Kim Seol-hyun
|Born|
|Occupation|
|Musical career|
|Genres||K-pop|
|Instruments|
|Years active||2012–present|
|Labels||FNC|
|Associated acts||AOA|
|Korean name|
|Hangul|
|Revised Romanization||Gim Seol-hyeon|
|McCune–Reischauer||Kim Sŏlhyŏn|
- Singer
- actress
- Vocals
- piano
Kim Seol-hyun (born January 3, 1995), better known by the mononym Seolhyun, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is a member of the South Korean girl group AOA and has starred in television dramas Ugly Alert (2013) and My Country: The New Age (2019) and movie Memoir of a Murderer (2017).
Early life and education[edit]
Seolhyun was born on January 3, 1995 in Bucheon, South Korea.[1] She has an older sister named Joo-hyun, who is a fashion editor for Cosmopolitan.[2][3][4] She attended Kachiul Elementary School, Sungkok Middle School and Gyeonggi Arts High School.[5]
Career[edit]
2012–2014: AOA and acting debut[edit]
In 2010, Seolhyun won the 8th Smart Model Contest (스마트 모델 선발 대회), a competition in which ordinary students wear uniforms. At the event, several talent agencies were present, and Seolhyun was scouted by her current management, FNC Entertainment.[6] She has also appeared in the music video for boy band F.T. Island's song "Severely" from the EP Grown-Up.[7]
On July 30, 2012, Seolhyun made her debut as a member of AOA on Mnet's M Countdown with the song "Elvis" from their debut single album, Angels' Story.[8] Soon afterwards, she made her acting debut in the television drama My Daughter Seo-young, playing the role of Lee Jung-shin's girlfriend.[9]
In 2013, she was cast in the daily drama Ugly Alert. She played the youngest daughter of the family, a bright girl who dreams of becoming an actress. Seolhyun stated, "I'm nervous about doing a new project, and I'm also burdened. But I want to work hard again by thinking of it as another learning experience. I also want to touch the hearts of people".[10]
2015–present: Acting roles and rising popularity[edit]
Seolhyun first attracted attention with her appearance on the KBS variety show, Brave Family (2015), where she charmed viewers with boyish and unaffected demeanor.[11][12] Later that year, she gained fame through a commercial for SK Telecom which led to increased advertising offers for the star.[12]
The same year, Seolhyun starred in KBS's vampire romance Orange Marmalade.[13] Although it racked a mere two percent viewer ratings, the show brought her praise for her acting.[12] She also featured in the action noir film Gangnam Blues,[14] and won a "popular star" award at the 36th Blue Dragon Film Awards.[15] Seolhyun, along with Gangnam co-star Lee Min-ho were selected as promotional ambassadors for "Visit Korea Year".[16]
In January 2016, Seolhyun was named “Model of the Year” at the 2015 TVCF Awards; having modeled for noteworthy brands across industries such as fashion, food and beverage, cosmetics and e-commerce.[17][18][19][20][21][22] She placed second in a study conducted by Korea Broadcast Advertising Corporation (Kobaco) to select the top spokesmodel by consumers.[23] In March 2016, Seolhyun was selected as an official ambassador to Korea national elections in 2016.[24]
In May 2017, Seolhyun was cast in historical film The Great Battle, directed by Kim Kwang-sik.[25] Principal photography started in August and the film premiered in 2018.[26] She then starred in the thriller Memoir of a Murderer, playing the role of a murderer's daughter.[27][28][29]
In 2019, Seolhyun was cast as female lead in JTBC's historical drama My Country. This marks her first small-screen role in four years.[30][31]
In 2020, Seolhyun was cast in tvN’s romantic mystery drama Awaken, which will air on November 30, 2020.
Personal life[edit]
Philanthropy[edit]
In December 2017, Kim contributed to various causes: On December 1, Kim donated 50 million won to relief efforts following the November 2017 Pohang earthquake,[32] On December 7, Kim and Shin Jimin participated in a fundraiser arranged by LOVE FNC on Naver's "Happy Bean" platform to support childhood education overseas,[33] and on December 29, Kim donated 50 million won to Seoul School for the Deaf as a scholarship for students.[34]
In February 2018, Kim and CNBLUE's Lee Jung-shin traveled to Kalaw, Myanmar to volunteer at the 4th LOVE FNC school for underprivileged children.[35]
In November and December 2018, Kim collectively donated 100 million won to the Community Chest of Korea to support child-care facilities for low income families,[36] In December 2019 Kim donated 50 million won to Samsung Medical Center through LOVE FNC to support children from low income families battling cancer.[37]
In January 2020, in honor of her 25th birthday, Kim donated 50 million won to LOVE FNC to help build a shelter for homeless and neglected youth.[38]
In March 2020, the Kim family donated 50 million won to Hope Bridge Korea Disaster Relief Association to be used in the battle against COVID-19 in South Korea.[39]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
|Year||Title||Role|
|2015||Gangnam Blues||Kang Seon-hye|
|2017||Memoir of a Murderer||Kim Eun-hee|
|2018||The Great Battle||Baek-ha|
|2020||P1H: The Beginning of a New World||Seolhyun (Special appearance) [40]|
Television series[edit]
Television show[edit]
|Year||Title||Role||Network||Notes|
|2015||Brave Family||Main cast||KBS|
|2016||Law of the Jungle||SBS||Law of the Jungle in Tonga; Episodes 208–211[43]|
|2018||Not the Same Person You Used to Know||Lead||Mnet||Episode pilot[44]|
Hosting[edit]
|Year||Title||Network||Notes|
|2015||KBS Entertainment Awards||KBS2||With Shin Dong-yup and Sung Si-kyung[45]|
|2016||KBS Song Festival||With Park Bo-gum[46]|
|2017||One K Concert In Manila||N/A||With Choi Min-ho[47]|
|2018||KBS Entertainment Awards||KBS2||With Shin Hyun-joon and Yoon Shi-yoon[48]|
|2019||SBS Gayo Daejeon||SBS||With Jun Hyun-moo[49]|
Awards and nominations[edit]
|Year||Award||Category||Nominated work||Result||Ref.|
|2015||51st Baeksang Arts Awards||Best New Actress (Film)||Gangnam Blues||Nominated|
|52nd Grand Bell Awards||Best New Actress||Nominated|
|36th Blue Dragon Film Awards||Nominated|
|Popular Star Award||Won||[50]|
|8th Korea Drama Awards||Best New Actress||Orange Marmalade||Nominated|
|4th APAN Star Awards||Nominated|
|29th KBS Drama Awards||Nominated|
|Popularity Award, Actress||Won||[51]|
|Best Couple Award with Yeo Jin-goo||Nominated|
|14th KBS Entertainment Awards||Best Newcomer Award||Brave Family||Won||[52]|
|2016||InStyle Star Icon||Best Body – Female Celebrity||N/A||Nominated|
|13th Seoul TV CF Awards||Model of the Year||Won||[53]|
|5th Marie Claire Film Festival||Rookie Award||Gangnam Blues||Won||[54]|
|11th Max Movie Awards||Rising Star Award||Won||[55]|
|10th Asian Film Awards||Best Newcomer||Nominated|
|8th Style Icon Asia||Awesome Syndrome||N/A||Won||[56]|
|Korean Advertisers Association||Best Model||Won||[57]|
|10th SBS Entertainment Awards||Best Entertainer Award||Law of the Jungle||Won||[58]|
|2nd Fashionista Awards||Best Fashionista – Red Carpet Category||N/A||Nominated||[59]|
|2017||6th KOPA & Nikon Press Photo Awards||Most Photogenic Star Of The Year||Won||[60]|
|1st The Seoul Awards||Best New Actress (Film)||Memoir of a Murderer||Nominated|
|3rd Fashionista Awards||Best Fashionista – Red Carpet Category||N/A||Nominated||[61]|
|2018||55th Grand Bell Awards||Woori Bank Star Award||Won||[62]|
|3rd Asia Artist Awards||New Wave Award||Won||[63]|
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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