| Kim Soo-ahn | |||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 27 January 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Seoul, South Korea | ||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Actress | ||||||||||||
| Years Active: | 2011–present | ||||||||||||
| Agent: | Blossom Entertainment | ||||||||||||
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Kim Su-an (; born January 27, 2006) is a South Korean actress. She had her first film role when she was five years old, and has since starred in several films and television series. She is best known internationally for her role in Train to Busan (2016).[1]
Kim debuted as an actress in the film Sorry, Thanks in 2011. Since then, she has become an in-demand child actress in both independent and big-budget films like Sprout (2013) Mad Sad Bad (2014) and Coin Locker Girl (2015).[2]
In 2016, she gained wider recognition for playing the daughter of Gong Yoo's character in the box-office zombie hit Train to Busan. The same year, she signed an exclusive contract with talent management agency Blossom Entertainment.[3]
In 2017, she starred in the action film The Battleship Island, playing Hwang Jung-min's daughter. She was awarded the Best Supporting Actress award at the Buil Film Awards.[4] She also appeared in Along With The Gods: The Two Worlds (2017).
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Sorry, Thanks | Bo-eun | Segment: "My Younger Brother" | |
| A Reason to Live | Church kid | |||
| 2013 | Hide and Seek | Baek Soo-ah | ||
| Sprout | Bo-ri | |||
| 2014 | Mad Sad Bad | Soo-min | Segment: "Picnic" | |
| Gyeongju | Little kid | |||
| Whistle Blower | Shim Soo-bin | |||
| Cart | Min-yeong | |||
| Late Spring | Song-i | |||
| Twinkle-Twinkle Pitter-Patter | Onew | Short film | ||
| 2015 | Coin Locker Girl | Young Il-yeong | ||
| Memories of the Sword | Goo-seul | |||
| Little kid | ||||
| 2016 | Love, Lies | Young So-yool | ||
| Kid, Tickling | Kid | Short film | ||
| Horror Stories 3 | Girl | Segment: "A Girl from Mars" | ||
| Sports Day | Seung-hee | |||
| Train to Busan | Soo-an | |||
| The Net | North Korean flower girl | |||
| Moonlight Palace | Hyeon Joo-ri | Voice only | ||
| 2017 | Great King Teasan | |||
| The Mayor | Yoon-hak | |||
| The Battleship Island | Lee So-hee | |||
| The Mimic | Soon-ja's older sister (voice) | Special appearance | ||
| 2019 | A Little Princess | Gong-joo | ||
| 2024 | Project Silence | Cha Kyeong-min |
| Year | Title | Role | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–2016 | Mom | Ha-na | ||
| 2021 | Reflection of You | Ahn Li-sa | [5] | |
| 2022 | Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist | Ip-bun | [6] |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Busan International Short Film Festival | Acting Award | Sprout | ||
| Great Short Film Festival | Great Actress Award | ||||
| 2015 | 2nd Wildflower Film Awards | Best New Actress | Mad Sad Bad | ||
| 2016 | BloodGuts UK Horror Awards | Best Actress in an International Film | Train to Busan | ||
| 2017 | 1st The Seoul Awards | Special Acting Award – Film | The Battleship Island | ||
| 38th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Popular Star Award | [7] | |||
| 6th Korean Film Actor's Association Awards | Star Night Awards: Popular Star | [8] [9] | |||
| 26th Buil Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | ||||
| 2018 | 23rd Chunsa Film Art Awards | [10] | |||
| Brand of the Year Awards | Young Actress of the Year |