Kim Ji-eun (Kim Ji-eun), born on October 9, 1993, in Incheon, is a South Korean actress. Before entering the industry, she studied theater at Cheongju University. She made her professional debut in 2016 as a commercial model, then went on to participate in numerous auditions, music video shoots, and small roles.
She began to gain attention in 2019 thanks to the film Long Live the King: Mokpo Hero and especially the series Strangers from Hell, in which she plays Min Ji-eun. After several supporting roles, her career really took off in 2021 with The Veil. In it, she plays Yoo Je-yi, a South Korean intelligence agent, a role that has brought her significant recognition.
In 2022, she took on two high-profile leading roles in quick succession. In Again, My Life, she plays Kim Hee-ah, the heiress to a powerful conglomerate, and then portrays Baek Ma-ri, a young lawyer from a prestigious family, in the legal comedy One Dollar Lawyer. She actually briefly reunites with this character in 2025 in Kiss Me for No Reason.
In 2023, she plays District Attorney Go Young-joo in the thriller Longing for You. The following year was particularly busy: she played the lead role of Kang Na-eon in Branding in Seongsu, plays the paramedic Jeong Mo-eum in Love Next Door and plays Hong Deok-soo, a young woman posing as a man, in the historical drama Check-in at Hanyang.
In addition to her work as an actress, she also appeared on several television shows and became one of the most prominent figures in Korean entertainment in the early 2020s.
His filmography also includes The Drug King, Children of Nobody, Lovely Horribly and Doctor Prisoner. Among his announced projects are the films H-521 and Gangsi, as well as the series Gold Digger, scheduled for 2027.
