Kim Sun Ah is an award-winning South Korean actress who is best known for her role in the hit television drama “My Name Is Kim Sam Soon” (2005). Born on October 1, 1975, she immigrated to Japan with her family when she was young and grew up in Tokyo. She attended college at Ball State University in Indiana in the United States. Kim Sun Ah accidentally broke into entertainment when she stood in for a friend in a modeling job while she was on vacation in South Korea in 1996. She then dropped out of college to pursue a modeling career. She made her acting debut in supporting roles in 1997 and has since starred in many popular films and television dramas, including “City Hall” (2009), “Scent of a Woman” (2011), “I Do, I Do” (2012), “Masked Prosecutor” (2015) and “Should We Kiss First” (2018).

Kim Sun Ah

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Do Jae Yi (Kim Sun Ah), a prominent human rights lawyer with a massive social media following, is known for defending vulnerable victims. Hiding a dark past from a traumatic crime ten years ago, she secretly manipulates a corrupt politician and assists the current mayor, all while strategically positioning herself to become the next mayor. Her powerful network includes Joo Yoo Jung (Shin Eun Jung), an arts foundation director, and Yoo Hae Mi (Yoo Sun), a ambitious hotel executive. When their former friend Go Yoo Na (Oh Yoon Ah) returns from the USA searching for her missing daughter, their paths dramatically intersect, potentially setting the stage for a complex revenge scenario. This is a 2023 South Korean drama series directed by Kang Ho Joong.

Queen of Masks

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JTBC

Han Hye Ryul (Kim Sun Ah), a successful chief prosecutor from a powerful legal family, is determined to become the next Prosecutor General and break free from her family's influence. With her father Han Gun Do (Song Young Chang) as a top attorney, her mother Ham Gwang Jeon (Lee Mi Sook), and husband Na Geun Woo (Ahn Jae Wook) working in prestigious legal positions, Hye Ryul is constantly overshadowed by her family's reputation. When rumors of her husband's potential presidential candidacy emerge, she strategically maneuvers to create scandals that could disrupt her family's carefully constructed image. As her ambitions collide with her family's expectations, Hye Ryul risks everything to achieve her ultimate goal of personal and professional success. This is a 2022 South Korean melodrama directed by Yoo Hyun Ki that explores the complex dynamics of power, ambition, and family.

The Empire

KBS02

Prosecutor Ha Dae Cheol (Joo Sang Wook) is frustrated with the limitations of his job, feeling that criminals often escape through loopholes in the law. He decides to continue his work as a lawyer, but when night falls, he becomes a masked vigilante who seeks justice through any means necessary – even if that means violence. This puts him at odds with Yoo Min Hui (Kim Sun Ah), a homicide detective who has no idea what Dae Cheol is doing. Dae Cheol is also romantically interested in Min Hui, but she has past trauma with men that makes her uninterested in dating. Can Dae Cheol successfully maintain his double life and his working relationship with Min Hui despite everything he’s taking on?

The Man in the Mask

The Vigilantes

Yoo Min Hee

Lee Yeon Jae (Kim Sun Ah), a timid, unmarried woman in her mid-30s, is given a devastating diagnosis: terminal cancer with only six months to live. Fed up with her mundane, exploited life as a travel agency employee, she quits dramatically and embarks on a mission to live her remaining days to the fullest. Yeon Jae creates a bucket list, transforming herself into a vibrant, confident woman, eventually taking her first trip alone to Okinawa. There, she unexpectedly meets Kang Ji Wook (Lee Dong Wook), a handsome but jaded company heir – and her former boss’ son. As they navigate a whirlwind romance, Yeon Jae keeps her secret, determined to experience true love and joy before time runs out. But how long can she hide the truth from the man who is falling deeply in love with her?

The Scent of a Woman

For seven years, Shin Mi Rae (Kim Sun Ah) has worked in Inju City Hall. Unfortunately, she’s also been the lowest-ranked worker there, making a minimal salary and spending most of her time on coffee runs for her superiors. To help pay back her credit card debt, Mi Rae enters a beauty pageant with a large cash prize – but a bizarre series of events leads to her forcing the current, corrupt mayor to resign, and Mi Rae ends up getting elected mayor herself! While Mi Rae has limited experience in politics, she wants to do right by her constituents, even if it means butting heads with deputy mayor Jo Gook (Cha Seung Won), who has his own political aspirations. Will Mi Rae succeed in her new position – and will working with Jo Gook lead to something more?

City Hall

Kim Sam Soon (Kim Sun Ah) is a slightly overweight pastry chef with a knack for baking and an outspoken personality. After a disastrous breakup and losing her job, she finds herself hired by Hyun Jin Heon (Hyun Bin), a handsome, wealthy, and arrogant restaurant owner. Jin Heon, pressured by his mother to marry, proposes a fake engagement to Sam Soon to ward off arranged dates. Sam Soon agrees, and the two draw up a contract together with one important rule: no falling in love for real. What starts as a business arrangement quickly turns into a tumultuous and hilarious relationship filled with bickering, misunderstandings, and unexpected chemistry that only gets more complicated as real life starts to interfere with the bubble they’ve created for themselves.

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