Shin min-a biography

South Korean actress (born 1984)

For the singer and dancer, see Shim Mina.

In this Korean name, the family name is Yang. In the stage name or pen-name, the surname is Shin.

Yang Min-a (Korean: 양민아; born 5 April 1984), better known by the stage name Shin Min-a (신민아), is a South Korean model and actress best known for starring in television dramas A Love to Kill (2005), My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho (2010), Arang and the Magistrate (2012), Oh My Venus (2015), Tomorrow, With You (2017), Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021), and Our Blues (2022).

Career

1998–present: Modeling

Shin began her career as a model for the teen magazine KiKi in 1998, under her birth name, Yang Min-a.^[6] Without her knowledge, a friend applied her to the magazine's model competition, which Shin won.^[7] She first made a name for herself starring in commercials for brands such as Samsung^[8] and Korea Telecom 018, in which her line "love mo