1. Yang Min-a, better known by the stage name Shin Min-a, is a South Korean model and actress best known for starring in television dramas A Love to Kill, My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho, Arang and the Magistrate, Oh My Venus, Tomorrow, With You, Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha, and Our Blues.
Shin Min-a first made a name for herself starring in commercials for brands such as Samsung and Korea Telecom 018, in which her line "love moves about" gained popularity amongst Korean youth.
Shin Min-a has since become one of the most in-demand and highest paid commercial endorsers in South Korea.
In 2009, Shin Min-a went to Milan, Italy to shoot a photo spread for Elle Korea with Calvin Klein model Jamie Dornan.
Ahead of her film debut in Volcano High, she adopted the stage name Shin Min-a, to avoid confusion with the actress Yang Mi-ra.
Shin Min-a took five months of acting lessons in preparation for her role.
Shin Min-a then took on her first main TV role as a boxer in the series Punch, training under the wing of the boxer Kim Ju-hee for two months.
Shin Min-a then portrayed a deaf character in Sad Movie.
Shin Min-a then acted as an unfaithful wife in The Naked Kitchen, and a cynical young woman in search of her father in Sisters on the Road, a critically acclaimed indie film which stars fellow actress and close friend Gong Hyo-jin.
At the 2015 KBS Drama Awards, Shin Min-a won the Excellence Award, the Best Actress in a Miniseries award, and the Best Couple Award with So Ji-sub.
Shin Min-a won the Outstanding Korean Actress award at the 11th Seoul International Drama Awards.
In 2016, Shin Min-a was cast opposite Lee Je-hoon in the fantasy melodrama Tomorrow, With You, portraying a 30-year-old amateur photographer who finds out that her better half can time travel.
In 2018, Shin Min-a was cast opposite Lee Yoo-young in the mystery film Diva, playing Yi Young, a diver who lost her memory after an accident.
In 2019, Shin Min-a returned to the small screen after three years in the political drama Chief of Staff opposite Lee Jung-jae, as Kang Seon-yeong, a lawyer turned politician.
In winter 2019, Shin Min-a reprised her role for the second season.
In 2021, Shin Min-a reunited with director Yoo Je-won in Hometown-Cha-Cha-Cha, starring Kim Seon-ho and Lee Sang-yi.
Shin Min-a played the role Yoon Hye-jin, a dentist who moved from the city to open a clinic in the seaside village of Gongjin.
In October 2021, Shin Min-a went to Jeju Island to film Noh Hee-kyung's omnibus drama Our Blues, starring Lee Byung-hun, Cha Seung-won, Lee Jung-eun, Uhm Jung-hwa, Han Ji-min, and Kim Woo-bin.
Shin Min-a played Min Seon-ah, a divorcee with one child who came to Jeju and met her childhood friend Lee Dong-seok.
Shin Min-a was cast in the movie Our Season in 2020, which released in 2023.
Shin Min-a has contributed her vocals to several singles and soundtracks.
On 29 October 2019, at 4th Finance Day Commemoration Ceremony, Shin Min-a received the Presidential Citation in recognition of her consistent donations.
Since 2009, Shin Min-a steadily donates to the cause such as supporting low-income youth and children with childhood cancer.
Shin Min-a donated a total of 260 million won for the end of the year, to institutions where She used donate every year, such as Fruit of Love and Asan Medical Center in Seoul.