the attending physician who looked cold and arrogant on the outside, but looked like an ignorant child at heart.
At that time, Kim So-yeon was beautiful and cold, and Song Huiqiao, who still had baby fat, stood next to her and was compared. She also won the SBS Acting Awards for "Shunfeng Obstetrics and Gynecology".
In 2000, Kim So-yeon co-starred with Jang Dong-kin, Choi Rin, Han Jae-seok and other co-starring love drama "Love Female Anchor", which set a record of 45.2% in South Korea!
Kim So-yeon also played the unscrupulous beautiful female anchor "Xu Yingmei" in the hit drama "Falling in Love with the Female Anchor", when she won the MBC Acting Awards popularity award for this role.
In the same year, Kim So-yeon co-starred with Ahn Jae-wook, Gao Xiu, and Hwang So-jeong in the love drama "Twin Brothers and Sisters", in which she played the stubborn but very kind "Lu Chengli", the highest rating of the drama reached 40%, which also made Kim So-yeon angry again.
In 2004, Kim So-yeon began to go out of South Korea to cooperate with Ren Quan in the Chinese modern love drama "Like a Beautiful Butterfly Flying", in which she played the Korean costume designer "Kim Ji-so", who traveled thousands of miles to China to find her father, although the reputation and ratings of the drama were not good, but at least expanded Kim So-yeon's work content.
However, it didn't take long for Kim so-yeon's 2005 Korean drama "Autumn Rain" to usher in the most dismal ratings of her acting career. This has caused her self-esteem to be greatly hurt, and she has even been immersed in the troubles caused by the downturn in work and mental depression.
Then, the martial arts master Xu Ke even personally found her to star in his own work "Seven Swords", and he once praised Jin Suyan and said, "Her acting skills are calm and passionate."
In 2005, in "Seven Swords", Jin Suyan had two passionate bed scenes with Zhen Zidan and Sun Honglei respectively, of which Zhen Zidan would perform in nude directions, Jin Suyan said that she made a bold performance for the first time, and had communicated clearly with Zhen Zidan before filming, and there was no embarrassment in trusting each other.
At that time, when asked who was her partner between Dawn and Zhen Zidan, she said: "Zhen Zidan is married, I like Dawn so much, but I don't know what he thinks."
Although the reputation and box office of "Seven Swords" are not as good as expected, it is still very amazing that the Korean beauty Kim So-yeon played the role of "Green Pearl" who was dedicated to the fiery Goryeo slave girl as a tribute.
In 2007, Jin Suyan co-starred with Ren Quan, Liu Dan, Zhao Bin and other co-starring costume business drama "Great Qing Hui Shang", in which she played the daughter of the boss of Hetaibu Zhuang "Hu Yuling", beautiful in appearance and kind heart, which was also her last Chinese drama.
After Kim So-yeon has been in China for a few years and returned to South Korea again, the showbiz circle where young and beautiful actresses are gathered has changed dramatically, and Kim So-yeon can only wait at home for others to give her an invitation to film.
Later, there were rumors that Kim So-yeon began to have a facelift, presumably wanting to change her fate by changing her appearance. She later figured it out and didn't bother to play female number one, but began to play a supporting role.
In 2008, she co-starred with Kim Lai-won, Nam Sang-mi and Kwon Woo-chung in the professional drama "Diners", in which she played the tough-looking and warm -hearted "Yoon Joo-hee", for which she won the SBS Acting Award for Best Supporting Actress.
In 2009, Kim So-yeon co-starred with Lee Byung-hyun, Kim Tae-hee, Jung Joon-ho and other spy drama "IRIS", which had a highest rating of 39.9%, in which Kim So-yeon played the cold, capable and tragic female agent "Kim Sun-hwa", which won the KBS Acting Award for Best Popularity.
In 2012, Kim So-yeon co-starred with Joo Jin-mo and Park Hee-soon in the noir spy movie "Coffee", in which Kim So-yeon played the mysterious coffee cook "Tanya", who was deeply entangled in complex emotions.
Kim So-yeon plays Dani, the daughter of the translator, the two men who are most meaningful to her in this life, and have different meanings for the coffee she loves, just like the line at the end of "Coffee is love for one man, coffee is his empire for another man", which constitutes the chaotic legend of the most affectionate strange woman.
However, although "Coffee", which has a slightly literary niche taste, is Kim So-yeon's film masterpiece, it has not set off waves in the market, and the box office has not been as expected. Kim So-yeon's resume so far, even if you count "Seven Swords", it is only four movies.
Since then, Kim So-yeon's acting career has once again fallen into a short-term trough, although she has taken over dramas such as "Two Weeks", "Need romance 3", "Big Feng Shui", "Fall into Pure Love" and so on, but the status of popular actresses such as Song Huiqiao, Sun Yizhen, and Ha Zhiyuan can no longer be compared.
In 2016, Kim So-yeon co-starred with Kim Young-chul, Yuen Mi-kyung, Lee Sang-woo and others in the family drama "Home and Everything", in which she played the mother "Bong Hae-ling", who was heartbroken by the loss of her child, betrayed by her husband and the cold eyes of her mother-in-law, and Kim So-yeon won major awards again.
She met the actor Li Shangyu through shooting advertisements, and then happened to cooperate in the TV series "Home and Wanshixing", and gradually developed into a lover's relationship, which is no different from the old man of the moon.
At this time, the big beauty Kim So-yeon is 36 years old and must be married. So she only knew Li Shangyu for a year and announced her marriage.
In 2020, no one could have imagined that Kim So-yeon would once again rejuvenate the second spring of her career with "The Penthouse". Qian Ruizhen, played by her, is greedy and selfish, and directly cuts the throat of the opponent with a trophy to treat the enemy. In order to get revenge on her husband directly in public, she nakedly seduced men.
In particular, Qian Ruizhen frantically played the piano with her blood-stained hands after killing her father, and this section has an artistic crazy beauty under Kim So-yeon's wonderful interpretation, and the audience also feels refreshed after watching it!
In the infamous and infamous piano scene, Kim So-yeon said: "For that scene, I borrowed an electronic keyboard and practiced hard for about two and a half months. Before my level was barely able to pop the track, but I really wanted to play that scene well. Because I prepared for that scene for a long time, everyone's reaction was very good, and I was very proud. I think when I look back on my own career as an actor, it's one of those scenes I'll remember. ”
Kim So-yeon chose one of her most memorable scenes in "The Penthouse" as the scene where she plays Chun Seo-jin collapses in the rain. Her divorce from Ha Yoon Chul has been made public, and she risks losing her position as president.
She said: "Through the script, I can feel Qian Ruizhen's bitter emotions, which makes me sad. I cried so much that I got in the way of rehearsals at first. This is still the scene that impressed me the most. I think my emotions at the time were well transformed on the screen, so it was also a relief. ”
Without Kim So-yeon's superb acting skills, the dog blood drama of "Penthouse" cannot stand up at all, but despite this, "Penthouse" is also an indispensable element as the medium of Kim So-yeon's popularity. And her popularity came at the wrong time, because she was 42 years old and too old.
Throughout Kim So-yeon's works, the roles played are usually either serious, or sad, or gentle, or evil, which can be described as a standard "green dress" appearance. Although she is incredibly beautiful, she always makes people have a sense of distance of "not eating fireworks".
Kim So-yeon is very mature in image and acting, her acting skills are both calm and passionate, so from "Shunfeng Obstetrics and Gynecology", "Love Female Anchor" to later "Coffee" and "Penthouse", can stand out. Unfortunately, her luck is not good, so she has not been able to rank among the first-line actresses.
I hope that after the popularity of "Penthouse", I can see Kim So-yeon's stunning performance in more film and television dramas in the future.