Soy Kim

Soy Kim (Korean: 김소이; born 1980), birth name Kim So-yeon (김소연), is a South Korean actress, singer-songwriter and model.

Career

Film

Soy started her acting career as Hye-young in the 2005 movie The Wig. After landing several lead roles in movies such as Drawing Paper, Ohayo Sapporo, she began working closely with Director Shin Yeon-shick in movies such as Rough Play, The Avian Kind, and most recently a lead role in his omnibus Like a French Film opposite Steven Yeun from The Walking Dead.^[1]

Interviewer

Due to her fluency in English, Korean & Chinese, Soy has had the opportunity to interview many Hollywood stars such as Ben Stiller, Liam Neeson, Mike Myers, Beyoncé. Most recently, Soy has interviewed Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy & Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu for the 2015 Academy Award-winning film The Revenant.^[2]

Music

Soy was included in the original lineup for S.E.S under SM Entertainment in 1997 but left the group prior to debut for personal reasons.

Soy started her musical career as the leader of 5-member K-pop girl band T.T.MA in 1999. After releasing two albums, the group disbanded in 2002 and Soy now performs under the moniker, Raspberry Field.

Early life

Soy was born the youngest of 2 siblings in Hong Kong. She has an older sister named Hey (Real name: Kim Hye-won) who is married to Korean singer Cho Kyu-chan. Her parents were South Korean diplomats, allowing her to travel to many countries in her youth such as England, United States and Taiwan. Her cousin is singer Paul Kim.^[3]

Upon her return to South Korea, she enrolled in Korea University and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Chinese Language & Literature. She is also an M.A. candidate in Media studies.

Soy is fluent in English, Korean & Chinese.

Filmography

Film

Television

Discography

As Raspberry Field

Studio albums

• Sweet & Bitter (2013)
• Dream, Cast (2015)

Singles

• Saturday Afternoon (2010)
• Have You Seen...? (2010)
• You Know, (2010)
• Can You (2012)
• What a Feeling (2013)
• Time Traveler (2013)

As T.T.MA

Studio albums

• In the Sea (1999)
• 2nd Story I Wanna Be... (2000)

References

1. ^ "[Video] New Steven Yeun footage released for the Korean movie 'Like a French Film'". HanCinema. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
2. ^ Lee, In-Kyung (11 December 2015). "[Exclusive] Soy to Interview Leonardo Dicaprio in LA". MWAVE. Archived 7 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 7 March 2016..
3. ^ "'비스' 김소이 "사촌 동생 폴킴, 집안 유전자에 개그감 없어" 영상 편지" (in Korean). Hankook Ilbo. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020. – via Naver.

External links

• Soy Kim on Instagram
• Soy Kim at IMDb