Kang So-ra

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Kang So-ra
Kang So-ra at the 'Secret Zoo' Press Conference 03.png
Kang in 2019
Born (1990-02-18) February 18, 1990 (age 34)
Education Dongguk University - Theater and Film
OccupationActress
Years active2009–present
AgentPlum E&C
Spouse
Unknown
(m. 2020)
Children2
Korean name
Hangul
강소라
Revised Romanization Gang So-ra
McCune–Reischauer Kang Sora

Kang So-ra (born February 18, 1990) is a South Korean actress. [1]

Contents

Career

Kang made her acting debut in the 2009 thriller movie 4th Period Mystery , but rose to fame when she starred in the 2011 blockbuster Sunny , a coming-of-age film about a group of high school girls growing up in the 1980s. [2] This was followed by leading roles in television dramas, such as teen musical Dream High 2 (2012), [3] [4] [5] and family drama Ugly Alert (2013). [6] Kang also appeared on the third season of We Got Married , a reality show which pairs up celebrities into fake "married" couples; her partner was Leeteuk from the K-pop group Super Junior. [7] [8]

Kang gained increased recognition after starring in two hit series in 2014: medical drama Doctor Stranger (2014) [9] [10] and workplace dramedy Misaeng: Incomplete Life (2014). [11] Doctor Stranger was a success in China with 400 million views, and Misaeng: Incomplete Life was dubbed a "cultural phenomenon" in South Korea. [12] [13] This was followed by lead roles in romantic comedy Warm and Cozy (2015) together with Yoo Yeon-seok, [14] [15] legal drama My Lawyer, Mr. Jo (2016), [16] and romantic comedy Revolutionary Love (2017) alongside Choi Si-won from the k-pop group Super Junior. [17]

In 2019, Kang returned to the big screen in the cycling film Uhm Bok-dong . [18] [19]

In 2020, Kang starred in the comedy film Secret Zoo , based on the webtoon of the same name. She plays a veterinarian who pretends to be a lion. [20] The same year, she was cast in the romance melodrama film Waiting for Rain . [21]

Personal life

Kang married a doctor of Oriental medicine in August 2020 in a private ceremony. [22] On November 19, 2020, it was announced that Kang was pregnant with their first child, due in April 2021. [23] [24]

On April 15, 2021, Kang's agency announced that Kang had given birth to a daughter. [25] On October 16, 2023, it was confirmed that she is expecting her second child and expected to give birth at the end of this year. [26] Kang gave birth to her second daughter on December 11, 2023. [27]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2009 4th Period Mystery Lee Da-jeong [28]
Kwang-tae's Basic StoryJi-hyo short film
2011 Sunny teenage Ha Chun-hwa [2]
2012 Brave Mérida(voice, Korean dubbing) [29]
2013 My Paparotti Sook-hee [30]
Cheer Up, Mr. LeeHerself cameo [31]
2019 Uhm Bok-dong Kim Hyung-shin [18]
2020 Secret Zoo So Won [20]
2021 Waiting for Rain Soo-jin [32]

Television series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2010 Ugly Miss Young-ae season 7Kang So-ra
Dr. Champ Kwon Yoo-ri [33]
Ugly Miss Young-ae season 8Kang So-ra
2011 My Bittersweet Life Hong Yoon-mi [34]
2012 Dream High 2 Shin Hae-sung [4]
2013 Ugly Alert Na Do-hee [6]
Ugly Miss Young-ae season 12Kang So-ra cameo [35]
2014 Doctor Stranger Oh Soo-hyun [10]
Misaeng: Incomplete Life Ahn Young-yi [11]
2015 Warm and Cozy Lee Jung-joo [14]
2016 My Lawyer, Mr. Jo Lee Eun-jo [16]
2017 Revolutionary Love Baek Joon [17]
2018 The Beauty Inside HostCameo [36]
2023 Strangers Again Oh Ha-ra [37]

Television shows

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2011–2012 We Got Married Season 3 Cast memberPaired with Leeteuk [7]
2013My Soul's Table [38]

Hosting

YearTitleRef.
2011 MBC Music Festival [39]
2012 MBC Entertainment Awards [40]
2017 31st Golden Disc Awards [41]
2018 32nd Golden Disc Awards [42]
2019 33rd Golden Disc Awards [43]

Music video appearances

YearSong TitleArtistNotesRef.
2009"This Good Day"Halla Man [44]
"Gloria"PK HemanKang is also featured on the album cover [45]
"Merely" JK Kim Dong-wook
"Happy Me" Hong Kyung-min [46]
2011"Hello" Huh Gak [47]
"I Told You I Wanna Die"includes narration by Kang
2017"Curtain" Suho ft. Song Young-joo [48]

Discography

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Round and Round" (빙글빙글)
(with Nam Bo-ra, Kim Bo-mi, Park Jin-joo, Kang So-ra, Min Hyo-rin, Kim Min-yeong)
2011 Sunny OST
"B Class Life" (B 급인생)
(with Jeong Jinwoon, Kang So-ra, Jinyoung, Kim Ji-soo)
2012 Dream High 2 OST

Ambassadorship

YearTitleCampaign OrganizerRef.
2015–presentAlcon Brand Ambassador Alcon [49]
2016Dongguk Ambassador Dongguk University [50]

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 2014 Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Doctor Stranger Nominated
2015 Misaeng: Incomplete Life & Warm and Cozy Nominated
Asia Model Awards2014Popular Star AwardKang So-raWon [51]
Baeksang Arts Awards 2012 Best New Actress – Film Sunny Nominated
Most Popular Actress – Film Won [52]
Best New Actress – Television Dream High 2 Nominated
Blue Dragon Film Awards 2011 Best New Actress Sunny Nominated
Buil Film Awards 2012Best New ActressWon [53]
Grand Bell Awards 2011 Nominated
Herald Donga Lifestyle Awards2014Best Style of the YearKang So-raWon [54]
KBS Drama Awards 2016 Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama My Lawyer, Mr. Jo Nominated
Korea Advertisers Association Awards2015Best Model AwardKang So-raWon [55]
Korea Drama Awards 2014 Excellence Award, Actress Doctor Stranger Won [56]
MBC Drama Awards 2015 Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Warm and Cozy Won [57]
MBC Entertainment Awards 2012Popularity Award (Variety Show) We Got Married (Season 3)Won [58]
Miss Supertalent Season 42014Asia New StarKang So-raWon
Mnet 20's Choice Awards 2011Hot Movie Star Sunny Won [59]
SBS Drama Awards 2013 Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend/Daily Drama Ugly Alert Nominated
New Star AwardWon [60]
2014 Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special Doctor Stranger Nominated

Listicles

Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement
PublisherYearListiclePlacementRef.
Forbes 2018 Korea Power Celebrity 37th [61]

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