HAN JI MIN
Profile
Name: 한지민 / Han Ji Min
Profession: Actress and model
Birthdate: November 5, 1982
Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
Height: 161cm
Weight: 43kg
Star sign: Scorpio
Blood type: B
Family: Grandmother, parents and older sister
Education: Suh Moon Girl's Middle School, Seoul Women's University (Social Sciences degree)
Religion: Christianity
Han Ji-min started her career in show business while still a high school student. She did various commercial films (CF) and music videos before gaining wider attention in 2003, when she appeared in hit Korean television dramas All In and Dae Jang Geum. Han said she hadn't dreamed of becoming a serious actress, but changed her mind after starring in All In, where she played the teenage counterpart of the drama's main character, played by popular actress Song Hye-kyo. After her breakthrough performance in the critically acclaimed mania drama Resurrection, Han challenged herself by playing a cute yet ambitious tomboy who dreams of becoming a pilot in her first movie Blue Swallow.
A car accident on the set of Wolf seriously injured Han and her co-star Eric Mun, causing the drama to be delayed repeatedly until the decision was finally made to discontinue it with only three episodes aired. After a long recovery for Mun, the two actors reunited instead in the drama Super Rookie Ranger (also known as Invincible Parachute Agent or Korea Secret Agency).
Han also hosted the weekly showbiz news program Entertainment Relay on KBS from 2006 to 2008.
She continued to act in TV dramas, with memorable turns as a straitlaced resistance fighter in Capital Scandal and a royal concubine in the historical drama Yi San.
Known for her sweet, innocent and fragile image and her depictions of good girls,[10] Han surprised audiences with her performance as a sexy femme fatale in Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Widow.
Han played a cynical veterinarian in Padam Padam... The Sound of His and Her Heartbeats, written by lauded drama writer Noh Hee-kyung, which aired on newly launched cable channel jTBC. She then starred in romantic comedy Rooftop Prince, about a Joseon-era prince who time-travels to the 21st century where he meets his dead beloved's doppelgänger. The popularity of Rooftop Prince garnered Han several awards, and increased her international profile, notably in Japan
Personal life
A Social Welfare major from Seoul Women's University, Han is widely known for actively participating in volunteer work and fund drives, mostly through the relief organization Join Together Society. In 2009 she published her own book titled We’re Already Friends: Han Ji-min’s Philippines Donation Book, which includes stories and drawings of her time spent in a deep mountain village in the Philippines helping at a village school. She then donated all the royalties to help in funding the education of children in North Korea and developing countries in Asia. In 2012 she was designated as goodwill ambassador of the United Nations Environment Programme.
TV Dramas
Rooftop Prince (SBS, 2012)
Padam Padam... The Sound of His and Her Heartbeats (jTBC, 2011)
Cain and Abel (SBS, 2009)
Yi San (MBC, 2007)
Capital Scandal (KBS2, 2007)
Super Rookie Ranger (SBS, 2006)
Great Inheritance (KBS, 2006)
Wolf (MBC, 2006)
Resurrection (KBS, 2005)
Drama City episode "Memory" (KBS2, 2005-01-09)
Drama City episode "Déjà vu" (KBS2, 2004-08-08)
Dae Jang Geum (MBC, 2003)
All In (SBS, 2003)
Good Person (MBC, 2003)
Movies
Ending Note (2012) - Barrier Free version, narration
Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Widow (2011)
The Cut (2007)
Blue Swallow (2005)
The Act 1, Chapter 2 (animated, 2005)[24]
Variety Shows
Entertainment Relay (KBS, 2006-2008)
Running Man (SBS, 2012)
Books
We're Already Friends: Han Ji-min's Philippines Donation Book (2009)
Awards
Year Award Category Film / TV
2004 KBS Drama Awards Best Actress, One-Act/Drama Special Deja Vu
2005 KBS Drama Awards Best Couple Award with Uhm Tae-woong Resurrection Best New Actress
2007 KBS Drama Awards Best Couple Award with Kang Ji-hwan Capital Scandal Netizen Award Excellence Award, Actress
MBC Drama Awards Excellence Award in a Miniseries, Actress Yi San
2009 Ministry of Health and Welfare Minister's Citation
2011 Asia Model Festival Awards BBF Popular Star Award
2012 National Tax Service of Korea Model Tax Payer Medal
Mnet 20's Choice Awards 20's Female Drama Star Rooftop Prince
Seoul International Drama Awards Outstanding Korean Drama Category - Best Actress Rooftop Prince
Korea Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress Rooftop Prince
