Kim's most notable on-screen role so far is Bae Ro-na from The Penthouse: War in Life (2020–2021).

[7] In 2016, she acted alongside Kim Hye-soo in the well-received dramedy film Familyhood, as a high school girl who got caught up in teenage pregnancy.

[8][9] Later that year, Kim has been cast as the protagonist for the first time in JTBC's youth mystery drama, Solomon's Perjury.

[10] Kim costarred with Jang Hyuk for the 2020 historical action film, The Swordsman.

[11] In the same year, she was cast in SBS melodrama suspense The Penthouse: War in Life,[12] in which her role as a girl who strives to be top soprano singer amidst many obstacles, got her nominated for Best New Actress at the most prestigious TV Awards in South Korea, 57th Baeksang Arts Awards.