Let’s Get To Know More About Kim Hye-yoon!
The role of high school student Kang Ye-seo in Sky Castle was becoming popular, especially for her ‘arrogant’ side. Kang Ye-seo was played by actress Kim Hye-yoon who known for her acting career since 2013. Through this article, Channel Korea will give you the full profile of Kim Hye-yoon, so keep on reading!
Full Profile of Kim Hye-yoon
Kim Hye-yoon (김혜윤) was born in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on November 10, 1996. She’s 23 years old (international age), but in Korean age, she’s 24 years old. She has 160 cm of height, B as her blood type; meanwhile, her zodiac sign was Scorpio. Kim Hye-yoon also scouted under talent agency SidusHQ.
Kim Hye-yoon graduated in 2019 from Kankuk University, which is famous as a famous Korean university and majored in Film Arts. She has also accepted the full scholarship, which made her focused on her education from 2015 until 2018. That’s why she only accepted a small role or cameo appearance during that time.
After her graduation, Kim Hye-yoon has started her acting career again by joined several auditions for a more significant role in K-Dramas; one of them was Sky Castle. And then, she was selected to be involved in that series, and it also made her acting career grew even more! Meanwhile, Kim Hye-yoon also is known for her friendship with actress Kim Hye-joon as well as Jung Hye-sung.
Kim Hye-yoon’s Interesting Facts:
- She has an Instagram account, @hye_yoon1110
- Her drinking capacity has about drunk a glass of beer, but if she did well, she was drinking a bottle of Soju
- When she got drunk, her lousy habit was often sleeping in the toilet
- Kim Hye-yoon said that she isn’t a “morning person.”
- Eat something delicious could boost-up her energy
Kim Hye-yoon’s Dramas and Movies
Kim Hye-yoon has started her acting career since 2013, which almost 7 years. Her acting debut happened through K-Drama Samsaegi as a supporting role. Even though at first she was often got a supporting role or cameo appearance, but her acting skills were amazing as time went by. Kim Hye-yoon has made her name becoming more popular after her role as arrogant student Kang Ye-seo in Sky Castle, then following by her role as the cheerful Eun Dan-oh in Extraordinary You.
Previously, Kim Hye-yoon was revealed about her dilemma and struggle in acting career through SBS’ Night Real Entertainment. She used to felt worried since her other colleagues have been achieved their huge career, meanwhile, she was still stuck in the same place. But thankfully, she was supported by loveable people around her, which made her motivation becoming even bigger as time went by!
Here is the list of Kim Hye-yoon’s filmography:
Movies
Kim Hye-yoon’s movie list:
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2013 | Hide and Seek | Middle school girl |
| 2015 | Helious | Park Woo-cheol’s sister |
| 2016 | The Bacchus Lady | Nurse |
| 2017 | Memoir of a Murderer | Young Maria |
| 2019 | Another Child | Jung Hyun-joo |
| 2019 | The Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos | Oh Ji-yeon |
| 2020 | Midnight | So-jung |
| TBA | The Girl Riding a Bulldozer | Goo Hye-young |
K-Dramas
Kim Hye-yoon’s drama list:
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2013 | I Can Hear Your Voice | Kim Yeon-jin |
| 2013 | The Suspicious Housekeeper | Bang Soo-yeon |
| 2014 | Bad Guys | Oh Ji-yeon |
| 2014 | Pride and Prejudice | Kang Han-na |
| 2015 | Punch | Cho Kang-jae’s daughter |
| 2015 | Hidden Identity | Young Jang Min-joo |
| 2015 | A Daughter Just Like You | Young Ma Ji-sung |
| 2015 | The Return of Hwang Geum-bok | Young Hwang Eun-sil |
| 2016 | Shopping King Louie | Song Yeon-ah |
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2016 | Legend of the Blue Sea | Jang Jin-ok’s daughter |
| 2017 | Tunnel | Young Kim Young-ja |
| 2017-2018 | Man in the Kitchen | Jung Soo-ji |
| 2018 | Oh, The Mysterious | Young Kook Soo-ran |
| 2019 | Sky Castle | Kang Ye-seo |
| 2019 | Extraordinary You | Eun Dan-oh |
Short Film
Kim Hye-yoon’s short film list:
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2013 | Hello Seoul | Young Park Mi-ok |
| 2015 | Broken | Hye-yoon |
| 2015 | The Road Not Taken | Girl |
| 2016 | Ugly Day | So-hyun |
| 2017 | The Day I Hate to Go to School | Lim Eun-jung |
| 2017 | Suncheon Memory | Yeon-oh |
| 2017 | Claw Crane | Young Eun-ah |
| 2018 | Dawn to Dawn | Sun-young |
| 2018 | BETTA | Kim Jung-hyun |
Web Series
Kim Hye-yoon’s web series list:
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2016 | Secret Crushes Season 1 | Actress |
| 2016 | Secret Crushes Season 2 | Kim Hye-yoon |
| 2016 | Drunkard | Shin Ho-jung |
| 2017 | Secret Crushes Season 3 | Kim Hye-yoon |
| 2017 | Supernatural? | Shin Ho-jung |
| 2018 | Social Story – Tears of Job Seeker | Kim Hye-yoon |
| 2019 | Secret Crushes Special Edition | Kim Hye-yoon |
Awards and Nominations
Kim Hye-yoon was proven that her acting skills were worthy and amazing. No wonder, she has been received a couple of awards, mostly for her appearance in K-Dramas Sky Castle as well as Extraordinary You!
Let’s take a look at Kim Hye-yoon’s awards and nominations list here!
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
| 2019 | 55th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best New Actress | Won |
| 2019 | 14th Asia Model Awards | Rising Star Award | Won |
| 2019 | 27th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama | Won |
| 2019 | 18th Korea First Brand Awards | Rising Star Awards, Actress | Won |
| 2019 | MBC Drama Awards | Best Couple Award (with Rowoon and Lee Jae-wook) | Nominated |
| 2019 | MBC Drama Awards | Best New Actress | Won |
| 2019 | MBC Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama | Won |
Kim Hye-yoon’s Dating News
Just like the common K-Pop idol, Kim Hye-yoon also used to be involved in dating news. Moreover, after her role as Eun Dan-oh in Extraordinary You which also starred along with SF9’s Rowoon. Their natural chemistry also leads people to assume that they used to be dating! Even their fans also getting really excited with their togetherness, and often wished that they could be a real couple.
However, Kim Hye-yoon was denied the rumor. She was revealed that there were several comments about their dating news, it also referred to her behind the scene moment with SF9’s Rowoon. Any further, she said that they were acted comfortably around each other since they were of the same age.
But still, Kim Hye-yoon and SF9’s Rowoon such good friends for each other. Both of them also show their support and compliments for themselves as well. Even outside their relationship in drama, Kim Hye-yoon and Rowoon also remained professional but friendly at the same time!
Kim Hye-yoon and SF9’s Rowoon also pleased people with their fashion photoshoot together! They appeared in High Cut Magazine with several fashionable outfits, which was quite different from their uniform style in Extraordinary You. They were looking great together and gorgeous as ever!
