Jin Ki-joo

In this Korean name, the family name is Jin.

Jin Ki-joo (Korean: 진기주; born January 26, 1989) is a South Korean actress. She made a breakthrough in 2018, landing her first lead role in a television series with Come and Hug Me after she acted in that year's acclaimed series Misty and film Little Forest.

Jin Ki-joo
Jin in May 2022
Born	(1989-01-26) January 26, 1989 (age 36) Seoul, South Korea
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2014–present
Agent	Basecamp Company[1]
Korean name
Hangul	진기주
RR	Jin Giju
MR	Chin Kiju

Career

Jin Ki-joo was previously an employee of Samsung SDS for three years, before working as journalist^[2] for Seoul Broadcasting System regional affiliate G1, before starting her acting career.^[3] After Jin won a prize in the 23rd Supermodel Contest, the organizer introduced her to some management companies for actors.^[4] Her acting debut was in tvN's 2015 romantic comedy television series Second 20s.^[5]

In 2018, Jin's breakthrough year. She got nominated and won several major film awards with her role as a snarky and playful country girl who yearns for the big city in Little Forest.^{[6][unreliable source?][7][8][9]} Her standout role as the protagonist's rival in JTBC's melodrama mystery Misty^[10] paved the way for Jin to be cast in a leading role for the first time in MBC's melodrama thriller Come and Hug Me.^{[11][unreliable source?]}

In 2019, Jin starred in the SBS romantic comedy series The Secret Life of My Secretary.^[12][13]

Jin played the protagonist role in KBS2's 2020 family weekend drama Homemade Love Story.^{[14][unreliable source?]}

In 2022, Jin accepted two series offers, MBC's supernatural fantasy From Now On, Showtime!^[15] and KBS2's time travel mystery My Perfect Stranger.^[16]

She acted as a journalist and daughter of assassinated presidential candidate in the 2024 period series Uncle Samsik starring acclaimed film actor Song Kang-ho.^[17]

Jin was cast in MBC's action comedy Undercover High School planned to be broadcast in 2025.^[18]

In April 2025, Jin signed a new management contract with Basecamp Company, the agency founded by veteran actors Cha Tae-hyun and Zo In-sung a month ago. She became that agency's first actress.^[1]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	Little Forest	Eun-sook		[19]
	Unknown Woman	Hae-kyung	Short film	[20][21]
2021	Midnight	Kyung-mi	TVING release	[22][23]
2024	Land of Happiness	Jo Soon-jung		[24]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	Second 20s	Park Seung-hyun
	Splash Splash Love	Queen Soheon	2 Episodes	[25]
2016	One More Happy Ending	An Soon-soo		[26]
	The Good Wife	Song Hee-soo		[27]
	Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo	Chae-ryung		[28]
2017	Wednesday 3:30 PM	Sun Eun-woo		[29]
2018	Misty	Han Ji-won		[30]
	Come and Hug Me	Han Jae-yi / Gil Nak-won
2019	The Secret Life of My Secretary	Jung Gal-hee
2020–2021	Homemade Love Story	Lee Bit Chae Woon
2022	From Now On, Showtime!	Go Seul-hae		[15]
	Shooting Stars	Kim Jin-kyung	Cameo (episode 11)	[31]
2023	My Perfect Stranger	Baek Yoon-young		[16]
2025	Undercover High School	Oh Soo-ah		[18]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2024	Uncle Samsik	Joo Yeo-jin	[17]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	Supermodel Contest	Contestant		[32]
2015	Model House Room of Ten			[33]
2018	Young Farmer (청년 농부)	Narrator	Documentary	[34][35]

Music video appearances

Year	Song Title	Artist	Ref.
2021	"It's Snowing"	Lee Mu-jin (ft.Heize)	[36]

Discography

Singles

Title	Year	Album
"Spring" (여기 봄)[37]	2017	Wednesday 3.30 pm OST

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result	Ref.
APAN Star Awards	2018	Best New Actress	Misty	Nominated	[38]
	2021	Excellence Award, Actress in Serial Drama	Homemade Love Story	Nominated	[39]
Baeksang Arts Awards	2018	Best New Actress – Film	Little Forest	Nominated
Buil Film Awards	2018	Best New Actress		Nominated
Chunsa Film Art Awards	2019			Won	[40][unreliable source?]
Grand Bell Awards	2018			Nominated
KBS Drama Awards	2020	Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama	Homemade Love Story	Won	[41]
		Best Couple Award	Jin Ki-joo (with Lee Jang-woo and Jeong Bo-seok) Homemade Love Story	Won
MBC Drama Awards	2018	Excellence Award, Actor in a Wednesday-Thursday Miniseries	Come and Hug Me	Nominated
		Best Couple Award	Jin Ki-joo (with Jang Ki-yong) Come and Hug Me	Won	[42]
	2022	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	From Now On, Showtime!	Nominated	[43]
		Best Couple Award	Jin Ki-joo (with Park Hae-jin) From Now On, Showtime!	Nominated	[44]
SBS Drama Awards	2019	Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	The Secret Life of My Secretary	Nominated
Supermodel Contest	2014	Olivia Lauren Prize	Jin Ki-joo	Won	[45]
The Seoul Awards	2018	Best New Actress	Little Forest	Nominated	[46]