Shin Hye-sun | |
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Born | Seoul, South Korea | August 31, 1989
Other names | Shin Hae-sun |
Education | Sejong University - Film Art |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2012–present |
Agent | YNK Entertainment by IOK Company |
Korean name | |
Hangul | |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Sin Hye-seon |
McCune–Reischauer | Sin Hyesŏn |
Shin Hye-sun (Korean: 신혜선; born August 31, 1989) is a South Korean actress. She made her debut in the television series School 2013. In 2017, Shin played her first leading role and became well known in the weekend drama, My Golden Life, which garnered more than 8 million viewers.[1] She is also best known for her other leading roles in Korean dramas such as Still 17 (2018), The Hymn of Death (2018), Angel's Last Mission: Love (2019), Mr. Queen (2020–2021), See You in My 19th Life (2023), and Welcome to Samdal-ri (2023–2024).
She has been lauded by industry insiders for her acting skills, her ability to convey emotions to her audience and her accurate diction, earning her the nickname "Diction Fairy", and is being called by insiders as one of the best actresses of her generation.[2]
Shin debuted as an actress through the TV drama School 2013, an installment of the long-running School series, after successfully passing the audition to cast in a schoolgirl role. She played a minor character with the same name as hers.[3]
Shin began to land bigger roles in 2015 with Oh My Ghost and She Was Pretty.[4][5] Though both titles were romantic comedies, her characters varied significantly.[6]
Her breakthrough came in 2016 with Five Enough.[7] Her role as a gullible, naively-romantic woman and her pairing with actor Sung Hoon gained popularity among the viewers.[8] The same year, she starred in the fantasy-romance drama The Legend of the Blue Sea.[9]
In 2017, she played her first lead role in a film in A Day.[10] Shin then played a key figure in an acclaimed crime thriller series Stranger.[11][12] Soon after, she was cast in her first lead role in a television drama with KBS2's drama My Golden Life.[13] The drama was a major hit in South Korea and surpassed 40% ratings,[14] leading to an increased recognition for Shin.[15][16] She received a lot of love offers by the advertising industry and producers of movies and dramas.[17]
In 2018, Shin was cast as a lead in the SBS drama special The Hymn of Death alongside Lee Jong-suk. She played the role of Yun Sim-deok, Korea's first professional soprano singer.[18]
The same year, she starred alongside Yang Se-jong in the SBS romance comedy drama Still 17, as an aspiring violinist whose life turned upside down due to an accident.[19]
In 2019, Shin starred in the KBS2 fantasy romance drama Angel's Last Mission: Love alongside Kim Myung-soo, as a ballerina who has no interest in love.[20]
In 2020, she was cast to play her first lead role in the legal film Innocence, as a lawyer who decides to defend her mother (Bae Jong-ok) from prosecution.[21] She received positive reviews for her performance in the film and was nominated in the Best New Actress category at the 41st Blue Dragon Film Awards.[22]
In November, she appeared in the caper story film Collectors with Lee Je-hoon, as an art curator Yoon[23] and later in the TVN hit drama Mr. Queen in a dual lead role as both Kim So-yong (Queen Cheorin) as well as Jang Bong-hwan, a male chef from 2020 whose soul travels back in time and gets trapped in Kim So-yong's body. Shin was nominated for 57th Baeksang Arts Awards in the category Best Actress (TV) for her performance in Mr. Queen[24] and the branch of Best New Actress (Film) in the Innocence.[24]
On December 14, 2021, Shin renewed her contract with YNK Entertainment once again.[25]
In 2023, Shin played the lead role of Ban Ji-eum in See You in My 19th Life as a woman who can remember all of her previous lives, and wants to reconnect with a man from her previous 18th life. She also plays the lead role in the ongoing drama Welcome to Samdal-ri alongside Ji Chang-wook. [26]
On August 30, 2022, Shin donated ₩100 million to help those affected by the 2022 South Korean floods through The Neighbors Honors Club.[27]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2014 | One Summer Night | So-ra | Short film | |
Return Match | Joo-yeon | |||
The Mother Earth | Dae-ji | |||
2016 | A Violent Prosecutor | Yoon-ah | Bit part | |
2017 | A Day | Mi-kyung | [28] | |
2020 | Innocence | Ahn Jung-in | [29] | |
Collectors | Yoon Se-hee | [30] | ||
2023 | Don't Buy the Seller | Soo-hyun | [31] | |
Brave Citizen | So Shi-min | Wavve Film | [32] | |
TBA | She Died | So-ra | [33] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2012–2013 | School 2013 | Shin Hye-sun | [34] | |
2014 | Angel Eyes | young Cha Min-soo | ||
High School King of Savvy | Go Yoon-joo | [35] | ||
2014–2015 | Forever Young | Han Mi-so | Korean-Vietnamese production | [36] |
2015 | Oh My Ghost | Kang Eun-hee | [37] | |
She Was Pretty | Han Seol | [38] | ||
2016 | Five Enough | Lee Yeon-tae | [39] | |
The Legend of the Blue Sea | Cha Si-ah | [40] | ||
2017 | Stranger | Young Eun-soo | Season 1[a] | [42] |
2017–2018 | My Golden Life | Seo Ji-an | [43] | |
2018 | Still 17 | Woo Seo-ri | [44] | |
The Hymn of Death | Yun Sim-deok | One-act drama | [45] | |
2019 | Angel's Last Mission: Love | Lee Yeon-seo | [46] | |
2020–2021 | Mr. Queen | Kim So-yong, Queen Cheorin / Jang Bong-hwan | [47] | |
2023 | See You in My 19th Life | Ban Ji-eum / Yoon Joo-won | [48] | |
2023–2024 | Welcome to Samdal-ri | Jo Eun-hye / Jo Sam-dal | [49] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2018 | Hope for Children in Global Village | Visitor / Narrator | Episode 14 – MBC x Good Neighbors USA: Cameroon | [50] |
2019 | 1919–2019, Memories | Narrator | Episode 2 – Kim Hyang-hwa | [51] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2021 | Saturday Night Live Korea | Host | Episode 1 – Season 2 | [52] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2018 | 2018 SBS Drama Awards | Co-host | With Shin Dong-yup and Lee Je-hoon | [53] |
2019 | 2019 KBS Drama Awards | With Jun Hyun-moo | [54] |
Year | Title | Artist | Ref. |
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2013 | "Curious" | What Women Want ft. Jung-yup from Brown Eyed Soul | [55] |
2018 | "Feel Like" | Naul | [56] |
"Snowfall" | g.o.d | [57] |
Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result | Ref. |
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APAN Star Awards | 2018 | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama | My Golden Life | Won | [58] |
Baeksang Arts Awards | 2018 | Best Actress – Television | Nominated | [59] | |
2021 | Best New Actress – Film | Innocence | Nominated | [24] | |
Best Actress – Television | Mr. Queen | Nominated | |||
Blue Dragon Film Awards | 2021 | Best New Actress | Innocence | Nominated | [22] |
KBS Drama Awards | 2016 | Best Supporting Actress | Five Enough | Nominated | |
Best New Actress | Nominated | ||||
2017 | Best Couple Award | Shin Hye-sun (with Park Si-hoo) My Golden Life |
Won | [60] | |
Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama | My Golden Life | Won | |||
Top Excellence Award, Actress | Nominated | ||||
2019 | Best Couple Award | Shin Hye-sun (Kim Myung-soo) Angel's Last Mission: Love |
Won | [61] | |
Top Excellence Award, Actress | Angel's Last Mission: Love | Won | |||
Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Nominated | ||||
Korea Drama Awards | 2018 | Top Excellence Award, Actress | My Golden Life | Nominated | [62] |
Korean Film Producers Association Awards | 2021 | Close-up Award | Shin Hye-sun | Won | [63] |
MBC Drama Awards | 2015 | Best New Actress in a Miniseries | She Was Pretty | Nominated | |
SBS Drama Awards | 2016 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Fantasy Drama | The Legend of the Blue Sea | Nominated | |
2018 | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama | Still 17 | Won | [64] | |
Best Couple Award | Shin Hye-sun (with Yang Se-jong) Still 17 |
Nominated | [65] | ||
Scene Stealer Festival | 2016 | Rookie of the Year | Five Enough and A Violent Prosecutor | Won | [66] |
Seoul International Drama Awards | 2019 | Best Actress | The Hymn of Death | Nominated | [67] |
The Seoul Awards | 2017 | Best New Actress | Stranger | Nominated | |
2018 | Best Actress | My Golden Life and Still 17 | Nominated | [68] |