Kim Hieora

About

Kim Hieora, born March 18, 1989, is a South Korean actress who gained wide recognition for playing Lee Sa-ra in the Netflix series The Glory (2022–2023). She began her acting career in the musical Jack the Ripper in 2009 and built a long career in stage plays and musicals before moving into television.

Kim’s television profile rose in 2021 through appearances in Beyond Evil, Hospital Playlist 2, Bad and Crazy, and Extraordinary Attorney Woo. She achieved wider prominence portraying Lee Sa-ra, a drug-addicted painter and one of the perpetrators of school violence in The Glory, a role she landed after the director sought her out for a reading based on her eyes; she drew on extensive reference research while preparing for the part.

In April 2023, she signed with Gram Entertainment, a one-person agency founded by her longtime manager. That same year, she joined the cast of tvN’s The Uncanny Counter for its second season, which premiered on July 29, 2023. Shortly after that season finished airing in September 2023, allegations involving Kim’s past connection to school violence surfaced publicly.