She then earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago.

[3] After graduating from drama school, Kim began acting on stages in Chicago, The Shakespeare Theatre (DC) and eventually landed in Minneapolis.

In 1999, she played Yon Greene, a Bangkok attorney and lawyer for Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale, in Brokedown Palace.

In 2001, she shared the title role in the film The Operator, written and directed by Jon Dichter, co-starring Michael Laurence and Stephen Tobolowsky.

She won the 2004 LA Drama Critics' Circle award for best female lead performance in East West Players' production of Passion.