Early life and career beginnings Kim was born on February 5, 2001. She has a younger sister and an older brother. She attended
School of Performing Arts Seoul and graduated in February 2020. In 2016, she was part of a pre-debut girl group called Girls' Recipe, whose debut was ultimately scrapped in the same year. Prior to joining the reality girl group survival show
Produce 48, she had appeared as an actress in music videos and
Korean dramas, notably the 2018
MBC television series
Tempted, wherein she portrayed the role of the young Choi Su-ji (
Moon Ga-young).
2018–2021: Produce 48, Iz*One, solo activities From June to August 2018, Kim represented
Urban Works on
Produce 48. On the finale episode, she eventually placed eleventh and thus joined the show's final debut lineup,
Iz*One. On October 29, 2018, she officially debuted as a member of the group with the release of their first
extended play (EP)
Color*Iz. In 2019, Kim starred in the film
The Fault Is Not Yours, which premiered in May at the 20th
Jeonju International Film Festival. It was recorded prior to her appearing in
Produce 48. In June 2020, Kim was chosen as a co-host for the South Korean music program
Show! Music Core.
2021–present: Solo career, return to acting and new agency After Iz*One's disbandment on April 29, 2021, Kim returned to Urban Works. On October 7, her company officially announced that she will promote as an actress. On September 1, 2022, Kim departed Urban Works and signed a contract with
Management Soop. In 2022, Kim starred in the historical drama
The Forbidden Marriage, an adaptation of the same webtoon, for which Kim received the Best New Actress Award at the
2022 MBC Drama Awards. ==Discography==