---
name: "Kim Tae-ri"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kim-tae-ri"
fi1m_id: "kim-tae-ri"
imdb_id: "nm3892241"
tmdb_id: 1537768
wikidata_id: "Q21575818"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 April 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T04:25:24.018641+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."
---

# Kim Tae-ri

## Identity

Kim Tae-ri

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kim-tae-ri
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kim-tae-ri
- **IMDb ID:** nm3892241
- **TMDB ID:** 1537768
- **Wikidata ID:** Q21575818
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Tae-ri, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21575818, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3892241/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1537768

Actor. Born 24 April 1990 in Seoul, South Korea.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 April 1990, Seoul, South Korea
- **Active:** 2016–2018
- **Also known as:** Tae Ri Kim, Gim Tae-ri, Kim T'ae-ri
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Tae-ri, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21575818, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3892241/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1537768

## Fi1m on Kim Tae-ri

> Kim Tae-ri makes curiosity about another person feel as urgent as any plot. In *The Handmaiden*, her warmth gives us reason to care about the romance even when the director seems more interested in how it looks.

In *The Handmaiden* (2016), Kim Tae-ri makes Sook-hee's attraction to Kim Min-hee's Lady Hideko interesting before we have worked out whom to trust. She gives the young woman enough warmth that following the intrigue is only part of the pleasure. There is someone here whose happiness matters. It is a fine performance, and a large part of why director Park Chan-wook's clever erotic thriller remains worth caring about.

That feature debut was followed by the quieter, naturalistic work of *Little Forest* (2018) and a first major television role in the historical drama *Mr. Sunshine* (2018). Long-form television suits her ability to show a character growing, rather than asking youthful energy to carry every scene. As Na Hee-do in the sports romance *Twenty-Five Twenty-One* (2022), she brings that energy to a character given time to grow. *Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born* (2024), a period music drama, puts her vocal versatility to work. The determined young women recur, though the demands of playing them change.

Our clearest reason for valuing her remains the partnership with Kim Min-hee. In *The Handmaiden*, neither actor lets the business of keeping secrets account for everything her character does. Kim Tae-ri makes curiosity about another person palpable, and the warmth between the two actresses makes trust seem possible. We were more moved than we expected by the tenderness between them in the sex scenes. They make the discovery of desire feel like something happening to two people we have come to care about.

The useful caution is that warmth alone will not make every determined heroine different. *Little Forest* offers a reason to seek out her quieter work as well as the forceful young women of the television dramas. In *The Handmaiden*, our reservation lies with Park's self-conscious camera, which sometimes gives the actresses' appearance more attention than their feeling. Start there, but watch for the tenderness rather than trying to get ahead of every secret.

## Biography

Kim Tae-ri is a South Korean actress. She was born on 24 April 1990 in Seoul and studied journalism and communication at Kyung Hee University, where she joined a theatre club. After graduating she performed in stage productions and appeared in short films before modelling in television commercials.

She made her feature film debut as Sook-hee in Park Chan-wook's *The Handmaiden* (2016), having been selected from among 1,500 auditionees. She has since appeared in films including *1987: When the Day Comes* (2017), *Little Forest* (2018) and *Space Sweepers* (2021), and in television series such as *Mr. Sunshine* (2018), *Twenty Five Twenty One* (2022) and *Revenant* (2023).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *The Best Audience* (2026), Actor
- *Lost in Starlight* (2025), as Nan-young (voice)
- *Jeongnyeon: The Star is Born* (2024), series, as Yoon Jeong-nyeon
- *Alienoid: Return to the Future* (2024), as Ean
- *Revenant* (2023), series, as Gu San-yeong
- *Alienoid* (2022), as Ean
- *Twenty Five Twenty One* (2022), series, as Na Hee-do
- *Space Sweepers* (2021), as Captain Jang
- *Mr. Sunshine* (2018), series, as Go Ae-shin
- *Little Forest* (2018), as Hye-won
- *1987: When the Day Comes* (2017), as Yeon-hee
- *Moon Young* (2017), as Moon-young
- *The Handmaiden* (2016), as Sook-hee — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-handmaiden.md)
- *Making of The Handmaiden* (2016), Actor
- *Lock Out* (2015), as Woman
- *What Are You Looking At?* (2015), as High School Girl
- *I'm the Queen in This Life*, series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Kim Tae-ri](https://film.one/media/person/106171/gallery-4d6642d21b68.png) Kim Tae-ri — TV10, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Kim_Tae-ri_in_April_2026.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Kim Tae-ri departs from Incheon International Airport on January 16, 2025](https://film.one/media/person/106171/gallery-da0c82a87032.png) Kim Tae-ri departs from Incheon International Airport on January 16, 2025 — TV10 / Ten Asia, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/011625_Kim_Tae-ri_Incheon_International_Airport_departure_01.png/1280px-011625_Kim_Tae-ri_Incheon_International_Airport_departure_01.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kim Tae-ri departing from Incheon International Airport on May 16, 2026](https://film.one/media/person/106171/gallery-519cacef7115.png) Kim Tae-ri departing from Incheon International Airport on May 16, 2026 — TV10 / Ten Asia, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/051626_Kim_Tae-ri_Incheon_Airport_Departure_01.png/1280px-051626_Kim_Tae-ri_Incheon_Airport_Departure_01.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kim Tae-ri departing from Incheon International Airport on May 16, 2026](https://film.one/media/person/106171/gallery-410f3db21ac4.png) Kim Tae-ri departing from Incheon International Airport on May 16, 2026 — TV10 / Ten Asia, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/051626_Kim_Tae-ri_Incheon_Airport_Departure_02.png/1280px-051626_Kim_Tae-ri_Incheon_Airport_Departure_02.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kim Tae-ri](https://film.one/media/person/106171/gallery-a6af4446e392.jpg) Kim Tae-ri — Image via TMDB
- ![Kim Tae-ri](https://film.one/media/person/106171/gallery-27dd40b05474.jpg) Kim Tae-ri — Image via TMDB
- ![Kim Tae-ri](https://film.one/media/person/106171/gallery-9a68737d7abe.jpg) Kim Tae-ri — Image via TMDB
- ![Kim in September 2024](https://film.one/media/person/106171/gallery-20af9ad0d00b.jpg) Kim in September 2024 — K-POPIT 케이팝잇, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/240911_Kim_Tae-ri.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Kim Tae-ri](https://film.one/media/person/106171/gallery-933c8306700a.jpg) Kim Tae-ri — Image via TMDB
- ![Kim Tae-ri](https://film.one/media/person/106171/gallery-c2c571553e4d.jpg) Kim Tae-ri — Image via TMDB
- ![Kim Tae-ri](https://film.one/media/person/106171/gallery-8c3b7136543a.jpg) Kim Tae-ri — Image via TMDB

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