Known For: South Korean actress
Category: Actresses
Occupation: actor, film actor
Country: South Korea
City: Jeju
Date of Birth: Saturday, 23 April 1966
Kim Hee-ae is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading roles in Korean dramas such as Sons and Daughters (1992), Perfect Love (2003), My Husband's Woman (2007), How Long I've Kissed (2012), Secret Affair (2014), and The World of the Married (2020). She has received multiple acting awards including two Daesang and four Best Actress Awards for Television at the Baeksang Arts Awards. In 2020, she was selected as Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year.
BirthPlace | Jeju |
Education | Q41790 |
Wikipedia | Kim_Hee-ae |
Kim Hee-ae was born in Jeju Island, and her family later moved to Seoul. Kim was a freshman at Hyehwa Girls' High School when she was discovered by the younger sister of one of her teachers; she had been visiting the school by chance and worked for an advertising agency. This led to her first modeling job in a commercial for a school uniform brand in 1982. This was actually her debut activity.