Yunjin Kim is a Korean American film and theater actress. Although she is best known in the English-speaking world for her role as Sun on the American television series Lost, Kim has also appeared in numerous film and TV projects in South Korea. Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea. At the age of ten, Kim immigrated to the United States with her family. They lived in Staten Island, New York. She joined the middle school drama club in the 7th grade and performed in the musical My Fair Lady. Kim attended high school at the prestigious Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and... Performing Arts, a public high school located in Manhattan. From there, she went on to study drama at the London Academy of Performing Arts and later earned her BFA degree in drama at Boston University. Kim has remarked that in her zeal to become Americanized quickly, she studied acting, academics and pronunciation with equal intensity. She is also a trained dancer and martial arts fighter. After graduation, Kim devoted herself full time to acting. She garnered several minor parts on MTV, in soap opera-style dramas on ABC, and on the off-Broadway stage.
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| Birthdate: | November 7, 1973 |
| Birthplace: | Seoul |
| Age: | 38 |
| Height: | 5' 6" |
| Education: | Boston University, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts |
| Also known as: | Yunjin Kim, Yoon Jin Kim, Yoon-jin Kim |