
Kang So-ra
Actress
Born: February 18, 1990 (36 years old)
Place of birth: Seoul, South Korea
Biography
Kang So-ra is a South Korean actress. Kang made her acting debut in the 2009 thriller movie 4th Period Mystery, but rose to fame when she starred in the 2011 blockbuster Sunny, a coming-of-age film about a group of high school girls growing up in the 1980s. This was followed by leading roles in television dramas, such as teen musical Dream High 2 (2012), and family drama Ugly Alert (2013). Kang also appeared on the third season of We Got Married, a reality show which pairs up celebrities into fake "married" couples; her partner was Leeteuk from the K-pop group Super Junior. Kang gained increased recognition after starring in two hit series in 2014; medical drama Doctor Stranger (2014) and workplace dramedy Misaeng: Incomplete Life (2014); Doctor Stranger was a success in China with 400 million views and Misaeng: Incomplete Life was dubbed a "cultural phenomenon" in South Korea. This was followed by lead roles in romantic comedy Warm and Cozy (2015) together with Yoo Yeon-seok, legal drama My Lawyer, Mr. Jo (2016), and romantic comedy Revolutionary Love (2017) alongside Choi Si-won from the k-pop group Super Junior. In 2019, Kang returned to the big screen in the cycling film Uhm Bok-dong. In 2020, Kang starred in the comedy film Secret Zoo, based on the webtoon of the same name. She plays a veterinarian who pretends to be a lion. The same year, she was cast in the romance melodrama film Rain And Your Story.
Filmography (15)
- Sunny (2011, ★ 7.8)
- Doctor Stranger (2014, ★ 8.1)
- Incomplete Life (2014, ★ 8.6)
- Ugly Alert (2013, ★ 9)
- My Paparotti (2013, ★ 7.1)
- The Beauty Inside (2018, ★ 7.9)
- 4th Period Mystery (2009, ★ 5.8)
- Secret Zoo (2020, ★ 6.2)
- Race to Freedom: Um Bok-dong (2019, ★ 6.7)
- Dream High (2011, ★ 6.9)
- Revolutionary Love (2017, ★ 6.9)
- Strangers Again (2023, ★ 7.5)
- Endless Rain (2021, ★ 5.9)
- Warm and Cozy (2015, ★ 6.2)
- My Lawyer, Mr. Jo (2016, ★ 5.2)