Kim Hye-sun (born September 28, 1969) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading role in the television dramaFirst Wives' Club (2007–2008).
Career
Kim Hye-sun began modeling when she was in middle school. While attending Anyang High School of the Arts, Kim appeared in commercials for Orion, Lotte Samkang and Korea Cosmetics, and subsequently made her acting debut in 1986. She quickly gained popularity as a teen star with an innocent and bright image.[3] Kim also became active in Japanese entertainment in 1988, where she was known under the name Shirakawa Shoko (白川翔子) and released two photo books titled Temptation of the White Wind and Like It!.[4] In 1993, she won Best Supporting Actress at the Blue Dragon Film Awards for her performance in Love Is Oh Yeah!.
After getting married in 1995, Kim retired from show business and immigrated to the United States. But she returned to acting two years later in the television dramaThe River of Maternal Love (1997). As she grew older, she began playing ajummas (middle-aged wives and mothers), notably in Famous Princesses (2006), First Wives' Club (2007) and What's for Dinner? (2009).[5] Then in 2011, Kim was cast in her first big-screen leading role in 17 years. In My Secret Partner, she played a famous chef in her 40s who becomes involved in a passionate romance with a younger man in his 20s, and the film became controversial due to its explicit content, which featured Kim in a number of nude scenes.[3][6][7]
Personal life
Kim married her first husband in 1995, but after eight years of marriage, they divorced in September 2003. She remarried in July 2004, but she and her second husband, a businessman, divorced in 2009.[8][9] Kim has two children, a son and a daughter.[3]
^Oh Ji-won (July 18, 2022). "이태성 母 박영혜, 영화 감독 데뷔 위해 '미우새' 하차 "과분한 사랑 감사" [Lee Tae-sung and Park Young-hye leave 'Miwoo Bird' to debut as a film director "Thank you for your undeserved love"] (in Korean). YTN. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022 – via Naver.
^Kang Min-kyung (December 6, 2022). "[공식] 김혜선, 내년 7월 할리우드 간다…'My Girl's Choice' 캐스팅" [[Official] Kim Hye-sun, going to Hollywood in July next year... Casting for 'My Girl's Choice] (in Korean). Ten Asia. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2022 – via Naver.
^Kang Min-kyung (February 1, 2024). "[공식] 임수향, 돈 버는 기계서 추락한 톱배우...지현우와 로맨스('미녀와 순정남')" [[Official] Lim Soo-hyang, a top actor who fell from a money-making machine... Romance with Ji Hyun-woo ('Beauty and the Pure Man')]. Ten Asia (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on February 1, 2024. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
