Jin Se-yeon

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim. In the stage name or pen-name, the surname is Jin.

Jin Se-yeon (born Kim Yoon-jung on February 15, 1994) is a South Korean actress. Some of her notable television dramas are Bridal Mask (2012), Doctor Stranger (2014), Flowers of the Prison (2016), Grand Prince (2018) among others.

Jin Se-yeon
Jin Se-yeon in 2019
Born	Kim Yoon-jung (1994-02-15) February 15, 1994 (age 29) Seoul, South Korea
Other names	Jin Se-yun
Education	Chung-Ang University - B.A. in Theater and Film^[1]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present
Agent	Early Bird
Korean name
Hangul	진세연
Hanja	陳世娫
Revised Romanization	Jin Se-yeon
McCune–Reischauer	Chin Seyŏn
Birth name
Hangul	김윤정
Revised Romanization	Kim Yun-jŏng
McCune–Reischauer	Gim Yunjeong

Career

2010–2015: Beginnings and finding successes

Jin Se-yeon began her career as an idol trainee for girl group Jewelry under Star Empire Entertainment. Before long, she started to appear in various TV commercials, which then steered her direction into acting.^[2] Even though her debut role was in the 2010 SBS drama It's Okay, Daddy's Girl, but her first casting was actually for the 2011 film White: Melody of Death.^[3] She then acted in the highly-controversial lesbian-themed Drama Special titled Daughters of Bilitis Club and portrayed the teenage version of Han Ji-hye's female lead character in The Duo.^[4][5]

Her first chance at starring role came when she won the audition for the titular protagonist in the daily drama My Daughter the Flower.^[6] She cemented her leading actress status with the acclaimed 1930s-setting period drama, Bridal Mask.^[7][8] Since then, Jin has been starred in various genres, among them a musical melodrama Five Fingers,^[9] medical-espionage drama Doctor Stranger,^[10] and romantic-comedy film Enemies In-Law.^[11]

2016–present: Transition leading roles and rising popularity

In 2016, Jin played the heroine for the summer blockbuster war film, Operation Chromite, alongside Liam Neeson and Lee Jung-jae.^[12] She was then chosen as the protagonist for MBC's 55th-founding anniversary historical drama directed by a famed director Lee Byung-hoon, Flowers of the Prison.^[13][14]

In 2018, Jin's popularity started to rise due to her performance in the historical drama Grand Prince.^[15] The series was a ratings success, becoming the highest rated TV Chosun drama since the network's establishment in 2011.^[16]

In 2019, Jin starred in the fantasy-mystery drama Item as a criminal profiler.^[17][18] The same year she was cast in the historical fantasy drama Queen: Love and War.^[19]

In 2020, Jin was cast in the mystery romance drama Born Again alongside Jang Ki-yong and Lee Soo-hyuk.^[20]

Personal life

Jin revealed in late 2012 that she had added a year to her real age in her résumé, actually being born in 1994, and not in 1993. Her agency explained, "Jin Se-yeon was only 17 years old when she debuted. She was so young that it was hard for her to land any roles. That's why we added a year to her age."^[21]

Jin also denied a rumor that she comes from a wealthy or influential family, due to her being one of the fastest-rising young actresses despite it not being long since her debut. She answered, "I was very surprised by the rumor myself. Though it was for a short period of time, I had also done secondary roles and acted out the younger versions. Maybe that's because I got to play a main role earlier than others. My father is running an IT company that is not listed. I actually don't know very well."^[22]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2011	White: Melody of Death	Jenny	^[23]
2014	The Language of Love	In-ha	^[24]
2015	Enemies In-Law	Park Young-hee	^[11]
2016	Operation Chromite	Han Chae-seon	^[12]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Network	Ref.
2010	It's Okay, Daddy's Girl	Jung Se-yeon	SBS	^[25]
2011	Drama Special Daughters of Bilitis Club	Kim Joo-yeon	KBS2	^[4]
	The Duo	young Dong-nyeo	MBC	^[5]
	My Daughter the Flower	Yang Kkot-nim	SBS	^[6]
2012	Bridal Mask	Oh Mok-dan/Esther/Boon-yi	KBS2	^[7]
	Five Fingers	Hong Da-mi	SBS	^[9]
2014	Inspiring Generation	Yoon Ok-ryun	KBS2	^[26]
	Doctor Stranger	Song Jae-hee/Han Seung-hee	SBS	^[10]
2015	High-End Crush	Yoo Yi-ryung	Naver TV Cast	^[27]
2016	Flowers of the Prison	Ok-nyeo/Lee Seo-won	MBC	^[13]
2018	Grand Prince	Sung Ja-hyun	TV Chosun	^[15]
2019	Item	Shin So-young	MBC	^[17]
	Queen: Love and War	Kang Eun-gi / Kang Eun-bo / Hong Yeon	TV Chosun	^[19]
2020	Born Again	Jung Ha-eun / Jung Sa-bin	KBS2	^[20]
2023	Bad Memory Eraser	Gyeong Gyeong-yeon	Netflix	^[28]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Network	Ref.
2019–2020	Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-staurant	Cast/chef (episodes 1–10)	KBS2	^[29]
2020	2020 KBS Entertainment Awards	MC with Jun Hyun-moo and Kim Jun-Hyun	KBS2	^[30]

Music video

Year	Singer	Title	Notes
2010	KCM	"Love Bear" (사랑곰)
2012	Ulala Session	"Goodbye Day" (굿바이데이)	Bridal Mask OST
2015	Acoustic Collabo	"Rolling" (또르르)

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2013	Closer	Alice	^[31]

Discography

Year	Title	Artist	Notes
2012	"I Have No Problems"	Jin Se-yeon and Cha Gil-young
2015	"Only You Forever"	Jin Se-yeon and Hong Jong-hyun	from Enemies In-Law OST

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2011	SBS Drama Awards	New Star Award	My Daughter the Flower	Won	^[32]
2012	5th Korea Drama Awards	Best New Actress		Nominated
	20th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards	Best New Actress	Bridal Mask	Nominated
	1st K-Drama Star Awards	Acting Award, actress		Nominated
	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama		Nominated
		Best New Actress		Won	^[33]
		Netizen Award, actress		Nominated
		Best Couple Award with Joo Won		Nominated
	SBS Drama Awards	Best Couple Award with Ju Ji-hoon	Five Fingers	Nominated
2014	3rd APAN Star Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	Doctor Stranger	Nominated
		Popular Star Award		Won	^[34]
	SBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special		Nominated
2016	24th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards	Best Actress (film)	Operation Chromite	Won	^[35]
2016	9th Korea Drama Awards	Excellence Award, actress	Flowers of the Prison	Nominated
	MBC Drama Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang)		Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama		Won	^[36]
		Best Couple Award with Seo Ha-joon		Nominated
2019	MBC Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries	Item	Nominated
2020	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	Born Again	Nominated

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External links

• Official website at Early Bird Entertainment

 

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