Shim Dal-gi (; born on 12 June 1999) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 2018 and since then she has appeared in a number of films and television series. She is most well known for her role in the film Snowball (2020) and Kakao TV's original Shadow Beauty (2021). She also appeared in the Netflix original series The School Nurse Files (2020) and Juvenile Justice (2022). In 2022, she appeared in the omnibus TV series Our Blues.
Career Shim made her debut as a director at the age of 18 in the film Nobody's Subconscious and Realm, released in 2016.
Shim Dal-gi made her acting debut in 2018 in the TV series Feel Good to Die, and short film Dong-a for which she was awarded the Jury's Special Award for the Actor at Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival.
In 2021 Shim was cast in Kakao TV's original web drama Shadow Beauty as a main cast member. She got recognition after appearing in TV series Hospital Playlist and Netflix original The School Nurse Files (2020), and films Dust-Man and Snowball (2021). She was nominated for the Baeksang Arts Award for Best Supporting Actress – Film at the 58th Baeksang Arts Awards for her role as Ah-ram in Snowball.
In 2022, she is gaining popularity for her role as the young version of Jeong Eun-hee (Lee Jung-eun) in tvN series Our Blues. Her portrayal of a shy high school girl and "her various expressions and emotional performances that change depending on the situation" were appreciated.
Modelling
In 2021 she appeared in an advertisement for Baedal People and cosmetics company Astra. She was crowned "Advertising Fairy".
Filmography Films YearTitleRoleNotes 2018 Dong-a Short film 2019 Juror 8 Kang So-ra Tune in for Love Eun-ja's daughter Geum-yi Maggie Hospital patient / demonstrator against redevelopment Also secondary staff in production department 2020 Samjin Company English Class Daughter from the orchard Today, Together 2 In direction department 2021 Dust-Man Mo-ah Shaman Road Special appearance Snowball Ah-ram 2022 A Glimpse at Lee Hyo-ri little sister TVING Short Film Alienoid bride Special appearance Rolling Ju-ri Life Is Beautiful Hyeon-jeong 2024Following Ji-Hee
Television series Year Title Role Notes 2018 Feel Good to Die Jeong-mi 2019 Save Me 2 Gwang-mi 2020–2021 Hospital Playlist Chan-hyeong's mother Season 1–2 2022 Our Blues young Jeong Eun-hee 2023RevenantLee Hyang-yiCameo (Eps 11)
Web series Year Title Role Notes 2019–2020 Kingdom Soju room court ladySeason 1–2 2019 Persona Hye-bokSeg. 'Sinned Kiss' 2020 The School Nurse Files Heo Wan-soo 2021 Shadow Beauty Goo Hae-jin Lead role 2022 Juvenile Justice Seo Yu-ri 2023-presentMovingShin Hye-won
Awards and nominations + Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Baeksang Arts Awards 2022 Best Supporting Actress – Film Snowball Chunsa Film Art Awards 2022 Best Supporting Actress 2022 Excellence Award, Actress Film Life Is Beautiful, Don't Stop Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival 2018 Jury's Special Award for the Actor Dong-a SBS Drama Awards 2023 Scene Stealer Award Revenant Wildflower Film Awards 2022 Best New Actor/Actress Snowball
References
External links Official website
Shim Dal-gi on Kmdb Shim Dal-gi on Daum