Lim Yoona
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Lim Yoona, also known mononymously as Yoona, is a South Korean singer and actress. After training for five years, she debuted as a member of girl group Girls' Generation in August 2007, which went on to become one of the best-selling artists in South Korea and one of South Korea's most widely known girl groups worldwide. Apart from her group's activities, Lim has participated in various television dramas, notably You Are My Destiny (2008), which marked her career breakthrough and earned her the Best New Actress award at the 45th Baeksang Arts Awards.
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Lim Yoona, born Im Yoon-ah on May 30, 1990, is a South Korean singer, actor, model, and television presenter. She began her work period in 2007 and is represented by SM Entertainment. Her musical genres include pop music, K-pop, dance-pop, and ballad. She is a member of the groups Girls' Generation and Girls' Generation-Oh!GG.
She was educated at Dongguk University and speaks Korean. Her voice type is classified as Soubrette. She was born in Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul, South Korea. Her filmography is listed under Im Yoon-ah filmography.
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Film & TV
Seoul, South Korea
Lim YoonA (임윤아) is a South Korean singer, dancer, actress, and member of GIRLS' GENERATION (소녀시대 also known as SNSD). She graduated from Daeyoung High School and later obtained a bachelor's degree in Theater from Dongguk University. Before debuting, she had already been through many auditions to appear in music videos and dramas. She joined SM Entertainment (SM엔터테인먼트) in 2002 when she was cast…
Known for
- Husbands in Action — Yong-kang's Wife2026
- Pretty Crazy — Seon-ji2025
- Bon Appétit, Your Majesty — Yeon Ji-young2025
- K-POP The Beginning: SMTOWN 30 — Self2025
- Fake Kim Hyoyeon — Self2025
- 2023 MBC Gayo Daejeon — MC2023
- King the Land — Cheon Sa-rang2023
- 2022 Girls′ Generation Special Event - Long Lasting Love2022
- SMTOWN LIVE | 2022: SMCU EXPRESS @ HUMAN CITY_SUWON — Self2022
- Comeback Special #01 Girls' Generation — Yoona2022
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- South Korea
- Active from
- 1990
Discography
Member of
- Girls’ Generationsince 2007
- Girls’ Generation‐Oh!GGsince 2018
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1990-05-30 ) May 30, 1990 (age 36) , Seoul , South Korea
- Alma mater
- Dongguk University ( Theatre studies )
- Occupations
- Singer actress
- Years active
- 2007–present
- Genres
- K-pop
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Label
- SM
- Member of
- Girls' Generation Girls' Generation-Oh!GG SM Town
- Website
- Official website
- Hangul
- 임윤아
- Rr
- Im Yuna
- Mr
- Im Yuna
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Im
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- South Korea
- Place of birth
- Yeongdeungpo District
- Occupation
- pop singer
- Educated at
- Dongguk University
- Languages spoken
- Korean
- Genre
- ballad
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- SM Entertainment
- Image
- 260127 Yoona @The King's Warden VIP Premier.jpg
- Voice type
- Soubrette
- Represented by
- SM Entertainment
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- member of
- Girls' Generation-Oh!GG
- Commons category
- Im Yoon-ah
- date of birth
- 1990-05-30
- birth name
- 임윤아
- name in native language
- 임윤아
- start of work period
- 2007-00-00
- filmography
- Im Yoon-ah filmography
- social media followers
- 665000
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Encyclopedic overview
Lim Yoona (Korean: 임윤아; born May 30, 1990), also known mononymously as Yoona, is a South Korean singer and actress. After training for five years, she debuted as a member of girl group Girls' Generation (and later its subgroup Girls' Generation-Oh!GG) in August 2007, which went on to become one of the best-selling artists in South Korea and one of South Korea's most widely known girl groups worldwide. Apart from her group's activities, Lim has participated in various television dramas, notably You Are My Destiny (2008), which marked her career breakthrough and earned her the Best New Actress award at the 45th Baeksang Arts Awards.
Lim has since achieved further public attention and acting acclaim with a variety of role-types in The K2 (2016), Big Mouth (2022), and King the Land (2023). Her film work includes Confidential Assignment (2017), Exit (2019), her first leading role, and Confidential Assignment 2: International (2022), all of which are among the highest-grossing films in South Korea. On May 30, 2019, Lim released her debut extended play A Walk to Remember, charting at number three on South Korea's Gaon Album Chart. In 2025, Lim starred in the wildly popular Bon Appétit, Your Majesty, where she was cast as a three star Michelin chef who was transported back in time to become the chief royal cook for a Joseon king.
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