Kim Seul-gi (born October 10, 1991) is a South Korean actress who starred in many critically acclaimed dramas including Oh My Ghost (2015), Splash Splash Love (2015) and The Guardians (2017). She is also a former cast member of tvN's entertainment show SNL Korea.
Hailing from Busan, Kim enjoyed making people laugh from an early age. According to an interview, during her third year of high school, she started to prepare for a career of professional acting, to overcome a broken heart. She eventually attended the Seoul Institute of the Arts, a leading university for arts and entertainment in South Korea. In 2011, she participated in a 30th anniversary memorial play on a college society called Venture to Meet (만남의 시도), with Jang Jin, a well-known film director. Months later in mid-2011, when Jang Jin was looking for cast members for the live comic variety show called SNL Korea, he recruited Kim as a cast member. While gaining support on this experimental live programme consistently, her popularity significantly increased, especially in the latter half of 2012.[1]
She is a member of both as so-called "Jang Jin's Division" (장진사단), a group of entertainers who have been influenced by Jang Jin, and part of his entertainment company called Film-it-suda (필름있수다).[2]
Kim Seul-gi (herself), a challenger of Korea's Next Top Cutie, a parody of Korea's Next Top Model
Yoo Seung-woo, famed top 6 contestant on the 4th season of Superstar K
Tto (또), a parody of Po on the BBC's programme Teletubbies; also one of a character on Yeouido Teletubbies for Season 2 and 3, weekly summaries of the 2012 presidential election campaign and Global Teletubbies for Season 4[14]
Manager Kim Mi-yeong (김미영 팀장), on Voice Phishing Korea, a parody of Mnet's The Voice of Korea
Woman No. 1, as Congressperson's assaulter-role (여자 1호; 국회의원 폭행범) on Jjaak: Prisoners' Edition (쨕-재소자 특집), a parody of Korean matching-show Jjak on SBS
Yoga-instructor on Midnight Yoga, alongside actor Oh Ji-ho as her trainee
Various SNL Korea's satirical advertisements for anticipated small businesses (SNL 선정 우수 중소기업)
Other[]
2013: tvNPaik Ji-yeon's People Inside (백지연의 피플인사이드), interview of SNL Korea's crew, alongside Kim Min-kyo, Jeong Seong-ho, and Jeong Myeong-ok (Episode 353 on May 1)
2013: tvN Active Talk Show: Taxi (현장토크쇼 택시), alongside Park Jae-beom (April 8)
2013: MnetMusic Triangle (뮤직 트라이앵글), as singer and interviewee of a song "I Woke Up Because of You" (너땜에 잠이깨) (March 6)
2013: Mnet Wide Entertainment News (와이드 연예뉴스), as "Hidden card(highly anticipated entertainer) of the year 2013" (January 9)
2012: EBSMother-story: (어머니 전) Director Jang Jin and his mother, appeared during a preparation of Clumsy people with Kim Min-kyo (Episode 30 on September 28)
^Shin So-won (August 1, 2021). "라켓소년단' 이규형X김슬기, 차도남녀 특별 출연" [Racquet Boys' Lee Kyu-hyung X Kim Seul-gi, Chado Men and Women Special Appearance]. TenAsia (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved August 1, 2021.