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- Kong Hyo-jin was born on 4 April 1980 in Seoul, South Korea. She is an actress, known for Misseu Hongdangmu (2008), Missing Woman (2016) and When the Camellia Blooms (2019).South Korea's best actress
- Doona Bae was born in Seoul, South Korea. Her mother, Hwa-Young Kim, is a stage actress. Bae started out as a model. She soon moved to T.V. and movies, and it proved the right move. Her first movie was The Ring Virus (1999). Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000) (aka "Barking Dogs Never Bite") and Take Care of My Cat (2001) (A.K.A. "Take Care of My Cat") not only made Doona a household name in Korea but also won her critical acclaim as a serious young actress. Doona Bae is now busy making movies and T.V. shows.South Korea's best actress
- Lee Yeong-ae was born on 31 January 1971 in Seoul, South Korea. She is an actress, known for Lady Vengeance (2005), Joint Security Area (2000) and Bring Me Home (2019). She has been married to Jeong Ho-young since 24 August 2009. They have two children.
- Kang Hye-jeong was born on 4 January 1982 in South Korea. She is an actress, known for Oldboy (2003), Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005) and The Butterfly (2001). She has been married to Tablo since 26 October 2009. They have one child.
- Jeon Do-yeon spent five years starring in television dramas before achieving instant star status with her film debut opposite Han Seok-gyu in The Contact. She has since gone on to take a wide variety of roles, from her performance as a schoolgirl in Harmonium in My Memory to that of a wife having an adulterous affair in Happy End. Her popularity has steadily increased, as audiences fall for her warm and direct personality. In late 1999 she received a Best Actress award from the domestic Chungryong Awards ceremony for her role in Harmonium in My Memory.
After starring as the tough-talking "Sunglasses" in Ryu Seung-wan's No Blood No Tears, Jeon spent time acting in a TV drama titled "Shoot for the Stars." She also found box-office success in E J-yong's Untold Scandal, based on the famous French novel Dangerous Liaisons. Her next project sees her taking dual roles in a time-bending melodrama set on Jeju Island called My Mother, Mermaid (working title). - Su-yeon Cha was born on 15 August 1981 in South Korea. She is an actress, known for Byeolbit soguro (2007), Gaewa neukdaeui sigan (2007) and The Scent (2012).
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Kim Hye-Soo is a South Korean actress and one of the most popular teen stars of the 1980s and 1990s. She is known for her headstrong independence and regularly playing strong-willed, sophisticated women. During the height of her fame, Kim was referred to as the "Pencil Board Star" of the 1980s due to the popularity of pencil boards printed with her image. She has also been named a part of the "Troika of the 1990s" in Korea along with her contemporaries Kim Hee-Sun and Shim Eun-Ha for their nationwide fame. In 1993, Kim led the main role in the film First Love and gained critical acclaim for her portrayal of the archetypal innocent girl, winning a Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Leading Actress and earning her the title "Nation's First Love" although the film was a box-office failure.
n 1985, Kim was featured in a commercial for Nestlé Milo and as well as the first K-pop music video, Cho Yong-Pil's title song Empty In The Air. In 1986, Kim made her film debut on Kambo when she was a first-year high school student. She also won Best New Actress for Kambo at the 23rd Baeksang Arts Awards. Kim went on to play the leading roles in the television series Samogok (1987), Sun Shim-Yi (1988), and Senoya (1989). She co-starred with Roh Joo-Hyun in When The Flowers Bloom And The Birds Cry (1990). In 1991, she landed the main role in Lost Love.
Over two decades, she amassed a massive filmography of leading and supporting roles, notably in the television series Did We Really Love? with Bae Yong-Joon and Revenge and Passion with Ahn Jae-Wook, as well as the film Tie a Yellow Ribbon (1998). In the 2000s, Kim focused more on her career in film rather than television, featuring in Kick the Moon, YMCA Baseball Team, and Three. At this time, she reinvented her image as a glamorous and confident Femme Fatale in Hypnotized (2004).- Actress
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Kim Min-hee was born on 1 March 1982 in South Korea. She is an actress and production manager, known for The Handmaiden (2016), On the Beach at Night Alone (2017) and The Day After (2017).- In 2001, Lee Yeon Hee won a prize at the 'SM Best Youth Contest' organized by SM Entertainment in Korea and was selected as a trainee of SM Entertainment. She spent her trainee days with Girls' Generation members but decided to pursue her career as an actress, which led her to walk a different path from Girls' Generation members.
In 2001, when Lee Yeon Hee was 14 years old, she appeared in the music video for singer Moon Hee Jun's first solo album, 'Alone,' which marked the beginning of her career. Her first work as an actress was the Emperor of the Sea (2004) where she debuted as the younger version of 'Soo-ae', one of the top actresses at the time. She went on to play supporting roles in films like What's with This Family (2014) and Buhwal (2005) before landing her first main role in One Fine Day (2006) in 2006, and she has since grown explosively.
In the same year, Lee Yeon Hee was dubbed the A Millionaire's First Love (2006) for her innocent appearance in her first screen debut, A Millionaire's First Love (2006) and established herself as an actress with a unique vibe on the screen as well. Afterward, she has built her career by playing the role of a mysterious girl in the movie M (2007) by director Lee Myung Se, a quirky but lovely character in Hello, Schoolgirl (2008) which is based on a webtoon, and Hisako, a geisha with a story in Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island (2015).
She has been also active on the small screen, such as East of Eden (2008), Ghost (2012), Miss Korea (2013), Splendid Politics (2015), Reunited Worlds (2017), The Package (2017), SF8 (2020), etc., receiving great support from fans through her appearance in various works every year.
In 2021, her exclusive contract with SM Entertainment, which has been her agency for a long time, ended and she signed a new contract with VAST Entertainment. Because she had high hopes for her acting career, she devoted more time to acting after moving to a new agency. In the same year, she played King Lear's third daughter, Cordelia, and the clown in 'King Lear,' one of Shakespeare's four great tragedies, a double role cast for all sessions, receiving positive reviews for her first theatrical performance.
After the theater stage, Lee Yeon Hee showed realistic acting through the drama Welcome to Wedding Hell (2022), which tells the realistic story of newlyweds who are about to get married, and the Disney Plus Original RACE (2023), which deals with the lives of publicists, demonstrating her broad acting spectrum. - South Korean fresh face Ha Ji-won is a very talented actress. She first came to theater in 2000 and won an award for best new actress. Her big break was "Sex is zero" and "True or Dare". In 2003, she was cast as Chae-oak in the famous Korean TV drama "Damo" and was stated as South Korean's most promising actress. Ha Ji-won has just finished filming "Duelist" and "Daddy Long Legs". She is now planning to further her English studies in New Zealand.
- Lim Soo-jung was born on 11 July 1980 in South Korea. She is an actress, known for A Tale of Two Sisters (2003), I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006) and All About My Wife (2012).
- Jung Ryeo-won was born on 21 January 1982 in Seoul, South Korea. She is an actress, known for Castaway on the Moon (2009), History of the Salaryman (2012) and Du eolgurui yeochin (2007).
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Moon So-ri was born on 2 July 1974 in Busan, Korea. She is an actress and director, known for The Handmaiden (2016), Oasis (2002) and The Running Actress (2017). She has been married to Joon-Hwan Jang since 24 December 2006. They have one child.- Actress
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Jung Suh was born on 19 June 1972 in South Korea. She is an actress, known for The Isle (2000), Green Chair (2005) and Peppermint Candy (1999).