Jang Seo-hee

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Jang Seo-hee
Jang Seo-hee at The Exhibition of Three Korean Artists at Today Art Museum in Beijing, China.jpg
Jang in 2014
Born (1972-01-05) January 5, 1972 (age 53)
Education Kyung Hee University
OccupationActress
Years active1981–present
AgentIOK Company [1]
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Korean name
Hangul
장서희
Hanja
Revised Romanization Jang Seo-hui
McCune–Reischauer Chang Sŏhŭi

Jang Seo-hee (born January 5, 1972) is a South Korean actress. [2] She has starred in numerous television dramas, including Miss Mermaid (2002) and Temptation of Wife (2008), which were both extremely successful in the ratings and earned Jang the highest acting prize from the MBC Drama Awards and SBS Drama Awards. [3] [4] In a 2007 Chinese survey of the most influential Korean actors, Jang was the highest ranking actress and placed seventh overall. [5]

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Jang made her entertainment debut when she won in a 1981 children's beauty pageant, and began her acting career as a child actress and model. [6] [7] [8] She was later appointed as goodwill ambassador for the 2009 Gwangju Design Biennale. [9]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRole
19833 Days and 3 Nights
1993The Sun Society
2003The Crescent Moon
2004 Ghost House Win-ha
2006My Captain Mr. Underground
2011Secrets, ObjectsHye-jung
2017It's Okay to be in Middle School
2023Single FriendHye-yeong [10]

Television series

YearTitleRole
1994Han Myung HoeDeposed Queen Yoon
1995 West Palace Crown Princess Yoo
1996 Tears of the Dragon
1998 The King and the Queen
1999 Hur Jun Kim In-bin
2000 Fireworks Na Hyun-kyung
Foolish PrincesKang Hyun-joo
Taejo Wang Geon
2001Her HouseChae Yeon
That's Perfect
2002 Miss Mermaid Eun Ah Ri Young
2003Merry Go RoundSung Eun-kyo
2005Recipe of LoveOh Soon-jin
2006Geng Zi Feng YunSi Qin
2008 Temptation of Wife Goo Eun-jae / Min So-hee
2010 OB & GY Seo Hye Young
2011Master Lin in SeoulPark Sun-hee
2012 Heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties Zhang Lihua
2014 Two Mothers Baek Yeon-hui
2015 My Mom Kim Yoon-hee
2017 Band of Sisters Min Deul-rae
2022 Game of Witches Seol Yu-kyung [11]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated WorkResult
199127th Baeksang Arts Awards Best New ActressThat WomanWon
2002 MBC Drama Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) Miss Mermaid Won
Top Excellence Award, ActressWon
Actress of the Year chosen by journalistsWon
Popularity Award, ActressWon
Best Couple Award with Kim Sung-min Won
200339th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actress – Television Nominated
200522nd Korea Best Dresser AwardsBest Dressed of the YearWon
42nd Grand Bell Awards Best New Actress Ghost House Nominated
20061st Asia Model AwardsHallyu Star AwardWon
14th Chunsa Film Art Awards Hallyu Culture Grand PrizeWon
200912th Shanghai International Film FestivalHallyu Star AwardWon
SBS Drama Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) Temptation of Wife Won
Top Excellence Award, ActressNominated
Top 10 StarsWon
2010 SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special OB & GY Nominated
2014 3rd APAN Star Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Two Mothers Nominated
KBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, ActressNominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily DramaNominated
Netizen Award, ActressNominated
2017 SBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily/Weekend Drama Unni is Alive Won
2023 MBC Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily DramaGame of WitchesWon
APAN Star Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial DramaNominated

Listicles

Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement
PublisherYearListiclePlacementRef.
Forbes 2010 Korea Power Celebrity 29th [12]

References

  1. Jung Ha-eun (July 7, 2021). "장서희, 아이오케이컴퍼니와 전속계약…조인성·김하늘과 한솥밥[공식]". Sports Seoul (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 7, 2021 via Naver.
  2. "장서희 :: 네이버 인물검색". People.search.naver.com. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  3. "'아내의 유혹' 장서희, 13년 무명 시절의 설움 고백 - 일간스포츠". Ilgan Sports . 2009-02-20. Archived from the original on 2009-02-23. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  4. "FNN | 세상을 보는 새로운 눈 | 포커스뉴스". Eto.co.kr. Archived from the original on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  5. "Actresses Jang, Yang, Lee Top Chinese Poll". KBS Global, 11 May 2007. Retrieved on 20 August 2009.
  6. "장서희 "가발 잘 써서 '인어아가씨' 캐스팅됐다"". Asiae (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  7. "스포츠월드". Sportsworldi.segye.com. 2009-03-26. Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  8. "Jang Seo-hee and 'hallyu' in China". The Korea Times . 2014-04-24. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  9. "Chang Seo-hee Publicizes Gwangu Design Biennale". KBS Global, 13 August 2009. Retrieved on 20 August 2009.
  10. Kim Na-young (July 29, 2022). "장서희, 영화 '독친' 출연 확정…5년 만에 스크린 복귀" [Jang Seo-hee confirmed to appear in the movie 'Single Friend'... Returning to the screen after 5 years] (in Korean). MK Sports. Archived from the original on July 29, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2022 via Naver.
  11. Baek Seung-hoon (August 16, 2022). "장서희·김규선·오창석, MBC '마녀의 게임' 출연" [Seo-hee Jang, Gyu-seon Kim, and Chang-seok Oh to appear in MBC's 'Witch's Game']. iMBC (in Korean). Archived from the original on August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2022 via Naver.
  12. "Celebrity List" . JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). February 23, 2010. Archived from the original on May 24, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2021 via Joins.