Son Tae-young

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Son Tae-young
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Born (1980-08-19) August 19, 1980 (age 43)
Other namesSohn Tae-young
Education Sangmyung University - Major in Dance
OccupationModel / Actress
Years active2000-present
Agent H8 Company
Spouse
(m. 2008)
Children2
Korean name
Hangul
손태영
Hanja
Revised Romanization Son Tae-yeong
McCune–Reischauer Son Taeyŏng

Son Tae-young (born August 19, 1980) is a South Korean actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss International Korea 2000 and was crowned 1st runner up at Miss International 2000 pageant. She is known for her work on television, with starring in lead and supporting roles in dramas such as One Million Roses (2003), Two Wives (2009),and Into the Flames (2014).

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Career

As Miss Daegu, Son Tae-young placed second runner-up (or third place) at the Miss Korea pageant in 2000. [1] She was the country's representative at the 2000 Miss International pageant, where she won 1st runner-up and Miss Photogenic. [2] [3]

Son later turned to acting, appearing in the films Sad Movie (2005), [4] [5] the critically acclaimed The Railroad (2007), [6] [7] [8] and Crazy Waiting (2008). Son is more prolific in television, with starring and supporting roles in dramas such as One Million Roses (2003), Two Wives (2009), [9] You Are the Best! (2013), [10] [11] and Into the Flames (2014). [12]

In 2014, Son played the leading role of a wife with a cheating husband in the Chinese romantic comedy film Love War, opposite Hu Bing and Winston Chao. [13] [14]

Known for her sense of style, she has also hosted several beauty and fashion programs, among them Son Tae-young's Life Magazine (2008), [15] Actress House - Season 2 (2011), [16] [17] and Son Tae-young's W Show! (2013). [18] [19]

Personal life

Son married actor Kwon Sang-woo at the Shilla Hotel on September 28, 2008. [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] On February 6, 2009, she gave birth to a son, christened as Luke (nicknamed Rookie). [25] Their second child, a daughter, was born on January 10, 2015. [14] [26] [27] Son's brother-in-law is pianist and composer, Yiruma. [28]

Filmography

Television series

YearTitleRole
2001Pure HeartCha Da-hye
2002RememberShin Ji-eun
2003One Million RosesPark Hye-ran
2004 Banjun Drama "Romance Solver"
Banjun Drama "Cute Hostage"
2005 Marrying a Millionaire Jung Soo-min
2006 Yeon Gaesomun Hong Bol-hwa
Freeze Ehwa
2007 I Am Sam Shin So-yi
2008 Drama City "Love Hunt, Thirty Minus Three" [29] Yi-kyung
Iljimae Lee Yeon
2009 Two Wives Han Ji-sook
2013 Queen of Ambition room salon customer
(cameo, episode 2) [30] [31]
You Are the Best! Lee Hye-shin
2014 Into the Flames Kumiko
2016 The K2 Uhm Hye-rin
2017You Are Too MuchHong Yoon-hee

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003My Daddy cameo short film
2004 Ghost House Soo-kyung
2005 Sad Movie Choi Suk-hyun
20063 Colors Love Story [32] [33] Yoo-misegment: "I Can Hear the Memory"
2007 The Railroad Lee Han-na
2008 Crazy Waiting Kim Hyo-jung
2014Love War

Variety show

YearTitleNotes
2000야!한밤에 MC
2001Movies and Popcorn
Section TV
Inkigayo (Popular Music)
2008Son Tae-young's Life Magazine
2011-2012Actress House - Season 2
2011Entertainment Inside
K-PopCon
2013Son Tae-young's W Show!

Music video

YearSong TitleArtist
2002"La La La" Lee Soo-young
2003"Because I'm a Girl" Kiss
2005"추억은 시간이 지운다"Youme
2008"Always with Me" [8] Revi

Awards

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
200044th Miss Korea Pageant2nd Runner-up (Miss International Korea)Won
40th Miss International Pageant1st Runner-upWon
Miss PhotogenicWon
2003 KBS Drama Awards [34] Popularity AwardOne Million RosesWon

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