Born March 29, 1980 (age 31)
Ulsan, South Korea
Alma mater Seoul National University
Occupation Actress, Model
Years active 2001 – present
Relatives Lee Wan (brother)
Website: http://www.sp-kimtaehee.net/
Kim Tae-hee (Korean, born March 29, 1980) is a South Korean actress & model from Ulsan. She is best known for her roles in the TV series My Princess, Iris, Love Story in Harvard & Stairway to Heaven. She is well known for her natural beauty & has been dubbed "Korea's Most Beautiful Woman."CareerKim began her career in entertainment as a model & in television commercials. She rose to stardom via her portrayal of Han Yoori, the evil stepsister in the popular SBS TV series Stairway to Heaven. Her other TV projects include the supernatural KBS series Forbidden Love & the SBS campus romance Love Story in Harvard. Both series were successful. For her performance in Forbidden Love, she was honored with the Best Female Newcomer award.
Kim then turned to film, starring in The Restless with Jung Woo-sung & the romantic comedy Venus & Mars with Sol Kyung-gu.
In 2009, she returned to drama in the espionage action thriller Iris with Lee Byung-hun. It was one of the most expensive dramas ever produced & was a critical & commercial success with an average rating of 30%. It was the top rated program every week after it’s debut. She also starred in the film Grand Prix opposite Yang Dong-geun where she portrays a horse jockey who dreams of winning the Grand Prix championship.
After the success of Iris, she played the lead in the MBC romantic comedy My Princess alongside Song Seung-heon. My Princess began airing on January 5, 2011. She played Lee Seol, an ordinary college student who discovers that she is a princess.
She will also star in her first Japanese drama “Boku to Star no 99 Nichi“ with Japanese actor Nishijima Hidetoshi. It will be a light romantic comedy, with Kim Tae Hee playing the role of ‘Han Yuna‘, a big South Korean star. One day she happens to run into an ordinary, & pretty boring, 40-year-old man called ‘Namiki Kouhei‘ (Nishijima), who somehow makes her fall head over heels in love with him.
EndorsementsKim has been a spokesperson for popular brands such as Cyon, Paris Baguette, LG, iriver,Hera, Ohui, Vivian, Daewoo Matiz, Klasse, Samsung, Beans Avenue, Olympus, My House/Root, Crencia, KT Smard Card, Calli, ZEC,BC Card, Maxwell House, S-Oil, Corn Silk Tae & Prugio.
Personal lifeKim has an older sister & a younger brother. Her brother Lee Wan is also an actor & is making himself known through a series of dramas, including Swallow the Sun. Lee Wan worked with her on the drama series Stairway to Heaven, where he played her young character's young older brother.
She graduated from Seoul National University with a major in Fashion Design. In middle school she had an average of ‘100′ for all subjects throughout her three years in middle school.
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