Known For: South Korean actress (born 1981)
Category: Actresses
Occupation: model, film actor
Country: South Korea
City: Pohang
Date of Birth: Saturday, 15 August 1981
Cheon Soo-yeon, better known by the stage name Song Ji-hyo (Korean: 송지효), is a South Korean actress and model. Song is one of the regular cast members of the South Korean variety show Running Man since 2010, which brought her international recognition. She was a cover model for Kiki Magazine before she made her acting debut in the feature film Wishing Stairs (2003), the third installment in the Whispering Corridors film series. She made her television debut in the romantic comedy Princess Hours (2006) and the historical Jumong (2006). Song then received wider recognition for her roles in the film A Frozen Flower (2008), New World (2013), the TV series Emergency Couple (2014) and Was It Love? (2020), and her first-ever film released after the start of the pandemic COVID-19 since March 2020 in South Korea, Intruder (2020), which received a positive response from moviegoers even though it was released during the pandemic.
| BirthPlace | Pohang |
| Education | Q19940122 |
| Website | http://www.c-jes.com/ko/artist/about.asp?artist=2&act=1 |
| Wikipedia | Song_Ji-hyo |
Song Ji-hyo was born as Cheon Seong-im on August 15, 1981, in Pohang, North Gyeongsang. Her mother swam competitively for South Korea. She has a younger sister and a younger brother, Cheon Seong-moon, an actor. Song dreamed of becoming an actress during her high school years after watching Park Shin-yang in the 1998 South Korean film, Promise. She graduated with a degree in tax accounting from Kyungmoon University (now Kookje University). Before entering the acting industry, Song was cast while working a part-time job at a cafe.
