Kim Sun-young

Personal context

Summary

Kim Sun-young is a South Korean actor known for Reply 1988, When the Camellia Blooms, Crash Landing on You, and Three Sisters. Her work often portrays the everyday pressures and inner lives of women, including middle-aged women. She has said that women’s stories can deepen people’s understanding of humanity and spoken about the shortage of varied roles for middle-aged actresses. She has supported UNHCR for years and took part in Amnesty Korea’s campaign against digital sexual exploitation; no public partisan campaigning or party affiliation is on record.