| Cha Hwa-yeon | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Cha Hak-kyung December 27, 1960 South Korea |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1978-1988; 2008-present |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 차화연 |
| Hanja | 車和娟 |
| Revised Romanization | Cha Hwa-yeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'a Hwa-yǒn |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | 차학경 |
| Revised Romanization | Cha Hak-gyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'a Hak-kyŏng |
Cha Hwa-yeon (born Cha Hak-kyung on December 27, 1960) is a South Korean actress. Cha made her acting debut in 1978, and became best known as the heroine Kim Mi-ja in the 1987 television drama Love and Ambition, a character who became an icon for modern Korean women in that era. But she retired a year later, after getting married in 1988. Cha returned to acting twenty years later in 2008 with Aeja's Older Sister, Minja.