Lim Eun-kyeong

Lim Eun-kyeong (also credited as Lim Eun Kyung or Im Eun-gyeong) is a South Korean actress. She was born on July 7, 1983 in Seoul, South Korea. Lim is most famous for her commercial ads role, TTL Girl. She is now pursuing professional acting career. Lim is a student at Department of Theater in Chung-Ang University, which had produced a great number of famous Korean actors.

Modeling career

Lim made a debut as a model (TTL Girl) for SK Telecom in 1999 when she was still in high- school. TTL is a mobile phone service mostly targeting for the younger generation (especially under the 20s). Since then, Lim has become a famous cultural icon. She appeared on a series of TTL ads. Her mysterious look and clean image attracted many people, and eventually this popularity led her into the leading role of "Resurrection of the Little Match Girl" (2002), the film made by highly acclaimed Korean director Jang Sun-woo.

Acting career

Unfortunately, "Resurrection of the Little Match Girl" was a boxoffice flop even though it received mixed review results. Her acting was plain and not so impressive. Both critics and audiences merely regarded her performance there as a re-play of her image-oriented works on the former TTL commercials.

Nevertheless, she continued participating into four Korean movies as leading lady by 2005. Her most successful film was teenage comedy "Conduct Zero". Lim starred as a Ryu Seung-beom's high-school girl friend, Minhee. In this movie, she tried to change her fixed image into more lively one. In 2004, Lim challenged the new territory of Horror film genre and played the ghost roles on "Doll Master" and "Sisily 2km". Although they did not get the positive reactions than "Conduct Zero" did, Lim could improve some acting skills.

Lim also took part in KBS weekend drama "Bodyguard" in 2003 and short-lived MBC sitcom "Rainbow Romance" in 2005. Currently, she is looking for another roles in the movies.

Trivia

* Lim is the only child and loves to raise pets (including cat and dog).
* Lim's parents are both deaf. Lim is fluent in sign language.
* Lim's early life with the handicapped parents was published as story book in 2006.

Filmography

Film

* 2002 "Resurrection of the Little Match Girl" (성냥팔이 소녀의 재림)
* 2002 "Conduct Zero" (품행제로)
* 2004 "Doll Master" (인형사)
* 2004 "Sisily 2km" (시실리 2km)
* 2005 "Marrying School Girl" (여고생 시집가기)

Television

* 2003 KBS Drama "Bodyguard" (보디가드)
* 2005 MBC Entertainment Program "!Exclamation Mark"- Host (느낌표 진행자)
* 2005 MBC Sitcom "Rainbow Romance" (레인보우 로망스)

External links

* [http://planet.daum.net/pcp/Gate.do?daumid=eklim2005 Official Homepage] (in Korean)
* [http://www.cineseoul.com/movies/people.html?peopleID=9380 Cineseoul Profile] (in Korean)