A post on social networks mentioned the story of Kim Go Eun once revealing the meaning of her name on the KBS program "Happy Together" in 2016.
The actress recounted that when she was born, she was a rather chubby baby weighing 4.1kg. Seeing that her daughter was not as pretty as imagined, her father named her "Go Eun" with the meaning "beautiful" in Korean, hoping that she would grow up to be more graceful, delicate and beautiful.
Up to now, after 14 years of pursuing acting, Kim Go Eun has become the pride of the whole family. She has not only built a brilliant career with many hits, but is also known as an actress with unique beauty, unlike others in Korean showbiz.
The post attracted 5.4 million views and thousands of shares in just one day.
Meanwhile, on July 1st, the 5th Blue Dragon Series Awards announced the nomination list.
Kim Go Eun appeared in the Best Actress nomination category thanks to the movie "You and everything else" (Vietnamese title: "Eun Jung and Sang Yeon").
She will compete with 4 other faces, including Go Youn Jung in the movie "Can this love be translated", Park Bo Young in the movie "Gold land", Park Ji Hyun in the movie "You and everything else" and Shin Hye Sun in the movie "The art of Sarah".
In 2022, Kim Go Eun won the Best Actress award at the first Blue Dragon Television Awards, with the movie "Yumi's cells". Earlier this year, the actress continued to return in "Yumi's cells" part 3, collaborating with young actor Kim Jae Won.
Notably, "Yumi's cells 3" is also present in the Best Picture nomination category of this year's Blue Dragon Television Awards, along with the works "Made in Korea", "You and everything else", "The legend of kitchen soldier" and "The scarecrow".
Thus, Kim Go Eun is the only actress with 2 main roles nominated for Best Picture of the season this year.
Kim Go Eun was born in 1991. She debuted in 2012 with the movie "A muse" (or "Eungyo"). Right from her debut role in this work, Kim Go Eun won the Best New Actress award of the Blue Dragon and Golden Bell Film Awards.
After that, she built a successful career in both film and television. In 2016-2017, Kim Go Eun's name was covered when she ventured into television dramas, with the main roles in the hits "Cheese in the trap", "Goblin".
Since then, Kim Go Eun has mostly played main roles. She is recognized by both professionals and audiences for her diverse acting ability, transforming with many different types of characters.
In the past two years, Kim Go Eun's career has had a new turning point, when the mysterious movie "Exhuma" (2024) put her on the "10 million ticket actress" list of Korean cinema. The female sorcerer role also helped Kim Go Eun win Best Actress of Baeksang and Blue Dragon.
Currently, Kim Go Eun is filming a new Netflix movie project "Soul", suitable for actor Kang Dong Won.
