KOREAN STARS
HAN JI HYE
PROFILE
Name: 한지혜
/ Han Ji Hye (Han Ji Hae)
Real name: 이지해
/ Lee Ji Hye (Yi Ji Hae)
Profession: Actress and model
Birthdate: 1984-June-29
Birthplace: Kwangju, South Korea
Height: 170cm
Weight: 47kg
Star sign: Cancer
Blood type: A
Family: Older sister and younger brother
Talent agency: Yedang Entertainment
Education: Gyongsin Girls’ Middle School, Gyongsin Girls’
High School, Sejong University (Film and Art degree)
Skills: Playing flute and dancing
Hobbies: Playing computer games and watching TV
Religion: Christianity
Born Lee Ji-hye, she used the stage name Han
Ji-hye upon learning that her real name would cause confusion among
fans since an older actress, Lena Lee, also has the same Korean name.
Han debuted as a model, then started acting in supporting
roles in TV dramas such as Summer Scent.
She landed her first leading role in Sweet 18.
The next couple of years saw Han starring in low-rating dramas, but her 2007
daily drama Likeable or Not became
very popular, topping the ratings chart during its run and recording the
highest rating for a daily drama since 2000. Han then displayed
newfound maturity and great improvement in her acting in the 2008 epic
drama East of Eden.
In 2008, Han along with Leon Jay
Williams sang the Korean and Chinese
versions of Olympic theme song "Friends." She was brought to the
project via a proposal from the Chinese Olympic committee to sing
"Friends" as the official swimming theme of the Beijing National Aquatics Centre at
the Beijing Olympics. Less
than a year later, she again recorded a digital single, an
upbeat electro-pop song
titled "Luv Luv."
After studying the craft of shoemaking and design in Florence,
Italy, Han collaborated with existing
shoe brand Jinny Kim to design and produce her own line, called "H by
Jinny Kim." This was documented on the cable program O'live TV Han
Ji-hye: Shoes! My Dream!. The Fall/Winter 2009 collection were sold in
major department stores in Seoul and the surrounding metro areas, as well as in
a well-known department store in Singapore and various online shopping malls.
Han published My Fair Lady, a collection of
autobiographical lifestyle essays. The volume focused on Han’s hobbies and
daily life rather than on her onscreen work and contained Han’s writings about
her experiences as a twentysomething single woman, as well as her reflections
on her life. It also touched on the various projects she has undertaken such as
designing shoes, studying tea ceremony, learning about ceramics, DIY furniture
making, fabric art, and more.
Director Lee Joon-ik cast
Han in his period action film Blades of
Blood without auditioning her — not
for her talents, but for her Asian-looking eyes. Aside from finding her single
eyelid unique and difficult to find these days, Lee liked that she related to
him in a natural manner. Han said that Lee scolded her a lot in the
beginning of the shoot for not acting well, so she used the pain in her heart
to portray her character such that she improved towards the middle of the
filming and learned a lot from him. She also sang on the soundtrack,
having played a gisaeng in the
film.
In 2011 she starred in her first historical series The Duo. She
played a woman who helps a young man achieve his dreams in the single-episode
drama Pianist, and a visually impaired teacher in the 2-part Chuseok special Dangerous Gift.
Personal Life
Han was in a long-term relationship with Sweet 18 and My Boyfriend Is Type B leading
man Lee Dong-gun. The
couple had a highly publicized breakup in early 2008.
On September 21, 2010, Han married her boyfriend, a public
prosecutor, in a private ceremony in Hawaii.
TV drama
- SBS:
Great Luck Family (2002–2003)
- MBC:
남자의
향기
Scent of a Man (2003)
- KBS:
여름향기 Summer
Scent (2003)
- SBS:
Open Drama Man and Woman "One More Step Than Love" (2003)
- MBC:
내
인생의
콩깍지
The Bean Chaff of My Life (2003)
- KBS:
낭랑18세 Sweet
18 (2004)
- SBS:
반전드라마
Banjun Drama (2004)
- SBS:
섬마을
선생님
Island Village Teacher (2004)
- MBC:
비밀남녀
Secret Lovers (2005)
- KBS:
구름계단
Cloud Stairs (2006)
- KBS:
미우나
고우나 Likeable or Not (2007–2008)
- MBC:
에덴의
동쪽 East of Eden (2008–2009)
- CCTV:
天堂绣
Heavenly Embroidery (2010)
- KBS: Drama
Special 피아니스트
"Pianist" (2010)
- MBC:
짝패 The Duo (2011)
- SBS: Chuseok Special 선물
"Gift" (2011)
- MBC:
메이퀸
May Queen (2012)
Film
- 굳세어라
금순아 Saving
My Hubby (2002)
- 싱글즈 Singles (2003)
- B형 남자친구 My Boyfriend Is Type B (2005)
- 허밍
Humming (2008)
- 구르믈
버서난
달처럼 Blades
of Blood (2010)
Music video
- 그댄
행복에
살텐데
(Leeds, 2002)
- 잊을
수
있을까요?
(Leeds, 2003)
- <Part 1> 휠릴리 Whistle
to Me (Hwilili) <Part 2> Andante (Lee Soo
Young, 2004)
- 포에버
유 Forever
You (Lee Soo
Young, 2005)
- 광화문 연가 Gwanghwamun Love Song (Lee Soo Young, 2005)
- Love You Forever (2
duet tracks from Humming OST,
2008)
- Friends (Beijing Olympics swimming
theme song, 2008)
- Luv Luv (digital
single featuring Soul Tronik,
2009)
- 상사몽
(track from Blades
of Blood OST,
2010)
Books
My Fair Lady (essays, 2010)
Shoe Line
H by Jinny Kim (2009)
Awards
- 2001: Korea Supermodel Contest
- Special Prize
- 2003: KBS Drama Awards -
Best New Actress (Summer
Scent)
- 2004: Baeksang Arts
Awards - Best New Actress (Sweet 18)
- 2004: MBC Entertainment Awards
- Best New Star, Variety Show category
- 2006: Korea Best Dresser Swan
Awards - Best Dresser, TV Actress category
- 2007: KBS Drama Awards -
Female Excellence Award for Daily Drama (Likeable or Not)
- 2008: Korea Drama Festival -
Female Excellence Award (Likeable or Not)
- 2008: MBC Drama Awards - Female
Excellence Award (East of Eden)
- 2009: Asia Model Festival
Awards - Model Star Award
- 2009: Korea Cadastral Survey
Corporation - Plaque of Appreciation
- 2010: Korea International
Jewelry & Watch Fair - Best Jewelry Lady
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