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Kim Seo-yeong

South Korean voice actor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ626030 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kim Seo-yeong (Korean: 김서영; born January 19, 1977) is a South Korean voice artist who started her career in 1999 at Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, as an in-house voice artist. In 2002, she received attention in the South Korean entertainment district for her voice acting skills.

She has dubbed several main characters in mainstream animation and movies.

Career

TV commercial voice-over

Kim performed over 1,000 TV commercials annually and over 10,000 pieces of work have been broadcast so far.

Awards

(2014) MBC Drama Awards : Consolation Medal

(2004) Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival (SICAF) : Animation Consolation Medal

Portfolio

Dubbing

Film

(1993) The Heroic Trio - Chat by Maggie Cheung

(2000) Charlie's Angels - Alex Munday by Lucy Liu

(2001) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Ronald Weasley by Rupert Grint

(2001) Shallow Hal - Rosemary by Gwyneth Paltrow

(2001) Lord of the Rings - Eowyn by Miranda Otto

(2002) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Ronald Weasley by Rupert Grint

(2002) The Bourne Identity - Marie Kreutz by Franka Potente

(2004) Crying Out Love, in the Centre of the World - Aki Hirose by Masami Nagasawa

(2006) Hula Girls - Sanae by Yū Aoi

(2008) WALL-E - Eve

(2010) Despicable Me - Agnes

(2010) How to Train Your Dragon - Astrid

(2013) Despicable Me 2 - Agnes

(2014) How to Train Your Dragon 2 - Astrid

(2017) Beauty and the Beast - Belle (Emma Watson)

(2017) Despicable Me 3 - Agnes

(2017) Smurfs: The Lost Village - Smurfette

(2017) The Emoji Movie - Jailbreak

(2017) Desert of No Return

TV series

(China) Legend of Lu Zhen - Lu Zhen by Zhao Liying

(USA) Prison Break - Maricruz Delgado by Camille Guaty

(USA) CSI: NY Season 4, 5 - Detective Jessica Angell by Emmanuelle Vaugier

(USA) 24 - Kimberly Bauer by Elisha Cuthbert

(USA) Smallville - Chloe Sullivan by Allison Mack

Animation

(Japan) Doraemon - Doraemon

(Japan) Bonobono - Bonobono

(Japan) Dr. Shyne Evangelista - Arale

(Japan) PriPara - Falulu, Jururu, Unicorn

(Japan) The Boy and The Beast - Kyuta

(Japan) Your Lie in April - Tsubaki

(Japan) Haikyu!! Talent and Sense - Hitoka Yachi

(Japan) Haikyu!! Concept no Tatakai - Hitoka Yachi

(Japan) Junji Ito Collection - Tomie

(Japan) Kaleido Star - Sora Naegino

(Japan) Tamako Market - Kanna Makino

(Japan) Sgt. Frog Keroro - Seol-hwa Kwon

(Japan) Fresh Pretty Cure! - Love Momozono/Cure Peach

(South Korea) Nalong/Nalong 2 - Nalong

Game character

Dota 2 - Announcer

Dungeon Fighter Online - Knight

Mushiking - Popo

Halo

Heroes of the storm - Brightwing, Faerie Dragon

Star Craft 2 - Banshee

Honkai: Star Rail - Herta

Electronic Device

BMW Navigation

LG cell phone

Discography

Animation OST

Kaleido Star

Daniel Tiger's Neighbourhood

Daniel Tiger's Neighbourhood

Dr.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Kim Seo-yeong” as south Korean voice actor. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1977, 1999, 2002, 2014—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1977-01-19. The account is most persuasive where Seo-yeong, South and Korean can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as south Korean voice actor. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q626030. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1977, 1999, 2002 and 2014.

Critical limits

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This entry incorporates text from “Kim Seo-yeong” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.