Kim Soo Hyun

Asian looks are not very popular in Hollywood cinema, and perhaps Lucy Liu, an American of Taiwanese roots, can boast of worldwide popularity thanks to her role in the action movie Charlie's Angels. But now a young Korean woman, Claudia Kim, has begun to appear in box-office films: she starred in The Avengers, The Dark Tower, Fantastic Beasts and has no plans to stop there.

Claudia Kim (real name - Kim Soo Hyun) was born on January 25, 1985 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. There are many gaps in the biography of the actress. At the age of 5, the family moved to New Jersey because Kim's father was offered a job at the American branch of a Korean company. There, the girl studied English, and later admitted in an interview that this allowed her to quickly adapt to the world of Hollywood.

From early childhood, Kim was instilled with a love of art. Father, in his free time from official work, painted pictures with talent. Every week he brought his daughter books about world artists, films, CDs with foreign music. However, the girl was not allowed to connect her life with creativity.

Kim graduated from the Department of International Studies at Ewha Women's University in Seoul.

In 2003, the American brand Guess conducted a casting in Korea to find models for a new collection. Kim took part in it "for fun," but the designers saw talent in the girl and offered to become a fashion model on a permanent basis.

In terms of parameters, she fit perfectly - height 177 cm, weight 53 kg. She refused: she had to prepare for the final exams. In 2005, the first Korea-China Supermodel competition took place.

In the competition, the girl took 1st place.

Kim's first appearance on the screens took place in 2006 - without an acting education and experience, she starred in the Korean drama "Queen of the Game". The film tells about a young man whose father committed suicide due to the loss of his position. Wanting to take revenge, he falls in love with a girl - the daughter of the man through whose fault this tragedy occurred.

At the time of filming in "Game Queen" the girl had not yet graduated from university. She decided to first get an education, and only then develop creatively. It took 3 years to get the diploma. In 2009, the Korean woman received an offer to star in the action movie The Fugitive: Plan B, and then she finally decided on a profession.

The actress took on the pseudonym Claudia Kim so that she would not be confused with actor Kim Soo Hyun, her full namesake. Under this name, the girl made her debut in the series "City of Romantics" (2010). In subsequent years, she tried her hand at a number of Korean television projects: Brain (2011), Get Ready! (2012), "Civil servant of the 7th rank" (2013).

In 2012, Claudia took her first steps in conquering Hollywood, starting with an audition for Fast and Furious 7. The directors did not count on the appearance of an Asian woman in the frame, so Kim did not get the role. However, the casting director offered the girl to take part in the Marco Polo series. Simultaneously, Kim was approved in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Thus, the actress had to be torn between two projects.

In Marco Polo, a historical drama about an explorer's visit to China in the 13th century, Claudia plays Princess Hutulun, the daughter of the Mongol ruler Haidu. The two seasons released on Netflix turned out to be unprofitable: the channel lost $ 200 million. The situation was also worsened by negative reviews from film critics. It was decided to close the project in 2016.

Kim had a blind audition for Marvel Studios - it was not known which movie would require actors. After reading the script, the girl decided that the film company was probably filming Ant-Man, but in the end, Claudia was approved for the role of Doctor of Genetics Helen Cho in the blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron. After the film was released in 2015, Kim revealed that she was especially fond of scenes filmed in her native Seoul:

Participation in the Marvel Studios project opened the doors to Hollywood for Claudia. In 2016, her filmography was replenished with The Dark Tower, an adaptation of Stephen King's novel series of the same name. She played Arrah Champignon, the wife of the leader Manny - Charles, the seer who helped the main characters, Roland of Gilead and the boy Jake, escape death.

Another major project in Kim's piggy bank is Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. The actress played the role of Nagini, a circus actress from the Circus Arcanus troupe, who many years later would become a faithful snake and one of Voldemort's horcruxes.

In an interview, Claudia said that Nagini from the time of Newt Scamander is not the villainous woman who is responsible for the death of Severus Snape, but "a vulnerable woman who wants to live." The circus girl surprises Muggles with her ability to transform from man to snake and back again. However, due to the curse of Maledictus, one day Nagini will inevitably get stuck in the guise of a reptile.

The girl's best friend is the teenage pinhole Credence Barebone (played by Ezra Miller). As a child, the boy was forced to suppress magical powers because of his cruel mother, as a result of which his energy was transformed into a clot of dark energy - an obscura. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ends with Credence's Obscura destroying Manhattan. After that, the boy runs away from home and joins the "Circus Arcanus" troupe.

There is no exact information about the personal life of the Korean woman. Presumably, she has no husband or children. Even social networks do not allow solving the riddle: on Instagram, the girl posts photos from filming and film festivals. The film partners are also captured: Ezra Miller and Leonard Wu from the TV series "Marco Polo". However, with none of them, Claudia was not seen in a romantic setting.

Marion Cotillard is the actress with whom the Korean woman takes an example. Also, Claudia has repeatedly said that she wants to star in a Hollywood project with her compatriots, for example, Kim Yunjin from the series "Lost".

In November 2018, the second part of the story about Newt Scamander "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" with the participation of Kim was released in the Russian film distribution.

2006-2007 - Game Queen 2010 - The Fugitive: Plan B 2011 - City of Romantics 2014-2016 - Marco Polo 2015 - Avengers: Age of Ultron 2017 - The Dark Tower 2018 - Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald "

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Kim Soo Hyun Net Worth 2021

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