Kim Seul-Gi (born October 10, 1991) is a South Korean actress who starred in many critically acclaimed dramas including Oh My Ghost (2015), Splash Splash Love (2015) and The Guardians (2017). She is also a former cast member of tvN's entertainment show SNL Korea.
Career
A Busan native, Kim Seul-Gi enjoyed making people laugh from an early age. According to an interview, during her third year of high school, she started to prepare for a career of professional acting, to overcome a broken heart. She eventually attended the Seoul Institute of the Arts, a leading university for arts and entertainment in South Korea. In 2011, she participated in a 30th anniversary memorial play on a college society called Venture to Meet (만남의 시도), with Jang Jin, a well-known film director. Months later in mid-2011, when Jang Jin was looking for cast members for the live comic variety show called SNL Korea, he recruited Kim as a cast member. While gaining support on this experimental live programme consistently, her popularity significantly increased, especially in the latter half of 2012.[1]
She is a member of both as so-called "Jang Jin's Division" (장진사단), a group of entertainers who have been influenced by Jang Jin, and part of his entertainment company called Film-it-suda (필름있수다).[2]
Tto (또), a parody of Po on the BBC's programme Teletubbies; also one of a character on Yeouido Teletubbies for Season 2 and 3, weekly summaries of the 2012 presidential election campaign and Global Teletubbies for Season 4[11]
Manager Kim Mi-yeong (김미영 팀장), on Voice Phishing Korea, a parody of Mnet's The Voice of Korea
Woman No. 1, as Congressperson's assaulter-role (여자 1호; 국회의원 폭행범) on Jjaak: Prisoners' Edition (쨕-재소자 특집), a parody of Korean matching-show Jjak on SBS
Yoga-instructor on Midnight Yoga, alongside actor Oh Ji-ho as her trainee
Various SNL Korea's satirical advertisements for anticipated small businesses (SNL 선정 우수 중소기업)
Other
2013: tvNPaik Ji-yeon's People Inside (백지연의 피플인사이드), interview of SNL Korea's crew, alongside Kim Min-kyo, Jeong Seong-ho, and Jeong Myeong-ok (Episode 353 on May 1)
2013: tvN Active Talk Show: Taxi (현장토크쇼 택시), alongside Park Jae-beom (April 8)
2013: MnetMusic Triangle (뮤직 트라이앵글), as singer and interviewee of a song "I Woke Up Because of You" (너땜에 잠이깨) (March 6)
2013: Mnet Wide Entertainment News (와이드 연예뉴스), as "Hidden card(highly anticipated entertainer) of the year 2013" (January 9)
2012: EBSMother-story: (어머니 전) Director Jang Jin and his mother, appeared during a preparation of Clumsy people with Kim Min-kyo (Episode 30 on September 28)
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