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Shin Min-a

Shin Min-a

Known For Acting
Birthday Apr 05, 1984 (41)
Birthplace Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Feb 25, 2026
Entry Date Oct 15, 2025
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Biography

Shin Min-ah, born April 5th, 1984 with the birth name Yang Min-ah (양민아), is a popular South Korean actress & model. Her family consists of a father, mother, older sister & brother. In middle school, she took a picture with her friends on a school picnic and sent the photo to the teen magazine KiKi ( ... "키키"). From that picture, she was chosen as a model for the magazine. Afterward, she would first appear in commercials and music videos. In 2001, she made her acting debut in the movie "Volcano High" and would appear again two years later in "Madeleine". Her breakout performance would occur in the 2005 gangster film "A Bittersweet Life". Her character, Hee-soo, displayed a mixture of purity and maturity that captivated South Korean audiences. Since that time, she has received an assortment of acting offers from top Korean directors and expanded her acting repertoire by selecting various types of roles: from the martial-arts comedy "My Mighty Princess" to 70's go-go dancer "Go Go 70s" to the smaller independent film "Sisters on the Road". More recently in 2009, Shin Min-ah participated in the project "Miracle Blue," which is a collaboration between herself, the Korean alternative band Loveholic, and the fashion design company, Calvin Klein. In the music video "Miracle Blue," in which she sings, she also performs as various characters displaying child-like innocence to the sexy blonde-haired singer.

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Filmography

A Bittersweet Life

A Bittersweet Life

2005

as Hee-soo

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Beautiful Days

as Lee Min-ji

Episodes: 24

First Aired: Mar 14, 2001

Tale of Arang

as Arang / Lee Seo Rim

Episodes: 20

First Aired: Aug 15, 2012

The Devil

as Seo Hae-in

Episodes: 20

First Aired: Mar 20, 2007

Our Blues

as Min Seon-a

Episodes: 20

First Aired: Apr 09, 2022

Chief of Staff

as Kang Sun-Young

Episodes: 20

First Aired: Jun 14, 2019

A Love to Kill

as Cha Eun-Seok

Episodes: 16

First Aired: Oct 31, 2005

Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha

as Yoon Hye-jin

Episodes: 16

First Aired: Aug 28, 2021

Punch

as Jang Yu-Bin

Episodes: 16

First Aired: Oct 08, 2003

My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho

as Gu Mi-ho

Episodes: 16

First Aired: Aug 11, 2010

Oh My Venus

as Kang Ju-eun

Episodes: 16

First Aired: Nov 16, 2015

Tomorrow with You

as Song Ma-Rin

Episodes: 16

First Aired: Feb 03, 2017

No Gain No Love

as Son Hae-yeong

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Aug 26, 2024

Karma

as Lee Joo-yeon

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Apr 04, 2025

Summer Days

as Min

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 01, 2008

The Remarried Empress

as Empress Navier

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Unknown

You Quiz on the Block

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 29, 2018

Running Man

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 11, 2010

Here

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Unknown

You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 24, 2009

Hyeri's Club

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 05, 2024

Salon Drip

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 23, 2023

Wed Thu Fri

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Unknown

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Popularity History


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2024 6 18 27 12
2024 7 32 62 16
2024 8 23 51 11
2024 9 39 57 28
2024 10 29 57 14
2024 11 18 25 11
2024 12 20 31 14
2025 1 19 29 11
2025 2 13 20 2
2025 3 6 14 1
2025 4 2 3 1
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2025 6 1 2 1
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2025 8 0 1 0
2025 9 0 0 0
2025 10 0 1 0
2025 11 1 3 1
2025 12 3 9 1
2026 1 2 4 1
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2025 11 492 425
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