Actress Kim Go-eun Feted as Rising New Star in New York

Published on 2013/07/02 | Source

Actress Kim Go-eun won the Rising Star Award at the New York Asian Film Festival 2013, which was held at the Lincoln Center in New York on Saturday.

She has already swept a number of best new actress awards at various film festivals in Korea after making her debut in "A Muse", directed by Jeong Ji-woo, last year.

In her acceptance speech, Kim said, "Thank you so much for inviting me to this festival and giving me this wonderful award. I will keep working hard so as not to let my fans down".

The film festival opened on Friday and will run until July 15.