Kang Rae-yeon

Kang was born an only child and a third-generation South Korean; her family was originally from Shandong, China.^[3] She attended Seoul Chinese Primary School and Seoul Overseas Chinese High School, and graduated from Sejong University with a degree in hotel management.^[4]

Kang started a modeling career posing for magazines.^[3] She made her acting debut in the 1998 film Zzang. She went on to work on television series The Bean Chaff of My Life, Forever Love, and My Love Patzzi, among others.^[5] Beginning in 2004, Kang took a three-year break from acting to go backpacking across several countries including the United States, Canada, India, and Egypt. She returned to acting in KBS1's Heaven & Earth.^[6]

Kang appeared in SBS dramas in On Air, A Thousand Days' Promise and Queen of Reversals on MBC. In the same year she appeared in movie Sunny and Juvenile Offender. She was recognized for her acting skills. She also amazed the audience, when she spoke in English, Chinese and Korean. The netizens were happy, when she returned to acting, saying it's been a while.^[7][8][9]

Kang signed an exclusive contract with Will Entertainment in mid-2014.^[10] Two years later, she signed with Mystic Actors, Mystic Story's branch for actors.^[11] She was cast as hall manager Gung Rae-yeon in Seoul Broadcasting System's (SBS) 2018 romantic comedy series Wok of Love.^[12]

Television series

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Year	Title	Role	Ref.
1998	Soonpoong Clinic	Kim Jung-hee	[13]
1999	School	Gang Rae-yeon	[7]
2000	Tough Guy's Love	Joo Ggeut-soon	[14]
2000	Snowflakes	Yoon Si-bong	[15]
2001	Sun Hee and Jin Hee	Yang Moon-sook	[16]
2002	Romance	So-young's friend	[17]
2002	Sweet or Bitter	Jeon kang-yun	[18]
2002	My Love Patzzi	Hwangbo Yu-ri	[19]
2002	My Platoon Leader	Yoon Mi-kyung	[20]
2003	Sun Duk	Kim Hyun-shim	[21]
2003	Forever Love	Hee-sook	[22]
2003	The Bean Chaff of My Life	In Kyeong-oh	[23]
2005	A Love to Kill	Choi Mi-seon	[24]
2007	Heaven & Earth	Seo Mi-ae	[25]
2008	On Air	Travel guide	[26]
2010	Queen of Reversals	So Yoo-kyung	[27]
2011	Lie to Me	Rae-yeon	[28]
2011	A Thousand Days' Promise	Myung-hee	[7]
2015	The Time We Were Not in Love	Kang Na-young	[29]
2015	My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol	Kang Jjil-rae	[30]
2016	Gogh, The Starry Night	Lee Hee-yeon	[31]
2017	Unusual Men and Women	Kang So-young	[32]
2018	Wok of Love	Gung Rae-yeon	[33]
2019	Gogo Song	Ms.Park	[34]
2020	Awaken	Min Yu-ra	[35]
2022	Today's Webtoon	Ki Yu-mi	[36]

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Film

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Year	Title	Role	Language	Ref.
1998	Zzang	Chil Gong-joo	Korean	[37]
2003	Madeleine	Lee Yoo-jung	Korean	[38]
2005	Sa-kwa	Hye-jeong	Korean	[39]
2006	Fly High	Kyung-rim	Korean	[40]
2007	Miss Gold Digger	Yang Dae-ri	Korean	[41]
2011	Sunny	Jong-ki's girlfriend	Korean	[42]
2012	Juvenile Offender	Ji-yeong	Korean	[43]
2018	Mermaid Unlimited	Ga-yeon	Korean	[44]
2020	Jang-Gae	Restaurant waitress	Korean	[45]
2022	Give Them: Secret of the Lost	Daughter	Korean	[46]

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