Kim Min-ha is a South Korean actress and model best known for starring in the Apple TV+ series ‘Panchiko’ (2022).
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Kim Min-ha was born on Friday, September 1, 1995 (age 26 years; as of 2021), in Seoul, South Korea. Her zodiac sign is Virgo. He graduated in Theater and Film from Hanyang University.
Physical Appearance
Height: 5′ 4.5″ (164 cm)
Eye colour: brown
Hair Color: Black
Family
There is not much information about his parents. She has one older sister.
Kim Min-ja’s parents
Kim Min-ja’s elder sister
livelihood
Agency: People Entertainment
While she was in college, she starred in several short films, worked as a cosmetic model or lookbook model, and appeared in music videos. In 2016, she made her acting debut as ‘Girl 2’ from the South Korean series ‘Two Girls Season 2’. The series aired on Naver TV.
Kim Min-ha in a scene from Two Girls Season 2 (2016)
Next, she appeared as Young-gun’s group member ‘Yeo Seung-yoon’ in the KBS2 drama ‘School 2017’ (2017); Young-gun (played by South Korean actress Ha Seung-ri) is a school bully who later trains to become a police officer. The series was the seventh installment of the ‘School’ series which talks about the issues faced by high school students.
school 2017
In 2018, she was seen in the Kdrama ‘Partners for Justice’ as ‘Park Mi-young’, a prosecutor in the office of Kang Hyun (played by South Korean actor Park Eun-seok). In 2018, she made her film debut as ‘Hyeon-jeong’ in the South Korean film ‘After Spring’.
Kim Min-ha in a scene from After Spring (2018)
Min-ha has also appeared in South Korean films such as Main Street (2020), Killer Swell: Our Space (2020), The Call (2020), and Homecoming (2020). In 2022, he starred in the American drama ‘Pachinko’. She played the teenage version of the lead character ‘Kim Sunja’ in the series. Kim Sunja is a Korean woman from Busan, South Korea, who is fighting for a better life in Japanese-dominated Korea. The series was produced in three languages – Korean, Japanese and English, and aired on Apple TV+. The series received positive reviews from critics and audiences.
Favorite
- Films: The Big Blue (1988), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Finding Nemo (2003)
- Film series: Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings
- Filmmaker: Quentin Tarantino, Darren Aronofsky
- Film Genres: Action, Fantasy, Psychological Fiction, Dream
Facts/General Knowledge
- According to Kim, growing up, whenever she was asked to give a presentation, she would be shy and tremble and sweat. However, when she was performing on stage, she was different. When she sang on stage, she felt excited.
- In elementary school, she wanted to become a voice actor. This inspired him to pursue a degree in film and theatre.
- His parents wanted him to become a university professor, not an actor. After successfully convincing his parents for a year, he enrolled for a theater and film degree.
- Since her parents wanted her to become a professor, she also went to a music academy and a voice acting academy without her parents’ knowledge. When she was 20, she was an understudy (a backup lead who is supposed to take the lead’s place in her absence) in a play. He was lucky that the lead character in the play got injured and he had to play the lead role. Talking about the experience in an interview he said,
I still remember the catharsis I felt then. I love standing in front of someone, emitting energy. I have dreamed of becoming an actor ever since I learned about it.
- She has been in pictorials for Harper’s Bazaar US, W Korea, Cine21, Vogue Korea, and The Hollywood Reporter.
- When she’s not doing anything, she does Tai Chi or plays with Lego.
- She has been learning English since childhood and has attended three or four English academies. He also took language training. She said that reading English was difficult when she was younger, but now it is helping her and she is grateful for it.
- In December 2011, she performed at the Sandfactory concert, where she performed ‘Best Friend, Right!’ By English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse.
- After graduation, he taught English to elementary school students. Still he did not leave acting. He taught him to act in drama. Along with this, she kept sharing her profile with people, watching plays and musicals, auditioning for roles, watching films and traveling to nearby places for acting inspiration.
- When she was struggling to become an actor, she took the help of meditation. It took him three months to achieve complete concentration. She meditated every morning, which helped her clear her mind about things.
- In an interview he was asked to describe himself. She said that she once wrote a diary in which she identified herself as a person who is like mud. Sludge is not solid or liquid; It can either be solid or flow in ebb and flow. She said she considers herself a resilient-strong person. She doesn’t know what she will become in the future.
- According to her, her biggest source of inspiration for playing the character of ‘Sunja’ in ‘Pachinko’ was her grandmother. His grandmother lived in that era, so he talked to her a lot about it, which helped him a lot.
- He has a pet dog named Moonk, who is an English Bulldog. Moonak also has her own Instagram handle, where she regularly posts pictures of her and her friends.
Kim Min-ha with her pet dog
- She often drinks alcohol at parties and events.
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