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Yunjin Kim as Sun Kwon
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| Yunjin
Kim: |
At the
age of 10, Kim immigrated to the United States with her family. As a
shy teenager in Staten Island, New York still getting accustomed to
life in the U.S., she joined the middle school drama club in the 7th
grade and found herself on the stage of the musical My Fair Lady.
"I was cast as only an extra, but that day, I stood on the stage
and sang loudly in my own voice..." she recalled. "When
singing and acting on stage, I didn't feel the least bit awkward. I
felt so at home under the lights... Something about being on stage
just felt right."
Pursuing her passion, Kim moved to New York City, where she attended
and earned her diploma at the New York High School of Performing Arts.
From there, she studied drama at the London Academy of Performing Arts
and later earned her acting degree at Boston University.
Career
After graduation, Kim devoted her full time to acting. She garnered
several minor parts on MTV, in soap opera-style dramas on ABC, and on
the Broadway stage. In 1996, a Korean TV show filming in Manhattan
called and persuaded her to return to her homeland, to appear in the
Korean TV drama A Gorgeous Vacation. This was followed by two other
roles in Foreboding and the miniseries Wedding Dress. Then in 1997,
based on the popularity she gained with her role in Wedding Dress, she
was offered and accepted a script for her debut film. "Even then,
I had no idea I would live in Korea," Kim said, "I thought I
would finish the film and go back to the United States."
Surprisingly, that film was Shiri (1999), the blockbuster action
thriller that broke Korean box-office records, and made Kim an instant
celebrity throughout Korea. Over the next several years, she starred
in five additional films. In July 2003, Kim signed a three-year
contract with William Morris, a famous American agency representing
Hollywood stars such as Halle Berry, Salma Hayek, Kevin Spacey, Sarah
Michelle Gellar, Lucy Liu, Jackie Chan, and Reese Witherspoon.
Kim (credited as Yunjin Kim) can currently be seen as the character
Sun in the television series Lost (2004). Kim was offered the lead
role in Memoirs Of A Geisha, but turned the role down. The lead
eventually went to Zhang Ziyi. She has been cast as the lead actress
in the American film Georgia Heat, set to start filming in June 2005.
The film will star Billy Bob Thornton and be produced by Janet Young,
producer of The Joy Luck Club (1993). |
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| Sun Kwon: |
Prior to
Oceanic Flight 815
Sun Paik attends Seoul National University, majoring in Art History,
but to her mother's dismay, does not return with a husband. One
potential suitor, Jae Lee, seems sincere but already has a commitment
to an American woman. Shortly after learning this from him, she quite
literally bumps into Jin-Soo Kwon, her future husband.
Their marriage begins with great promise, as Jin manages to convince
her wealthy father, Mr. Paik, of his intentions. Unbeknownst to Sun,
however, her father has placed a significant burden on Jin by
demanding he come work for him. Over time, Jin becomes distant and
abusive, and Sun, seeking to escape her failing marriage, begins
taking English lessons in secret. Finally, with the help of a friend,
Sun is given a chance to escape her husband while at the Sydney
airport. A single moment of tenderness from Jin while waiting in the
check-in line reminds her of her love for him and she decides not to
leave him at the last minute.
On the island
Sun is initially suppressed by Jin, who feels it is his job to protect
the two of them from the other survivors. However, over time, as Jin's
attitude brings the couple into conflict with the other survivors, she
begins to assert herself, and she then becomes a very important
contributor to the lives of the survivors.
Sun's knowledge of herbal medicine made from plants and wildlife found
throughout the island proves very valuable in a number of instances.
Sun saves Shannon's life when Shannon's asthma problem gets vitally
serious when they run out of the medicine; she prepares a mixture made
from eucalyptus that helps Shannon breathe normally. She and Kate grow
a vegetable garden with some of the herbs that she has found useful
for curing common ailments. She also proves to be an able medical
assistant to Jack, including recommending the use of sea urchin quills
to pierce Jack's skin in order to transfuse his blood into Boone, and
serves as a voice of calm and reason when some people begin to go too
far. Unfortunately, her freedom has come at a price: when Jin finds
out that she has been keeping her English language knowledge a secret,
he tells her that their marriage was over, and refuses to speak to
her.
On Kate's advice, the day before the second raft is scheduled to leave
the island, Sun poisons Jin's water bottle to keep him from leaving
the island. However, Michael drinks the water instead and falls ill.
Only Jack and Kate know that Sun is responsible for the poisoning.
Prior to Jin's departure on the raft, he and Sun reconcile.
When the bottle of messages that was taken onboard the raft is found
by Claire, implying the raft's apparent demise and leading to the
assumption that its occupants are gone as well, it is given to Sun,
who decides to bury it. Unknown to Sun and everyone else, everyone on
the raft makes it safely back to the island -— though Sawyer has
been shot in the shoulder and Michael's son Walt has been abducted by
the "Others." They meet up with survivors from the
tail-section of the plane.
Later, Sun misplaces her wedding band. Fearing that she has lost the
only thing of worth to her — something connected to Jin — Sun
frantically tears through the beach and her garden searching for it.
Eventually, with Kate's help, Sun's wedding band is found in the
location of the buried message bottle. It is not until a few days
later, when the rest of the tail-end survivors — led by those who
were on the raft — arrive at the beach where the mid-section
suvivors' camp is, that Sun is finally reunited with Jin.
When Jin starts packing all of a sudden after hearing that Michael has
run after Walt again, Sun starts asking why he is leaving. Jin tells
her that Michael is his friend, but she reminds him that she is his
wife, and they later both agree that they don't like being told what
to do.
When Sun is working in her garden she hears noises from the jungle.
Then something runs towards her and it turns out to be Vincent.
Vincent runs off and it begins to rain. Suddenly, a black sack is over
her head. She screams and tries to escape. Sawyer and Kate hear her
and find her unconcious on the ground. They bring her back to camp and
Jack treats her. She eventually recovers and she says that she was
working in her garden and Vincent came to her. Then she said that it
was raining and she was grabbed. She never saw who did this to her and
escaped, but she fell on the ground and was knocked unconcious. |
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Information
and image taken from:
ABC's Lost Site and Wikipedia.org |
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