Kang Ae-shim

Kang Ae-shim
Kang in 2024 during an interview for Squid Game
Born (1963-02-28) 28 February 1963 (age 62)
NationalitySouth Korean
OccupationActress

Kang Ae-shim (Korean강애심; Hanja康愛心;[1] 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

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Film

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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
2025 Wall to Wall

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2018–2019 Voice
2019 Beautiful World
Be Melodramatic
Birthday Letter
When the Camellia Blooms
JTBC Drama Festa Luwak 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 Special Ordinary Jae-Hwa
2021–2022 Bad and Crazy
2022 Rookie Cops
Thirty-Nine
Cleaning Up
Extraordinary Attorney Woo
Fly High Butterfly
2023 Divorce Attorney Shin
One Day Off
Unpredictable Family
2023–2024 Tell Me That You Love Me
2024 Queen of Divorce
Wonderful World
Frankly Speaking
Romance in the House
A Virtuous Business
2024–2025 Squid Game Jang Geum-ja (Player 149)
2025 Oh My Ghost Clients

References

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  1. ^ "네이버 뉴스 라이브러리". NAVER Newslibrary. 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. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
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