Kim Ji-won is South Korean and has been lauded for her performance.
 Prior to her official debut, Kim made an appearance in the drama Mrs
=== 20132016: Rising popularity and breakthrough ===In 2013, Kim starred as one of the lead roles in the KBS Drama special Waiting for Love, about how four different youths with different views toward love start seeing each other  as well as the film Horror Stories 2, the sequel to the previous Horror Stories film, playing a student obsessed with black magic

