Moon Ga-young (; born July 10, 1996) is a German-born

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n actress. She is best known for her roles in ''Heartstrings'' (2011), ''EXO Next Door'' (2015), '' Tempted'' (2018), ''

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'' (2019), '' Find Me in Your Memory'' (2020), '' True Beauty'' (2020-21), and'' Link: Eat, Love, Kill'' (2022).

Early life

Moon was born in

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to South Korean parents. Her family moved back to South Korea when she was 10 years old.

Career

Moon began her acting career in 2006 at just 10 years old. Moon was a

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who appeared in both film and television. In 2014, the teenage Ga Young played her first leading role as the title character in ''

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'', a four-episode mystery/romance

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that aired on cable channel Mnet. In April 2015, Ga Young portrayed the female protagonist in the web drama, ''EXO Next Door'' which aired on Naver TV Cast. She then played supporting roles in hit television series '' Don't Dare to Dream'' and '' Live Up to Your Name''. In 2017, she starred in the drama special ''Waltzing Alone''. In 2018, she starred in romance drama '' Tempted'', based on the 18th century French novel ''

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''. Her performance won her an Excellence Award as Best Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama award at the

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. In 2019, Ga Young was cast as one of the main cast of the comedy television series ''

''. In 2020, Ga Young was cast as the female lead in the romance television series '' Find Me in Your Memory''. Ga Young also starred as the female lead, Lim Ju-kyung in the tvN series, '' True Beauty'' which aired in December 2020. In 2022, she starred in tvN fantasy-melodrama '' Link: Eat, Love, Kill'' and

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office-romance drama '' The Interest of Love''.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Variety show

Ambassadorship

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moon, Ga-young Living people 1996 births South Korean expatriates in Germany South Korean television actresses South Korean film actresses South Korean child actresses South Korean web series actresses Actors from Karlsruhe Sungkyunkwan University alumni