Kim Hee-sun is a well-known South Korean actress
Kim Hee-sun
@South Korean Women, Facts and Personal Life
Jun 11, 1977
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: June 11, 1977
- Nationality: South Korean
- Famous: South Korean Actress, South Korean Women, Film & Theater Personalities, Actresses
- Spouses: Park Ju-young (m. 2007)
- Childrens: Park Yeon-ah
- Birth Place: Seoul, South Korea
- Height: 167cm
Kim Hee-sun born at
Seoul, South Korea
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Birth Place
On October 19, 2007, she married businessman Park Ju-young at the Seoul Sheraton Grande Walkerhill Hotel. The couple welcomed their daughter Park Yeon-ah on January 21, 2009.
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Personal Life
Kim Hee-sun was born on June 11, 1976, in Seoul, South Korea, in the family of Park Bok-soon and Kim Hong-geun. She is also known as Kim Hee-seon.
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Childhood & Early Life
In 1992, while attending middle school, Kim took part and won the Fair Face Beauty Contest. This paved the way to modelling that saw her feature in several teen magazines.
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Childhood & Early Life
As a high school sophomore, she featured in a commercial for Lotte Samkang's crab chips in 1993. This exposure then helped her make debut as an actress that year with the SBS aired TV series ‘Dinosaur Teacher’. She also appeared as the host of the music show ‘Live TV Music 20’ that year along with Bae Chul-su.
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Kim later attended Chung-Ang University and majored in Drama.
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Childhood & Early Life
Following ‘Dinosaur Teacher’, Kim continued to feature in other TV series and eventually bolstered her career garnering immense popularity during the mid-to-late 1990s by starring in leading roles in back-to-back Korean dramas. These included ‘Men of the Bath House’ (1995), ‘Wedding Dress’ (1997), ‘Propose’ (1997), ‘Mister Q’ (1998), ‘Forever Yours’ (1998), ‘Sunflower’ (1998) and ‘Tomato’ (1999).
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Her brilliant portrayal in these series earned her several awards. Her portrayal of Han Hye-won in the hit TV series ‘Mister Q’ earned her the prestigious Grand Prize (Daesang) award at the SBS Drama Awards in 1998. She became the youngest recipient to bag the award.
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The commercially successful 2000 South Korean martial arts film ‘Bichunmoo’ featured her in the lead role of Sullie. It was the most expensive Korean film at that time. Shot in China, the film faced criticism for featuring Kim.
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Nevertheless ‘Bichunmoo’ fetched her both national and international exposure apart from earning her Popular Star Award at the 21st Blue Dragon Film Awards in 2000. Her successful TV career added with the success of this film helped her attain the spot as one of the Korean Wave stars in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and all through Southeast Asia.
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Moving on, she played the role of successful animator Wa-ni in the 2001 film ‘Wanee & Junah’. Although the film flopped at box office, Kim’s performance was praised by critics and she won Popular Star Award at the 22nd Blue Dragon Film Awards in 2001 and Most Popular Actress (Film) award at the 38th Baeksang Arts Awards in 2002.
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