The Evolution Of Kim Go-Eun: A Look Into This Versatile Actress' Impressive Filmography
Today, on Kim Go-eun's birthday, we revisit her filmography to showcase how much she has grown and evolved through the years
It's Kim Go-eun's birthday today! The gorgeous and talented Korean actress turns 30 years old. #HappyGGoneDay!
Since starting her acting career in 2012, Kim Go-eun has breathed life into challenging roles, but she has proven her mettle in acting time after time. She's also an in-demand fashion and beauty muse because of how stunning she is, wowing her fans with each transformation for magazine covers and ad campaigns.
Today, on her birthday, we revisit her filmography, to show just how much she has grown and evolved into one of the most beautiful, well-loved, and sought-after Korean actresses today. This is Kim Go-eun's versatility encapsulated in a photo gallery.
Scroll through the gallery below:
Kim Go-Eun's Evolution Through Her Filmography
Kim Go-Eun's Evolution Through Her Filmography
In film "A Muse" (or "Eungyo")
Kim Go-eun portrayed the role of a high school student in her acting debut. Her character takes on a part-time job as a cleaner in the house of a 70-year-old man, a national poet, who ends up getting attracted to her and uses her as the inspiration for his short story that delves into an imaginary sexual relationship with her.
Photo Credit: @filmlinc.org
Photo Credit: AsianWiki
Photo Credit: AsianWiki
In film "Monster" (2014)
Kim Go-eun's role here is a hardworking young woman who has a developmental disability. She has a younger sister whose education she's been saving up for. But then her sister gets murdered by a serial killer; this makes her seek revenge.
Photo Credit: HanCinema
Photo Credit: CJ Entertainment
Photo Credit: CJ Entertainment
In film "Memories of the Sword" (2015)
Kim Go-eun's character in this movie is the daughter of skilled swordsmen. Her father was killed when a friend of her parents betrayed them. She is left with her mother who's training her to become a master of the sword as well. However, a prophecy that says she's destined to kill her mother and the traitor who killed her father drives her to leave home.
Photo Credit: Lotte Entertainment
Photo Credit: screendaily.com
Photo Credit: HanCinema
In film "Coin Locker Girl" (2015)
Kim Go-eun's character, Ma Il-young, was abandoned in a coin locker when she was a baby. She is found by a beggar and later taken by a detective who sells her off to a woman who's the boss of a loan shark and the mastermind behind an organ trafficking crime ring. This woman then trains Ma Il-young as a personal debt collector. Their relationship takes a turn for the worse when Ma Il-young is tasked to kill the kind son of a debtor, but she refuses to do so.
Photo Credit: CGV Arthouse
Photo Credit: San Diego Asian Film Festival
Photo Credit: CGV Arthouse
In film "The Advocate: A Missing Body" (2015)
Kim Go-eun breathed life into the character of a rookie prosecutor who teams up with a big law firm's hotshot lawyer, to uncover the truth behind the murder of a female college student whose body has not been found.
Photo Credit: Korean Film Biz Zone
Photo Credit: HanCinema
Photo Credit: HanCinema
In film "Canola" (2016)
Kim Go-eun plays the role of a granddaughter of a female diver in Jeju Island, from whom she's been separated for 12 years and is finally reunited with. She's a high school student and a troubled teen.
Photo Credit: Zio Entertainment Inc.
Photo Credit: Zio Entertainment Inc.
Photo Credit: variety.com
In film "Sunset in My Hometown" (2018)
Here, Kim Go-eun is the childhood classmate of the male lead character, a struggling rapper in Seoul who returns to his countryside hometown of Byeonsan after receiving a call about his father.
Photo Credit: HanCinema
Photo Credit: Megabox Plus M
Photo Credit: HanCinema
In film "Tune in for Love" (2019)
Kim Go-eun starred here as a woman who runs her parent's bakery. He meets a man who applies for a part-time job in the bakery. As they get closer every day and feel comfortable opening up to each other, he tells her that he just got released from juvenile detention center. They fall in love with each other. They get separated, but their paths cross again.
Photo Credit: Netflix
Photo Credit: Hellokpop
Photo Credit: IMDb
In short film "Untact" (2020)
In "Untact," Kim Go-eun is one-half of a couple who gets separated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this current situation, they are left with no choice but to maintain their relationship without contact, doing so virtually.
Photo Credit: Samsung
Photo Credit: Samsung
Photo Credit: BH Entertainment
In K-drama "Cheese in the Trap" (2016)
In this romance-drama, Kim Go-eun's character is a stunning and diligent scholar college student who gets romantically involved with her senior, a rich, handsome, and intelligent guy with a mysterious personality.
Photo Credit: tvN
Photo Credit: tvN
Photo Credit: tvN
In K-drama "Guardian: The Lonely and Great God" (2016)
For her next K-drama, Kim Go-eun is a bubbly high school student who has the power to summon a 939-year-old immortal Goblin who's in search of his bride. It turns out she's the Goblin's bride, the only one who can put an end to the Goblin's miserable, centuries-long life.
Photo Credit: ABS-CBN Entertainment
Photo Credit: ABS-CBN Entertainment
Photo Credit: Soompi
In K-drama "The King: Eternal Monarch" (2020)
In this romance fantasy drama, there are two parallel worlds, and Kim Go-eun plays the dual roles of a police officer/lieutenant in the Republic of Korea and a criminal in the Kingdom of Corea. When the modern-day Emperor of the Kingdom of Corea crosses over to Republic of Korea, he crosses paths with her. They fall in love, and they find themselves going against all odds, crossing barriers and time traveling, just to be with each other.
Photo Credit: SBS
Photo Credit: SBS
Photo Credit: SBS
Happy birthday, Kim Go-eun!
Lead photos from @mindbridge_kr and @ggonekim
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