Kim Borana

Kim Borana professionally known as Borana is a South Korean actress and singer born on October 16 1972 in Seoul She began her entertainment career in 1987 after winning the Photogenic Award at the Miss Lotte pageant which led to her debut as a model for Lotte Confectionery In 1992 she was officially selected as part of SBSs second talent recruitment class marking her transition into acting Throughout the 1990s Borana appeared in various television dramas films and musicals and served as the lead vocalist on Uptowns fourth album Verbal Medication in 1999 That same year she married music producer Dick Gu Yonghui and temporarily retired from public life She returned to acting in 2017 with the independent film Flowers and has since resumed her career with roles in productions such as Backstreet Rookie 2020 When My Love Blooms 2020 Red Balloon 2022 and Woman in a Veil 2023 Borana is a Christian and attended the Seoul Institute of the Arts though she did not complete her studies