Kim Tae-ri’s Biography
- Name: Kim Tae-ri (김태리)
- Birthday: April 24, 1990
- Zodiac Sign: Taurus
- Instagram: @kimtaeri_official
Kim Tae-ri’s Career
Kim Tae-ri‘s debut seems to be quite late compared to many of her colleagues. After graduating from the Department of Communication and Journalism of Kyung Hee University in 2012, Kim Tae-ri joined the ‘Iru’ theater troupe and worked as a member of the backstage crew in her first year. In September 2012, she performed her first stage in the one-woman play “Spoonface Steinberg”.
In 2014, she officially joined J-Wide entertainment company and acted in a few commercials.
At first, things were quite difficult for Kim Tae-ri as she auditioned for a number of movies but was all rejected. It was not until the actress was 26 that her career path took a turn.
Particularly, at the end of 2014, out of 1500 potential candidates, Kim Tae-ri was selected by director Park Chan-wook to star as one of the two female leads in the critically acclaimed film “The Handmaiden”.
In “The Handmaiden”, Kim Tae-ri brilliantly portrayed Sook-hee, an orphaned pickpocket who receives an offer from a con man and approaches a Japanese heiress to cheat her out of her fortune. Thanks to her excellent performance, Kim Tae-ri won Best New Actress at major domestic and foreign awards such as the Blue Dragon Film Awards, Director’s Cut Awards, and Asian Film Awards.
The popularity of “The Handmaiden” later led to the 2017 theatrical release of “Moonyoung”, an independent film with Kim Tae-ri’s appearance in 2013.
In 2017-2018, the films “1987”, “Little Forest” and the drama “Mr. Sunshine” were released one after another, and all three became hits.
Kim Tae-ri won the Actress of the Year Award for her role in “Little Forest” at the Director’s Cut Awards, and also received a commendation from the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism. At the 2019 Baeksang Arts Awards held the following year, she was nominated for Best Actress in TV for “Mr. Sunshine”.
In 2019, she was cast in Korea’s first space science fiction film, “Space Sweepers.” “Space Sweepers” was released on Netflix in May 2021 and topped the global Netflix movie rankings a day after its release.
In the first half of 2022, she took on the role of a fencing gold medalist Na Hee-do in the melodrama “Twenty Five, Twenty One” which has been well received with a 6.3% viewer rating from the first episode. Her performance in this series also earned her the Best Actress – Television award at the 58th Baeksang Arts Awards.
Following the success of “Twenty Five Twenty One”, Kim Tae-ri returned to the big screen with 2 installations of the movie “Alienoid”.
She then continued to garner huge successes with the 2023 K-drama “Revenant” and most recently, the 2024 drama “Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born”.
Controversies & Dating Rumors
Back in 2023, Kim Tae-ri came under fire for asking fans to provide subtitles in their native languages for her videos for free.
At the time, netizens heavily criticized the actress for not providing proper compensation for translators, especially as translating videos is by no means an easy job. In the end, Kim Tae-ri deleted the pose asking for free translations, proving she learned about the controversy.
However, the photo was later proven to be fake, while Song Joong-ki later revealed his marriage with former actress Katie Louise Saunders.
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