Jin Kyung

In this Korean name, the family name is Jin.

Jin Kyung (Korean: 진경; born March 27, 1972) is a South Korean actress.

Jin Kyung
Jin in 2014
Born	(1972-03-27) March 27, 1972 (age 53) Masan, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
Education	Korea National University of Arts[1]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1998–present
Agent	YG Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul	진경
RR	Jin Gyeong
MR	Chin Kyŏng
Website	ygfamily.com

Early years

Jin learned piano as a child. She graduated from Seonhwa Arts Middle School, and entered Daewon Foreign Language High School. Her interest at acting started when Jin watched a play she with her older sister, who is active in Seoul Institute of the Arts' Dramatic Arts Research Club. She dropped out of the university within a week, and the following year entered Dongguk University's Department of Theater and Film.^[2]

Career

Jin made her stage debut in 1998 and spent ten years in theater, before becoming active in film and television.^[3] She won Best Supporting Actress at the 50th Baeksang Arts Awards for surveillance thriller Cold Eyes (2013).^[4][5]

In November 2020, Jin signed with new agency YG Entertainment.^[6]

She won "Best Supporting Actress" at 28th SBS Drama Awards as Oh Myung Sim in the drama series Dr. Romantic 2.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2000	Sugar Hill		Short film
	Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors
2001	I Wish I Had a Wife
	Go West		Short film
	Paradise Villa	Woman with water purifier
2004	Too Beautiful to Lie	Joo Young-ok
	A Smile	Writer Ahn
	My Little Bride	Newlywed woman
2005	The Bayer Piano Lesson for Children Vol. 1	Piano teacher	Short film
2006	Forbidden Quest	Yoon-seo's wife
	Love Phobia	Female teacher
2008	The Room Nearby	Teacher Park
2009	The Case of Itaewon Homicide	Prosecutor Park's wife
	Fly, Penguin	Kwon Soo-min
	Where Are You Going?	Homeroom teacher
2010	Happy Killers	Mi-young
2011	Glove	Nun teacher
	Hanji	Female section chief
	Head	Female nurse
	A Reason to Live
2012	Unbowed	Park Jun's wife
	Hoya (Eighteen, Nineteen)	Homeroom teacher	Cameo appearance
	Miss Conspirator	Miss Go
2013	My Paparotti	Mi-sun
	Cold Eyes	Department head Lee
2014	Slow Video	Old maid Shim
2015	Perfect Proposal	Hye-jin
	Veteran	Joo-yeon
	Assassination	Ahn Seong-sim
	You Call It Passion	CEO Jang
2016	The Great Actor	Ji-young
	Master	Kim Mi-yong
2018	Love+Sling	Mi-ra
	The Witness	Soo-jin
2020	Beasts Clawing at Straws	Young-sun
2021	Hard Hit	Team leader of the explosives disposal team		[8]
2022	Yaksha: Ruthless Operations	Yeom Jeong-won	Netflix film	[9]
	The Boys	Yoon Mi-sook	Premiere at BIFF	[10]
2025	Midnight Sun	TBA		[11][12]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2008	Iljimae	Bong Soon's mother	Cameo appearance
2011	War of the Roses	Kim Nan-jung
2012	My Husband Got a Family	Min Ji-young
	Phantom	Oh Yeon-sook	Cameo appearance
	The Innocent Man	Hyun Jung-hwa
	Cheer Up, Mr. Kim!	Jo Jae-nam
2013	Gu Family Book	Yeo-joo
	The Queen's Classroom	Jung Hwa-shin
	Good Doctor	Nam Joo-yeon
	Basketball	Woman from Bamsil
	KBS Drama Special: "Outlasting Happiness"	Jin-kyung	One act-drama
2014	Wonderful Days	Cha Hae-joo
	It's Okay, That's Love	Lee Young-jin
	Tears of Heaven	Adoptive mother	Cameo appearance
	KBS Drama Special: "The Girl Who Became a Photo"	Seo Ji-eun	One act-drama
	Pinocchio	Song Cha-ok
2015	Blood	Choi Kyung-in
	The Time We Were Not in Love	Choi Mi-hyang
	Oh My Venus	Choi Hye-ran
2016	Uncontrollably Fond	Shin Young-ok
	Local Hero	Sun-young
	Woman with a Suitcase	Goo Ji-Hyun
2016	Dr. Romantic	Oh Myeong-shim	Season 1–3	[13]
2017	Untouchable	Jung Yoon-mi
2018	My Only One	Na Hong-joo		[14]
2020	Homemade Love Story	Jung Min-jae
2021	L.U.C.A.: The Beginning	Hwang Jung-ah
	Melancholia	Noh Jung-ah		[15][16]
2022	Extraordinary Attorney Woo	Tae Soo-mi		[17][18]
	Love in Contract	Yoo Mi-ho		[19][20]
2023	My Lovely Liar	Cha Hyang-suk		[21]
2023	The Story of Park's Marriage Contract	Min Hye-sook		[22]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2023	Queenmaker	Seo Min-jeong	[23]
	Black Knight	President Chae Jin-gyeong	[24]

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Reprised
1998	Secret Royal Inspector Park Mun-su	Park Mun-su
	Fish Origami
	Kiss
	The Broken Jug
1999	Sotong and Bultong
	The Caucasian Chalk Circle
2000	싸움터의 산책
	Yi	Jang Nok-su	2001, 2006, 2009, 2010
2002	Stop It
	Caligula No. 1237
2003	Conditions for Being a Villain
	Generation After Generation
	Come and See Me	Reporter Park	2006
2005	Wit
	Art in June
	Art	Soo-yeon
	Boy's Life
2007	Reflection
	8 Femmes[25]	Louise
	Oresteia	Cassandra
2008	The Tenant
	An Exploration of the Mind
2009	Turn Around and Leave[26]	Chae Hee-ju
2010	Closer[27]	Anna
	The Phantom of the Curtain Call[28]	Marie
2011	Cooking with Elvis	Mam
2013	이제는 애처가	Sakura

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2012	KBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actress	My Husband Got a Family, The Innocent Man	Nominated
2013	22nd Buil Film Awards		Cold Eyes	Nominated
	KBS Drama Awards		Good Doctor	Nominated
2014	50th Baeksang Arts Awards		Cold Eyes	Won
	SBS Drama Awards	Special Award, Actress in a Miniseries	It's Okay, That's Love, Pinocchio	Won
	KBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Wonderful Days, The Girl Who Became a Photo	Nominated
2015	36th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Veteran	Nominated
2016	11th Max Movie Awards			Nominated
	SBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Genre Drama	Dr. Romantic	Nominated
2018	KBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actress	My Only One	Nominated
		Best Couple (with Choi Soo-jong)[29]		Won
2019	39th Golden Cinema Film Festival	Jury's Special Award	—	Won[30][unreliable source?]
2020	28th SBS Drama Awards[7]	Best Supporting Actress	Dr. Romantic 2	Won
2023	SBS Drama Awards[31]	Best Supporting Actress in a Seasonal Drama	Dr. Romantic 3	Nominated