Thursday, November 5, 2015

Kim Ah-joong




Kim Ah-joong is a famous actress who can also sing and dance. That's not rare for an actress in modern times yet I believe Ah-joong stands out because of her voice. In the film 200 Pounds Beauty, I was exposed to her singing. It was an understatement to say I was just impressed. Unlike a lot of Korean singers, Ah-joong has strong vocals that seem to be missing in modern Korean music besides Ailee and Dahee (but Ailee doesn't count and we might not get to hear Dahee sing again).

As an actress she is fearless and takes parts I'm sure other top actresses wouldn't take like her choice to star in My PS Star. The film is about a woman who tries to have phone sex with her boyfriend but she ends up dialing the wrong number. She ends up describing what she wants to do sexually to her boyfriend and starts to moan to a complete stranger who hasn't said a word until the phone call gets a little less awkward. Over time the two become confidants, they end up calling each other because they have no one else. Kim Ah-joong showed off her sexiness and characters sexual desire as well as comedic acting chops to make a successful erotic romantic comedy (which is a mouthful).

She will probably be best known as "Jenny" from 200 Pounds Beauty. Kang Ha-na is an overweight singer who is the true voice behind a "beautiful" idol who can't sing and Ha-na moonlights as a phone sex operator. After being humiliated at a party, Ha-na decides to get plastic surgery. After the surgery she auditions at the company she already works for but as a Korean-American woman named Jenny. Jenny becomes a star at a price, In the end she decides to come clean. Ah-joong was able to do so much in the film, the role required her to display a lot of emotion which she seemed to do naturally. The film can come across in two ways, either it will make you think it was pro-surgery or at times anti-plastic surgery. I guess it depends on what kind of person you are and if you can read between the lines.

Ah joong would also star as a thief in the romantic comedy Steal My Heart. It showed that she could do a light action film. It's something different than the other films she has done in the best. As of today her last appearance was in 2014 when she starred in the drama Punch. Kim Ah-joong is an excellent actress who doesn't seem to work a lot. But she is only 33, so hopefully we will get to see her more often and for a long time.

Besides her career, Kim Ah-joong graduated from  Dongduk Women's University and even attended International Hotel Management Institute Switzerland.


Film Credits

200 Pounds Beauty
Foxy Festival
My PS Partner
Steal My Heart

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