Korean name
Hangul 김희선
Hanja 金喜善
Revised Romanization Gim Hui-seon
McCune–Reischauer Kim Hŭi-sŏn
Other names Kim Hee-seon
Born February 25, 1977 (age 35)
Seoul, South Korea
Education Chung-Ang University
Theater and Film
Occupation Actress
Years active 1993–present
Spouse(s) Park Ju-young
Children Park Yeon-ah
Career
Kim Hee-sun debuted as the MC of SBS's music show Inkigayo in 1993 during her second year of high school,[1] and has since become famous both at home and abroad as one of Korea's most beautiful actresses. She starred as the heroine in many hit trendy dramas in the 1990s, such as Proposeand Forever Yours with Ryu Shi-won, Wedding Dress with Lee Seung-yeon, Mister Q with Kim Min-jong and Song Yun-ah, Tomato with Kim Suk-hoon, and Goodbye My Love with Ahn Jae-wook.
Kim also gradually built up a career in film, beginning in 1997 with Repechage opposite Jang Dong-gun. Director Lee Kwang-hoon subsequently put her in his next film, Ghost in Love in 1999. In her most high-profile role to date, Kim played the daughter of a Mongolian general in the big-budget martial arts fantasy Bichunmoo, shot in China and released in the summer of 2000. Although criticized for her acting in the film, it gave her more local and international exposure than any of her other films. Along with her popular TV dramas, it cemented her position as a Korean wave star in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and throughout Southeast Asia.
In late 2001, Kim took on a completely different kind of role, cutting her hair short and starring as an animator in Wanee & Junah. Although her acting in this film drew a favorable response from critics, the film itself was a flop at the box office. In 2003 her career took a bit of a downturn, when the environmentally-themed melodrama A Man Who Went to Mars (also known as A Letter From Mars), in which she starred with Shin Ha-kyun, proved to be an utter bomb at the box office.She returned to television in 2005, playing a blind woman in Sad Love Story, which received low ratings.But thanks to her popularity among Chinese viewers, she was then cast opposite Jackie Chan in The Myth, for which she learned to speak Mandarin.
After her 2006 drama Smile Again, Kim started a family and went on a six-year hiatus from acting. During this time, she only appeared in magazines, and in 2009 she published Kim Hee-sun's Happy Mom Project, a book on childcare and how to lose post-pregnancy weight.
Though she appeared in the 2011 Chinese epic The Warring States, Kim officially made her comeback as a modern-day doctor who time-travels to Goryeo in the 2012 period romance Faith.
Personal life
Kim wed businessman Park Ju-young in a lavish ceremony at the Seoul Sheraton Grande Walkerhill Hotel on October 19, 2007. She gave birth to daughter Yeon-ah on January 21, 2009.
Filmography
Television series
2008 On Air (SBS)
2003 My Fair Lady (SBS)
1999 Goodbye My Love (MBC)
1999 Tomato (SBS)
1998 Sunflower (MBC)
1998 Mister Q (SBS)
1998 Forever Yours (MBC)
1998 Wedding Dress (KBS1)
1997 Propose (KBS1)
1995 Men of the Bath House (KBS2)
1995 Sons of the Wind (KBS2)
1994 The Tale of Chunhyang
1993 Dinosaur Teacher (SBS)
Films
2005 The Myth
2003 A Man Who Went to Mars
2001 Wanee & Junah
1997 Repechage
Variety shows
2012 Running Man - Guest, 100th episode special
Awards
2012 9th Cosmo Beauty Awards: Beauty Icon of the Year
2007 2nd Andre Kim Best Star Awards: Female Star Award
2001 22nd Blue Dragon Film Awards: Popularity Award
2000 SBS Drama Awards: Big Star Award
1998 SBS Drama Awards Grand Prize/Daesang
1998 MBC Drama Awards: Popularity Award
1997 KBS Drama Awards: Popularity Award
1996 32nd Baeksang Arts Awards: Best New Actress (TV) (Men of the Bath House)
1996 KBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Actress
1995 KBS Drama Awards: Best New Actress
1992 고운얼굴 선발대회: Grand Prize/Daesang
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