Moon Ga-young

In this Korean name, the family name is Moon.

Moon Ga-young
Moon Gayoung's airport departure
Moon in December 2023
Born (1996-07-10) July 10, 1996 (age 27)
Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
NationalitySouth Korean
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present
AgentKeyEast[1]
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMun Ka-young
McCune–ReischauerMun Kayŏng

Moon Ga-young (Korean: 문가영; born July 10, 1996) is a German-born South Korean actress. She is best known for her roles in Heartstrings (2011), EXO Next Door (2015), Tempted (2018), Welcome to Waikiki 2 (2019), Find Me in Your Memory (2020), True Beauty (2020–2021), Link: Eat, Love, Kill (2022), and The Interest of Love (2022–2023).

Early life

Moon was born in Karlsruhe, Germany to South Korean parents. Her family moved back to South Korea when she was 10 years old.[2][3]

Career

Moon began her acting career in 2006 at just 10 years old. Moon was a child actress who appeared in both film and television.[citation needed]

In 2014, the teenage Moon played her first leading role as the title character in Mimi, a four-episode mystery/romance drama that aired on cable channel Mnet.[4][5]

In April 2015, Moon portrayed the female protagonist in the web drama EXO Next Door, which aired on Naver TV Cast.[6] She then played supporting roles in the hit television series Don't Dare to Dream and Live Up to Your Name.[7][8]

In 2017, she starred in the drama special Waltzing Alone.[9]

In 2018, she starred in the romance drama Tempted, based on the 18th century French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses.[10] Her performance won her an Excellence Award as Best Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama award at the MBC Drama Awards.[11]

In 2019, Moon was cast as one of the main cast of the comedy television series Welcome to Waikiki 2.[12][13]

In 2020, Moon was cast as the female lead in the romance television series Find Me in Your Memory.[14] Ga Young also starred as the female lead, Lim Ju-kyung, in the tvN series True Beauty, which aired in December 2020.[15][16]

In 2022, she starred in the tvN fantasy-melodrama Link: Eat, Love, Kill[17] and JTBC office-romance drama The Interest of Love.[18]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Ref.
2006 To Sir, with Love young Eun-young
2007 Bunt Oh Ye-ryung
Black House Chul-yeon (Voice)
Shadows in the Palace Il-won
Our Town young So-yeon
2008 Do You See Seoul? Bun-rye
2013 Killer Toon Jo Seo-hyun [19]
2015 Salut d'Amour Ah-young [20]
Island Yeon-joo [21]
2016 Eclipse Eun-young [22]
Twenty Again Soo-mi [23]

Television series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2006 Fallen Angel, Jenny Hye-mi
2007 Cloudy Today Ri-na
Prince Hours
By My Side young Seo Eun-joo
Witch Yoo Hee young Ma Yoo-hee
Merry Mary young Hwang Mae-ri
Hometown Over the Hill Na Hae-young
2008 Bitter Sweet Life Ha Na-ri
2009 Ja Myung Go young So-so
Friend, Our Legend young Choi Jin-sook
2010 Goods Friends Kang Soo-ji [24]
The Reputable Family young Han Dan-yi
Bad Guy young Hong Tae-ra
2011 Heartstrings Lee Jung-hyun
2012 Just an Ordinary Love Story young Kim Yoon-hye Drama Special Series
2013 Who Are You? Dan Oh-reum guest (Episode 1–2)
Wang's Family Wang Hae-bak [25]
2014 Mimi Mi-mi
2015 Exo Next Door Ji Yeon-hee
The Merchant: Gaekju 2015 Wol-yi [26]
Delicious Love Park Soo-jin [27]
2016 Mirror of the Witch Sol-gae [28]
Don't Dare to Dream Lee Ppal-gang
2017 Live Up to Your Name Dongmakgae
Waltzing Alone Kim Min-Sun Drama Special
2018 Tempted Choi Soo-ji
2019 Welcome to Waikiki 2 Han Soo-yeon
2020 Find Me in Your Memory Yeo Ha-jin
2020–2021 True Beauty Lim Ju-kyung
2021 Recipe For Youth Cha Soo-bin [29]
2022 Shooting Stars Yeo Ha-jin Cameo (Episode 6) [30]
Link: Eat, Love, Kill Noh Da-hyun [31]
2022–2023 The Interest of Love Ahn Soo-young [32]
2023 Delightfully Deceitful Min Kang-yoon Cameo (Episode 12) [33]

Television shows

Year Title Role Ref.
2009 Sinnara Science [ko] MC
2020 Food Avengers Cast member

Ambassadorship

Year Title Ref.
2021 23rd Seoul International Women's Film Festival [34]

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
Asia Artist Awards 2021 Emotive Award – Actress True Beauty Won [35][36]
Popularity Award – Actress Moon Ga-young Nominated [37]
2023 Best Acting Performance Award The Interest of Love Won [38]
KBS Drama Awards 2010 Best Young Actress The Reputable Family Nominated
2013 Wang's Family Nominated
2017 Best Actress in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama Waltzing Alone Nominated
MBC Drama Awards 2018 Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Drama Tempted Won [11]
Best New Actress Nominated [39]
2020 Best Couple Award Moon Ga-young (with Kim Dong-wook)
Find Me in Your Memory 		Won
Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Wednesday-Thursday Miniseries Find Me in Your Memory Nominated

References

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