Im Se Mi: struggling for 18 years in the profession, shining after being "wife" Ji Chang Wook

Phong TrầnFeb 19, 2024 at 15:40

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Im Se Mi has been pursuing acting for 18 years, but it will not be until 2023 that she really makes a mark in the hearts of audiences when she has the role of a lifetime in the movie Horrific Crime, starring opposite two male gods Ji Chang Wook and Wi Ha Joon.

Im Se Mi was born in 1987, in Gangnam, Seoul. She has never graduated from any acting class, but is now always considered a powerful actor among the acting class in Korea. When she was younger, she was someone who tended to be quite introverted. Like many young dreamers, she harbored many dreams such as becoming a nurse, doctor, teacher, car designer... However, after reaching level 3, Im Se Mi found the passion that she really wanted to pursue. At the age of 18, Se Mi became a model for a handbag brand. From here she began to have the opportunity to enter the entertainment industry.

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To become an actress, she took small roles, even without dialogue, or, to be more precise, public roles. However, hard work, enthusiasm and good appearance helped Im Se Mi get her first official role in the movie Sharp 2 (2005). Since she had never studied acting, in the early days of filming, Im Se Mi was even berated a lot by the director. Thanks to learning hard from her predecessors and focusing only on acting, Im Se Mi has gradually overcome all difficulties.

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Maintaining her love for the profession and working hard for more than 10 years, Im Se Mi accumulated experience through popular dramas such as Heartstrings, That winter - The wind blows, Two weeks, Love, Goodbye Mr. Black, Shopping King Louie... Currently, Im Se Mi has become a veteran lead actor, having won the Golden Actress Award of the 2017 MBC Awards.

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So far, Im Se Mi has been in the entertainment industry for 18 years but has not made a name. Although she has participated in many film projects, she has mainly taken on supporting roles, with little acting land.

Im Se Mi acted in many films, including notable works such as Jo In Sung - Song Hye Kyo's "The East Wind" ", Jo Jung Suk - Hyeri's "The Police Couple" or Lee Sung Kyung - Lee Sang Yoon's "It's Time" ,...

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In the films I starred in, Im Se Mi mostly only took on supporting roles. Out of the 24 full-length drama projects that have participated, Im Se Mi has only 6 times been assigned to mainline characters. In the realm of cinema, she doesn't have many films. Therefore, despite being active in art for 18 years, Im Se Mi is still a strange name.

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However, with her great acting in Horrific Crime, the name Im Se Mi has come closer to the audience. Im Se Mi really showed off the acting that gave the audience goosebumps. She portrays the psychological transformation of Yoo Eui Jung, the woman in the middle of a battle between two men, her husband Park Joon Mo (Ji Chang Wook) and first love Jung Ki Chul (Wi Ha Joon).

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Yoo Eui Jung's first love is a dangerous drug dealer. Meanwhile, her husband is a policeman and is pretending to be his henchman in an attempt to dismantle this criminal organization. Yoo Eui Jung participated in the project to help her husband. But then, a lot of events she couldn't have foreseen happened.

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In fact, compared to Park Jun Mo and Jung Ki Chul, Yoo Eui Jung's character seems to have less "ground" to shine. However, she still has emotional climax scenes and they are all perfectly portrayed by Im Se Mi.

In the drama, Yoo Eui Jung's character lives with constant worries due to her husband taking on a mission that could cause him to leave at any moment. She herself ventures into the "quagmire" to help the man she loves. Moreover, she suffered the pain of losing her mother.

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Therefore, in many scenes, Im Se Mi has to portray a Yoo Eui Jung with a face that is always heartbroken and tired. Of course, the makeup crew will also apply makeup to make the actress look more phlegmatic than she actually is to suit the character.

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But when she's not in the role, audiences get to see a very different Im Se Mi. On her personal Instagram, the beauty born in 1987 shared many interesting moments. When I finished watching these pictures, I believe that anyone will have to admit that Im Se Mi looks too beautiful and younger than her real age of 36.

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It is also thanks to this role that Im Se Mi is better known and loved by the audience. Many people believe that her talent deserves a higher status than she is now. Her ability to take on many roles in different colors. Hopefully, in the future, Im Se Mi will have more acting resources, in order to take her name further.

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