1. Kim Sun-a is best known for her title role as Kim Sam-soon in the popular television series My Lovely Sam Soon.
17 Facts About Kim Sun-a
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Kim Sun-a was born in Jung-gu, Daegu, South Korea in 1973.
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Kim Sun-a is the eldest of three siblings, with a younger brother and sister.
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When Kim was in middle school, her family immigrated to Japan, and she spent much of her adolescence in Chofu, Tokyo, where she learned to speak Japanese fluently.
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In 1993, Kim Sun-a enrolled at Ball State University in Indiana, United States as a Piano major.
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Kim Sun-a then appeared in a music video by Kim Hyun-cheol, and in 1997 began getting cast in supporting roles on TV but did not emerge as a star.
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Kim Sun-a appeared in three films in 2003: a memorable cameo appearance in the period comedy Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield, opposite Im Chang-jung in the commercially successful The Greatest Expectation, and together with Cha Tae-hyun in the little-watched Happy Ero Christmas.
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Later that year, Kim Sun-a decided to finish her college degree by transferring to Kyung Hee University as a Theater and Film major.
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Kim Sun-a won the lawsuit in 2007, with the Seoul Central District Court ruling that Kim bore no responsibility for the shutdown of the movie.
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Originally cast as the lead actress for 2010's I Am Legend, Kim Sun-a quit before filming started due to issues with the production.
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Kim Sun-a next starred in the movie Pitch High, in which she played the supportive wife of a second string baseball pitcher.
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Kim Sun-a returned to the big screen in 2013 thriller The Five, based on the popular webtoon by Jeong Yeon-shik, in which Kim played a woman who plots revenge against the serial killer who murdered her family and left her crippled.
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In 2015, Kim Sun-a was then cast in Masked Prosecutor, about a prosecutor by day who turns into a masked vigilante by night; Kim Sun-a plays the chief of a detective squad in the violent crimes unit.
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In October 2015, Kim Sun-a signed an exclusive contract with management agency C-JeS Entertainment.
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In 2017, Kim Sun-a starred in the mystery thriller series The Lady in Dignity, playing a woman from a poor family whose ambition is to become a member of the upper class.
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In December 2017, Kim Sun-a left C-JeS Entertainment and signed with new management agency Good People Entertainment.
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In January 2025, Kim Sun-a signed with the new agency Y1 Entertainment.