Actor
Kim Tae-ri
Born April 24, 1990 in Seoul, South Korea10 films
Kim Tae-ri (김태리) is a South Korean actress. Kim started her career appearing in theater productions and modelling in TV adverts. She made her feature film debut in Park Chan-wook's film The Handmaiden (2016) where she was chosen from among 1,500 candidates who auditioned for the role. Park's first impression of Kim reminded him strongly of his first meeting with actress Kang Hye-jung, who had her career breakthrough in Park's film Oldboy (2003).
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Kim also starred in 1987: When the Day Comes (2017) and Little Forest (2018).
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First watchThe Handmaiden20168.2as Sook-hee1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
10 films as actor- 2025Lost in StarlightNan-young (voice)
- 2024Alienoid: Return to the FutureEan
- 2022AlienoidEan
- 2021Space SweepersCaptain Jang
- 2018Little ForestHye-won
- 20171987: When the Day ComesYeon-hee
- 2017Moon YoungMoon-young
- 2016The HandmaidenSook-hee
- 2015Lock OutWoman
- 2015What Are You Looking At?High School Girl