Name: Diva
Genre: Thriller & Suspense, Crime & Mystery
Released: 2020-09-23
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Shin Min Ah, Lee Yoo Young, Lee Kyu Hyung, Joo Suk Tae, Oh Ha Nee

About Shin Min Ah: 
Shin Min Ah was born Yang Min Ah in the Gyeonggi province in South Korea on April 5, 1984. The youngest of her family, she has an older brother and sister. She attended Hyosung High School and later, Dongguk University for her college education.
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In middle school, Min Ah took a picture with a friends and sent it to teen magazine KiKi (키키). That picture landed her a modeling offer in the magazine, with appearances in commercials following soon after. She starred and sang in many music videos like “Miracle Blue” (2009) in a collaboration with Loveholics, a South Korean modern rock band.
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Her successful modeling career took her to Milan, Italy to shoot a photo spread for Elle. She then became the first Asian model for American brand Rag & Bone and was subsequently featured in the New York Times magazine. After her travels were highlighted on cable television, Shin Min Ah wrote her biography in the book titled Shin Min-a's French Diary which was published in 2009.
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She met her boyfriend and co-actor Kim Woo Bin in May 2015 when doing an editorial photoshoot for a Hong Kong clothing brand. Kim Woo Bin, right after the success of his drama series “Uncontrollably Fond” (2016), was diagnosed with throat cancer. Thankfully, it wasn’t too late to receive treatment, and Shin Min Ah was dedicated to supporting her boyfriend through difficult times.
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She loves music and has lent her voice to many songs, including those from the “Go Go 70s”(2008) soundtrack, a musical drama about South Korea in the 1970s.
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Shin Min Ah Movies and TV Shows: 
Shin Min Ah began her entertainment career as a model and appeared in music videos for the K-pop band g.o.d before making her acting debut in the drama “Beautiful Days” (2018), where she played a supporting role. Her portrayal of a sexy counterculture singer in the 2008 musical drama “Go Go 70s” won her multiple accolades, where she sang many of the songs from the official soundtrack.
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She is most well known for her roles in the movie “The Naked Kitchen” and the drama “My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho” (2010), and historical drama “Arang and the Magistrate” (2012). When shooting the romantic comedy series “Oh My Venus“ (2015), Shin Min Ah had to undergo three hours of makeup and prosthetic sessions every day while playing an overweight lawyer.
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Her first significant role was in the tvN drama “Tomorrow, With You” (2017), in which she plays a 30-year-old cheerful photographer who finds out that her successful CEO husband can travel through time. In 2020, she plays Lee Young, a high diving champion that lost her memory after a traumatic experience in the thriller film “Diva”.

Shin Min Ah

Lee Yoo Young is a South Korean actress who has won numerous awards for her film roles. Born on December 8, 1989, she made her acting debut in the 2014 film “Late Spring,” for which she became the first Korean to win the Best Actress award at the 14th Milan International Film Festival and also received many other Best New Actress awards. She has since starred in other short films and films. In 2017, she made her small-screen debut in the television drama “Tunnel.”

Lee Yoo Young

Lee Kyu Hyung is a South Korean musical performer and actor born on November 29, 1983. He studied in the Theater Department at Seoul’s Dongguk University, and made his movie debut in “Kick the Moon” (2001). He later went on to appear in the 2009 fantasy comedy “Castaway on the Moon” and thriller “No Tears for the Dead” (2014) He is also an established drama actor, featuring in titles such as “Prison Playbook” (2017), “Life” (2018), and “Doctor John” (2019). As a musical actor, he played the title role in a 2019 performance of “Cyrano,” and was nominated in the Best Male Actor category of the Korean Musical Awards in the same year.

Lee Kyu Hyung

Joo Suk Tae is a South Korean actor who was born on March 19, 1976. He attended Kookmin University, where he enrolled in the Theater and Film Department, although he later dropped out to pursue his screen career. He made his movie debut in the 2006 comedy movie “Savior.” He has since gone on to appear in scores of hit film and small-screen titles, including the dramas “Prison Playbook” (2017), “Secret Boutique” (2019), and “Do You Like Brahms?” (2020).

Joo Suk Tae

Oh Ha Nee is a South Korean actress born on March 27, 1990. She made her acting debut in 2013, appearing in the drama series “A Hundred Years’ Inheritance.” She followed up with a quartet of movie appearances in 2014, starring in “Witness, Unfair World,” “The Shameless,” “Twenty,” and “Empire of Lust.” More recently, she has appeared in the 2016 drama “Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo,” the movie “A Special Lady,” and the period drama series “The Joseon Romantic-Comedy Tale of Nok-Du” (2019).

Oh Ha Nee

Possessing the perfect combination of skill, beauty, and charm, high diving champion Lee Young (Shin Min Ah) has often been heralded as the “Diving Diva”. Consistently bringing home gold medal after gold medal, Lee Young is clearly at the top of her game. But life at the top comes with its own unique set of challenges and some of them are much easier to overcome than others.

Diving alongside Lee Young, Soo Jin (Lee Yoo Young) has been the superstar’s teammate and friend since childhood. A star athlete in her own right, Soo Jin has a plethora of silver and bronze medals to her name, but that’s just never good enough when you live in the shadow of the great Lee Young. Concerned for her friend and hoping to share a bit of her glory, Lee Young suggests she and Soo Jin try diving as doubles; but before they can compete as a pair, the two are involved in a mysterious car accident.&nbsp;

With no memory of the accident and Soo Jin now missing, Lee Young tries her best to put the past behind her and move on. Focusing all of her energy into reclaiming her place at the top of the diving world, Lee Young stands poised to do just that; but returning memories from the past begin to slowly plunge her into a world of sheer madness.

A mind-bending combination of mystery and horror, “Diva” is a 2020 thriller film directed by Cho Seul Ye.

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