Kim Tae-ri (Korean: 김태리; born April 24, 1990) is a South Korean actress. Known for her work in both television and film, she has received various accolades, including three Baeksang Arts Awards, one Blue Dragon Film Award and one Buil Film Award, in addition to nominations at the Grand Bell Awards and Chunsa Film Art Awards.

Kim gained widespread recognition for her breakthrough role as Sook-hee in Park Chan-wook's critically acclaimed film The Handmaiden (2016), which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and earned her the Blue Dragon Film Award for Best New Actress. She subsequently appeared in the political thriller 1987: When the Day Comes (2017) and the drama film Little Forest (2018), which earned her Best Actress nominations at the Baeksang Arts Awards and the Blue Dragon Film Awards.

On television, Kim received the Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actress for her performances in Twenty-Five Twenty-One (2022) and Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born (2024), and earned additional critical praise for Mr. Sunshine (2018) and Revenant (2023). In 2019, Kim was featured by Forbes in their 30 Under 30 list in the Entertainment & Sports category, and in 2024, Gallup Korea ranked her as Korea's Television Actor of the Year.

Kim was born on April 24, 1990, in Sangbong-dong, Jungnang District, Seoul, South Korea. After graduating from Youngshin Nursing Business High School, she studied Journalism and Communication at Kyung Hee University from 2008 to 2012. She was inspired to become an actress in her second year of university after joining a theater club.

After graduating from university, Kim spent a year working as part of the technical crew for the Iru theatre troupe in Daehangno. She was later cast as the understudy for Kang Ae-shim in the 2012 production of Spoonface Steinberg, although she did not perform on stage. She went on to appear in the plays Pansy and Ask for Love, and was double-cast in the 2013 rerun of Spoonface Steinberg. That same year, she filmed Moon Young, a short film that premiered at the Seoul Independent Film Festival in 2015, with a theatrical version released in 2017. In 2014, Kim signed with J-Wide Company and began appearing in various television commercials. During this period, she continued acting in short films and auditioned extensively for feature film roles, but faced numerous rejections.

In 2016, Kim made her feature film debut in Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden, having been selected from among 1,500 actresses who auditioned for the role. Her performance earned her multiple Best New Actress awards, including at the Blue Dragon Film Awards, Director's Cut Awards, Buil Film Awards, and Busan Film Critics Awards. Park Chan-wook later remarked that his first impression of Kim strongly reminded him of his initial meeting with actress Kang Hye-jung, who achieved her breakthrough in his film Oldboy (2003).

The following year, Kim appeared in the ensemble political thriller 1987: When the Day Comes, which earned her Best Actress nominations at the Grand Bell Awards and Chunsa Film Art Awards.

In 2018, Kim headlined the Korean film adaptation of the manga series Little Forest, alongside Ryu Jun-yeol and Jin Ki-joo. Her performance won her a Director's Cut Award and garnered Best Actress nominations at the Blue Dragon Film Awards, Baeksang Arts Awards and Buil Film Awards. The same year, she made her television debut in the period melodrama Mr. Sunshine, written by Kim Eun-sook, earning her a third nomination at the Baeksang Arts Awards, this time for Best Actress in Television. Upon its final broadcast, Mr. Sunshine became the third highest-rated series in Korean cable television history.