After appearing in 2018 thriller The Villagers and campus web drama Love Playlist, she left YG Entertainment and joined Gold Medalist with actors Kim Soo-hyun and Seo Yea-ji in 2020.
Kim Sae-ron took on the lead female role of a 12-episode web series called The Great Shaman Ga Doo-shim in 2021, before being cast in SBS drama Trolley.
She later apologised on her Instagram account with a handwritten note which read: "First, I am sorry to inform you of the position after arranging the accident and damage situation.
She obtained her first adult lead role in 2016 TV drama Secret Healer, the same year she signed with YG Entertainment.
Kim Sae-ron has appeared in a number of film and TV shows since beginning her acting career at just nine years old.