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Song Hye Kyo

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  • Name: 송혜교 / Song Hye Kyo (Song Hye Gyo)
  • English name: Lorraine Song
  • Nicknames: Woodpecker, Hejgyo, Yookgyo, Hakkyo
  • Profession: Actress, model and singer
  • Birthdate: 1981-Nov-22 (age 44)
  • Birthplace: Dalseo, Daegu, South Korea
  • Height: 161cm
  • Weight: 45kg
  • Star sign: Scorpio
  • Zodiac sign: Rooster
  • Blood type: A
  • Family: Father, mother and husband/actor Song Joong Ki
  • Talent agency: United Artist Agency

About

When she was born she was very ill and her parents and the doctor thought she would not be able to survive. After her recovery, her parents registered her birth on February 26, 1982 (instead of her actual birth date on November 22, 1981). Song's parents then divorced when she was very young, and she was raised by her mother all by herself. They moved from her birthplace in Daegu to Gangnam district in Seoul, where she trained as a skater in primary school, but dropped out when she was in eighth grade. She considered herself during that time as very shy and introvert, even though several teacher and classmates during that time completely disagree, they considered her back then as someone cheerful, bright and very expressive.

She made her debut as a model, becoming the winner of a school uniform competition at the age of fourteen, because of that she played a relatively short role in her first television drama, First Love, but she didn't leave a lasting impression on the viewers. She later attended college at Sejong University, where she majored in Film Arts.

She would later keep "popping-up" in several dramas and sitcoms, with varying degrees of success, but it wasn't until the year 2000 when she started to gain the viewers' attention after landing the lead role in the KBS melodrama Autumn Tale. The drama itself became a nationwide phenomenon and started a trend worldwide that was called Korean New Wave, as for Song Hye Kyo she became an overnight sensation and one of the first Hallyu stars.

In 2003, she appeared in the gambling drama All In alongside co-star Lee Byung Hun, it drew solid viewership ratings, her career continued to improve the following year, when she co-starred with famous actor and singer Rain in the romantic comedy series Full House, over the course of the drama it drew a solid viewership and it was an uproaring success in several countries, it landed Song Hye Kyo as one of the most popular and well-known actresses in Asia.

In 2005, she took a brief hiatus and move to San Francisco to study English, and later traveled to Seattle. A conscious decision of her to reflect and have a good rest. She returned to Korea in that same year, around the month of March and stepped in her big screen debut as the lead in the film My Girl and I (a Korean remake of the Japanese film "Crying Out Love in the Center of the World"), it was panned by critics and audiences alike. Song later declared feeling rather tired of the roles that were being offered to her during that time.

She underwent through another hiatus, this one took two years, she returned to the big screen in a challenging leading role in the 2007 film Hwang Jin Yi, and also took the opportunity to make her American debut in the independent film "Make Yourself At Home" that same year, but unfortunately both films were duds at the box office.

The following year she made her TV comeback by co-starring with fellow actor Hyun Bin on the KBS2 drama The World That They Live In, which was moderately successful. After several delays in October 2011, was released the film A Reason to Live, Song Hye Kyo considers her performance in the film as the most challenging performance she has ever given on screen.

She appeared in a supporting role in 2013, in the Hong Kong-Chinese martial arts film The Grand Master, for which she learned Cantonese and martial arts. She also returned once more in the same year to the small screen in the romantic melodrama television series The World That They Live In, This drama received very good reviews from critics and audiences alike, and she won the coveted Daesang Award for her role in the drama.

In 2016, Song starred in Kim Eun Sook's drama Descendants of the Sun, which was incredibly popular with an audience in the final episode of 38.8% national level and 41.6% in the capital zone according to Nielsen Korea. The drama re-established Song as the leader of the Hallyu, she topped several popularity polls across Asia for her role in the hit drama series and she also stood out for her immense brand recognition in South Korea.

She dated her drama co-star Song Joong Ki and on July 5, 2017, both actor agencies confirmed that they were in engaged. They wed on a private ceremony on October 31, 2017, at Youngbingwan, Hotel Shilla in Seoul, the wedding was attended by the couple's closest relatives and friends. Song Hye Kyo dated in the past a couple o her previous co-stars, those co-stars being Lee Byung Hun and Hyun Bin.

She is slated to appear once again into the small screen in 2018 in a romantic melodrama alongside Park Bo Gum.

TV Series

Music Video Appearances

Movies

Endorsements

Recognitions

  • 2016 KBS Drama Awards:
    • Grand Award with Song Joong Ki (Descendants of the Sun)
    • Best Couple Award with Song Joong Ki (Descendants of the Sun)
    • Best Asia Couple Award with Song Joong Ki (Descendants of the Sun)
  • 2016 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards:
  • 2013 SBS Drama Awards:
  • 2013 2nd Daejeon Drama Festival:
  • 2008 KBS Drama Awards:
  • 2007 6th Korean Film Awards:
    • New Best Actress for "Hwang Jin Yi"
  • 2004 KBS Drama Awards:
    • Excellence Award for Full House
    • Best Couple with Bi
    • Popularity Award
  • 2003 SBS Drama Awards:
    • Best Actress for All In
    • Top 10 Memorable Actors
  • 2001 CE TV Awards:
    • Asia Teens-Entertainer World Song Awards and Best Korean Star
  • 2001 37th Baeksang Art Awards:
    • Popularity Award for TV part
  • 2000 KBS Drama Awards:
  • 1998 SBS TV Awards:
  • 1996 Model Talent Management Contest:
    • First Prize

Trivia

  • Education: Sook Myung Women's Junior High School, Eun Kwang Women's High School, drop out Se Jong University (Arts major)
  • Hobbies: Stitching-knitting, watching movies, shopping, swimming, travelling and collecting perfumes
  • Specialty: Piano
  • Languages: Korean, English, Japanese, Mandarin, and Cantonese
  • Religion: Roman catholic
  • Pets: Five dogs
  • Debut: 1996 SunKyung Smart (school uniform brand) model search Grand Prize winner, 1996 KBS Sunday morning drama, Happy Morning
  • She is a former figure skater
  • Her registered birthdate - February 26, 1982.
  • She usually touches her nose when she feels clumsy or embarrassed.
  • She says that when she goes through difficult times just thinking about her mother is what gives her strength.
  • In 2017, she ranked seventh on Forbes magazine's Korea Power Celebrity List.
  • She has started devoting her time to helping animals since 2007 when photos of her doing volunteer work in stray animal shelters were revealed to the public.
  • Her favorite musical artist is Big Bang.
  • Her parents thought she wouldn't survive days after she was born.
  • When she was a child she wanted to be an athlete when she grew up.
  • Her favorite brand is Hermès.
  • She has mentioned that she likes to connect with melancholic characters.
  • She has released two photo book-essays 2011's "Song Hye-Kyo's Moment" and 2012's "It's Time for Hye-Kyo".
  • Her parents divorced when she was a child, she was single-handedly raised by her mother.
  • She always gives donations for those in need.
  • She has been described as the ideal woman by several top actors.
  • She have always been surrounded by rumors of having plastic surgery, but she has always denied them, although she has admitted to going to a dermatologist for skin treatments.
  • She considers the film A Reason to Live "a turning point" in her life
  • She has not only appeared in Korean films but also in the countries films as well such in China with the movies The Grand Master, The Queens, The Crossing, The Crossing II, and in the United States with the independent movie "Make Yourself at Home".

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