Kim Hye-jun
{{Short description|South Korean actress}}
{{Family name hatnote|Kim|lang=Korean}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
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| image = Kim Hye-jun in July 2024.png
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| caption = Kim in July 2024
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|05|08}}
| birth_place = Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea{{cite web|title=김혜준|url=https://www.marieclairekorea.com/tag/%ea%b9%80%ed%98%9c%ec%a4%80/|website=Marie Claire Korea|language=ko|access-date=October 25, 2023|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118020758/http://www.marieclairekorea.com/tag/%EA%B9%80%ED%98%9C%EC%A4%80/|url-status=live}}
| alma_mater = Hanyang University (Theater and Film)
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2015–present
| agent = Management MMM
| website =
| module = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes|headercolor=transparent
| hangul = 김혜준
| rr = Gim Hye-jun
| mr = Kim Hyechun
}}
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Kim Hye-jun ({{Korean|hangul=김혜준}}; born May 8, 1995) is a South Korean actress.{{Cite web|title=Kim Hye-jun (김혜준, Korean actress)|url=https://www.hancinema.net/korean_Kim_Hye-jun.php|website=HanCinema|language=en|access-date=April 26, 2020|archive-date=May 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521050906/https://www.hancinema.net/korean_Kim_Hye-jun.php|url-status=live}} She is best known for her role in Kingdom (2019–2020) as Queen Consort Cho. She won Best New Actress at the 40th Blue Dragon Film Awards for her role in Another Child (2019). She gained further recognition for her role as Song Yi-kyung or 'K' in Inspector Koo (2021) for which she won Best New Actress – Television at the 58th Baeksang Arts Awards the following year. Her other works include Matrimonial Chaos (2018) and Rain or Shine (2017–2018).
Career
She first appeared in commercials in 2015 and was still studying theater and film at Hanyang University when she debuted in the lesbian romance web series Lily Fever. Determined to go to as many auditions as possible in order to gain experience, she unexpectedly passed one for Saturday Night Live Korea, although she had always considered herself to have no talent for comedy, and so joined the regular cast of the TV show in 2016. Having made her name participating in several popular skits, she left the show at the end of the season in June. She starred in several short movies such as A Transfer Student and appearing as support in a few TV series.{{Cite web|title=KIM Hye-jun|url=https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=20301309|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|language=en|access-date=April 26, 2020|archive-date=September 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922093034/http://koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=20301309|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=KoreaTimes|url=http://m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/main.asp|website=The Korea Times|access-date=November 1, 2020|archive-date=March 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306183050/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www2/index.asp|url-status=dead}}
She landed her first role in a feature film in After Spring. In 2018, Kim was cast as one of the main characters in Netflix Original series Kingdom, portraying the unusual character of an ambitious teenage queen who is expecting the heir of the throne. In late 2018, she reunited with Bae Doona in the TV series Matrimonial Chaos, playing Bae's younger sister. Although Kim's acting in Kingdom was criticized by some viewers who would find it inconsistent with the much codified period piece genre, she was praised just a few months later for her performance as one of the leads in Another Child, the directorial debut of Kim Yoon-seok.
In 2020, she got a lead role in the black comedy mystery MBC television series Chip In (2020), alongside Oh Na-ra,{{Cite web|title=New K-Drama 'Chip In' Is Totally Giving Us 'Sky Castle' Vibes|url=https://www.cosmo.ph/entertainment/chip-in-kdrama-oh-na-ra-kim-hye-jun-a2520-20200723|website=COSMO.PH|language=en-ph|last=Tabanera|first=Lily Grace|date=July 23, 2020|access-date=October 15, 2020|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017155849/https://www.cosmo.ph/entertainment/chip-in-kdrama-oh-na-ra-kim-hye-jun-a2520-20200723|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=10 Potret Memesona Kim Hye Jun, Pemeran Yoo Bit Na di Drama 'Chip In'|url=https://www.idntimes.com/hype/entertainment/langgeng-irma-salugiasih/potret-kim-hye-jun-chip-in-c1c2|website=IDN Times|language=id|last=Irma|first=Langgeng|access-date=October 15, 2020|archive-date=October 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007042251/https://www.idntimes.com/hype/entertainment/langgeng-irma-salugiasih/potret-kim-hye-jun-chip-in-c1c2|url-status=live}} in which she won Best New Actress at the 2020 MBC Drama Awards. In 2021, Kim was cast one of the lead roles alongside Lee Young-ae in JTBC produced mystery thriller Inspector Koo, in which Kim portrays a college student who is secretly a ruthless serial killer.{{Cite web|title=Inspector Koo review: Fast pace, deft humour, smart writing make this Korean drama gem of a crime show|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/inspector-koo-review-fast-pace-deft-humour-smart-writing-make-this-korean-drama-gem-of-a-crime-show-10278561.html|website=Firstpost|language=en|date=January 12, 2022|access-date=January 27, 2022|archive-date=January 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127114525/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/inspector-koo-review-fast-pace-deft-humour-smart-writing-make-this-korean-drama-gem-of-a-crime-show-10278561.html|url-status=live}}
In 2022, she appeared in the Disney+ drama Connect which aired in December.{{cite web|title=정해인·고경표·김혜준 출연 '커넥트'...12월 디즈니+서 공개|trans-title=Jung Hae-in, Go Kyung-pyo, and Kim Hye-jun in 'Connect'... Released at Disney+ in December|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=021&aid=0002530015|via=Naver|publisher=Munhwa Ilbo|language=ko|last=Ahn|first=Jin-young|date=September 7, 2022|access-date=September 7, 2022|archive-date=May 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506020639/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=021&aid=0002530015|url-status=live}}
In April 2024, Kim signed with new agency Management MMM.{{Cite web|script-title=ko:김혜준, 김태리 소속사와 전속계약|trans-title=Kim Hye-jun and Kim Tae-ri signed an exclusive contract with the agency.|url=https://news.jtbc.co.kr/article/article.aspx?news_id=NB12193074|via=Naver|publisher=JTBC|language=ko|last=Park|first=Jeong-sun|date=April 23, 2024|access-date=April 23, 2024}}
Filmography
=Film=
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| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2018
| Hye Soo's friend | style="text-align:center" | |
| After Spring
| Hyang Yi | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2019
| Kwon Joo-ri | style="text-align:center" | |
| Metamorphosis
| Park Sun-woo | style="text-align:center" | |
| scope="row" | 2021
| Sinkhole | Hong Eun-joo |
=Television series=
=Web series=
=Television shows=
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| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
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| scope="row" | 2016
| Cast Member | Season 7 | style="text-align:center" | |
Awards and nominations
References
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{{Baeksang Arts Awards for Best New Actress (TV)}}
{{Blue Dragon Film Award Best New Actress}}
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Category:Actresses from Goyang
Category:21st-century South Korean actresses
Category:South Korean film actresses
Category:South Korean television actresses
Category:South Korean web series actresses
Category:Best New Actress Paeksang Arts Award (television) winners