Go Min Si: From a wedding planner to a beauty known as "Korean Netflix's daughter"

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In recent years, this Korean beauty has quickly asserted her position on the international cinema map. Continuous success and rapidly advancing career have turned her into one of the most sought-after entertainment icons today.
Ko Min-shi (born February 15, 1995), also known as Go Min-si, is a South Korean actress, model and director managed by Mystic Story Entertainment. She is known for her prominent roles in Ghost World, Love Alert.
With a dream of becoming an actress, Go Min Si decided to leave her hometown and go to Seoul - the center of the Korean entertainment industry - to seek opportunities to pursue acting. However, the road was not paved with roses. She continuously participated in auditions but was rejected. The successive failures made Go Min Si fall into confusion, but she did not give up.
Not content to wait for an opportunity, Go Min Si wrote, directed and produced her own short film. This was a bold move that opened the first door for her to prove her abilities to the public and professionals. Her persistent efforts and unyielding spirit in the face of difficulties have become a solid foundation for Go Min Si to gradually make her mark in the Korean film industry.
Go Min-si first gained attention as a director, screenwriter, and lead actress in the short film Parallel Novel (2016). This film won her a grand prize at the 4th SNS 3-Minute Film Festival, marking an impressive start to her artistic career. Also that year, Go Min-si attracted attention from the audience through the web drama 72 Seconds (season 3) and appeared in Thunder's music video Sign.
In 2017, she appeared in the film Absolutely Perfect Man and began her television career with a role in the historical drama My Sassy Gir.l. That same year, she continued to demonstrate her diverse acting ability through the youth series Hello, My Twenties! 2 and the fantasy film Meloholic.
In 2018, Go Min-si made guest appearances in the TV series Welcome to Waikiki and Live. She participated in the KBS Drama Special series Forgotten Season, and also appeared in The Smile That Won't Last in Your Eyes. In the same year, the actress participated in Love Trap - a project adapted from a comic book - and made a big splash when appearing in the action film The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion. With her impressive role in this film, she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 55th Grand Bell Awards and won the Popular Star Awar.d at the 7th Korea Best Star Awards.
In 2019, she played Hwaja - the younger sister of the main character - in the period film The Battle: Roar to Victory, set in Korea - Japan. Also in the year, she returned to the small screen with a supporting role in the popular Netflix series Love Alarm, and also appeared in the horror drama Secret Boutique. Her role in Secret Boutique helped her win the Best New Actress awar.d at the 2019 SBS Drama Awards.
2020 marked a diversity in Go Min-si's choice of roles when she appeared in KBS Drama Special: The Reason Why I Can't Tell You, the drama Set Play and especially Netflix's blockbuster Sweet Home - adapted from the webtoon of the same name - where she successfully portrayed the image of a strong young woman in a post-apocalyptic world.
In 2021, Go Min-si took on her first leading role in the historical romance drama Youth of May, which helped her establish her name on the small screen. In the same year, she reunited with director Lee Eung-bok (who made Sweet Home) through the mystery film Mount Jiri. In addition, she was also confirmed to play the lead role in the film project Smuggler, which began filming in June 2021, showing a strong breakthrough and steady progress in her acting career.
Go Min Si is a familiar face to Korean drama fans, especially those who love romantic films. The actress makes a strong impression with her captivating beauty and cinematic acting style, easily transforming into many diverse images â from innocent and lovely to sharp and dark.
Not only does she have an outstanding appearance, Go Min Si also conquers the audience with her delicate acting ability, deep expressions, and ability to convey the complex inner thoughts of the character, making each role she takes on leave an indelible mark in the hearts of viewers.
Although she doesn't have a huge number of films, Go Min Si carefully selects her projects and appears in all of them, making a big splash in the international market.
To date, she has participated in a total of seven films that have been widely released globally, including prominent names such as Love Alarm, Sweet Home, Love Alarm 2, Sweet Home 2, Sweet Home 3, The Frog, and her latest work Tastefully Yours. In particular, the two projects Love Alarm and Sweet Home have created a big phenomenon, contributing to raising Go Min Si's reputation and position in the Asian and international entertainment industry.
The seven films above reflect the entire journey of Go Min Si's career development - from her initial supporting roles to becoming the female lead, showing a clear transformation through complex psychological roles, helping her to be dubbed "Netflix's darling".
Despite standing next to many big stars, Go Min Si still shines thanks to her skillful acting and natural role-playing ability. In Sweet Home, she made a strong impression with the image of a brave young gir.l in a post-apocalyptic world, and in romantic films such as Love Alarm or Tastefully Yours, the actress showed a gentle, deep and attractive beauty. Thanks to these successes, Go Min Si is considered one of the promising young talents, possessing the ability to break through and maintain a solid position in the Korean film industry.
Go Min Si has just returned to the small screen as the female lead in the culinary romance drama Tastefully Yours, which aired on May 12 on ENA, Netflix, and Genie TV. Although the viewership ratings in Korea were not very impressive, after only two episodes, the drama quickly took the world by storm.
According to data from FlixPatrol as of May 15, Tastefully Yours has risen to second place in the ranking of the most-watched TV series globally on Netflix. This work also leads in 23 countries, including Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Thailand and many countries in the European and American regions, showing the strong appeal of the film and Go Min Si's name in the international market.
Despite its international success, Tastefully Yours has also caused controversy in its home country of South Korea. The focus of the debate revolves around Go Min Siâs choice of language in the film. The actress decided to use a dialect instead of a standard Seoul accent to convey depth to her character and add authenticity to her performance. However, this was met with mixed reactions.
However, on the other hand, international audiences - who do not pay much attention to the differences in Korean accents - expressed their support. They appreciated Go Min Si's emotional performance and thought that she had made an impressive transformation in this comeback.
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