Yunjin: (about her "Lost" character, Sun's ability to speak English) That was like the only thing I got out of the producers in the beginning. Only because they wrote the character around me. They were talking to me a lot about the details of what it means to be a Korean woman nowadays. And they wanted to make her believable and they wanted her to serve a purpose, but at the beginning there was a lot of conversation about how we were going to approach this character. And that's one of the things I knew from day one.
Yunjin: (about "Lost") You don't know how many phone calls I made to each producer, trying to find out who the baby's father is! I still don't know. That's how kept [secret] all that information is. All that information is really kept from the actors, and I think it's a good thing. Because I'm a terrible liar, and it would show in my face right away.
Yunjin: We were at this photo shoot one time and I lifted up my skirt and Evie was like, "Yunjin, what are you doing? That's not you!" She just didn't expect me to do that.
Yunjin: I come into the airport now and there's always like 20 people waiting with photographs for me to sign.
Yunjin: I watched an auction on Ebay for my photo. It went all the way up to $15!
In 2006, she was in a print advertisement promoting donation campaigns through American Red Cross.
She played the character of Sylph in the Stage Production of The Forest Song at La Mama E.T.C.
She played the role of Jing-Mei Woo in the Stage Production of The Joy-Luck Club, at the Long Wharf Theatre.
She played the role of Fa Mu Lan in the Stage Production of The Woman Warrior at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
She played the role of Diana in the Stage Production of Junk Bonds at the Capital Repertory Company.
She has appeared in a commercial for Neutrogena-Deep Cleanser soap.
She is 1.68 meters tall.
She has been appointed to the publicity committee of the American Red Cross. She promotes several donation campaigns in New York.
In 2006, she along with the whole cast of Lost won the SAG award for the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Lost.
She was on the cover page of the magazine Stuff (USA) dated October 2006, Issue 83.
She has been trained for acting at British American Drama Academy.
Her birth name is Kim Yoon-Jin.
Yunjin plays the role of Sun in Lost, but she actually auditioned for the role of Kate.
She originally auditioned for the part of Kate on Lost, but the producers didn't believe she was right for the part. Instead they created the character of Sun for her.
She can speak English and Korean very fluently.
She published a Japanese photobook called XOXO.
She has been cast as the lead in the film Georgia Heat, with Billy Bob Thornton. The film is produced by Janet Young, producer of The Joy Luck Club.
She has been called "The Korean Julia Roberts."
In 1997 she was given the script for Shiri thanks to the popularity she garnered in Wedding Dress. Later she said "Even then, I had no idea I would live in Korea. I thought I would finish the film and go back to the United States."
Began acting professionally with minor parts on MTV, ABC, and Broadway.
Lived in Korea until she was 10 and her family emigrated to the United States.
Yunjin is sometimes credited as "Yoon-Jin Kim."
She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting from Boston University.
Yunjin decided to get over her shyness by taking drama classes in the seventh grade.
She initially disapproved of Daniel Dae Kim's character "Jin" because "Korean men are not like that anymore. That was back in the 50's."
She is a trained fighter, and knows Tae Kwon Do.
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