68 Notable alumni of
Korean National University of Arts
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The Korean National University of Arts is 601st in the world, 116th in Asia, and 13th in South Korea by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 68 notable alumni from the Korean National University of Arts sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Kim Go-eun
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Kim Go-eun is a South Korean actress. She debuted in the film Eungyo (2012) where she won several Best New Actress awards in South Korea. She is also known for her roles in the television series Cheese in the Trap (2016), Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016–2017), Yumi's Cells (2021–2022), and Little Women (2022), as well as the films Coin Locker Girl (2015), Hero (2022), and Exhuma (2024).
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Lee Sun-kyun
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- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
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Lee Sun-kyun was a South Korean actor. Internationally, he was best known for his role in Bong Joon-ho's Academy Award–winning film Parasite (2019), for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award along with his castmates. He received several other awards, including a nomination for an International Emmy Award.
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Jung So-min
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- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
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Kim Yoon-ji, known professionally as Jung So-min (정소민), is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut with a supporting role in the television series Bad Guy (2010). Jung is known for her roles in the television series Playful Kiss (2010, the Korean adaptation of the popular manga Itazura na Kiss), My Father Is Strange (2017), Because This Is My First Life (2017), The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (2018), Alchemy of Souls (2022), and Love Next Door (2024), as well as the films Twenty (2015) and Love Reset (2023).
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Lee Je-hoon
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Lee Je-hoon is a South Korean actor. Having found success in both film and television, his acting has been recognised at several prestigious awards ceremonies, with nominations consisting of two at the Baeksang Art Awards, one at the Blue Dragon Film Awards, and two at the Grand Bell Awards, and accolades including one Blue Dragon Film Award, one Grand Bell Award, and two Grand Prize (Daesang) SBS Drama Awards.
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Park So-dam
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- actorfilm actor
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Park So-dam is a South Korean actress. She gained recognition through her appearances in the film The Priests (2015) as well as television series such as Cinderella with Four Knights (2016), Record of Youth (2020) and Death's Game (2023–2024).
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Suho
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- film actorsongwritertelevision actordanceractor
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Kim Jun-myeon, better known by his stage name Suho (Korean: 수호, meaning "guardian"), is a South Korean singer-songwriter and actor. He is the leader of the South Korean-Chinese boy group Exo and its sub-unit Exo-K. He debuted as a soloist on March 30, 2020, with the release of his extended play (EP) Self-Portrait. Outside of his musical career, Suho has also starred in various television dramas and movies such as One Way Trip (2016), The Universe's Star (2017), Rich Man (2018), Middle School Girl A (2018), How Are U Bread (2020), Behind Your Touch (2023), and Missing Crown Prince (2024).
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Kim Jung-hyun
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Kim Jung-hyun is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his lead roles in popular television series School 2017 (2017), Welcome to Waikiki (2018), and Time (2018). He gained international recognition by starring in the dramas Crash Landing on You (2019–2020) and Mr. Queen (2020–2021) which rank amongst the highest-rated Korean dramas in cable television history.
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Lim Ji-yeon
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- actorfilm actor
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Lim Ji-yeon is a South Korean actress. After appearing in a number of short films and plays, she had her first feature film role in Obsessed (2014). The role earned her a Best New Actress nomination at the 35th Blue Dragon Film Awards, and wins at the 51st Grand Bell Awards and 51st Baeksang Arts Awards, among other accolades. She subsequently starred in the film The Treacherous (2015) and the television series High Society (2015), and gained international acclaim for the Netflix hit series The Glory (2022–2023); the latter won her Best Supporting Actress at the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards.
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Jang Dong-geon
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- film actortelevision actorsingeractor
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Jang Dong-gun is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading roles in the films Friend (2001) and Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (2004). Jang is one of the highest-paid actors and celebrity endorsers in Korea, consistently topping surveys by industry insiders of most bankable stars.
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Yang Se-jong
- Enrolled in the Korean National University of Arts
- Studied acting
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- film actormodeltelevision actoractor
- Biography
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Yang Se-jong is a South Korean actor and model. Yang became well known when he starred as a young chef in the 2017 romance drama Temperature of Love which won him three Best New Actor awards at the SBS Drama Awards, Baeksang Arts Awards, and the 6th APAN Star Awards. His other works included Dr. Romantic (2016), Duel (2017), Still 17 (2018), My Country: The New Age (2019) and Doona! (2023).
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Kim Dong-wook
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- film score composertelevision actorfilm actoractor
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Kim Dong-wook is a South Korean actor. After appearing in student short films and several minor parts, Kim became a star through his supporting role in the popular TV series Coffee Prince (2007), followed by box office hit Take Off (2009). He then starred in Happy Killers (2010), Romantic Heaven (2011), The Guest (2018) and The King of Pigs (2022). His acclaimed performance as an obsessed and tormented king in the 2012 period drama The Concubine, along with his appearance in the fantasy action films Along with the Gods 1 and 2 has brought Kim the best reviews of his career yet.
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Yoon Park
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- actortelevision actor
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Yoon Park is a South Korean actor.
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Anupam Tripathi
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- actor
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Anupam Tripathi is an Indian actor based in South Korea. He has appeared in various South Korean television series and films. His first main role as Ali Abdul in Netflix's South Korean survival drama series Squid Game (2021) garnered him worldwide recognition.
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Han Ye-ri
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- stage actorfilm actoractor
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Kim Ye-ri, known professionally as Han Ye-ri (Korean: 한예리), is a South Korean actress.
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Seo Eun-soo
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- film actormodeltelevision actoractor
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Lee Jeong-min, known professionally as Seo Eun-soo (Korean: 서은수), is a South Korean actress and model. Seo made her acting debut in the 2016 television drama Don't Dare to Dream (2016). Seo received her big break after portraying the role of Seo Ji-soo in the KBS2 family drama My Golden Life (2017–2018). She appeared in other popular dramas, such as Dr. Romantic (2016), Duel (2017), Top Management (2018), and Legal High (2019). Her other works include The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (2018), Unlock My Boss (2022), Missing: The Other Side (2020–2023), and The Witch: Part 2. The Other One (2022).
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Kim Sung-cheol
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Kim Sung-cheol is a South Korean actor. He achieved initial success in stage musicals before being cast in his debut television role as Kim Young-cheol (a.k.a. 'Jailbird') in Prison Playbook (2017). He is recognised for his roles in The Battle of Jangsari (2019), Do You Like Brahms? (2020), Our Beloved Summer (2021), and Hellbound (2024).
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Park Hae-joon
- Enrolled in the Korean National University of Arts
- Studied theatre
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
- Biography
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Park Sang-woo, better known by the stage name Park Hae-joon, is a South Korean actor. Park first drew attention as a supporting actor in the television series' Doctor Stranger and Misaeng: Incomplete Life both released in 2014, which led to him being cast in his first leading role in Jung Ji-woo's film Fourth Place (2015). He gained widespread recognition through The World of the Married (2020).
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Lee Sang-yi
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- stage actorfilm actoractor
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Lee Sang-yi is a South Korean actor, musical actor and singer. Debuting in the musical Grease in 2014, Lee established himself on the musical and theatrical stage with works like Runway Beat, Bare: The Musical, Infinite Power, Carbonated Boy, Thrill Me, In the Heights, and The Guardsman of Taj Mahal.
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Shin Hyun-been
- Enrolled in the Korean National University of Arts
- Studied art history
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Kwak Hyun-been, known professionally as Shin Hyun-been (Korean: 신현빈), is a South Korean actress. Shin started her acting career by starring in the film He's on Duty (2010) and television series Warrior Baek Dong-soo (2011). She gained wider recognition with the television series Hospital Playlist (2020–2021).
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Park Ju-hyun
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- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
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Park Ju-hyun is a South Korean actress. She debuted in the film The Dude In Me (2019) followed by tvN 's television film Drama Stage Season 3: My Wife's Bed. She gained recognition with her appearance in the drama series A Piece of Your Mind (2020) and starred in her first lead role as Bae Gyu-ri in Netflix original series Extracurricular (2020).
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Byun Yo-han
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Byun Yo-han is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the television series Misaeng: Incomplete Life (2014), Six Flying Dragons (2015–2016), Mr. Sunshine (2018), and Black Out (2024). He has also appeared in films including Socialphobia (2015), The Book of Fish (2021) and Hansan: Rising Dragon (2022), for which he was awarded the Best Supporting Actor prize at the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards.
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Jin Kyeong
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Jin Kyung is a South Korean actress.
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Ahn Eun-jin
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- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
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Ahn Eun-jin is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her roles in Hospital Playlist (2020–2021) and The Good Bad Mother (2023), which gained her international recognition, as well as My Dearest (2023). She received a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards for her role in the film The Night Owl (2022).
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Lee Yoo-young
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Lee Yoo-young is a South Korean actress. She made her debut in the film Late Spring (2014) which earned her a Best Actress award at the 14th Milan Film Festival. She subsequently starred in the television series The Lies Within (2018), Insider (2022) and Dare to Love Me (2024).
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Lee Hee-joon
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Lee Hee-joon is a South Korean actor. He first gained recognition portraying a minor character in the television series My Husband Got a Family (2012). Lee is best known for the films 1987: When the Day Comes (2017), Miss Baek (2018), The Man Standing Next (2020), and Handsome Guys (2024), as well as the television series The Queen of Office (2013), Steal Heart (2014), Mouse (2021), and A Killer Paradox (2024).
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Park Jeong-min
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- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
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Park Jeong-min is a South Korean actor, writer, and book publisher. Known as a prolific Chungmu-ro actor, he is most acclaimed for starring in the films Bleak Night (2011), Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet (2016), Keys to the Heart (2018), Deliver Us from Evil (2020), and Smugglers (2023). He is also the writer of best-selling book A Useful Person.
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Yoo Sun
- Enrolled in the Korean National University of Arts
- Studied theatre
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- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
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Wang Yoo-sun, known professionally as Yoo Sun, is a South Korean actress. She is best known for the popular family drama My Too Perfect Sons, as well as the films Black House, Moss, GLove, and Don't Cry Mommy.
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Oh Man-seok
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Oh Man-seok is a South Korean actor. Best known for playing the titular transgender singer in rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Oh's acting career spans theater, television and film.
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Lee Hyun-wook
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- actor
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Lee Hyun-wook is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the television series Hell Is Other People (2019), Mine (2021), and Remarriage & Desires (2022).
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Choi Sung-eun
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Choi Sung-eun is a South Korean actress. She is known for roles in television dramas such as SF8 (2020), Beyond Evil (2021), and The Sound of Magic (2022), as well as in the Netflix film My Name Is Loh Kiwan (2024).
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Na Hong-jin
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- screenwriterfilm directorfilm producer
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Na Hong-jin is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter.
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Jin Seon-kyu
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- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
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Jin Seon-kyu is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles on the big screen, such as The Outlaws (2017) and Extreme Job (2019). He won Best Supporting Actor award at the 38th Blue Dragon Film Awards in 2017 for his performance in the film The Outlaws.
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Jang Hye-jin
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- actor
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Jang Hye-jin is a South Korean actress. She is best known internationally for her role as Kim Chung-sook in the Academy Award winning film Parasite.
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Hwang Seok-jeong
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- actorfilm actor
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Hwang Seok-jeong is a South Korean actress. She has mostly played supporting roles in films and television series, notably Secret Love (2013), Misaeng: Incomplete Life (2014) and She Was Pretty (2015).
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Moon Jeong-hee
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Moon Jeong-hee is a South Korean actress. She has won Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Deranged (2012) and Best Supporting Actress award in Buil Film Awards for her performance in Cart (2014).
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Ha Yoon-kyung
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- film actortelevision actorstage actoractor
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Ha Yoon-kyung is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her roles in television series such as Hospital Playlist (2020–2021), Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022), and See You in My 19th Life (2023).
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Wang Ji-won
- Enrolled in the Korean National University of Arts
- Studied ballet
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- film actorballet dancertelevision actoractor
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Wang Ji-won is a South Korean actress and ballet dancer.
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Chae Seo-jin
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- actorfilm actor
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Kim Ko-woon, known professionally as Chae Seo-jin (채서진), is a South Korean actress. She started her career as a young actress in Over the Rainbow (2006). She is known to be Kim Ok-vin's sister. In May 2016, Chae decided to use Chae Seo-jin as her stage name instead of her birth name, Kim Ko-woon.
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Yeol Eum Son
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- composermusicianpianist
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Yeol Eum Son is a world renowned South Korean classical pianist. She is an interpreter of the Classical era of composers, especially Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, as well as such later composers as Mendelssohn, Schumann, Liszt, Rachmaninoff and Ravel. Over the past fifteen years, Son has achieved global acclaim for her performances of Mozart’s piano concertos.
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Cha Seo-won
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- actor
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Lee Chang-yeob, known by his stage name Cha Seo-won (차서원), is a South Korean actor. His breakthrough role was in The Second Husband (2022), where he won his first acting award. He has also been a cast member of the variety show I Live Alone since 2022.
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Kim Jung-ju
- Enrolled in the Korean National University of Arts
- Graduated with Master of Fine Arts
- Occupations
- businesspersoninvestor
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Kim Jung-ju, also known as Jay Kim, was a South Korean businessman, investor, and founder of Korea's largest gaming company, Nexon. He was the chairman and CEO of NXC Corporation, the holding company of Nexon, and a partner at Collaborative Fund, a New York-based venture capital firm.
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Choi Ye-bin
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- actor
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Choi Ye-bin is a South Korean actress. She is best known for role in The Penthouse: War in Life (2020–2021), where she rose to prominence for playing the villainous soprano student Ha Eun-byeol.
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Kim Ji-hyun
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- actor
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Kim Ji-hyun is a South Korean actress. She has bachelor and master degree in acting from Korea National University of Arts.
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Seo Hyun-woo
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- 1983-.. (age 42)
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Seo Hyun-woo is a South Korean actor who began his career on stage and made his debut in a musical in 2010. In the same year, he won an acting award at The 9th Off Daehakro Festival.
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Oh Dae-hwan
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- actortelevision actor
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Oh Dae-hwan is a South Korean actor. He appeared in television series such as Squad 38 (2016), Shopping King Louie (2016), Radiant Office (2017), The Red Sleeve (2021), and Mr. Plankton (2024).
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Kang Ki-doong
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- film actor
- Biography
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Kang Ki-doong is a South Korean actor. He appeared in numerous television series, including Fight for My Way (2017), Prison Playbook (2019), It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020), Reborn Rich (2022) and The First Responders (2022–2023).
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Kim Sin-rock
- Enrolled in the Korean National University of Arts
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Kim Shin-rok is a South Korean actress. She gained recognition for her supporting roles in 2021 television series Beyond Evil, Hellbound, and One Ordinary Day.
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Kim Gun-woo
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- 1992-.. (age 33)
- Occupations
- film actor
- Biography
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Kim Gun-woo is a South Korean actor and model. He is known for his roles in dramas such as Less Than Evil, Fight for My Way, Record of Youth and The Glory.
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Lee Yong-woo
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Lee Yong-woo is a South Korean actor and dancer. He graduated from the Korea National University of Arts with a degree in Dance and joined the modern dance company Laboratory Dance Project in 2001. Lee made his acting debut in 2009 and has since starred in television dramas such as Style and Birdie Buddy. He is also one of the coaches/judges (called "masters") in the reality competition show Dancing 9.
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Stephanie
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- singeractor
- Biography
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Bo-kyung Kim, better known as Stephanie Kim or Stephanie, is an American singer, ballerina and musical actress based in South Korea. Born and raised in California, she went to South Korea and joined SM Entertainment after winning Youth Best Selection Competition in February 2004. After years of training, she debuted as a member of South Korean girl group The Grace in April 2005. In October 2012, she began her solo career with the release of single album The New Beginning.
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Park Ji-soo
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- actorfilm actor
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Park Ji-soo is a South Korean actress. Park made her official acting debut as the title character in Mai Ratima, the feature directorial debut of actor-director Yoo Ji-tae.
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Jang In-sub
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- film actoractortelevision actor
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Jang In-sub is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in Special Affairs Team TEN Season 2, Secret Door and Mrs. Cop. Lee also appeared in the famous and popular drama of School series, Who Are You: School 2015 as Seong Yoon Jae.
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Lee Jeong-beom
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- film directorscreenwriter
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Lee Jeong-beom is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He is best known for such films as Cruel Winter Blues (2006) and The Man from Nowhere (2010). With more than 6 million admissions and a revenue of ₩47.1 billion, The Man from Nowhere was the best-selling film (domestic and foreign) in Korea in 2010.
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Seo Eun-ah
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- actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Seo Eun-ah is a South Korean actress. She graduated from the Korea National University of Arts School of Drama with a major in Acting and a minor in Dance, and began her entertainment career in 2005 by appearing in Dove commercials. In 2013, Seo beat 200 hopefuls when she auditioned three times for the leading role as a student who has an affair with her professor's husband in the film Act, for which she won the Grand Bell Award for Best New Actress.
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Yoon Hui-seok
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- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Yoon Hee-seok is a South Korean actor.
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Kim Ae-ran
- Occupations
- writerprose writernovelist
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Ae-ran Kim is a South Korean writer.
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Taegoon
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- singer
- Biography
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Taegoon is a Korean pop singer and dancer. His first television appearance was on the talent search program Battle Shinhwa in 2005. He reached the final round of the competition and was the last one to leave the group. Four years later, after completing hundreds of auditions he was finally able to start a career.
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Sunwook Kim
- Occupations
- pianist
- Biography
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Sunwook Kim is a South Korean pianist living in London. He came to international recognition when he won the prestigious Leeds International Piano Competition in 2006.
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Lee Kyoung-mi
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- film directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Lee Kyoung-mi is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.
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Lee Lang
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Lang Lee is a South Korean indie folk singer-songwriter, composer and author. She has released three albums: Yon Yonson (욘욘슨) (2012), Playing God (신의 놀이) (2016) and There is a Wolf (늑대가 나타났다) (2021).
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Hyun Su Shin
- Occupations
- violinist
- Biography
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Zia Hyunsu Shin is a South Korean violinist.
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Phillip Jeong
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Phillip Jeong is a South Korean tenor, crossover artist, and musical theatre actor. He studied vocal performance at the Korea National University of Arts, and became known to the Korean public after appearing on JTBC's television program Phantom Singer 2 in 2017. Jeong is a member of the crossover quartet Miraclass and has performed as part of the duo Feel in with fellow Miraclass member Tain Han. In 2023, Jeong released an album featuring classical vocal pieces and held a concert. Since 2019, he has also been involved in Korean musical theater.
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July Jung
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorfilm producerfilm editor
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Jung Joo-ri, also known as July Jung, is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Jung's directorial debut feature A Girl at My Door won the Best First Film at the 25th Stockholm International Film Festival. She also won the Best New Director at the 23rd Buil Film Awards and Best Director/Screenwriter at the 15th Women in Film Korea Awards in 2014, and Best Screenplay at the 2nd Wildflower Film Awards and Best New Director for film at the 51st Baeksang Arts Awards in 2015.
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Shim Sung-bo
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Shim Sung-bo is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.
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Song Yoo-hyun
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Song Yoo-hyun is a South Korean actress. She is alumni of Korea National University of Arts, Department of Acting. She made her acting debut in 2001, since then, she has appeared in number of films and television series. She is known for her role as Han Go-eun, a cynical boss in Hell Is Other People (2019) and 18 Again (2020). She has acted in films as: Mate (2019) and Midnight (2021) among others. In 2020 she appeared in TV series Born Again and in 2021 she is appearing in TV series Now, We Are Breaking Up.
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Jin-sol
- Occupations
- conductor
- Biography
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Sol Chin is a South Korean conductor.
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Kang Hwa-gil
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Kang Hwagil is a South Korean writer and feminist who writes primarily about women, often using unreliable narrators. Her writing is influenced by gothic romance and thrillers written by women in the 19th century. She is a recipient of the Munhakdongne Young Writers’ Award (2017) and the Hankyoreh Literary Award (2017).
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Jung Yoon-suk
- Years
- 1981-.. (age 44)
- Enrolled in the Korean National University of Arts
- Graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts in visual arts
- Graduated with Master of Fine Arts in documentary film
- Occupations
- film director
- Biography
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Jung Yoon-suk is a South Korean artist and film director.
