Actor Kim Sae-ron, 24, discovered lifeless at dwelling by her good friend in Seoul

Kim Sae-ron, an award-winning South Korean actor whose profession was derailed after a 2022 drunk-driving accident, was discovered lifeless in her home in Seoul on Sunday, police mentioned. She was 24.

“She was discovered lifeless and there’s no signal of foul play,” a police official instructed AFP, with out giving extra particulars.

Kim was discovered at her dwelling Sunday night by a good friend who reported the invention to police, Yonhap information company mentioned.

No official explanation for dying was given however a police official instructed reporters that authorities consider “she made an excessive alternative and plan to deal with it as a suicide,” in line with Yonhap. No notice was left behind, the outlet reported.

Kim is greatest identified for her function within the 2010 film “The Man from Nowhere”, through which she performed a kidnapped little one rescued by a former particular forces agent.

She received the most effective new actress award on the Korean Movie Awards for her efficiency.

In her profession, Kim displayed versatility in a spread of performing roles and received a number of different movie awards, together with greatest actress in 2015 for her efficiency in “A Lady at My Door,” in line with her IMDB web page.

However her profession got here to a sudden halt following a drunk-driving accident in 2022, for which she was fined 20 million received ($13,800).  

With adverse public sentiment following the incident, she later struggled to land a brand new function.

Kim final appeared within the 2023 Netflix sequence “Bloodhounds,” in line with IMDB.  Nonetheless, Selection reported that almost all of her function was edited out as a result of drunk-driving incident.