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Kang Soo-yeon

1966 - 2022

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Kang Soo-yeon (Korean: 강수연; August 18, 1966 – May 7, 2022) was a South Korean actress. An internationally acclaimed star from the mid-1980s to the end of the 1990s, she is often honorifically nicknamed Korea's "first world star". Kang began her acting career as a child and gained national recognition with A High School Student's Diary on KBS 1TV (1983–1984), and the comedy films Whale Hunting 2 (1985) and Mimi and Cheolsu's Youth Sketch (1987). However, she would remain unknown outside her country until her breakout role in Im Kwon-taek's The Surrogate Woman (1987). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Kang Soo-yeon is the 5,697th most popular actor (down from 5,375th in 2024), the 341st most popular biography from South Korea (down from 294th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular South Korean Actor.

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Among actors, Kang Soo-yeon ranks 5,698 out of 13,578. Before her are Johnny Flynn, Gloria Hendry, Blanca Portillo, Elmar Wepper, Sofia Milos, Wallace Reid, and Glenne Headly. After her are Kim Joo-hyuk, Alley Mills, Faith Domergue, David Burke, and Bruce Abbott.

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Among people born in 1966, Kang Soo-yeon ranks 283. Before her are Marco Beltrami, Salvador Illa, Bruno Génésio, Alexis Denisof, Jerry Cantrell, and Clifford Robinson. After her are Corrie Sanders, David Bennent, Juhan Parts, Michael K. Williams, Aigars Kalvītis, and Traylor Howard. Among people deceased in 2022, Kang Soo-yeon ranks 477. Before her are Dmitri Vrubel, Hermann Nuber, Ramsey Lewis, Paula Marosi, Oleksandr Sydorenko, and Franco Frattini. After her are Michel Deguy, Aleksandr Gorshkov, John Emery, Leonid Shvartsman, Anita Gradin, and Abuzed Omar Dorda.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Kang Soo-yeon ranks 341 out of 1,128. Before her are Steven Yeun (1983), Kim Joo-sung (1966), Yuna Kim (1990), Kim Do-hoon (1970), Seo Kang-joon (1993), and Park Sung-hoon (1985). After her are Kim Joo-hyuk (1972), Kim Ha-neul (1978), Unsuk Chin (1961), Choi Jin-hyuk (1986), Kim Hee-chul (1983), and Cha Tae-hyun (1976).

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Among ACTORS In South Korea

Among actors born in South Korea, Kang Soo-yeon ranks 122. Before her are Shin Hye-sun (1989), Yoon Eun-hye (1984), Moon Geun-young (1987), Jung Yu-mi (1983), Steven Yeun (1983), and Park Sung-hoon (1985). After her are Kim Joo-hyuk (1972), Kim Ha-neul (1978), Choi Jin-hyuk (1986), Kim Hee-chul (1983), Cha Tae-hyun (1976), and John Cho (1972).

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