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Kim Tae-ri

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Tae-ri Kim is a South Korean actress. Kim started her career appearing in theater productions and modelling in TV adverts. She made her feature film debut in Park Chan-wook's film The Handmaiden (2016) where she was chosen from among 1,500 candidates who auditioned for the role. Park's first impression of Kim reminded him strongly of his first meeting with actress Kang Hye-jung, who had her career breakthrough in Park's film Oldboy (2003).

Kim also starred in 1987: When the Day Comes (2017) and Little Forest (2018).
- IMDb mini biography by: Pedro Borges

She is a graduate of Kyunghee University, which is in Seoul, South Korea, and her major was journalism.
While being considered as one of the most promising actresses in Korea, she knew nothing about acting before her entrance to college. She thought about pursuing art career when she was in high-school; however, shortly after, she found that that was not her calling.
Used to work a lot of part-time jobs whilst in school. She worked at KFC, a newspaper company, a multiplex, etc.
She has an older brother and was raised by her grandmother when she was a small child.
Described as a "wild horse on the loose" during her college days. So much so that she was even reported missing by a family relative after not coming home one night.

On making "Little Forest" with director Yim Soon-rye: With Yim Soon-rye, I really felt like I was making a film. Some scenes like friends quarreling were made impromptu, and I did a lot of ad-libbing. At first, it was hard to do something on the spot, but it became fun towards the end.
[on filming with Kim Min-hee the love scenes from The Handmaiden (2016)] I am such a big admirer of Kim Min-hee, and she's an actress I've respected. Coming into those scenes where we needed to be intimate wasn't such a difficult thing for me to do. We became very close quite quickly. There was no discomfort between us.
[on learning Japanese for debut role in The Handmaiden (2016)] It wasn't very difficult for me to deal with the Japanese dialogue that my character had to say. The thing about my character is that her Japanese doesn't have to be so refined as the other characters in the film. Comparatively, I think I got the easy part when it comes to the Japanese dialogue.
[on pressure after massive success from debut role in The Handmaiden (2016)] Honestly, I felt zero pressure for box office success after 'The Handmaiden' because I was aware of my weaknesses and knew that I would need to get help from others. So I was more concerned about developing my characters.

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