Kim Ok-vin wins Best Actress at Spain film fest

Korean actress Kim Ok-vin has won an award for Best Actress at a film festival in Spain.

Kim and Spanish actress Elena Anaya of "Hierro" were announced as winners for the best actress prize at the 42nd Sitges International Film Festival on Sunday, a European film fest which specializes in fantasy genre films, according to its official website.

The actress starred as a lonely housewife who falls in love with a vampire in the controversial "Thirst", helmed by critically acclaimed director Park Chan-wook and co-starring Song Kang-ho.

Korean actress Lee Young-ae also won the same award in 2005 for her role in ``Sympathy for Lady Vengeance", also directed by Park.

Kim, who was first discovered in 2004 in an Internet beauty contest, had appeared in several films and TV dramas before getting her breakthrough role in "Thirst", which won the Jury Prize at Cannes earlier this year.

Reporter : Lynn Kim lynn2878@asiae.co.kr
Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@asiae.co.kr