Soy Kim (; born 김소연 in 1980) is a South Korean actress, singer-songwriter and model.

Career

Film

Soy started her acting career as Hye-young in the 2005 movie

The Wig ''The Wig'' () is 2005 South Korean horror film directed by Won Shin-yun, and starring Chae Min-seo and Yoo Sun. It was first released on August 12, 2005, in South Korea and was released onto DVD in the United States in 2008. Plot A young wom ...

. After landing several lead roles in movies such as ''Drawing Paper'', ''Ohayo Sapporo'', she began working closely with Director

Shin Yeon-shick Shin Yeon-shick (born 1976) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He directed ''The Fair Love'' (2010), ''The Russian Novel'' (2013), and ''Rough Play'' (2013). Career Born in Seoul in 1976, Shin Yeon-shick dropped out of his Spanis ...

in movies such as ''

Rough Play ''Rough Play'' (; lit. "An Actor Is an Actor") is a 2013 South Korean film about an actor (played by Lee Joon) who becomes a superstar overnight then hits rock bottom. It is written and executive produced by Kim Ki-duk, and directed by Shin Yeon-sh ...

'', ''The Avian Kind'', and most recently a lead role in his

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''Like a French Film'' opposite

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from '' The Walking Dead''.

Interviewer

Due to her fluency in English,

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& Chinese, Soy has had the opportunity to interview many

Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (disambiguation) * Hollywood, ...

stars such as

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. Most recently, Soy has interviewed Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy & Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu for the 2015

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

-winning film '' The Revenant''.

Music

Soy was included in the original lineup for S.E.S under SM Entertainment in 1997 but left the group prior to debut due to personal reasons. Soy started her musical career as the leader of 5-member

K-pop K-pop (), short for Korean popular music, is a form of popular music originating in South Korea as part of South Korean culture. It includes styles and genres from around the world, such as pop, hip hop, R&B, experimental, rock, jazz, gos ...

girl band

T.T.MA T.T.Ma ( ko, 티티마) was a five-member South Korean girl group A girl group is a music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States to de ...

in 1999. After releasing two albums, the group disbanded in 2002 and Soy now performs under the moniker, Raspberry Field.

Early life

Soy was born the youngest of 2 siblings in Hong Kong. She has an older sister named Hey (Real name: Kim Hye-won) who is married to

singer Cho Kyu-chan. Her parents were South Korean diplomats, allowing her to travel to many countries in her youth such as England, United States and

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. Her cousin is singer Paul Kim. Upon her return to South Korea, she enrolled in Korea University and graduated with a

Bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

in Chinese Language & Literature. She is also an M.A. candidate in

Media studies Media studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media. Media Studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly ...

. Soy is fluent in English,

& Chinese.

Filmography

Film

Television

Discography

As Raspberry Field

;Studio albums * ''Sweet & Bitter'' (2013) * ''Dream, Cast'' (2015) ;Singles * ''Saturday Afternoon'' (2010) * ''Have You Seen...?'' (2010) * ''You Know,'' (2010) * ''Can You'' (2012) * ''What a Feeling'' (2013) * ''Time Traveler'' (2013)

As T.T.MA

;Studio albums * ''In the Sea'' (1999) * ''2nd Story I Wanna Be...'' (2000)

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Soy Living people 1980 births Hong Kong expatriates in South Korea 20th-century South Korean women singers 21st-century South Korean women singers 21st-century South Korean actresses South Korean film actresses South Korean television actresses South Korean folk singers K-pop singers South Korean women pop singers South Korean women singer-songwriters South Korean guitarists South Korean female idols South Korean female models Korea University alumni