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Meet Claudia Kim, the Korean actress who plays Nagini in ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald’

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South Korean Claudia Kim, whose character’s identity in the forthcoming film ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ has just been revealed. Photo: Instagram
South Korean Claudia Kim, whose character’s identity in the forthcoming film ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ has just been revealed. Photo: Instagram
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Star, who appears in newly released trailer for forthcoming fantasy, has also appeared in Hollywood films ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ and ‘The Dark Tower’

The final trailer for the highly anticipated new fantasy film, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald, with a screenplay by J. K. Rowling, has been released, and speculation about the character Nagini’s true nature has been answered.

She is a Maledictus – someone who is a carrier of a blood curse that will ultimately transform them into a beast permanently.

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If you haven’t yet seen it, watch the trailer to catch a glimpse of actress Claudia Kim, who you will see transform into Nagini.

So who exactly is Kim?

Here are five things you need to know about the actress.

1. She’s a South Korean actress

Although she spent six years of her childhood in the United States, Kim, also known as Kim Soo-hyun, was born in South Korea on January 25 1985.

Before securing roles in a number of Western films, she was a South Korean television actress and model (she’s 177cm tall!). She made her entertainment debut when she won a modelling contest in 2005.

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