Kim Gyu-ri (actress, born August 1979)

Not to be confused with Kim Gyu-ri (actress, born June 1979).

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Gyu-ri (Korean: 김규리; born Kim Min-sun (Korean: 김민선) on 16 August 1979), is a South Korean actress best known for the film Portrait of a Beauty (2008).^[1][2]

Kim Gyu-ri
Kim in November 2007
Born	Kim Min-sun (1979-08-16) August 16, 1979 (age 45) Anyang, South Korea
Education	Dongduk Women's University - Broadcasting and Entertainment
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1998–present
Agents	MBK Entertainment Yesung HSM Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul	김규리
RR	Gim Gyuri
MR	Kim Kyuri
Birth name
Hangul	김민선
RR	Gim Minseon
MR	Kim Minsŏn
Signature

Biography

She was involved in a controversy in 2008 when she made a statement against eating beef imported from the United States; this led to a lawsuit by a beef importer in Seoul but the courts ruled in her favor in 2010.^[3] She also spoke out in behalf of entertainers' invasion of privacy regarding the explosive "Entertainment X-file" issue in 2005.^[4] In 2009 she officially changed her name from Kim Min-sun to Kim Gyu-ri.^[5] She dated Kim Joo-hyuk, her co-star in period drama God of War, from 2012 to 2013.^[6][7][8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Memento Mori	Min-ah
2000	Summer Story	Han Yeo-reum
	Bloody Beach	Do-yeon
2002	A.F.R.I.K.A.	Kim So-hyun
	2009 Lost Memories	Kindergarten teacher	(Cameo)
	My Beautiful Days	Hyun-ji
2004	Low Life	Park Hye-ok
2007	For Eternal Hearts	Pippi
	Rainbow Eyes	Park Eun-ju
2008	Antique	Jin-hyeok's girlfriend	(Cameo)
	Portrait of a Beauty[2]	Sin Yun-bok
2009	Five Senses of Eros[9]	Kim Mi-jin	segment: "The 33rd Man"
	Where is Jung Seung-pil?	Yoo Mi-seon
2010	Looking for My Wife	Yoo Young-shim
	Ha Ha Ha	Noh Jeong-hwa
2011	Shotgun Love	Shin So-yeon
	Poongsan	In-ok
2012	Doomsday Book	Bodhisattva Hye-joo	segment: "The Heavenly Creature"
2013	My Dear Girl, Jin-young	Kim Jin-young
2014	Another Promise	Yoo Nan-joo
	Revivre	Choo Eun-joo
2015	Five Senses of Love
2019	The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil	Cha Seo-jin
TBA	Hwapyeong Spot		[10]

Television series

Year	Title	Role
1999	School 1	Park Na-ri
2000	Medical Center	Jo Soo-ahn
2001	Morning Without Parting
	Like Father Unlike Son	Lee Su-jin
2002	Glass Slippers	Woo Seung-hee
	I Love You Hyun-jung	Lee Hyun-jung
2003	Fairy and Swindler	Song Kyung-sook
2004	Ode to the Han River	Yoon Na-young
2005	Loveholic	Lee Yeol-joo
	Young-jae's Golden Days	Joo Young-jae
2010	MBC Best Theater: "We Teach Love"	Lee Jin-yi
	KBS Drama Special: "Just Say It!"[11]	Choi Young-hee
2012	God of War	Choi Song-yi
2013	The Scandal	Jang Joo-ha
2014	Cunning Single Lady	Gook Yeo-jin
	The King's Face	Gwi-in Kim
2016–2017	Our Gap-soon	Heo Da-hae
2018	About Time[12]	Kim Joon-ah
2019	Designated Survivor: 60 Days	Choi Kang-yeon
2022	Green Mothers' Club[13]	Seo Jin-ha

Variety show

Year	Title	Notes
2011	Dancing with the Stars	Contestant (Season 1) Host (Seasons 2–3)
2012
2014	Law of the Jungle in Solomon Islands	Cast member
2022	Korean Food Chronicle	Presenter; Episode 1–4[14]

Hosting

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2021	25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival	with Lee Seon and Li Woo-jin	[15]
	15th Asian Film Awards	with Lee Seung-guk	[16]
2022	2022 Pyeongchang International Peace Film Festival	with Kim Joo-hun	[17]

Music video appearances

Year	Song Title	Artist
2002	"Elevator"	Park Jin-young
2004	"Love Is More Beautiful When You Can't Have It"	Tony An
	"Sunflower"	Park Sang-min
2009	"Love... That Guy"	Bobby Kim
2010	"I'll Hure More"	Hwanhee
2011	"It Hurts"	Yangpa

Books

Year	Title	Notes	ISBN
2009	Sunny Side Story	photo-essays	ISBN 978-89-960484-4-2
2012	내 앞에 봄이 와 있다		ISBN 978-89-59137060

Awards and nominations

Year	Award-giving body	Category	Nominated work(s)	Result
2000	36th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actress	Memento Mori	Won
	20th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards	Best New Actress		Won
2001	KBS Drama Awards	Best New Actress	Like Father, Unlike Son	Won
2002	MBC Drama Awards	Best New Actress	I Love You, Hyun-jung	Won
	SBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Glass Slippers	Won
2004	MBC Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress	Ode to the Han River	Won
2009	45th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Actress	Portrait of a Beauty	Nominated
	46th Grand Bell Awards	Best Actress		Nominated
2011	Dancing with the Stars	Season 1: Second Place	—	Won
2012	MBC Entertainment Awards	Popularity Award, MC category	Dancing with the Stars	Won
	MBC Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	God of War	Nominated
2013	MBC Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama	The Scandal	Nominated
2022	Seoul International Drama Awards	Asian Star Award (Korea)[18]	—	Won