You probably know that Kim Tae Hee, the star of “Iris” and “Jang OkJung,” has been described as one of Korea’s-no, one of the world’s-mostbeautiful women. But there are other things you may not know about her.
Here are a few fun facts:
1. Kim Tae Hee is not just beautiful. She’s smart. She was a goodstudent, having scored a grade of 100 for three subjects in middleschool. In 2005, she graduated from Seoul National University with adegree in fashion design. Still, she doubted her ability to succeed inthat field.
“I’ve always loved drawing and being creative,” she said. “Whilethere I enjoyed it very much, but I honestly didn’t think I had enoughnatural talent to pursue a professional career in fashion design.”
2. She’s also very shy, and as a result did not think she would be successful as an actress.
“I’ve never thought I could act in front of people because I’m so shy and reserved,” said Kim.
She started out doing commercials and gained more confidence. As shebegan to see how creative acting was, she wanted to learn more about it.
“Even though I never dreamt of ever becoming an actress,” she said.”In retrospect I think my childhood dream to be creative has ended upcoming true.”
3. The hardest thing she ever did as an actress was walking aroundwith a gun in her hand. Although she was a fan of the Americantelevision show, “24,” and looked forward to her role as NSS agent ChoiSeung Hee in “Iris,” the idea of holding a gun and the sound of gunfireher scared her.
The role also demanded a lot of physical activity that left her bruised and aching at night.
4. Although she is currently playing the part of Jang Ok Jung on thedrama “Jang Ok Jung,” she is not a fan of historical dramas and hadnever watched an entire saeguk before taking this part. However, readingthe script for Jang Ok Jung convinced her she could do it. It’s herfirst drama since “My Princess,” which aired two years ago.
5. Although rumors have romantically linked her with several leadingmen, including her “My Princess” co-star Song Seung Hoon, Kim hasdescribed herself as pretty conservative when it comes to dating andmarriage.
Earlier this year it was announced that she was seeing Bi Rain and itcaused something of a scandal when he took leave of his militaryservice to spend time with her.
At a press conference for Jang Ok Jung, she was asked how therelationship was going and said, “Nothing has changed as we are justgetting to know each other.”
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