Shin Min-a

Shin Min-a
Shin Min-a in 2012
Born Yang Min-a
(1984-04-05) April 5, 1984
Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Education Dongguk University
(Performing Arts)
Occupation Model, actress
Years active 2001–present
Agent O& Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul 신민아
Hanja 新慜娥[1]
Revised Romanization Sin Min-a
McCune–Reischauer Sin Mina
Birth name
Hangul 양민아
Hanja 梁慜娥
Revised Romanization Yang Min-a
McCune–Reischauer Yang Min'a
Website shinmina.co.kr

Shin Min-a (born Yang Min-a on April 5, 1984) is a South Korean model and actress. She is best known for starring in television dramas A Love to Kill (2005), My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox (2010), Arang and the Magistrate (2012), Oh My Venus (2015), and Tomorrow, With You (2017).

Career

Modelling

Shin began her career as a model for teen magazine KiKi in 1998. Since then, she became one of the most in-demand and highest paid commercial endorsers in South Korea. Notable among her forays into branded entertainment is the 2008 multi-episode Summer Days opposite Hyun Bin and Ryoo Seung-bum for LG Xnote featuring music by You Hee-yeol,[2] as well as Friends & Love, a movie-style extended advertisement for Giordano in 2011 costarring Jung Woo-sung and So Ji-sub.[3]

In 2009, Shin went to Milan, Italy to shoot a photo spread for Elle Korea with Calvin Klein model Jamie Dornan.[4] In 2011, she was chosen as the first Asian model for the DIY Project ad campaign of American clothing brand Rag & bone,[5][6] then was subsequently featured in The New York Times's T Magazine.[7][8]

Acting

Shin appeared in several music videos for K-pop boyband g.o.d, until her acting debut in 2001 with a supporting role in popular melodrama, Beautiful Days. The newcomer quickly rose to stardom, through the high school martial arts comedy film Volcano High with Jang Hyuk,[9] and the college romance movie Madeleine with Jo In-sung.

She then took on a supporting role in Kim Jee-woon's noir film A Bittersweet Life, reuniting her with previous co-star Lee Byung-hun. She then portrayed a deaf character in Sad Movie.[10] This was followed by leading roles in the melodrama A Love to Kill with Rain, romantic comedy series The Beast and the Beauty with Ryoo Seung-bum, and psychological thriller The Devil with Uhm Tae-woong and Ju Ji-hoon. In the 2007 film My Mighty Princess, Shin simultaneously played two characters.[11]

As Shin entered her mid-twenties, she began showcasing more maturity in her choice of roles. In Go Go 70s, Shin played a sexy counterculture singer[12][13] and won numerous accolades for her portrayal. She then acted as an unfaithful wife in The Naked Kitchen,[14] and a cynical young woman in search of her father in Sisters on the Road, a critically acclaimed indie film which also stars fellow actress and close friend Gong Hyo-jin.[15] But Shin became best known for her portrayals of supernatural horror icons revamped into endearingly innocent yet spunky heroines in the rom-com My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox (2010),[16] and the historical drama Arang and the Magistrate (2012).[17][18]

After appearing in The X, a 2013 spy thriller short film directed by Kim Jee-woon,[19] Shin returned to the big screen in 2014 in Gyeongju, an introspective arthouse romance opposite Park Hae-il.[20] This was followed by romantic comedy My Love, My Bride, in which she and Jo Jung-suk played a newly married couple; it was a remake of the same-titled 1990 hit which starred Choi Jin-sil and Park Joong-hoon.[21][22][23]

In 2015, Shin and So Ji-sub were cast in the romantic comedy series Oh My Venus.[24] For her character, an overweight lawyer, Shin underwent a three-hour makeup/prosthetic session every shoot.[25]

In 2016, Shin is cast opposite Lee Je-hoon in fantasy melodrama, Tomorrow, With You, portraying a 30-year-old amateur photographer who finds out that her better half can time travel. The drama was fully pre-produced and premiered in February 2017.[26][27]

In 2018, Shin was cast in the mystery film Diva, playing a diver who lost her memory after an accident.[28][29]

Others

After her travels were documented on the cable channel O'live in 2008,[30] Shin published a book titled Shin Min-a's French Diary in 2009.[31]

She has also contributed her vocals to several singles and soundtracks.[32][33]

Personal life

Since May 2015, Shin is in a relationship with model-actor Kim Woo-bin.[34][35]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
2001 Volcano High Yoo Chae-yi
2003 Madeleine Hee-jin
2005 A Bittersweet Life Hee-soo
Sad Movie Ahn Su-eun
The Beast and the Beauty Jang Hae-ju
2007 My Mighty Princess Kang So-hwi/Ok-soon
2008 Go Go 70s Mimi
2009 The Naked Kitchen Ahn Mo-rae
Sisters on the Road Park Myung-eun
A Million Jo Yoo-jin
2013 The X Mia
2014 Gyeongju Gong Yoon-hee
My Love, My Bride Mi-young
2016 A Quiet Dream Min-ah (cameo)
2019 Diva Lee Young

Television series

Year Title Role Network
2001 Beautiful Days Lee Min-ji SBS
2003 Punch Jang Yoo-bin
2005 A Love to Kill Cha Eun-seok KBS2
2007 The Devil Seo Hae-in
2010 My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox Gu Mi-ho SBS
2012 Arang and the Magistrate Arang/Lee Seo-rim MBC
2015-2016 Oh My Venus Kang Joo-eun KBS2
2017 Tomorrow, With You Song Ma-rin tvN

Music video appearances

Year Song title Artist
1999 "A Request" Lee Seung-hwan
"Eyes Want to Travel" Leon Lai
"Love and Remembrance" g.o.d
2000 "Since You Left Me" g.o.d
"Do You Know?" Jo Sung-mo
2001 "With Coffee" Brown Eyes
"I Love You" Cha Tae-hyun
"Sad Love" g.o.d
"A Fool" g.o.d
"You Just Don't Know" g.o.d
2008 "Summer Day" You Hee-yeol feat. Shin Jae-pyung of Peppertones
"My Happy Day" You Hee-yeol feat. Shin Min-a
2009 "Miracle Blue" Loveholics feat. Shin Min-a

Discography

Year Song title From Album
2003"Oppa, I Love You"Punch OST
"Pray for Yoo-bin"
2008"My Happy Day"You Hee-yeol - Summer Days
"Night Train"Go Go 70s OST
2009"A Year Later"The Naked Kitchen OST
"Miracle Blue"Loveholics - In the Air
2010 "Sha la la"My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox OST
"I Can Give You All"
2012"Black Moon"Arang and the Magistrate OST

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2003 SBS Drama AwardsNew Star Award
Punch
Won
2006 Dior Timeless Beauty AwardRecipientN/AWon
2007 KBS Drama AwardsExcellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries
The Devil
Nominated
2008 4th University Film Festival of KoreaBest Supporting Actress
Go Go 70s
Won
6th Korean Film AwardsBest Supporting ActressNominated
2009 6th Max Movie AwardsBest ActressWon
17th Chunsa Film Art AwardsBest ActressWon[36]
2nd Style Icon AwardsFemale FashionistaN/AWon[37]
3rd Mnet 20's Choice AwardsHot FashionistaN/AWon
2010 Korean Advertisers Association AwardsGood Model AwardN/AWon
3rd Style Icon AwardsStyle Icon Actress, TV category
My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox
Won
2010 SBS Drama AwardsExcellence Award, Actress in a Drama SpecialWon[38]
Top 10 StarsWon
Best Couple with Lee Seung-giWon
TVCF AwardsBest CF ModelN/AWon
2011 1st Cosmo Beauty AwardsBeauty Icon of the YearN/AWon[39]
2012 MBC Drama AwardsTop Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries
Arang and the Magistrate
Nominated
Best Couple with Lee Joon-giWon
2015 2nd Wildflower Film Awards Best Actress
Gyeongju
 Nominated
Special Jury Prize Won [40]
51st Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actress Nominated
InStyle Fashionista Award N/A Won [41]
29th KBS Drama AwardsExcellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries
Oh My Venus
Won [42]
Best Couple with So Ji-subWon [43]
2016 11th Seoul International Drama Awards Outstanding Korean Actress Won [44]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.e-hanaro.com/?document_srl=15820
  2. ↑ "현빈-신민아-류승범 XNOTE CF 새 모델". No Cut News (in Korean). 23 June 2008. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  3. ↑ "정우성-소지섭-신민아-타이거JK, 지오다노 모델 선정…'열풍 기대'". SSTV (in Korean). 31 January 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "The Lover". Elle Korea (in Korean). 28 September 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  5. ↑ http://diy.rag-bone.com/mina
  6. ↑ "DIY Project: Mina Shin". Rag & bone. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "Style to a T: Mina Shin". T Magazine. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  8. ↑ Sunwoo, Carla (28 April 2012). "Shin Min-a featured in New York Times". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  9. ↑ Paquet, Darcy. "Volcano High". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  10. ↑ "Star-studded `Sad Movie` not so sad". The Korea Herald. 6 April 2010.
  11. ↑ "Shin Min-ah cast in new Kwak Jae-yong film". Korean Film Biz Zone. 5 April 2006.
  12. ↑ "K-FILM PREVIEWS: 고고 70s (Go Go 70s)". Twitch Film. 1 October 2008. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  13. ↑ "Shin Min-a Joins "Go Go 70s" Cast". Korean Film Biz Zone. 12 December 2007.
  14. ↑ "SIN Min-ah in romantic lead". Korean Film Biz Zone. 7 January 2009.
  15. ↑ Shin, Hae-in (14 April 2009). "Stunning ending polarizes audiences in sisterhood movie". Yonhap. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  16. ↑ Oh, Jean (9 August 2010). "Will two big stars create fireworks?". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  17. ↑ Oh, Jean (12 August 2012). "Shin Min-a returns to supernatural in Tale of Arang". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  18. ↑ Hong, Grace Danbi (5 July 2012). "Shin Min Ah was Lazy and Conceited in her Early 20s". enewsWorld. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  19. ↑ "Film Review: 'The X'". Variety. 28 October 2013.
  20. ↑ Jung, Hyun-mok (13 June 2014). "Art-house debut for Shin". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  21. ↑ "Shin Min-a stars in remake of 1990 hit film". The Korea Times. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  22. ↑ "Shin Min-a, Cho Jung-seok Make Lovely Couple in Remake of 1990 Rom-Com". The Chosun Ilbo. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  23. ↑ Choi, Song-hee (14 October 2014). "My Love, My Bride Shin Min Ah, Oh My Goddess". BNTNews. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  24. ↑ Won, Ho-jung (11 November 2015). "Oh My Venus says it's not about beauty". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  25. ↑ "Shin Min-a Transforms into Chubby Lawyer for New Drama". The Chosun Ilbo. 14 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  26. ↑ "Shin Min-a, Lee Je-hoon join new tvN drama". Korea JoongAng Daily. 12 August 2016.
  27. ↑ Park Jin-hai (23 January 2017). ""Tomorrow with You" revolves around secret time traveller". The Korea Times.
  28. ↑ "Shin Min-a returns to big screen with thriller 'Diva'". Kpop Herald. 4 July 2018.
  29. ↑ "SHIN Min-a Set to Return to Theaters with DIVA". Korean Film Biz Zone. 24 July 2018.
  30. ↑ 신민아, 파리지엔느 변신 14일간 프랑스 여행기 공개. Newsen (in Korean). 15 October 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  31. ↑ 프렌치 다이어리. Aladin (in Korean). Retrieved 27 March 2009.
  32. ↑ Hong, Grace Danbi (22 August 2012). "Shin Min Ah Lends her Voice for Arang and the Magistrate OST". enewsWorld. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  33. ↑ Sunwoo, Carla (23 August 2012). "Shin Min-a to sing on drama OST". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  34. ↑ "Shin Min-a Dates Kim Woo-bin". The Chosun Ilbo. 23 July 2015.
  35. ↑ "Shin Min-a, Kim Woo-bin are dating". Korea JoongAng Daily. 23 July 2015.
  36. ↑ ""'국가대표'의 날!" 춘사영화제 6관왕 '기염' (종합)". No News (in Korean). 5 September 2009.
  37. ↑ "Style Icon Awards shines 2009 with edginess". Asiae. 13 November 2009.
  38. ↑ Ko, Kyoung-seok (3 January 2011). "Ko Hyun-jung wins grand prize at SBS Drama Awards". 10Asia. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  39. ↑ "Icon of Asian beauty". Korea JoongAng Daily. 12 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  40. ↑ "HAN GONG-JU Tops Wildflower Film Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. 10 April 2015.
  41. ↑ "Korea's 'most stylish actress' Shin Min-a disappoints at awards gala". Kpop Herald. 27 May 2015.
  42. ↑ "Check out the Winners from '2015 KBS Drama Awards'". BNT News. 31 December 2015.
  43. ↑ "TV couples capture viewers' hearts, minds". The Korea Times. 1 March 2016.
  44. ↑ "British-American TV series wins top prize in Seoul Drama Awards". Yonhap News Agency. 8 September 2016.
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