Kim Kkob-bi
Born: 1985-11-24 in Bucheon, South Korea
Known For: Acting
Biography
She has positive energy that allows her to smile her way out of any troubles in the world. She made her name as an actress starring as a daughter of an womanizing editor in Jealousy ls My Middle Name. Rather than being a shining star, KIM has developed her acting career by winning awards for her roles in independent movies. She broadened her acting spectrum by portraying young Jung-hye in This Charming Girl, a razor-wielding high school girl in The City of Violence, a young girl named Sodan in Midnight Ballad for Ghost Theater, whose fresh smile brightened up gloomy ghosts in a run-down theater. KIM showed off her acting potential in Breathless directed by YANG Ik-june. The movie has received Rotterdam Tiger Award, the best film awards, best actor and actress awards from international film festivals. She portrayed a girl who warmed up to a creepy violent thug with deep inner suffering. She played a lesbian girl Ashamed selected to the Panorama section in Berlin Film Festival 2011. She starred as a girl who met a new world during her travel with a Japanese woman in Magic & Loss directed by a Malaysian director LIM Kahwai. KIM next appeared in the indies The Sunshine Boys and the well-regarded Pluto, which both debuted at the Busan International Film Festival in 2012. KIM returned to Japan for a trio of films in 2013/14, A Pale Woman, It’s a Beautiful Day and A Record of Sweet Murder. In 2014, KIM also appeared in a supporting role in the period action film Kundo: Age of the Rampant and was also the lead in the indie film The Liar, which debuted at the Busan International Film Festival.
Filmography
2020
- On July 7
- Do You Like Camping? as Ji-woo
2019
- Maggie as Bookworm
2018
- You, Your, Yours as Princess
- The March for the Lost
2017
2016
- TSUMUGU as Yona
2015
- In the Room as Seo Yun (segment "First Time")
- The Liar as Ayoung
- Winter Flower
2014
- Kundo: Age of the Rampant as Jung-shim
- A Record of Sweet Murder as So-yeon
- A Dangerous Woman as Bo-kyung
2013
- Greatful Dead as Soo-young
- Rough Play as Jeonju Festival VIP
- Pluto as Jeong Soo-jin
- It's a Beautiful Day as Ah-Jung
- Sunshine Boys as Mi-yeon
2012
- A Pale Woman
- Hanaan as Olga (Special Appearance)
- Myselves : The Actress No Makeup Project
2011
- The King of Pigs as Young Jung Jong-suk (voice)
- Ashamed as Kang Ji Woo
- The House as Ga-yeong (voice)
2010
- Now i'll be brave as Kkob-bi (seg.15)
- Be with Me as Nam-Hee
- Magic and Loss as Kkob-bi
2009
- Breathless as Yeon-hee
2006
- The City of Violence as School Girl Ragpicker
- Family Ties as Restaurant Student Patron 1
- Midnight Ballad for Ghost Theater as Seong Sodan / Gang Shim-deok
2005
- Blossom Again as Cram School Student
- This Charming Girl as Young Jeong-hye
2003
- Jealousy Is My Middle Name as Han Mi-rim