Jin Ki-joo

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Jin Ki-joo
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Jin in May 2022
Born (1989-01-26) January 26, 1989 (age 35)
OccupationActress
Years active2014–present
AgentFL ENT [1]
Korean name
Hangul
진기주
Revised Romanization Jin Gi-ju
McCune–Reischauer Chin Kichu

Jin Ki-joo (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 .

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Career

Jin Ki-joo was previously an employee of Samsung SDS and then worked as reporter for SBS regional affiliate G1 before starting her acting career. [2] After Jin won a prize in the 23rd Supermodel Contest, the organizer introduced her to some management companies for actors. [3] Her acting debut was in tvN's 2015 romantic comedy television series Second 20s . [1]

2018 was 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 . [4] Her standout role as the protagonist's rival in JTBC's melodrama mystery Misty [5] 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 . [6]

In 2019, Jin starred in the SBS romantic comedy series The Secret Life of My Secretary . [7] [8]

Jin acted as the protagonist in KBS2's 2020 family weekend drama Homemade Love Story . [9]

In 2022 Jin accepted two series offers, MBC's supernatural fantasy From Now On, Showtime! [10] and KBS2's time travel mystery My Perfect Stranger . [11]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2018 Little Forest Eun-sook [12]
Unknown WomanHae-kyungShort film [13] [14]
2021 Midnight Kyung-mi TVING release [15] [16]
TBAThe Land of Happiness [17]

Television series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2015 Second 20s Park Seung-hyun
Splash Splash Love Queen Soheon 2 Episodes [18]
2016 One More Happy Ending An Soon-soo [19]
The Good Wife Song Hee-soo [20]
Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo Chae-ryung [21]
2017 Wednesday 3:30 PM Sun Eun-woo [22]
2018 Misty Han Ji-won [23]
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 [10]
Sh**ting Stars Kim Jin-kyungCameo (episode 11) [24]
2023 My Perfect Stranger Baek Yoon-young [11]

Web series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2024 Uncle Samsik Joo Yeo-jin [25]

Television shows

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2014Supermodel ContestContestant [26]
2015Model House Room of Ten [27]
2018청년 농부/Young FarmerNarratorDocumentary [28] [29]

Music video appearances

YearSong TitleArtistRef.
2021"It's Snowing" Lee Mu-jin (ft.Heize) [30]

Discography

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Spring" (여기 봄) [31] 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 ceremonyYearCategoryNominee / WorkResultRef.
APAN Star Awards 2018 Best New Actress Misty Nominated [32]
2021 Excellence Award, Actress in Serial Drama Homemade Love Story Nominated [33]
Baeksang Arts Awards 2018 Best New Actress – Film Little Forest Nominated
Buil Film Awards 2018 Best New ActressNominated
Chunsa Film Art Awards 2019Won [34]
Grand Bell Awards 2018 Nominated
KBS Drama Awards 2020 Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama Homemade Love Story Won [35]
Best Couple AwardJin 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 AwardJin Ki-joo (with Jang Ki-yong)
Come and Hug Me
Won [36]
2022 Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries From Now On, Showtime! Nominated [37]
Best Couple AwardJin Ki-joo (with Park Hae-jin)
From Now On, Showtime!
Nominated [38]
SBS Drama Awards 2019 Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries The Secret Life of My Secretary Nominated
Supermodel Contest2014Olivia Lauren PrizeJin Ki-jooWon [39]
The Seoul Awards 2018Best New Actress Little Forest Nominated [40]

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