In 2022, Kim was cast in SBS drama Trolley but left the project just months later after suffering a DUI incident after drunk driving charges were filed against her.
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 landed her first adult lead role in 2016 TV drama Secret Healer, the same year she signed with YG Entertainment.
The South Korean star went on to be cast in more leading roles in 2014 film A Girl At My Door and 2011 TV drama series Listen To My Heart.
Kim Sae-ron has appeared in a number of film and TV shows since beginning her acting career at just nine years old.