Kim Sun-young (actress, born 1976)

Kim Sun-young (born April 10, 1976) is a South Korean actress. She has performed in a variety of popular dramas, including Reply 1988 (2015), Because This is My First Life (2018), Romance is a Bonus Book (2019), When the Camellia Blooms (2019), Vagabond (2019), Crash Landing On You (2019), and Backstreet Rookie (2020). She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the Chunsa Film Art Awards and Wildflower Film Awards for her performance in Communications and Lies. Kim has received the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 56th Baeksang Arts Awards for her role on Crash Landing On You.

Early life
Kim Sun-young was born in educators family on April 10, 1976, in Yeongdeok-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do. From 1992 to 1995 She attended Yeongdeok Girls' High School. She fell in love of acting there. From 1995 to 1999 She Studied Philosophy at Hallym University. Kim started acting while on the theater stage in college.

Career
Kim debuted as a theatre actor in 1995 in the play After the Play is Over. From 1999 to 2005 Kim was member of The Little Mythical Troupe. Though she debuted in films in 2005 with She's on Duty, her television debut was in 2014 with a minor role in the MBC drama series Hotel King.

Sun drew attention by showing her impressive acting skills in the film Ode to My Father in 2014. Kim played the role of a market lady who fights with Young-ja (Kim Yun-jin), and her realistic acting as if she had recruited a real merchant made her a mark on many people's eyes. Kim's natural appearance and her acting ability, made her shine.

Also in 2014, she appeared in '2014 Drama Festival Shine or Go Crazy.

Since 2014, Kim founded her own troupe Nabe Theater Company.

In 2015, she played the role of Sunwoo's mother, the youngest of the three local women, in the tvN drama Reply 1988. Kim Seon-young said, "Director Shin Won-ho of 'Reply' saw me in 'Ode to My Father' and thought that I was a local woman. At that time, he kept his eyes on me and asked me to meet him. We met twice and were cast."

Ambassador for the 5th Yedang International Theater Festival in 2017.

In 2021, Kim starred in film Three Sisters as Jeon Hee-suk.

Kim starred in role Hye-jeong of film Dream Palace, who found her new home with her husband's industrial accident settlement, faces her bare face hidden by her unsold apartment.

Personal life
Kim Seon-young and director Lee Seung-won first crossed paths while working on the film 'Contradiction', where Kim was one of the lead actresses and Lee was the director. Eventually, they tied the knot, with Kim being four years older than Lee. Lee has two daughters from his previous marriage. From their marriage Kim and Lee have a daughter.