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Kang Hye-jung at The Wedding Scheme premiere, on March 30, 2012
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Born |
강혜정 January 4, 1982 Incheon, South Korea |
Education | Seoul Institute of the Arts - Theater |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1998–present |
Agent | C-JeS Entertainment |
Spouse(s) | Tablo (m. 2009) |
Children | 1 |
Korean name | |
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Revised Romanization | Gang Hye-jeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Kang Hye-chŏng |
Kang Hye-jung (Korean: 강혜정, born January 4, 1982) is a South Korean actress. Kang first achieved recognition for her role in the arthouse film Nabi (2001), and two years later, she rose to stardom in 2003 through Park Chan-wook's revenge thriller Oldboy. For the next few years, she continue to appear in a diverse range of roles which drew her further critical acclaim, notably in Han Jae-rim's relationship drama Rules of Dating (2005), and Park Kwang-hyun's Korean War comedy Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005). In recent years, Kang has starred in more conventional melodramas such as Herb (2007) and Girlfriends (2009).
Kang Hye-jung began working as a model in her first year of high school, and throughout the late 1990s she appeared in small roles in TV dramas and sitcoms such as Jump and Nonstop 3. Her first film role was in Moon Seung-wook's arthouse/sci-fi film Nabi, for which she won a Best Actress award at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival. Following this she appeared in a short film by Song Il-gon titled Flush as well as an internet film Naebang-nebang.