Kim Jae-hwa

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Jae-hwa (born September 1, 1980) is a South Korean actress.^[2][3]

Kim Jae-hwa
김재화
Kim in July 2020
Born	(1980-09-01) September 1, 1980 (age 44) Pyeongchang-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea[1]
Nationality	South Korean
Alma mater	Chung-Ang University
Occupation	Actress
Korean name
Hangul	김재화
Revised Romanization	Gim Jae-hwa
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Chaehwa

Career

Kim made her acting debut in 2009 in the film Harmony and she started to gain recognition following her role as Deng Yaping, Chinese champion of table tennis competition in the 2012 series As One.^[4][5]

In 2018 she appeared in MBC's TV series Real Man 300.^{[6][unreliable source?]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2005	Cathy Blues	Park Young Sook	cameo
2010	Harmony	Kwon Dal-nyeo (chorus member)
	The Yellow Sea
2011	Quick
	Countdown
2012	Love Fiction	Ma-yi
	LOVE CALL
	As One	Deng Yaping		[7]
	Traffickers	Gong Choon-ja		[7]
2013	Fasten Your Seatbelt	Kim Hwal-ran		[7]
2014	Apostle			[7]
	Mourning Grave	ghost
	Manhole	Social Worker
	Entangled	Myung-ja
	Set Me Free	Young-jae's mother
	The Royal Tailor	Ji-mil
	How to Steal a Dog	Homeroom teacher
2015	Chronicle of a Blood Merchant	Nurse at Jejoong Clinic
	Shoot Me in the Heart	Princess Buckingham
	Salut D’Amour	Madam Wang
	Summer Snow	Choi Mi-yeon
	A Dramatic Night
2018	Microhabitat	Choi Jeong-mi
2019	Idol	Soo-ryeon
2020	Pawn	Madam Jeong
2021	Escape from Mogadishu	Jo Soo-jin
	Sinkhole	Kyung-mi
	Short Bus		Shorts Film	[8]
	Romance Without Love	chief editor
2022	Honest Candidate 2	Rim Seon-hee	Special appearance	[9]
2023	Kill Boksoon	Yoo Cheol-woo's mother		[10]
	Extreme Festival	Hye-soo	Feature film	[11]
	Miss Fortune	Kumiko		[12]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	What is Mom?			[13]
	The Innocent Man
2013	Heartless City	Park Eun-ae		[7]
2014	Cunning Single Lady	Oh Bang-soon		[13]
	The Idle Mermaid	Kim Woo-sun
2015	D-Day	Kim Hyun-sook
2016	Uncontrollably Fond	Kim Bong-sook		[13]
	Fantastic	Jo Mi-sun		[13]
2017	Good Manager	Na Hee-yong		[13]
	The Happy Loner	nurse
	Girls' Generation 1979	drill instructor
	Witch at Court	Song Min-young
2018	Secret Mother	Kang Hye-kyung		[14]
	Room No. 9	Kam Mi-ran		[15]
	My Strange Hero	Kang So-jung
2019	Extraordinary You	art teacher
	Pegasus Market	Jung Bok-dong's wife
2020	Men Are Men	Butler Kim	Cameo (ep.6)
	Oh My Baby	Shim Jung-hwa		[13]
2022	Why Her	Jo Kang-ja		[16]
	Cleaning Up	Maeng Soo-ja		[17]
	The Law Cafe	Geum-ja	Cameo (ep 1–2)	[18]
2024	The Judge from Hell	Jang Myeong-suk		[19]
	The Tale of Lady Ok	Maxim		[20]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2015	Sense 8		[21]
2021	So Not Worth It	Aunt Mae
2022	Kiss Sixth Sense	Cho Seon-hee	[22]
	The King of the Desert	Hyeon-sook	[23]

Television show

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2021–2022	Goal Girl	Cast member	Season 1–2	[24]

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result	Ref.
Baeksang Arts Awards	2022	Best Supporting Actress – Film	Escape from Mogadishu	Nominated	[25]
	2025	Best Supporting Actress – Television	The Tale of Lady Ok	Pending	[26]
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards	2024	Best Actress	Blesser	Won	[27]
SBS Drama Awards	2022	Best Supporting Team	Why Her	Nominated	[28]
	2024	Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries	The Judge from Hell	Won	[29][30]
Wildflower Film Awards	2022	Best Supporting Actress / Actor	Action Hero	Won	[31]