Former Child Star Leaves Netizens Shook After Taking On First Mother Role

Born in 2000, Kim Hyang Gi debuted as a child actress at 6 years old in the film Hearty Paws. However, her latest role is leaving netizens shook.

In 2013, she starred in the K-drama The Queen’s Classroom, winning the Best Young Actress Award at the 2013 MBC Drama Awards. 

In many of her iconic roles, she was just a kid. Now it seems she’s all grown up!

In most recent news, she will star in Hallan, a historical drama film set in Jeju in 1948. Airing in November, the movie will show the survival struggles of a mother and daughter.

Netizens were shocked that the once child actress is now grown up and playing the role of a mother!

• “Kim Hyang Gi is already playing a mom role?”
• “I definitely have to go watch this in theaters.”
• “Wow, Hyang Gi already playing the mother in a mother-daughter story… she was always like a baby, lol. Either way, I also really want to watch this movie.”
• “Even just from the poster, the emotions hit hard”
• “*Crying*”
• “She’s already playing a mom role?”
• “Ah, is it because back then moms were younger in age?”
• “Great casting. At that time, kids were having kids, so it’ll show so clearly on screen. Seeing it visually will make the era feel even more real, how heartbreaking”