Who is Moon Ga-young, Korean actress known for K-dramas True Beauty and Law and the City?
The rising actress, also known as Mun Ka-young, is currently starring opposite
Lee Jong-suk in the slice-of-life legal drama
Law and the City – already her second K-drama of the year, following My Dearest Nemesis.
Moon, who turned 29 this week, was born in Karlsruhe, Germany to South Korean parents who were studying there. She grew up in a trilingual household speaking German, English and Korean.
She became a child model for a clothing magazine after she was discovered on the street as her mother pushed her around in a stroller.
Moon Ga-young in a still from Law and the City. Photo: Disney+.
When the family moved back to South Korea in 2005, Moon and her older sister entered a modelling competition, and Moon was selected for a photo shoot for a children's fashion catalogue.
She acclimatised to Korea and its film and drama industry quickly and, shortly after arriving in the country, became a child actress, making her screen debut in the K-horror film Bloody Reunion when she was just 10 years old.
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