1. Kang Soo-yeon won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 44th Venice International Film Festival for this role, making her the first Korean actor to receive an award at a major international film festival.
10 Facts About Kang Soo-yeon
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Kang Soo-yeon took years off between film appearances and switched to acting on the small screen, where she achieved moderate success for starring in Ladies of the Palace on SBS TV.
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The production, which finished filming in January 2022, was released after Kang Soo-yeon died, in January 2023.
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Kang Soo-yeon never awoke from the coma and died on May 7,2022.
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Kang Soo-yeon did, in fact, get her head shaved onscreen in the scene when Sun-nyeo becomes a nun.
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Kang Soo-yeon won the Bronze St George at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival for her role in Come Come Come Upward, establishing further credit as Korea's "world star".
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Kang Soo-yeon was given a starring role in Ladies of the Palace, a historical drama that aired on SBS TV.
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Kang Soo-yeon then appeared in two more movies, Hanbando in 2006 and With a Girl of Black Soil in 2007.
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In 2022, Kang Soo-yeon was given a starring role in Yeon Sang-ho's sci-fi action film Jung_E, set in the 22nd century.
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Kang Soo-yeon was cremated at Seoul Memorial Park and her ashes were buried at the Honor Stone on May 11,2022.