Kim Sae Ron is an acclaimed South Korean child actress who has already won several acting awards. Born on July 31, 2000, she made her acting debut in the 2009 film “A Brand New Life.” She has since starred in many popular films and television dramas, including “Can You Hear My Heart?” (2011), “Heaven’s Garden” (2011), “Fashion King” (2012), “The Queen’s Classroom” (2013), “Hi! School: Love On” (2014), “Glamorous Temptation” (2015-2016) and “Mirror of the Witch” (2016). Kim Sae Ron’s younger sisters, Kim Ah Ron and Kim Ye Ron, also are child actresses.

Kim Sae Ron

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Na Woo Soo (Nam Da Reum) is the very picture of high school perfection: He comes from a wealthy family, is outstandingly handsome, is every teacher’s favorite student at Seoul’s most prestigious high school, and unfailingly tops the class with his sky-high grades. But his life is about to turn on its head: The student with the lowest grades in his class is found dead in what at first appears to have been a suicide, and a girl named Ga Doo Shim (Kim Sae Ron) transfers into his class.

Ga Doo Shim longs to be a run-of-the-mill high schooler, but she is fated to become a mighty, evil spirit-chasing shaman. The only problem is she struggles to see spirits, both evil and benevolent. Her grandmother once told her that if she could survive being 18, she would be able to live a normal life. But the death of the bow with low grades soon turns out to have a supernatural link. And furthermore, she soon learns that Na Woo Soo has suddenly gained the ability to see spirits. Together, they realize, they have the power to fight back against the powers of evil, which are now threatening to overrun the school. But could their ghost-busting partnership one day blossom into romance?

“The Great Shaman Ga Doo Shim” is a 2021 South Korean drama series that was directed by Park Ho Jin.

The Great Shaman Ga Doo Shim

✴Fate Misadventures Team✴

JTBC

Can a young royal physician change the fate of a cursed princess? 

When Queen Sim (Jang Hee Jin) is unable to conceive, she visits the shaman Hong Joo (Yum Jung Ah). Hong Joo’s powerful black magic helps the Queen give birth to a twin boy and girl, Soon Hwae (Yeo Hoe Hyun) and Seo Ri (Kim Sae Ron). 

But the dark sorcery comes with a price when Seo Ri is cursed, causing her to be abandoned and left for dead by the Queen. Seo Ri is rescued by the father of Poong Yeon (Kwak Si Yang), who becomes her only friend as she grows up in hiding. 

With Poong Yeon and her helper, Choi Hyun Seo (Lee Sung Jae), by her side, Seo Ri grows up as a witch, all the while trying to figure out how to lift the evil curse on her life. When Seo Ri meets the royal physician Heo Jun (Yoon Shi Yoon), will he help her change her fate and reclaim her rightful place? 

“Mirror of the Witch” is a 2016 South Korean drama series directed by Jo Hyun Tak. The series is inspired by the Mirror of Eastern Medicine (Dongui Bogam), a book compiled by the royal physician Heo Jun and published during the Joseon Dynasty and considered a classic in the study of Korean traditional medicine.

Mirror of the Witch

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Seo Ri

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A story about teenage boys and an angel unfolds. Revolving around teenagers, this fantasy tells a fairy-tale love story but deals with many issues about adolescents. From juvenile delinquents to underprivileged teenagers and the appearance-oriented society, the show dwells on sensitive topics that teenage students face daily. Woo Hyun has lived just with his grandmother since his childhood. His parents got divorced and don't have much of a relationship with him. Sung Yeol, whose stepmother is Woo Hyun's birth mother, is in the same class. The two boys fight each other to win their mother's love. Meanwhile, Seul Bi, who used to be an angel, becomes a human trying to save Woo Hyun. And her presence brings the two boys into even more serious conflict.

Hi! School - Love On

The Let's Love Team

From lecturing, meetings with students' parents, self-defense to first-aid treatment, Ma Yeo Jin masters everything and strives for perfection in every aspect. She joins Sandeul Elementary School as a homeroom teacher of Class 6-3 after her two-year hiatus. With a poker face, Yeo Jin teaches her rebellious students using an unorthodox and unique method, and she tells them the inconvenient truth. Besides, what had happened to Yeo Jin during the two-year hiatus?

Queen's Classroom

At only thirteen years old, Lee Soon Young (Kim Sae Ron) is far too young to be the head of her household. However, with a mentally disabled father and an illness-prone younger sister to take care of, Soon Young has little choice in the matter. As her family's practical supporter and permanent caregiver, Soon Young has little chance to be a kid until her uncle Mang Taek (Lee Chun Hee) arrives with a plan.

Having met Steve, an American physician interested in adopting a healthy Korean girl, Mang Taek guarantees that he can find the doctor exactly what he’s looking for. After signing a lucrative contract, Mang Taek arrives to announce that he has found a new home for Soon Young with a wealthy American family. Jealous of Soon Young’s seemingly good luck, her younger sister, Soon Ja (Kim Ah Ron), comes up with a plan to take her sister’s place. Meanwhile, Soon Young finds it extremely difficult to accept that another man is supposed to take the place of her father.

With the arrival of Steve and his thirteen-year-old daughter, Barbie, the time has come for one of the sisters to leave home. Which of the sisters will Mang Taek send to America and which one will stay behind?

An emotional rollercoaster of a film, “Barbie” is a 2012 South Korean family drama film directed by Lee Sang Woo.

Barbie

A third-rate designer who makes and sells counterfeits in Dongdaemun, previously unable to put his formidable talent to proper use, at a certain special opportunity becomes a big shot in the fashion industry. Meanwhile, Lee Ga Young, after losing her parents who had been successful designers in Dongdaemun and even losing their shop, having spent her life in a small room only sewing, tries her utmost to come out of a life of poverty. Two young people struggle to come out of difficult circumstances and on the other hand, the heir of the country's top fashion industry conglomerate Jung Jae Hyuk won't stop at any means to keep his position. In the end, what will become of the future of the three who try to succeed as world-class designers?

Fashion King

Team Fashionista

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When you disobey your parents’ wishes and marry someone they don’t approve of, can you go back home again when the marriage fails? Jung Jae In (Yoo Ho Jeong) has no other choice but to return to her family home, despite being disowned by her father, Boo Sik, (Choi Bul Am) for marrying a divorced man with a daughter. But she brings her stepdaughter Eun Soo (Kim Sae Ron) and her daughter Hyun Soo (Ahn Seo Hyun) back to the picturesque countryside of the Kangwon Province when her husband Tae Sub (Kim Ho Jin) is imprisoned after his business goes bankrupt in Seoul. Leaving her daughters in her father’s care, Jae In returns to Seoul and hocks all of her possessions to bail her husband out of jail. On the day of his release, a mysterious woman meets her husband and leaves with him. Her world shaken, Jae In returns to her father’s home and faces the strained relationship with her father. Will Jae In be able to overcome her heartache and reconcile her family?

Heaven's Garden

THE HEAVENLY ANGEL'S TEAM

MBC, KOCOWA

Woo Ri, an intelligent 9-year-old girl, never knew her father's name. She stands by her deaf mother's side with Young Gyu, a not-so-smart man who falls in love with her mother, and Ma Ru, his son. A man who hopes to inherit his grandfather's company running by his stepfather named Dong Joo meets Woo Ri years later. He teaches her how to play the piano. In a world of uncertainties, the two now learn to listen to each other's hearts while plotting revenge against Dong Joo's stepfather.

Listen to My Heart

A former Army Intelligence spy is forced to give up his quiet existence to save the life of a little girl.

Cha Tae Sik (Won Bin) owns a run-down pawn shop in a sketchy neighborhood. Known as “ajusshi” to everyone in the neighborhood, Tae Sik mostly keeps to himself and only befriends a young girl named So Mi (Kim Sae Ron), who comes to hang out at his shop when her drug-addicted mom, Hyo Jung (Kim Hyo Seo), is entertaining men.

When Hyo Jung steals heroine from a dangerous crime organization, crime lord Oh Myung Gyu (Song Young Chang) sends his subordinates, brothers Man Seok (Kim Hee Won) and Jong Seok (Kim Sung Oh) and their henchman Lum Ramrowa (Thanayong Wongtrakul), after Hyo Jung. When the gangsters come to Tae Sik’s pawn shop looking for Hyo Jong, Jong Seok and his men end up taking Hyo Jung and So Mi captive.

The gangsters soon learn that they messed with the wrong guy, as it turns out that Tae Sik is a former covert operative for the South Korean Army Intelligence. Tae Sik goes after the dangerous gangsters to try to save So Mi’s life, but can he get to her in time?

“The Man From Nowhere” is a 2010 South Korean film written and directed by Lee Jeong Beom. It was the highest-grossing film of 2010.

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