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Yunjin Kim

  • Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
  • Birthday: November 7, 1973

A major film star in her native Korea for close to a decade, actress Yunjin Kim became an American television star when she was cast as Sun Paik-Kwon, the secret-keeping, English-speaking half of the mysterious Korean couple in the hit ABC series “Lost” (2004 - ).

Born in Seoul, South Korea in 1973, Kim immigrated to America with her family in the early ‘80’s. Growing up in Staten Island, New York from the age of ten on, Kim was painfully shy. Unable to speak English at first, the future actress went through a difficult adjustment…more

Credits

Actor

Career Milestones

  • 2004 to 0000

    Portrayed castaway Sun, one half of a Korean couple on the drama Lost (ABC)

  • 2002

    Cast in the lead role of Ardor, a film adaptation of a controversial, best-selling Korean novel of the same name

  • 2002

    Starred in the slapstick romantic comedy Mr. Iron Palm

  • 2001

    Received international recognition starring in the mistaken-identity crime caper Rush! directed by Takahisa Zeze

  • 2000

    Reunited with director Kang Je-Gyu to star in the fantasy romance Legend of Gingko

Awards

  • 2006

    Screen Actors Guild: Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series

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Monday at 07:00 pm SCI FI

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