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 52)
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

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
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]

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