South Korean Actress Kim Sae-ron Dead at 24
Kim Sae-ron, the South Korean actress who appeared in the Netflix series Bloodhounds, has died at the age of 24.
Kim was found dead at her home in Seoul, South Korea after a friend discovered her body after she missed a scheduled meeting, police told the Yonhap News Agency (via Reuters). No cause of death was provided, but foul play is not suspected.
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An actress since the age of nine, Kim became one of South Korea’s most promising young stars when she starred in 2009’s A Brand New Day, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and won her several acting awards. The following year, at the age of 10, she appeared in The Man From Nowhere, the country’s highest-grossest film in 2010.
As Kim entered her teens, she starred in the Cannes-bound A Girl at My Door in 2014, and continued to land roles in movies and television up through the early 2020s. However, in May 2022, Kim’s career stalled following a much-publicized DUI arrest following a car accident that cut off power to the Gangnam District in Seoul, and resulted in Kim incurring personal financial difficulties due to the damages.
Following the scandal and a self-imposed hiatus, Kim was cast in the Netflix crime series Bloodhounds but was largely edited out due to the DUI incident, and the actress dropped out of subsequent acting roles, Variety reports. Kim did film the upcoming movie Guitarman prior to her death; the film has not yet been released.
“She said she’d make money through acting again after making a comeback with the film ‘Guitarman,’” a friend told local media Osen Sunday. “She was preparing to open a cafe, while also getting ready to return to the entertainment industry. I still can’t believe it.”
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