Shin Min-a
| Shin Min-a | |
|---|---|
(cropped).jpg) Shin Min-a at LG Cinema 3D World Festival, on March 31, 2012 | |
| Born |
Yang Min-a April 5, 1984 Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea |
| Education | Dongguk University - Performing Arts |
| Occupation | Actress, Model |
| Years active | 2001 – present |
| Agent | O& Entertainment |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 신민아 |
| Hanja | 新慜娥 |
| Revised Romanization | Sin Min-a |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sin Mina |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 양민아 |
| Revised Romanization | Yang Min-a |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yang Min'a |
| Website | |
| shinmina.co.kr | |
Shin Min-a (born Yang Min-a on April 5, 1984) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for starring in television dramas such as A Love to Kill and My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox.
Career
Shin Min-a began her career as a model for teen magazine KiKi in 1998, then appeared in several music videos for K-pop boyband g.o.d., until her acting debut in 2001. The newcomer quickly rose to stardom, through the high school martial arts comedy Volcano High with Jang Hyuk,[1] and the college romance Madeleine with Zo In-sung. She took on a supporting role in Kim Ji-woon's film noir A Bittersweet Life, reuniting her with previous Beautiful Days co-star Lee Byung-hun. This was followed by leading roles in the melodrama A Love to Kill with Rain, the romantic comedy The Beast and the Beauty with Ryoo Seung-bum, and the psychological thriller The Devil with Uhm Tae-woong and Joo Ji-hoon.
As Shin entered her mid-twenties, she began showcasing more maturity in her choice of roles, playing a sexy counterculture singer in Go Go 70s,[2] an unfaithful wife in The Naked Kitchen, and a cynical young woman in search of her father in Sisters on the Road.[3] But Shin became best known for her portrayals of supernatural horror icons revamped into endearingly innocent yet spunky heroines in the rom-com My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox,[4] and the historical drama Arang and the Magistrate.[5][6]
Other activities
After her travels were documented on the cable channel O'live in 2008,[7] Shin published a book titled Shin Min-a's French Diary in 2009.[8]
She has also contributed her vocals to several singles and soundtracks.[9][10]
Shin is one of the most in-demand and highest paid commercial endorsers in South Korea. Notable among her forays into branded entertainment is the 2008 multi-episode Summer Days opposite Hyun Bin and Ryoo Seung-bum for LG Xnote featuring music by You Hee-yeol,[11] as well as Friends & Love, a movie-style extended advertisement for Giordano in 2011 costarring Jung Woo-sung and So Ji-sub.[12]
In 2009, Shin went to Milan, Italy to shoot a photo spread for Elle Korea with Calvin Klein model Jamie Dornan.[13] In 2011, she was chosen as the first Asian model for the DIY Project ad campaign of American clothing brand Rag & bone,[14][15] then was subsequently featured in The New York Times's T Magazine.[16][17]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Beautiful Days | Lee Min-ji | SBS |
| 2003 | Punch | Jang Yoo-bin | SBS |
| 2005 | A Love to Kill | Cha Eun-seok | KBS2 |
| 2007 | The Devil | Seo Hae-in | KBS2 |
| 2010 | My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox | Mi-ho | SBS |
| 2012 | Arang and the Magistrate | Arang/Lee Seo-rim | MBC |
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Volcano High | Yoo Chae-yi |
| 2003 | Madeleine | Hee-jin |
| 2005 | A Bittersweet Life | Hee-soo |
| Sad Movie | Ahn Su-eun | |
| The Beast and the Beauty | Jang Hae-ju | |
| 2007 | My Mighty Princess | Kang So-hwi/Ok-soon |
| 2008 | Go Go 70s | Mimi |
| 2009 | The Naked Kitchen | Ahn Mo-rae |
| Sisters on the Road | Park Myung-eun | |
| A Million | Jo Yoo-jin | |
| 2013 | The X | Mia |
| 2014 | Gyeongju | Gong Yoon-hee |
| Year | Song Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | "A Request" | Lee Seung-hwan |
| "Eyes Want to Travel" | Leon Lai | |
| "Love and Remembrance" | g.o.d. | |
| 2000 | "After You Left Me" | g.o.d. |
| "Do You Know?" | Jo Sung-mo | |
| 2001 | "With Coffee" | Brown Eyes |
| "I Love You" | Cha Tae-hyun | |
| "Sad Love" | g.o.d. | |
| "A Fool" | g.o.d. | |
| "You Just Don't Know" | g.o.d. | |
| 2008 | "Summer Day" | You Hee-yeol feat. Shin Jae-pyung of Peppertones |
| "My Happy Day" | You Hee-yeol feat. Shin Min-a | |
| 2009 | "Miracle Blue" | Loveholics feat. Shin Min-a |
Discography
| Year | Track | From the Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | "Oppa, I Love You" | Punch OST |
| "Pray for Yoo-bin" | ||
| 2008 | "My Happy Day" | You Hee-yeol - Summer Days |
| "Night Train" | Go Go 70s OST | |
| 2009 | "A Year Later" | The Naked Kitchen OST |
| "Miracle Blue" | Loveholics - In the Air | |
| 2010 | "Sha la la" | My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox OST |
| "I Can Give You All" | ||
| 2012 | "Black Moon" | Arang and the Magistrate OST |
Endorsements
| Year | Commercial | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Maxim T.O.P | Until 2012, with Won Bin |
| 2009 | Calvin Klein | Until 2010 |
| Jinro Soju | Until 2013 | |
| 2010 | LG Xnote | Until 2012, with Hyun Bin & Song Joong-ki |
| Vivien Bra | Until 2011 | |
| 2011 | Giordano | Until 2013, with So Ji Sub |
| Hera | Until 2013 | |
| LG 3D | ||
| SK Telecom 45 LTE | with Kim Soo-hyun | |
| 2013 | Joinus |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | SBS Drama Awards | New Star Award | Won | [18] | |
| 2006 | Dior Timeless Beauty Award | Recipient | Won | ||
| 2008 | 4th University Film Festival of Korea | Best Supporting Actress | Won | ||
| 6th Korean Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |||
| 2009 | 6th Max Movie Awards | Best Actress | Won | ||
| 17th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Actress | Won | |||
| 2nd Style Icon Awards | Female Fashionista | Won | |||
| 3rd Mnet 20's Choice Awards | Hot Fashionista | Won | |||
| 2010 | Korean Advertisers Association Awards | Good Model Award | Won | ||
| 3rd Style Icon Awards | Style Icon Actress, TV category | My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox | Won | ||
| SBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special | Won | |||
| Top Ten Stars Award | Won | ||||
| Best Couple with Lee Seung-gi | Won | ||||
| TVCF Awards | CF Model Awards | Won | |||
| 2011 | 1st Cosmo Beauty Awards | Beauty Icon of the Year | Won | [19] | |
| 2012 | MBC Drama Awards | Best Couple with Lee Jun-ki | Won | ||
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Nominated |
References
- ↑ Paquet, Darcy. "Volcano High". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-10-16.
- ↑ "K-FILM PREVIEWS: 고고 70s (Go Go 70s)". Twitch Film. 1 October 2008. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ Shin, Hae-in (14 April 2009). "Stunning ending polarizes audiences in sisterhood movie". Yonhap. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ Oh, Jean (9 August 2010). "Will two big stars create fireworks?". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
- ↑ Oh, Jean (12 August 2012). "Shin Min-a returns to supernatural in Tale of Arang". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ Hong, Grace Danbi (5 July 2012). "Shin Min Ah was Lazy and Conceited in her Early 20s". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ "신민아, 파리지엔느 변신 14일간 프랑스 여행기 공개". Newsen (in Korean). 15 October 2008. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ "프렌치 다이어리". Aladin (in Korean). Retrieved 2009-03-27.
- ↑ Hong, Grace Danbi (22 August 2012). "Shin Min Ah Lends her Voice for Arang and the Magistrate OST". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ Sunwoo, Carla (23 August 2012). "Shin Min-a to sing on drama OST". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ "현빈-신민아-류승범 XNOTE CF 새 모델". No Cut News (in Korean). 23 June 2008. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ "정우성-소지섭-신민아-타이거JK, 지오다노 모델 선정…'열풍 기대'". SSTV (in Korean). 31 January 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ "The Lover". Elle Korea (in Korean). 28 September 2009. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ http://diy.rag-bone.com/mina
- ↑ "DIY Project: Mina Shin". Rag & bone. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ "Style to a T: Mina Shin". T Magazine. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ Sunwoo, Carla (28 April 2012). "Shin Min-a featured in New York Times". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ↑ http://shinmina.co.kr/profile
- ↑ "Icon of Asian beauty". Korea JoongAng Daily. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
External links
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- Shin Min-a official website (Korean)
- Shin Min-a blog (Korean)
- Shin Min-a on Me2day (Korean)
- Shin Min-a at HanCinema
- Shin Min-a at the Korean Movie Database
- Shin Min-a at the Internet Movie Database