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Portrait of Shim Yi-young

Acting

Shim Yi-young

Career

Active from 2000 to 2025, busiest in 2013 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
15
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for At Eighteen
At Eighteen
GoodWatch score71/100

Characters

8

The characters Shim Yi-young played, best-known titles first.

Shim Yi-young as Song Hae-ryeong
Shim Yi-young as Sim Mi-young
Shim Yi-young as Writer Kim
Shim Yi-young as Mo Soon-Young
Shim Yi-young as Ko A-Jung
Shim Yi-young as Pi Seon-ju
Shim Yi-young as Park Bok Hee
Shim Yi-young as Yoo Hyun-Joo

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Shim Yi-young Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    2.1, average 3.8
  • Historical
    0.9, average 2.5
  • Fantasy
    0.5, average 1.7
  • Pop Culture
    1.3, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 4
  • Emotional Journey 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Family Struggles 2
  • Korean Cinema 2
  • Overcoming Hardship 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Korean Drama 2
  • K-Drama Romance 2
  • Family Drama 2
  • Coming-of-Age Story 2
  • Found Family 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

42
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

10 titles · average score 74
It's Okay!
It's Okay! (2025)
GoodWatch score 70

as Na-ri's Mother

Cat Kiss
Cat Kiss (2025)

as 심진화 [한별 母]

Desperate Mrs. Seonju
Desperate Mrs. Seonju (2024)

TV show · as Pi Seon-ju

XX+XY
XX+XY (2022)

as Han Soo-young

O’PENing
O’PENing (2022)

TV show · as Han Soo-young

Youth of May
Youth of May (2021)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Song Hae-ryeong

Monthly Magazine Home
Monthly Magazine Home (2021)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Architect

My Wonderful Life
My Wonderful Life (2020)

TV show · as Park Bok-hee

Extracurricular
Extracurricular (2020)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Gyu-ri's Mother

Best Friend
Best Friend (2020)
GoodWatch score 69

as Ji-young

2010s

28 titles · average score 68
Wanna Taste?
Wanna Taste? (2019)

TV show · as Kang Hae-Jin

At Eighteen
At Eighteen (2019)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Joon-Woo's mother

Happy Sisters
Happy Sisters (2017)

TV show · as Yoon Ye-Eun

Five Enough
Five Enough (2016)

TV show · as Mo Soon-Young

Noodle House Girl
Noodle House Girl (2016)

TV show · as 혜경 역

The Legend of the Blue Sea
The Legend of the Blue Sea (2016)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Young Moo Yoo-ran

The Suspicious Housekeeper
The Suspicious Housekeeper (2013)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Woo Na Young

A Hundred Year Legacy
A Hundred Year Legacy (2013)

TV show · as Ma Hong-joo

Goddess of Marriage
Goddess of Marriage (2013)

TV show · as Nam Mi-ra

Empress Ki
Empress Ki (2013)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as [Fortune teller] (Ep. 28)

Love, In Between
Love, In Between (2010)
GoodWatch score 49

as Su-ji

Marry Me, Mary!
Marry Me, Mary! (2010)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Director Bang

2000s

4 titles · average score 62
Paju
Paju (2009)
GoodWatch score 61

as Choi Eun-soo

Cruel Winter Blues
Cruel Winter Blues (2006)
GoodWatch score 69

as Mi-ryung

Marrying School Girl
Marrying School Girl (2004)

as Jang Yoo-sun

Real Fiction
Real Fiction (2000)
GoodWatch score 57

as Girl