---
name: "Kim Min-hee"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kim-min-hee"
fi1m_id: "kim-min-hee"
imdb_id: "nm1195119"
tmdb_id: 123664
wikidata_id: "Q484936"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 March 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:31:45.781052+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Kim Min-hee

## Identity

Kim Min-hee

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kim-min-hee
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kim-min-hee
- **IMDb ID:** nm1195119
- **TMDB ID:** 123664
- **Wikidata ID:** Q484936
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Min-hee_(actress,_born_1982), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484936, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1195119/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/123664

Actor. Born 1 March 1982 in Seoul, South Korea.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 March 1982, Seoul, South Korea
- **Also known as:** Minhee Kim, Kim Min Hee, Min-hie Kim, Min-hee Kim, Kim Min-Hie
- **Berlin International Film Festival:** 1 Berlin prize (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Min-hee_(actress,_born_1982), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484936, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1195119/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/123664

## Fi1m on Kim Min-hee

> Kim Min-hee can keep a character's secrets without withholding her warmth. We value the curiosity she brings to *The Handmaiden* and the restraint of her work with Hong Sang-soo, though Park Chan-wook's camera sometimes gets in the way.

In *The Handmaiden* (2016), Kim Min-hee's Lady Hideko makes the prospect of trusting another person matter amid a great deal of plotting. Her attraction to Kim Tae-ri's Sook-hee has warmth and curiosity, so we have more to watch than two performers keeping secrets. Neither actress treats keeping the audience guessing as the whole job, and their chemistry gives the romance room to develop. We rate Kim highly here because she makes Hideko worth caring about while Park Chan-wook is busy arranging his narrative tricks.

Praise for that performance sits some distance from the early complaints that Kim's acting was wooden. *Goodbye Solo* (2006) and *Hellcats* (2008) marked a reassessment, followed by domestic recognition for *Helpless* (2012) and *Very Ordinary Couple* (2013). The international breakthrough came with *The Handmaiden*, but the change in her reputation was already well under way. Her work as Hideko makes the old charge of blankness difficult to sustain.

We were moved by the tenderness of the sex scenes in *The Handmaiden*, because Kim and Kim Tae-ri make the women's curiosity about each other palpable. They give the scenes an emotional purpose beyond displaying bodies. Park's camera sometimes seems too concerned with how carefully those bodies have been presented, and that remains a reservation about the film. Kim makes desire feel like something Hideko is discovering, with another person there to discover it with her.

Her work with Hong Sang-soo began with *Right Now, Wrong Then* (2015), before that international breakthrough. *On the Beach at Night Alone* (2017) and *The Woman Who Ran* (2020) belong to the continuing collaboration. His dialogue-led films give her women time to talk through personal difficulties. Her restraint and poise suit the close attention to character in *The Woman Who Ran*. Start with *The Handmaiden* for the warmth beneath the intrigue; try *The Woman Who Ran* when the evening can accommodate a quieter film.

## Biography

Kim Min-hee is a South Korean actress. She was born on 1 March 1982 in Seoul and studied theatre and film at Dankook University.

She first gained recognition for roles in *Hellcats* (2008), *Helpless* (2012) and *Very Ordinary Couple* (2013). International attention followed her performance as Lady Hideko in Park Chan-wook’s *The Handmaiden* (2016).

Since 2015 she has appeared exclusively in films directed by Hong Sang-soo, including *Right Now, Wrong Then* (2015), *On the Beach at Night Alone* (2017), for which she received the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival, *The Woman Who Ran* (2020) and later works such as *By the Stream* (2024).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, en.yna.co.kr.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Handmaiden* (2016), Fi1m 85, as Lady Hideko — [page](https://film.one/film/the-handmaiden.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Nowhere to Lay My Eyes* (2026), as Sanghee · Production Manager
- *The Day She Returns* (2026), Production Manager, Line Producer
- *What Does That Nature Say to You* (2025), Production Manager, Line Producer, Still Photographer
- *It Snows on You* (2024), Actor
- *By the Stream* (2024), as Jeonim · Line Producer, Production Manager, Still Photographer
- *A Traveler's Needs* (2024), Production Manager, Line Producer
- *In Our Day* (2023), as Sangwon · Production Manager
- *In Water* (2023), as Seongmo's Ex-Girlfriend (voice) · Still Photographer, Production Manager, Line Producer
- *Walk Up* (2022), Still Photographer, Production Manager, Line Producer
- *The Novelist's Film* (2022), as Gilsu · Production Manager, Line Producer
- *In Front of Your Face* (2021), Production Manager, Still Photographer, Line Producer
- *Introduction* (2021), as Painter · Production Manager
- *The Woman Who Ran* (2020), as Gamhee
- *Hotel by the River* (2019), as Ahreum
- *Grass* (2018), as Ahreum
- *Claire's Camera* (2018), as Jeon Manhee
- *The Day After* (2017), as Song Ahreum
- *On the Beach at Night Alone* (2017), as Younghee
- *The Handmaiden* (2016), as Lady Hideko — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-handmaiden.md)
- *Making of The Handmaiden* (2016), Actor
- *Right Now, Wrong Then* (2015), as Yoon Heejung
- *No Tears for the Dead* (2014), as Mo-kyeong
- *Very Ordinary Couple* (2013), as Jang-yeong
- *Helpless* (2012), as Cha Kyeong-seon
- *Moby Dick* (2011), as Seong Hyo-gwan
- *The Actresses* (2009), as Kim Min-hee · Co-Writer
- *Love Marriage* (2008), series, as Lee Kang-hyun
- *Hellcats* (2008), as Kim Ah-mi
- *Goodbye Solo* (2006), series, as Choi Mi-Ri
- *My 19 Year Old Sister-in-Law* (2004), series, as Choi Su-ji
- *Surprise Party* (2002), as Hwang Mi-ryeong
- *Age of Innocence* (2002), series, as Ji Yoon
- *Asako in Ruby Shoes* (2000), as Mia
- *Juliet's Man* (2000), series, Actor
- *Look Back in Anger* (2000), series, as Lee Hye-jung
- *School 2* (1999), series, as Shin Hye-won
- *The Harmonium in My Memory* (1999), as Nan-hee

## Gallery

- ![Kim Min-hee](https://film.one/media/person/106170/gallery-b971366f425a.jpg) Kim Min-hee — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Kim_Min-hee_at_Berlinale_2022_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Kim_Min-hee_at_Berlinale_2022_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![영화 아가씨 제작보고회. 왼쪽부터 조진웅, 김태리, 김민희, 하정우, 박찬욱. (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/106170/gallery-4afb231d91fa.jpg) 영화 아가씨 제작보고회. 왼쪽부터 조진웅, 김태리, 김민희, 하정우, 박찬욱. (2016) — tenasia10, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/20160502_handmaiden_announcement_for_production.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Mark Peranson, Kim Min-hee, Hong Sang-soo und Park Hong-Yeol beim Photo Call zu The Beach at Night Alone bei der Berlinale 2017](https://film.one/media/person/106170/gallery-2a00cb2822cb.jpg) Mark Peranson, Kim Min-hee, Hong Sang-soo und Park Hong-Yeol beim Photo Call zu The Beach at Night Alone bei der Berlinale 2017 — Maximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Cast_%26_Crew_Photo_Call_The_Beach_at_Night_Alone_Berlinale_2017.jpg/1280px-Cast_%26_Crew_Photo_Call_The_Beach_at_Night_Alone_Berlinale_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![De gauche à droite: Jean-François Rauger, Hong Sang-Soo et Kim Min-hee présentant "La Romancière, le Film et le Heureux Hasard" en avant-première à la Cinémathè (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/106170/gallery-39453ef8bc22.jpg) De gauche à droite: Jean-François Rauger, Hong Sang-Soo et Kim Min-hee présentant "La Romancière, le Film et le Heureux Hasard" en avant-première à la Cinémathè (2023) — ManoSolo13241324, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Hong_Sang-Soo_et_Kim_Min-hee_2023.jpg/1280px-Hong_Sang-Soo_et_Kim_Min-hee_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kim Min-hee](https://film.one/media/person/106170/gallery-e44bef0b3fde.jpg) Kim Min-hee — Image via TMDB
- ![Kim Min-hee](https://film.one/media/person/106170/gallery-7e86fa6d26e1.jpg) Kim Min-hee — Image via TMDB
- ![Kim Min-hee](https://film.one/media/person/106170/gallery-178909230b69.jpg) Kim Min-hee — Image via TMDB
- ![Hong Sangsoo and Kim Minhee at Berlinale 2022](https://film.one/media/person/106170/gallery-3c99940a8f19.jpg) Hong Sangsoo and Kim Minhee at Berlinale 2022 — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Hong_Sangsoo_and_Kim_Minhee_at_Berlinale_2022.jpg/1280px-Hong_Sangsoo_and_Kim_Minhee_at_Berlinale_2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kim Min-hee beim Photo Call zu The Beach at Night Alone bei der Berlinale 2017](https://film.one/media/person/106170/gallery-4eccbe72deab.jpg) Kim Min-hee beim Photo Call zu The Beach at Night Alone bei der Berlinale 2017 — Maximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Kim_Min-hee_Photo_Call_The_Beach_at_Night_Alone_Berlinale_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Kim Min-hee](https://film.one/media/person/106170/gallery-e997e35db156.jpg) Kim Min-hee — Image via TMDB
- ![Kim Min-hee](https://film.one/media/person/106170/gallery-816026d6fb2e.jpg) Kim Min-hee — Image via TMDB
- ![Kim Min-hee](https://film.one/media/person/106170/gallery-0f33e7c1cac7.jpg) Kim Min-hee — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Berlin International Film Festival — 1 won

- 2017: Best Actress (won), for *On the Beach at Night Alone*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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