China fans impressed by Beijing accent of South Korean actress Kim Go-eun
- Seoul-born actress moved to Beijing in 1994, won a slew of awards after making film debut in 2012
South Korean actress Kim Go-eun recently won her first Best Leading Actress in Film award at the 60th Baeksang Arts Awards for Exhuma, receiving a warm response from her large fan base in China.
Kim, 32, is well-known for her natural and intuitive performance, and is popular among Chinese cinephiles for her Beijing-accented Mandarin.
In 1994, at the age of four, Kim moved from Seoul to Beijing with her parents and older brother and lived in China for a decade because of her father’s job.
She studied at the No 3 Junior school and No 4 Secondary School in Beijing’s Miyun county, before returning to Seoul at 14.
Kim said her dream of working in the film industry was inspired by the 2002 film Together, directed by China’s Chen Kaige. She had watched the film more than 20 times.
She attended Kaywon High School of the Arts intending to become a backstage worker or screenwriter. But she was captivated by performance there and went on to study drama at the Korea National University of Arts.
