Yunjin Kim
South Korean-American actress · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1973 · age 53
Yunjin Kim is a South Korean-American actress. She is best known for her role as North Korean spy Bang-Hee in the South Korean film Shiri (1999) and Sun-Hwa Kwon on the American television series Lost (2004-2010). Her other notable works include Seven Days (2007), Harmony (2010), and Ode to My Father (2014).
Yunjin Kim is read about 716 times a day, in 38 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 8 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 113 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Notes from the Last RowSeries, Ahn Eun-joo2025
KPop Demon HuntersFilm, Celine (voice)2024
Dog DaysFilm, Jeong-ah2023
LOST: CircleSeries, Sun-Hwa Kwon2022
Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic AreaSeries, Seon Woo-jin
ConfessionFilm, 2022Yang Shin-ae2020
PawnFilm, Myeong-ja2018
Movie RoomSeries2017“In the US, my makeup artist was an elderly lady. She would put on my eyeliner using reading glasses. It’s something unimaginable in Korea.”In their words30 March 2017As quoted in The Korea Herald“There have been times when casting directors were talking loudly on the phone right outside the room where I was auditioning. I didn’t know what to do.”In their words30 March 2017As quoted in The Korea Herald
House of the DisappearedFilm, 2017Mi-hee2016
Let's Eat Dinner TogetherSeries2014
Ode to My FatherFilm, Young-ja2012
The NeighborsFilm, Kyung-hee2010
HarmonyFilm, Hong Jeong-hye2007
Seven DaysFilm, Yu Ji-yeon2006“I think flashbacks are important. I mean, each episode - that's what I love about watching Lost is every episode, you have your new favorite character.”In their words29 August 2006As quoted in IGN2005“I think it's so important for really young Asians growing up in America to have those positive images of themselves.”In their words4 April 2005As quoted in SMRT-TV
Diary of JuneFilm, 2005Seo Yun-hee2004
LostSeries, Sun-Hwa Kwon2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Series2002
ArdorFilm, Mi-heun2001
Rush!Film, Seo-Yeong2000
The Legend of GingkoFilm, Yeon1999
ShiriFilm, Lee Myung-hyun1998In Search of LoveSeries1997
The ViewSeries1993
Late Night with Conan O'BrienSeries1973Born7 November 1973People around Yunjin
Close ties
Yoon Je-kyoon Directed Ode to My Father (2014)
J. J. Abrams Directed Lost and Pilot
Kang Je-gyu Directed Shiri (1999)
Daniel Dae Kim Also in Lost, Pilot and KPop Demon Hunters
Jang Young-nam Also in Harmony and The Neighbors
Evangeline Lilly Also in Lost and Pilot
Ian Somerhalder Also in Lost and Pilot
Matthew Fox Also in Lost and Pilot
Dominic Monaghan Also in Lost and Pilot
Maggie Grace Also in Lost and Pilot
Josh Holloway Also in Lost and Pilot
Terry O'Quinn Also in Lost and Pilot
Jorge Garcia Also in Lost and Pilot
Greg Grunberg Also in Lost and Pilot
Damon Lindelof Wrote Lost and Pilot
Malcolm David Kelley Also in Lost and Pilot
Choi Min-sik Also in Shiri and Notes from the Last Row
L. Scott Caldwell Also in Lost and Pilot
Na Moon-hee Also in Harmony and Pawn
Hwang Jung-min Also in Ode to My Father and Shiri
Stephen Williams Directed Lost
Carl Macek Produced Yesterday (2002)
Kim Jae-hwa Also in Harmony and Pawn
Kim Jeong-tae Also in Ardor and The Neighbors
Known for
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Pawn 2020
KPop Demon Hunters 2025
Ode to My Father 2014
The Neighbors 2012
Confession 2022
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 18
33 credits on file
Television 14
Media & music
Photos 3
In their own words 2
, Again, I said it before, but I’m always surrounded by amazing female friends and they’re the ones who are with me and kind of slap me around when I’m doing something wrong.
I think it was the only way to wrap the show up. I mean, I know that not everyone was thrilled about it - some people were really angry about the ending.
