Soy Kim

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Soy Kim
Born	Soy Kim 1980 (age 43–44) British Hong Kong
Nationality	South Korean
Education	Korea University
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer-songwriter, producer, model
Years active	1999–present
Relatives	Hey (sister), Cho Kyu-chan (brother-in-law), Paul Kim (cousin)
Musical career
Genres	Acoustic music
Instrument(s)	Vocals, acoustic guitar
Years active	1999–present
Korean name
Hangul	김소연
Revised Romanization	Gim Soyeon
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Soyŏn
Stage name
Hangul	김소이
Revised Romanization	Gim Soi
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Soi

Soy Kim (Korean: 소이; born 김소연 in 1980) is a South Korean actress, singer-songwriter and model.

Career

Film

Soy started her acting career as Hye-young in the 2005 movie The Wig. After landing several lead roles in movies such as Drawing Paper, Ohayo Sapporo, she began working closely with Director Shin Yeon-shick in movies such as Rough Play, The Avian Kind, and most recently a lead role in his omnibus Like a French Film opposite Steven Yeun from The Walking Dead.

Interviewer

Due to her fluency in English, Korean & Chinese, Soy has had the opportunity to interview many Hollywood stars such as Ben Stiller, Liam Neeson, Mike Myers, Beyoncé. Most recently, Soy has interviewed Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy & Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu for the 2015 Academy Award-winning film The Revenant.

Music

Soy was included in the original lineup for S.E.S under SM Entertainment in 1997 but left the group prior to debut due to personal reasons.

Soy started her musical career as the leader of 5-member K-pop girl band T.T.MA in 1999. After releasing two albums, the group disbanded in 2002 and Soy now performs under the moniker, Raspberry Field.

Early life

Soy was born the youngest of 2 siblings in Hong Kong. She has an older sister named Hey (Real name: Kim Hye-won) who is married to Korean singer Cho Kyu-chan. Her parents were South Korean diplomats, allowing her to travel to many countries in her youth such as England, United States and Taiwan. Her cousin is singer Paul Kim.

Upon her return to South Korea, she enrolled in Korea University and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Chinese Language & Literature. She is also an M.A. candidate in Media studies.

Soy is fluent in English, Korean & Chinese.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	The Wig (가발)	Hye-young
2007	Drawing Paper (도화지)	Soy
2007	The Cut (해부학교실)	Eun-joo
2008	Tribute to Chaplin & Kierkegaard	The Girl
2008	Save Me	The Girlfriend
2009	Whispers in the Wind (바람의 노래)	Ex-Girlfriend	Special appearance
2009	Grimaldi	The Girl
2010	Treasure Island (보물섬)	Ah-reum
2010	Gimbap (김밥)	Soo-yeon
2011	Ohayo Sapporo (오하이오 삿포로)	Mo-rae
2011	Joy	Joy
2011	Index Finger (검지손가락)	Soy
2013	Rough Play (배우는 배우다)	Theatre Actress	Cameo
2015	The Avian Kind (조류인간)	So-yeon
2016	Like a French Film (프랑스 영화처럼)	So-yeon

Television

Year	Title	Role	Station	Notes
2004	Du-Gun Du-Gun Change (두근두근 체인지)	Soy	MBC
2008	Amazing Stories (환상기담)	The girl from the poster	MBC Every 1
2009	High Kick Through the Roof! (지붕 뚫고 하이킥)	Soy	MBC	Guest appearance
2010	I Am Legend (나는 전설이다)	Shin-ae	MBC	Guest appearance
2012	I Love Lee Tae-ri (아이 러브 이태리)	Na Hong-shil	TVN (South Korea)
2014	Potato Star 2013QR3 (감자별 2013QR3)	Herself	TVN (South Korea)	Guest appearance

Discography

As Raspberry Field

Main article: Raspberry Field

Studio albums

• Sweet & Bitter (2013)
• Dream, Cast (2015)

Singles

• Saturday Afternoon (2010)
• Have You Seen...? (2010)
• You Know, (2010)
• Can You (2012)
• What a Feeling (2013)
• Time Traveler (2013)

As T.T.MA

Main article: T.T.MA

Studio albums

• In the Sea (1999)
• 2nd Story I Wanna Be... (2000)

External links

• Soy Kim on Instagram
• Soy Kim on Twitter
• Soy Kim at IMDb
• Soy Kim at the Korean Movie Database
• Soy Kim at HanCinema