Kim Tae Ri wins the 2nd Baeksang Arts Award! From ‘Monster Rookie’ to ‘Acting Bible’, what makes her stand out

Ten years in the making: From playing a maid in ‘Miss’ to a leading actress in ‘Jungnyeon’, her story is more inspiring than any script

Who would have thought that Kim Tae Ri, who won the Baeksang Arts Award for ‘Twenty-Five, Twenty-One’ in 2022, would win another award three years later! At the 61st Baeksang Arts Awards in 2025, she defeated strong competitors like Jang Na Ra and IU with her historical drama ‘Jungnyeon’, becoming the first ‘double recipient’ among actresses born in the ’80s. Netizens commented, ‘Others win awards by luck, she wins awards by ‘learning’!’ (After all, she once said in her speech, ‘Learning is something you have to steal!’)

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From ‘learning’ to ‘divine’, her comeback story is more thrilling than a Korean drama

In 2016, Kim Tae Ri was still unknown. At that time, she had just been promoted from a part-time maid in a theater society and gained fame with Park Chan Wook’s ‘Miss’. In the movie, she played the maid ‘Sook Hee’ with charm, acting fearlessly opposite leading actress Kim Min Hee, and was even praised by the director as ‘those clear eyes are like a little deer’. This film earned her eight rookie awards, solidifying her position in Chungmuro, the Hollywood of South Korea, and earning her the title of ‘Monster Rookie’.

But Kim Tae Ri’s ambition did not stop there. The range of roles she took on was astonishing: from the noble and elegant noblewoman in ‘Mr. Sunshine’ to the wild and handsome space captain in ‘Victory Ship’, and then to the desperate examinee possessed in ‘Evil Spirit’, each role was like a ‘face swap’ subversion. Netizens joked, ‘She probably maxed out the ‘face swap’ skill!’

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