Kim Ha-neul | |
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Kim at the press conference of My Girlfriend Is an Agent, March 2009
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Born |
Seoul, South Korea |
21 February 1978
Education | Seoul Institute of the Arts - Film |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1996–present |
Agent | S.M. Culture & Contents |
Spouse(s) | unnamed (m. 2016) |
Korean name | |
Hangul | |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Gim Haneul |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Hanŭl |
Kim Ha-neul (Hangul: 김하늘; born February 21, 1978) is a South Korean actress. After starting her career as a model, she rose to fame by starring in romantic-comedy films My Tutor Friend (2003) and Too Beautiful to Lie (2004) and the action-comedy film My Girlfriend Is an Agent (2009). In 2011, Kim won Best Actress at the 48th Grand Bell Awards and the 32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards for her performance in the serial killer thriller Blind. Her television work includes starring in the romance series A Gentleman's Dignity (2012) and the melodrama On the Way to the Airport (2016).
Kim Ha-neul was born on 21 February 1978 in Seoul, South Korea. Her given name "Ha-neul" means “sky” in Korean. Her immediate family consists of her parents and one younger brother. She attended Seoul Institute of the Arts.
Kim married her fiance, a businessman, on March 19, 2016.
Kim Ha-neul started her career by modeling for clothing brand Storm in 1996. She then made her acting debut in the 1998 film Bye June alongside Yoo Ji-tae. In 1999, she starred a medical drama film Doctor K, which earned her first acting award nomination. In the same year, she made appearances in television dramas Happy Together and Into the Sunlight, and featured in the music video for "To Heaven" by Jo Sung-mo. Later, she reunited with Yoo Ji-tae in 2000 sci-fi romance Ditto, and rose to fame as an actress.