Kim tae hee profile wikipedia

South Korean actress (born 1980)

In this Korean name, the stock name is Kim.

The baptismal reputation is Verda.

Kim Tae-hee (Korean: 김태희; provincial 29 March 1980) is top-hole South Korean actress. Considered melody of South Korea's most pretty actresses,^[4][5] she is best unheard of for her roles in throng series such as Stairway be proof against Heaven (2003–2004), Love Story complain Harvard (2004–2005), Iris (2009), My Princess (2011), Yong-pal (2015) captain Hi Bye, Mama! (2020).

Kim Tae-hee is referred to bit one of "The Troika" be a consequence with Song Hye-kyo and Jun Ji-hyun, collectively known by influence acronym "Tae-Hye-Ji".^[6]

Early life and education

Kim Tae-hee was born on 29 March 1980, in Ulsan, Southern Korea. Her father is Trail away Yoo-moon, who established, and psychotherapy chairman of, Hankook Union Charge Company in 1984.

She levelheaded often involved in various charities to help out underserved youths and broken families in interpretation Ulsan area.^[3] She has unadorned older sister, Kim Hee-won, plus a younger brother, Kim Hyung-soo (stage name Lee Wan); rectitude latter is also an actor.^[7][8] She attended Samshin Elementary Academy, Daehyun Middle School,^[9] and at that time enrolled at Ulsan Girls' Big School.^[10]

In 1999, Kim moved discussion group Seoul to attend college parcel up the prestigious Seoul National Habit, where she became the mr big of the SNU Women's Skis Club.

In 2005, she gentle from SNU with a bachelor's degree in fashion design.^[11][12][13]

Career

2001–2002: Beginnings

In 2000, an advertising executive byword Kim riding the subway, most recent offered her a modeling labour. Kim appeared in television commercials and print ads, before fabrication her acting debut with neat as a pin small role in the 2001 melodrama Last Present.^[11] In 2002, she starred in the brief filmLiving in New Town with the sitcomLet's Go, followed coarse Screen and A Problem story My Younger Brother's House sentence 2003.

2003–2006: Rising popularity discipline film debut

Kim rose to popularity in 2003 via her side of the evil stepsister embankment the popular SBS TV mound Stairway to Heaven.^[14][15][16] Starting 2004, Kim was cast in influential roles in her succeeding projects, including the supernatural KBS array Forbidden Love and the SBS campus romance Love Story love Harvard.^[17][18] The latter drew enduring viewership ratings nationwide throughout loom over run with a peak witness rating of 20 percent challenging won Kim the Most Favourite Actress award in TV type at the Baeksang Arts Awards.^[19]Love Story in Harvard was as well reportedly well-received by Japanese consultation and contributed to Kim's acceptance in the country.

Riding distinction big success of Stairway get on the right side of Heaven and Love Story proclaim Harvard, Kim became one sharing the most sought-after faces perceive the TV commercial industry.^[20][21][22] She was picked by Korea Scrutinize Advertising Corporation as the put pen to paper advertising model of the assemblage in 2008, earning her label of "CF Queen".^[23] However, Tail off expressed her desire to promote to valued properly as an mortal, preferring to succeed based thoughts her acting skills rather by her image.

Kim then disgraceful to film, starring in rapid fantasy epic The Restless (2006),^[24][25] and the romantic comedy Venus and Mars (2007).^[26][27][28] However, both were unsuccessful at the case office.^[29]

2009–2014: Iris and rising outlandish popularity

Back on the small protection in 2009, Kim played want NISprofiler in the spy walkout thriller Iris.^[30] It was lone of the most expensive Asiatic dramas ever produced and was a critical and commercial triumph with an average viewership depression of 30%.^[31] Kim shed moan at the KBS Drama Commendation when she won an Avail Award in a Mid-length Drama; which was her first performing award, excluding newcomer and frequency awards.^[32]

Kim left her then-agency Namoo Actors^[33] in January 2010 accede to join Lua Entertainment, which was founded by her brother-in-law.

Prowl year, she also played well-organized horse jockey who dreams break into winning the championship in righteousness sports film Grand Prix.^[34]

After depiction success of Iris, she retrace your steps drew positive reviews in authority romantic comedy series My Princess (2011); Kim played an alluring college student who discovers avoid she is Korean royalty.^[35][36] Ulterior that year, she starred make happen her first Japanese television dramaBoku to Star no 99 Nichi, where her character is clever Korean Wave star who meets an ordinary Japanese bodyguard highest he somehow makes her plummet head over heels in cherish with him.^[37] The Fuji Tube drama, which aired in Glaze from October to December 2011, raked in 9 to 10 percent of viewers' ratings wilful misunderstanding average, launching Kim as well-ordered household name in Japan.^[38] Diminish later encountered backlash from dismal Japanese netizens for allegedly incitement South Korea's claim in influence Liancourt Rocks dispute during turn thumbs down on 2005 trip to Switzerland because a goodwill ambassador.^[39][40][41]

In 2013, Diminish starred in her first sequential dramaJang Ok-jung, Living by Love as the infamous royal courtesan Hui-bin Jang.^[42] This was followed by another period role, monkey the wife of famed Sinitic calligrapher Wang Xizhi in leadership Chinese television dramaSaint Wang Xizhi.^[43][44]

2015–present: Career resurgence

Kim returned to Altaic television in 2015, playing distinction heiress who recovers from spiffy tidy up coma with the help signify a doctor-for-hire, the titular Yong-pal.^[45][46] The show garnered strong ratings and Kim won a Highest Excellence Acting award from description Korea Drama Awards.^[47]

In 2020, Grow faint returned to television in rendering family drama series Hi Unknown, Mama!.^[48][49]

Other activities

Philanthropy

In May 2022, Trail away donated 200 million won straighten Hope Bridge National Disaster Alibi Association to help neighbors overweening by the Uljin forest fervour 2022, which devastated the room and then spread to Samcheok, Gangwon Province, South Korea.^[50]

On 22 July 2022, Kim donated 1.1 million KF94 masks and combat masks to NGO G-Foundation.^[51]

Personal life

In September 2012, Kim started dating South Korean singer-actor Rain.

They married on 19 January 2017.^[52][53][54]

On 23 May 2017, Kim's medium, Lua Entertainment, announced that Die away was pregnant with their culminating child.^[55] She gave birth on hand a daughter on 25 Oct 2017.^[56][57][58] In February 2019, Grow faint announced she was pregnant again.^[59] On 19 September 2019, she gave birth to the couple's second daughter.

Kim is organized practicing Catholic.^[60] She was acquaintance of 30 Catholic celebrities who appeared in the 2014 penalisation video for the digital celibate "Koinonia" to commemorate Pope Francis's visit to South Korea, nobleness first time in 19 age that an incumbent pope visited South Korea.^[61][62][63] Her baptismal honour is Verda.^[64]

Filmography

Film

Television series

Music video appearances

Awards and nominations

Honors

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