Jun Ji-hyun
| Jun Ji-hyun | |
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At Busan International Film Festival, 22 July 2012
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| Born |
Wang Ji-hyun 30 October 1981 Seoul, South Korea |
| Other names | Gianna Jun |
| Alma mater |
Dongguk University (Theater and Film) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Agent | Culture Depot |
| Spouse(s) | Choi Joon-hyuk (m. 2012) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | www |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Jeon Ji-hyeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏn Chihyŏn |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Wang Ji-hyeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Wang Chihyŏn |
Jun Ji-hyun (born Wang Ji-hyun on 30 October 1981), also known as Gianna Jun, is a South Korean actress. She rose to fame for her role as The Girl in the romantic comedy My Sassy Girl (2001), one of the highest-grossing Korean comedies of all time. Other notable films include Il Mare (2000), Windstruck (2004), The Thieves (2012), The Berlin File (2013) and Assassination (2015).
Jun has also starred in television series My Love from the Star (2013-2014) and The Legend of the Blue Sea (2016-2017). The success of her films and television dramas internationally established her as a top Hallyu star.
Jun was born in Seoul, South Korea. Her mother and her mother's friends all encouraged her to be a model or actress due to her tall and slim body shape. Her childhood dream was to become a flight attendant, but later gave up after a plane flight experience. At the age of 16, her high school friend who was a model introduced her to a photographer. Using the stage name Jun Ji-hyun, she began her career as a model for Ecole Magazine in 1997.
Jun first became well known as a commercial model and as a TV actress. Although she made her film debut in the little-watched White Valentine in 1999, it was not until later in the year when she was featured in a commercial for Samsung My Jet Printer that she became a popular sensation. The dancing and attitude expressed in the ad made her into an icon for Koreans in their late teens and early twenties.
The following year, Jun made her first well-publicized film appearance in late 2000 with Il Mare, a handsomely shot melodrama set on Ganghwa Island. The film did respectably well at the box office (despite opening on the same day as blockbuster Joint Security Area) and solidified her status as a star.
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