Kang Ye-won

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim. In the stage name or pen-name, the surname is Kang.

Kang Ye-won (Korean: 강예원; born March 15, 1979), birth name Kim Ji-eun (김지은), is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her roles in Tidal Wave, Harmony, and Quick.^[3]

Kang Ye-won
Kang Ye-won in 2015
Born	Kim Ji-eun (1979-03-15) March 15, 1979 (age 46)[1] Daegu, South Korea[2]
Education	Hanyang University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2000–present
Agent	Fantagio
Korean name
Hangul	김지은
RR	Gim Jieun
MR	Kim Chiŭn
Stage name
Hangul	강예원
Hanja	强藝元
RR	Gang Yewon
MR	Kang Yewŏn

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2002	Sex of Magic	Han Ji-hye
	Addicted	Young-eun
2005	The Red Shoes	Keiko/Tae-Su(grown up)
2007	Miracle on 1st Street	Seon-joo
2009	Tidal Wave	Kim Hee-mi
2010	Harmony	Kang Yoo-mi
	Hello Ghost	Jung Yeon-soo
2011	Quick	Ah-rom	[4]
2012	Ghost Sweepers	Chan-young	[5]
2014	The Huntresses	Hong-dan	[6]
	My Ordinary Love Story	Park Eun-jin	[7]
2015	Love Clinic	Gil Shin-Seol	[8]
2016	El Condor Pasa	Soo-ha	[9]
	Insane	Kang Soo-ah	[10]
	Trick	Choi Young-ae	[11]
2017	Part-Time Spy	Jang Young-shil	[12]
2019	Watching	Yeong-woo	[13]
	The Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos	Yoo Mi-young	[14]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2001	Honey Honey	Ji-eun
2002	Who's My Love	Joo-mi
	Five Brothers and Sisters	Han Sun-hee (young)
2003	Long Live Love	Lee Ji-hye
2004	My 19 Year Old Sister-in-Law
2012	One Thousandth Man	Koo Mi-jin
2014	Bad Guys	Yoo Mi-young
2016	Becky's Back	Yang Baek-hee (Becky)	[15]
2017	Man Who Dies to Live	Lee Ji-young "A"	[16]
2018	Drama Stage: "Fighter Choi Kang-Soon"	Choi Kang-soon	[17]
2021	The One and Only	Kang Se-yeon	[18]

Variety show

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2015	Real Men: Female Soldier Special – Season 1	Cast member (Edition 2)	[19]
	We Got Married – Season 4	Cast member with Oh Min-suk (ep.146-180)	[20]
2016	Scene Stealer	Cast member
2017	Sister's Slam Dunk – Season 2		[21]
2018	Pets GO! Doggy Trip	Cast member	[22]

Musicals

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2000	Carmen (Korean adaptation)	Carmen

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2007	15th Chunsa Film Art Awards	Best New Actress	Miracle on 1st Street	Nominated
2009	30th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best New Actress	Haeundae	Nominated
2010	46th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actress (Film)	Harmony	Nominated
	18th Chunsa Film Art Awards	Best New Actress		Won	[23]
	47th Grand Bell Awards	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated
		Best New Actress		Nominated
	31st Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated
2015	MBC Entertainment Awards	Top Excellence Award for Variety Show	We Got Married	Nominated
		Popularity Award for Variety Show		Won
		Best Couple Award with Oh Min-suk		Nominated
2016	53rd Grand Bell Awards	Best Actress	Insane	Nominated
	Korea Film Actors Association Awards	Popularity Award		Won	[24]
	KBS Drama Awards	Best Actress in a One-Act Drama	Becky's Back	Won	[25]
2017	10th Korea Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress	Man Who Dies to Live	Nominated
	MBC Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries		Nominated

Personal life and health

She was a classically trained opera singer, and graduated from Hanyang University with Bachelor of Music with vocal major. However, she lost confidence to sing after suffering from vocal nodules.

She is a devout Christian and it was also revealed on Unnie's Slam Dunk that she is also a painter. She had hosted exhibitions since 2015.

In October 2021, she contracted COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated.^[26]