Shin Eun-kyung is best known for her leading roles in Downfall and My Wife Is a Gangster.
11 Facts About Shin Eun-kyung
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Shin Eun-kyung began appearing in commercials in 1986 at the age of 13, and made her television debut in 1988 on KBS.
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Around this time, Shin Eun-kyung was working as an MC for a television game show.
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In 2002, Shin Eun-kyung starred in her most famous role as a tough, female gang boss in My Wife Is a Gangster.
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Shin Eun-kyung appeared in the sequel, My Wife Is a Gangster 2, but the film faltered at the box office in 2003.
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Shin Eun-kyung went on a short hiatus after she married and had a baby, and returned to acting in 2005, starring in films such as Bystanders and Mr Housewife, and television series such as Bad Couple, Mom's Dead Upset, White Lie, Still You and The Scandal.
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Shin Eun-kyung gained praise for her impassioned portrayals of ruthless and ambitious women in the 2010 melodrama Flames of Desire and the 2014 revenge thriller The Plan.
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Shin Eun-kyung has been a professor at Seoul Hoseo Art College's Department of Performing Arts since 2011.
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On 22 September 2003, Shin Eun-kyung married Kim Jung-soo, who was then the CEO of her talent agency Good Player Entertainment.
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Shin Eun-kyung again landed in the entertainment headlines in 2011 when she underwent bimaxillary osteotomy surgery, reportedly because she felt making her strong jawline "slimmer and more rounded" would give her a "younger, softer, more feminine" look, which would result in more acting roles.
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Shin Eun-kyung later spoke candidly that she regretted having undergone the procedure for pure cosmetic purposes, saying the public should be better informed about the pain and danger associated with the invasive surgery.