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Shin Min-a is a South Korean actress, singer-songwriter and model

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BirthdayApril 5, 1984
NationalitySouth Korean
FamousModels, Film & Theater Personalities, Actresses, Models
Birth PlaceYatap-dong
Height168
GenderFemale
Net Worth$1 million as of jan 2017
Sun SignAries
Born inYatap-dong
Famous asActress & Model
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Who is Shin Min-a?

Shin Min-a is a South Korean actress and model. Other than acting and modeling, she is also a singer and musician. She has also published a book. She is especially known for her TV dramas ‘My Girlfriend is Nine Tailed Fox’, ‘Arang and the Magistrate’, ‘Oh My Venus’, ‘Tomorrow with You’, and many others. She has also acted in several movies and films including ‘The Beast and the Beauty’, ‘The Naked Kitchen’, ‘My Love, My Bride’, ‘A Bittersweet Life’, and many others. She has also appeared in a couple of variety shows. She has appeared in several music videos for artists like ‘Lee Seung Hwan’, ‘g. o. d.’, ‘You Hee Yeol’, and more. Shin has made contributions to several Open Source Tracks.

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Childhood & Early Life

Shin Min-a was born in Seongname, South Korea on April 5, 1984. Her family comes from the Gyeonggi province in South Korea. Her family includes both her parents, an elder brother, and an elder sister. Her birth name was Yang Min A.

She attended the Hyosung High School and later attended Dongguk University for her further education.

Career

When Shin Min-a was in mid school, she went on a photoshoot with some of her friends. She sent those photos to the Kiki Magazine. The publication selected her as a model for their youth magazine. She officially started modelling for them in 1998.

She appeared in many endorsements that helped her build a solid career in modelling. She became well-known when she became a part of the 2008 multi-episode ‘Summer Days’ opposite Hyun Bin and Ryoo Seung Boom for LG. She was also a part of ‘Friends & Love’, which was an extended advertisement by Giordano. It starred Jung Woo Sung and So Ji Sub.

In 2009, Shin went to Milan, Italy, along with Jamie Doran, the famous Calvin Klein model, for a photo spread shoot for Elle Korea. In 2011, she was featured in The New York Times’ ‘T Magazine’.

She made her acting debut in 2001 where she played Lee Min Ji, a supporting character role in the series ‘Beautiful Days’. In the same year, she made her debut on the big screen with the film, ‘Volcano High’.

Two years later, she featured in the college romance movie ‘Madeleine’ along with Jo In Sung. She was also a part of the SBS series, ‘Punch’.

The year 2005 was a great one for Shin as she became a part of the series ‘A Love to Kill’, a television drama. She also appeared in 3 movies, namely, ‘A Bittersweet Life’, a gangster action drama film; ‘Sad Movie’, a romantic melodrama; and ‘The Beast And The Beauty’, a romantic comedy film.

In 2007, she was cast alongside Uhm Tae Woong and Ju Ji Hoon in the psychological thriller ‘The Devil’. She played two characters simultaneously in the film, ‘My Mighty Princess’.

She played a counterculture singer in the 2008 movie, ‘Go Go 70s’. She entered into a phase of mature and critical roles in the same period as she later played an unfaithful wife in ‘The Naked Kitchen’ which was followed by a cynical young woman who is in search of her father in the 2009 film, ‘Sisters on the Road’.

Shin’s most popular roles came later during 2010-2012 when she portrayed a nine-tailed fox or what is known as ‘gumiho’ in Korean mythology which has been trapped in a painting for 500 years and dreams of becoming a human in the 2010 romantic comedy television series ‘My Girlfriend is a Nine Tailed Fox’.

She played the role of a ghost that has lost its memory and refuses to rest in peace until it finds out how she died in the 2012 series ‘Arang and the Magistrate’.

She then appeared in a short spy action film, ‘The X’ in 2013.

She made a return on the big screen through the romantic comedy film, ‘Gyeongju’, in 2014, where she played Gong Yun Hee, the female lead character. Later, in the same year, she was cast alongside Jo Jung Suk as both of them played a newly married couple in the romantic comedy film, ‘My Love, My Bride’, which was a remake of the 1990 hit of the same name starring Choi Jin Sil and Park Joong Hoon.

She was cast as Kang Joo Eun, an overweight lawyer who gets dumped by her boyfriend on their 15th Anniversary in the TV series, ‘Oh My Venus’. She portrayed the hard-working Joo Eun alongside So Ji Sub. She was a part of the series ‘Tomorrow With You’, where she played an amateur photographer whose better half can time travel.

Major Works

Shin Min-a published a book titled, ‘Shin Min-a’s French Diary’ in 2009, which followed the documentation of her travels on the cable channel ‘O’ Live’ in 2008.

She has made many music video appearances in ‘Love and Remembrance’, ‘Since You Left Me’, ‘You Just Don’t Know’, ‘My Happy Day’ and several others. She has also contributed in vocals in certain songs like ‘My Happy Day’, ‘I Can Give You All’, ‘Night Train’, ‘Black Moon’, etc. for Open Source Tracks for ‘The Naked Kitchen’, ‘My Girlfriend is a Nine Tailed Fox’, ‘Arang and the Magistrate’ and for albums like ‘Loveholics – In The Air’, ‘Summer Days’, etc.

Awards & Achievements

In 2011, Shin was chosen as the first Asian Model for the DIY Project. It was an advertisement campaign that promoted Rag & Bone, an American clothing brand.

She received the New Star Award at the SBS Drama Awards for her role in ‘Punch’ in 2003. She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 4th University Film Festival of Korea and the Best Actress at the 6th Max Movie Awards and the 17th Chunsa Film Art Awards for her role in ‘Go Go 70s’.

She won the Best Couple award with Lee Seung-gi, Top 10 Stars and the Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special at the 2010 SBS Drama Awards and the Style Icon Actress, TV category award at the 3rd Style Icon Awards for her work in ‘My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox’ in 2010.

She shared the Best Couple award with Lee Joon-gi at the MBC Drama Awards for ‘Arang and the Magistrate’ in 2012.

She won the Special Jury Prize for ‘Gyeongju’ at the 2nd Wildflower Film Awards in 2015. She got the Excellence Award, Actress in a Mini-series and the Best Couple award with So Ji-sub at the 29th KBS Drama Awards and the Outstanding Korean Actress at the 11th Seoul International Drama Awards for ‘Oh My Venus’ in 2015 and 2016.

Other than this, she also won many awards like the Female Fashionista, the Hot Fashionista, Good Model Award, the Best CF Model, the Beauty Icon of the Year and the Beauty Icon of the Year.

Personal Life

Shin Min-a got into a relationship with co-actor Kim Woo Bin in May 2015. They met during their work for the brand Giordano. She is nicknamed as Donald Duck as well as Do Duk Do Duk by her friends. She loves listening to music and also loves skating.

Shin’s boyfriend, Kim Woo Bin was diagnosed with Nasopharyngeal Cancer, a special rare type, which starts at the upper part of the throat behind the nose, called the nasopharynx. The cancer is strongly associated with the Epstein Barr Virus also known as EBV. Despite his critical condition, it was found that it wasn’t late for a treatment and he is undergoing treatment at an undisclosed hospital in South Korea. Shin is supporting her boyfriend for his treatment at every stage.

According to Shin, she was very lazy in her early mid-20s. However, somehow, she has managed to overcome her laziness. She states that playing the nine-tailed fox may seem a fun thing, but it was very emotional for her as she had to cry a lot in the finale.

Trivia

Shin made a special appearance in the 2016 drama film, ‘A Quiet Dream’. She made guest appearances in variety shows like ‘Strong Heart’ and ‘Running Man’.

She is known as the CF Queen of Korea.

The New York Times’ article nicknamed her the ‘triple threat’ as she made notable progress in movies and dramas as well as singing.

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Shin Min-a biography timelines

  • // 5th Apr 1984
    Shin Min-a was born in Seongname, South Korea on April 5, 1984. Her family comes from the Gyeonggi province in South Korea. Her family includes both her parents, an elder brother, and an elder sister. Her birth name was Yang Min A.
  • // 1990 To 2014
    She made a return on the big screen through the romantic comedy film, ‘Gyeongju’, in 2014, where she played Gong Yun Hee, the female lead character. Later, in the same year, she was cast alongside Jo Jung Suk as both of them played a newly married couple in the romantic comedy film, ‘My Love, My Bride’, which was a remake of the 1990 hit of the same name starring Choi Jin Sil and Park Joong Hoon.
  • // 1998
    When Shin Min-a was in mid school, she went on a photoshoot with some of her friends. She sent those photos to the Kiki Magazine. The publication selected her as a model for their youth magazine. She officially started modelling for them in 1998.
  • // 2001
    She made her acting debut in 2001 where she played Lee Min Ji, a supporting character role in the series ‘Beautiful Days’. In the same year, she made her debut on the big screen with the film, ‘Volcano High’.
  • // 2003
    She received the New Star Award at the SBS Drama Awards for her role in ‘Punch’ in 2003. She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 4th University Film Festival of Korea and the Best Actress at the 6th Max Movie Awards and the 17th Chunsa Film Art Awards for her role in ‘Go Go 70s’.
  • // 2005
    The year 2005 was a great one for Shin as she became a part of the series ‘A Love to Kill’, a television drama. She also appeared in 3 movies, namely, ‘A Bittersweet Life’, a gangster action drama film; ‘Sad Movie’, a romantic melodrama; and ‘The Beast And The Beauty’, a romantic comedy film.
  • // 2007
    In 2007, she was cast alongside Uhm Tae Woong and Ju Ji Hoon in the psychological thriller ‘The Devil’. She played two characters simultaneously in the film, ‘My Mighty Princess’.
  • // 2008
    She appeared in many endorsements that helped her build a solid career in modelling. She became well-known when she became a part of the 2008 multi-episode ‘Summer Days’ opposite Hyun Bin and Ryoo Seung Boom for LG. She was also a part of ‘Friends & Love’, which was an extended advertisement by Giordano. It starred Jung Woo Sung and So Ji Sub.
  • // 2008 To 2009
    She played a counterculture singer in the 2008 movie, ‘Go Go 70s’. She entered into a phase of mature and critical roles in the same period as she later played an unfaithful wife in ‘The Naked Kitchen’ which was followed by a cynical young woman who is in search of her father in the 2009 film, ‘Sisters on the Road’.
  • // 2008 To 2009
    Shin Min-a published a book titled, ‘Shin Min-a’s French Diary’ in 2009, which followed the documentation of her travels on the cable channel ‘O’ Live’ in 2008.
  • // 2009 To 2011
    In 2009, Shin went to Milan, Italy, along with Jamie Doran, the famous Calvin Klein model, for a photo spread shoot for Elle Korea. In 2011, she was featured in The New York Times’ ‘T Magazine’.
  • // 2010
    Shin’s most popular roles came later during 2010-2012 when she portrayed a nine-tailed fox or what is known as ‘gumiho’ in Korean mythology which has been trapped in a painting for 500 years and dreams of becoming a human in the 2010 romantic comedy television series ‘My Girlfriend is a Nine Tailed Fox’.
  • // 2010
    She won the Best Couple award with Lee Seung-gi, Top 10 Stars and the Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special at the 2010 SBS Drama Awards and the Style Icon Actress, TV category award at the 3rd Style Icon Awards for her work in ‘My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox’ in 2010.
  • // 2011
    In 2011, Shin was chosen as the first Asian Model for the DIY Project. It was an advertisement campaign that promoted Rag & Bone, an American clothing brand.
  • // 2012
    She played the role of a ghost that has lost its memory and refuses to rest in peace until it finds out how she died in the 2012 series ‘Arang and the Magistrate’.
  • // 2012
    She shared the Best Couple award with Lee Joon-gi at the MBC Drama Awards for ‘Arang and the Magistrate’ in 2012.
  • // 2013
    She then appeared in a short spy action film, ‘The X’ in 2013.
  • // May 2015
    Shin Min-a got into a relationship with co-actor Kim Woo Bin in May 2015. They met during their work for the brand Giordano. She is nicknamed as Donald Duck as well as Do Duk Do Duk by her friends. She loves listening to music and also loves skating.
  • // 2016
    Shin made a special appearance in the 2016 drama film, ‘A Quiet Dream’. She made guest appearances in variety shows like ‘Strong Heart’ and ‘Running Man’.

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    Shin Min-a was born at 1984-04-05

  • Where is Shin Min-a's birth place?

    Shin Min-a was born in Yatap-dong

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