Kim Ji-soo was born on January 3, 1995 in Gunpo, Gyeonggi province, South Korea. He has an older brother and sister. As a child she played basketball and practiced Taekwondo. She dreamed of becoming a painter and writer. She was a fan of the Korean kids group TVXQ. Jisoo attended high school at the Seoul School of Performing Arts; In 11th grade, she joined a school acting club and gained more experience in the entertainment industry by attending auditions. Before debuting, Jisoo lived with his parents, siblings and grandparents.In 2011, Jisoo joined YG Entertainment as an intern after passing auditions. In October 2014, she appeared in the Epic Hight music video for "Spoiler + Happen Ending" as a girl with a broken heart. The same year, she starred in Hi Suhyun's music video for "I'm Different" as Bobby's girlfriend. In 2015, Jisoo made a cameo appearance in the KBS2 drama film with label mates Sandara Park from 2NE1 and Winner's Kang Seung-yoon.Jisoo debuted as the eldest of the four members of the Blackpink female group on August 8, 2016, alongside Jennie, Rosè and Lisa, with the release of their single album Square One.From 2017 to 2018, Jisoo joined Inkigayo as a host along with Jin-young from GOT7 and Doyoung from NCT. She first ventured into acting in 2019 with a brief cameo appearance in tvN's fantasy drama Arthdal Chronicles. In 2020, Jisoo co-wrote the lead single "Lovesick girls" from Blackpink's first studio album, The Album.Jisoo had his first starring role in 2021 with the JTBC series Snowdrop, opposite Jung Hae-in. She played college freshman, Eun Yeong-ro, who is being held hostage by her love interest. It achieved relatively low ratings due to controversy over historical bias allegations, which led to a review by the Korea Communications Standarts Commision. The investigation concluded that the content of the drama could not be seen as a distortion of the story. The show ranked # 1 on Disney + in four of the five countries in which it was made available, including South Korea. Tanu I. Raj's praised Jisoo considering his acting debut in a starring role, labeling the his series as commendable; however, NME's Raj was generally not impressed with the series in general.
In addition to his native Korean, Jisoo has also learned to speak Chinese, Japanese, and English. Jisoo was ranked as the 10th most popular kpop idol in 2018 and 17th in 2019 in the annual polls conducted by Gallup Korea. In 2019, she was ranked the sixth most popular female K-pop idol in a survey of soldiers performing compulsory military service. In February 2021, she is the third most followed K-pop idol on Instagram, along with band member Rosè. In 2019 she was named in the BoF 500, a $ 2.4 trillion "definitive professional index" of people shaping the fashion industry. Jisoo was included in the top ten leading celebrities and influencers in the cosmetics world for the first five months of 2020. Women's Wear Daily, a fashion industry magazine, revealed that Jisoo leads the ranking for average engagement per post. , followed by Rihanna and Kylie Jenner. She finished 7th in the overall standings despite having the fewest posts at just 12 in total. Jisoo was the only East Asian on the list.
In June 2020, Jisoo's style in teasers for Blackpink's single "How you like that" went viral on social media. Celebrities and influencers in South Korea, China, Thailand and Vietnam have replicated her "two bows hairstyle" and makeup, which Jisoo created herself. Her "dot style", a make-up idea she devised, has been in vogue on social media platforms like Instagram to promote the challenge among overseas fans. Jisoo ranked # 1 on the women's group personal brand reputation list created by the Korea Enterprise Research Institute, which analyzed data from online consumer brands and habits to measure those with a significant impact on consumption and brand interest. Korean Language Research Institute director Seong-sun Lim noted that the Korean surge in the global community was rapidly destroying conventional Western cultural dominance, naming Jisoo and Jungkook as the standard for world beauty over actors Olivia Hussey and James Dean.
In 2020, Dior's rise in sales during the Covid-19 pandemic in South Korea was also attributed to a marketing campaign featuring Korean pop singers, including Jisoo. She appeared in the promotions for the new Dior Bobby bag along with other important influencers such as Chiara Ferragni and Kat Graham. Jisoo's film in the Dior Fall / Winter 2020 campaign inspired actress Liza Soberano to wear the Dior Oblique scarf. At the showcase of the brand's Spring / Summer 2021 collection, Jisoo attracted attention as a Korean representative. Her participation in the showcase earned Dior the spot with the highest score, averaging 33% of MIV, since its Fall 2020 show. In March 2021, Creative Director Maria Grazia Chiuri revealed that the collection Dior's Fall / Winter 2021 was inspired by Jisoo. It was also revealed that one of ten shades of Dior Addict Lip Glow lip balm, # 025 Seoul Scarlet, was inspired by Korean women like Jisoo. His participation in the Dior Spring / Summer 2022 collection show caused a sensation both inside and outside the headquarters of the Jardin des tuileries. Jisoo's social media posts had the highest value of all those related to the event, with just two personal posts and two thousand media mentions leading to a total value of $ 15.7 million for the fashion house. during Paris Fashion Week. In March, it generated the highest media impact value for a social media post during Dior's Fall / Winter 2022 show at Paris Fashion Week, with a photo valued at $ 1.74 million.In March 2021, the KatRider Rush + app ranking rose to 11th place after the announcement of the design cooperation with Jisoo. The collaboration he participated in also received a positive response from users.Prior to her Blackpink debut, Jisoo appeared in commercials for Samsonite, Smart Uniform, LG Electronics and Nikon. In September 2018, Jisoo and bandmate Rosè became sponsorship models for Japanese cosmetics brand Kiss Me. In February 2021, Korean clothing brand It Michaa selected Jisoo as the muse for its Spring 2021 collection. was also nominated for the 2021 summer campaign on the It Michaa line, For a Day Michaa. In August 2021, Jisoo was selected as the spokesperson for the Korean short brand CELEBe.In December 2019, Jisoo became a local ambassador for the Dior cosmetics brand, Dior Beauty. The following summer, Jisoo was recruited as Dior's muse and modeled for Dior's Fall / Winter 2020 collection. In September 2020, Jisoo covered the 155th 2020 edition of Dazed Korea, where he discussed his work with Dior. In December 2020, Jisoo was photographed with the Lady Dior and D'Lite bags in Dior's Cruise 2020-2021 collection.In January 2021, Dior Beauty's "Dior Forever Skin Glow Cushion", approved by Jisoo, was released exclusively in Korea. She also promoted the brand's Spring / Summer Collection, wearing Dior's Caro bag. The following March, Jisoo solidified her long-term partnership with Dior when they announced her as their new global ambassador, along with Natalie Portman and Cara Delevingne .In May 2021, Jisoo embarked on its first collaborative project with the brand, spearheading the Dior Fall '21 and Dior Vespa campaigns as the star of the June cover of Elle magazine, which hit the shelves of four countries: Hong Kong, Thailand , Singapore and India. Jisoo modeled the recently launched Dior Addict Lip Glow lip balm for the Dior Beauty series.In June 2021, Jisoo attended the Dior Resort 2022 show at the Panathenaic stadium in Greece, wearing an all-white linen dress from creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri. In September 2021, Jisoo attended the Dior's Womenswear Spring / Summer 2022 show, held during Paris Fashion Week 2021 at Jardin des Tuileries. She sat in the front row next to the president and CEO of Dior, Pietro Beccari. Jisoo became the public figure who generated the most media impact value during Paris Fashion Week, with four photos on her personal Instagram worth $ 1.84 million. Additionally, she was the lead celebrity for Dior's MIV, earning $ 15.7 million of the total $ 39.1 million she generated with just two posts. Prior to the show, her trip to Paris was documented on Dior's social media accounts, showing moments ranging from her visit to the house's ateliers and the inspiration behind the Spring / Summer 2022 collection and Lady Dior's archives, from name Princess Diana.In February 2022, Jisoo became the face of Dior's Addict lipstick collection alongside other ambassadors Anya-Taylor Joy and Sharon Alexie.In September 2020, Jisoo was named the main model of Cartier's Pasha de Cartier.On May 25, 2022, Cartier announced Jisoo as a brand ambassador joining the Panthère de Cartier community which includes Annabelle Wallisa, Ella Balinska, Chang Chen, Mariacarla Boscono and Yasmine Sabri.In February 2021, Line friends announced Jisoo as the exclusive character design partner in the mobile game KartRider Rush +, which would be released on March 19, 2021. He personally designed the items and the character idea himself. His items included Chichi, a rabbit inspired by Jisoo's nickname "Turtle Rabbit Kim" among fans, and Dalgom, also the name of his pet. Both Chichi and Dalgom have been developed into stickers on the Line Messenger platform. In March 2022, Jisoo became the brand ambassador for Nexon Maplestory's game, making her the second ambassador after Olympic archer Kim Je-deok.
