Kang Ae-shim

Kang Ae-shim
Kang in 2024 during an interview for Squid Game
Born (1963-02-28) 28 February 1963
OccupationActress
Korean name
Hangul
강애심
Hanja
康愛心
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RRGang Aesim
MRKang Aesim

Kang Ae-shim (Korean: 강애심; born 28 February 1963) is a South Korean actress. She is known for starring in the second and third season of TV drama Squid Game as Jang Geum-ja.[2][3]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Old Miss Diary
2007 Mother
2008 A Man Who Was Superman
2010 Secret Love
2015 Another Way
2016 Fourth Place
2018 Mom, Popo, and Me
2019 Kim Ji-young, Born 1982
2020 Jessie Story
A Bedsore
2021 The ABCs of Our Relationship
Essay Love
Outing
2022 The Dream Songs
2023 Rebound
The Childe
Concrete Utopia
Spontaneous Human Combustion
2024 Wonderland Hae-ri's mother
2025 Wall to Wall Nam Hae-ju

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2018–2019 Voice
2019 Beautiful World
Be Melodramatic
Birthday Letter
When the Camellia Blooms
JTBC Drama FestaLuwak Human
2019–2020 Diary of a Prosecutor
2020 Tell Me What You Saw
Memorials
2020–2022 No, Thank You
2021 Move to Heaven
Mad for Each Other
Hospital Playlist 2
You Are My Spring
Reflection of You
KBS Drama SpecialOrdinary Jae-Hwa
2021–2022 Bad and Crazy
2022 Rookie Cops
Thirty-Nine
Cleaning Up
Extraordinary Attorney WooChoi Yeong-ranYoung-woo's first client
Fly High Butterfly
2023 Divorce Attorney Shin
One Day Off
Unpredictable Family
2023–2024 Tell Me That You Love Me
2024 Queen of Divorce Park Jung-sook
Wonderful World Jang Hyung-ja
Frankly Speaking Na Yoo-jung
Romance in the House
A Virtuous Business Lee Bok-soon
2024–2025 Squid GameJang Geum-ja (Player 149)
2025 Oh My Ghost Clients Kim Young-sook
2026 Our Universe Park Ae-ja
In Your Radiant Season Kim Sun

References

  1. ↑ "네이버 뉴스 라이브러리". NAVER Newslibrary. Archived from the original on 20 January 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  2. ↑ Porter, Rick (29 June 2023). "'Squid Game' Adds Eight Actors, Completes Season 2 Cast". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "'Squid Game' Season 2 Cast Enlists New and Returning Faces". Netflix. Archived from the original on 26 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.