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| ▲ This photo, provided by her IMDb page, shows Catherine Haena Kim. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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| ▲ This photo, provided by her IMDb page, shows the poster for 'The Company You Keep.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Yonhap) -- The Korean-American actress Catherine Haena Kim, who rose to stardom in 2019 with the TV series “Ballers” and “FBI,” has been garnering international attention for her lead role in the brand-new ABC drama “The Company You Keep.”
The 38-year-old actress plays Emma Hil, an undercover CIA agent, in this rom-com with thriller trappings. This Sunday television series, which features a steaming hot romance between Emma, who appears to be a part of a family that aspires to be the Asian American Kennedys, and the gifted con man Charlie Nicoletti, played by Milo Ventimiglia.
In particular, the drama has gone viral for redeveloping Korean national broadcaster KBS’ rom-com with a hint of political drama “My Fellow Citizen.” At that time, the 20th Century Studio signed a remake contract with the Korean-based television series, which was introduced to the U.S. market via a “K-Format Screening” event.
Born in Queens, New York, Kim is a proud daughter of immigrant parents who left their office jobs in Korea for their children. After studying drama and psychology at the University of Virginia in 2006, the actress caught the eye of the executive director of the Miss Virginia US Pageant with the headshots she sent to an independent film company in her senior year. She eventually became Miss Virginia US as a college senior and even ranked third in the national pageant, winning the Miss Photogenic award.
After nabbing her first big screen credit in “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past,” she began her career in television and film in earnest by appearing in the ABC series “Mistresses” (2014), HBO’s “Ballers” (2019), CBS’ “FBI” (2020), and recently joining the cast of Freeform’s “Good Trouble” (2021-2022).
In regards to marking her very first series regular role, “I still cannot believe I get to play her,” Kim said earlier. “I have been calling this my dream.”
"The Company You Keep" kicked off on Sunday, February 19, on ABC.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Ha eun Lee)
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