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Film & TV
Seoul, South Korea
Kim Ji-won (Hangul: 김지원; Hanja: 金智媛; born October 19, 1992) is a South Korean actress. She gained attention through her roles in television series To the Beautiful You (2012), The Heirs (2013), Descendants of the Sun (2016), and Fight For My Way (2017).
Known for
- Doctor X — Gye Su-jeong2026
- Queen of Tears — Hong Hae-in2024
- Salon Drip — Self2023
- My Liberation Notes — Yeom Mi-jeong2022
- Lovestruck in the City — Lee Eun-oh2020
- Arthdal Chronicles — Tanya2019
- Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead — Yeo-joo2018
- Mr. Sunshine — Ae-Shin's mother2018
- Amazing Saturday — Self2018
- Fight for My Way — Choi Ae-ra2017
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1992-10-19 ) October 19, 1992 (age 33) , Seoul , South Korea
- Education
- Dongguk University ( B.A. in Theatre Studies )
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 2010 ( 2010 ) –present
- Agent
- HighZium Studio
- Hangul
- 김지원
- Rr
- Gim Jiwon
- Mr
- Kim Chiwŏn
- Website
- highziumstudio.com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Kim
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- South Korea
- Place of birth
- Geumcheon District
- Occupation
- model
- Educated at
- Dongguk University
- Languages spoken
- Korean
- Native language
- Korean
- Image
- Kim Jiwon 김지원 Airport Departure May 2025.png
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- name in native language
- 김지원
- date of birth
- 1992-10-19
- social media followers
- 2600000
- Revised Romanization
- Gim Ji-won
- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Kim Chiwŏn
- Commons category
- Kim Ji-won
- start of work period
- 2010-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Kim Ji-won (Korean: 김지원; born October 19, 1992) is a South Korean actress. She gained recognition through her roles in the television series The Heirs (2013) and Descendants of the Sun (2016), both written by Kim Eun-sook. She later established herself in leading roles in Fight for My Way (2017), Arthdal Chronicles (2019), My Liberation Notes (2022), and Queen of Tears (2024), the latter of which became the tvN's highest-rated series at the time. These roles contributed to her prominence as a hallyu figure.
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kim Ji-won” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.