In 2016, according to Singapore's national newspaper The Straits Times, Kim revealed in an email interview with the paper why she chose homeschooling instead of enrolling in high school. Kim attended the 79th entrance ceremony held at Hanyang University in Seongdong-gu, Seoul on February 28, 2018. The same year, she enrolled at Hanyang University's Department of Theater, through rolling admission. She was subsequently homeschooled for her secondary education, and passed her high school graduation exams by 2017. She then graduated from Yongin Munjung Middle School in 2015. Kim transferred from Hoe-ryong Elementary School in Gyeonggi-do to Towol Elementary School and graduated in February 2012. Her father died when she was nine years old. She moved to South Korea in 2003, when she was four years old. Kim So-hyun was born on June 4, 1999, in Australia, and has a younger brother. 2.5 2019–present: Regaining acting acclaim.2.4 2017–2018: Adult roles, career instability and taking other activities.2.3 2015–2016: Transition to lead roles and hosting.

2.2 2012–2014: Rising popularity and teenage roles.

2.1 2006–2011: Beginnings as a child actress.

At the age of 21, Kim became the youngest South Korean actress to have more than 10 million followers on social media, alongside actor Lee Min-ho. She was awarded the '2018 Most Grown Instagram Account' with 7.1 million followers. Kim consistently promotes her television work on Instagram. For her performance in River Where the Moon Rises, she was nominated for Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actress – Television, becoming one of the youngest nominees for the award.

She has established herself as a top Hallyu star. Kim has been nicknamed by the Korean media as the ' Nation's Little Sister', 'Queen of Child Actresses', 'Goddess of Historical Drama' and also the ' Sageuk Goddess', after starring and appearing in various acclaimed historical period dramas throughout her career, and having gained experience working as an actress from childhood to the present day.

She was the regular host of MBC's music program Music Core and survival reality show Under Nineteen in 2019.

She took on her first leading role in teen drama Who Are You: School 2015 (2015) and since then has starred in a musical Page Turner (2016), a historical melodrama The Emperor: Owner of the Mask (2017), a romantic comedy Radio Romance (2018), television dramas based on Naver Webtoon's Hey Ghost, Let's Fight (2016), Love Alarm (2019–2021) and The Tale of Nokdu (2019) and Korean folklore River Where the Moon Rises (2021). The love story of Cha Dong Joo, a man who’s been rendered deaf after an accident but pretends he can hear, and Bong Woo Ri, a woman who’s intelligent but pretends she’s dim-witted to protect the dignity of her mentally handicapped father.Kim So-hyun ( Korean: 김소현 Hanja: 金所泫 born June 4, 1999) is a South Korean actress who began her career as a child in 2006, initially gaining public attention for playing pivotal roles in Moon Embracing the Sun (2012) and Missing You (2013). Title: 내 마음이 들리니 / Nae Maeumi Deulrini / Can You Hear My Heartīroadcast period: 2011-Apr-02 to 2011-July-10

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