Stephanie Kim
South Korean-American singer and actress
Bo-kyung Kim (born October 16, 1987), better known as Stephanie Kim or Stephanie, is an American singer, ballerina and musical actress based in South Korea. Born and raised in California, she went to South Korea and joined SM Entertainment after winning Youth Best Selection Competition in February 2004. After years of training, she debuted as a member of South Korean girl group The Grace in April 2005. In October 2012, she began her solo career with the release of single album The New Beginning.
Career
2005-2010: The Grace (band)
Stephanie made her debut as a member of the girl group The Grace in 2005. Since then, they released three studio albums and ten singles. In 2010, the group made a hiatus due to her health issues.
2011-present: Solo career
As of 2011, Stephanie became a member of the Los Angeles Ballet.
On October 8, 2012, Stephanie debuted as a solo artist under another music label called Media Line and released her first solo single album The New Beginning along with the title track "Game". In April 2014, it was reported that she would release an independent track in the summer under new label Mafia Records, but it was delayed due to an unknown reason.
“Stephanie Kim” enters the record as south Korean-American singer and actress. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Stephanie, South and Korean-American can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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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 Aug 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1437672. VIAF identifies the subject as 98154013725009190140. None of the 3 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1987, 2004, 2005 and 2012.
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