Kim Nam-joo
| Kim Nam-joo | |
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| Born |
May 10, 1971 Seoul, South Korea |
| Education |
Suwon Women's College - Dance Kyung Hee University - Theater and Film |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1994-present |
| Agent | The Queen |
| Spouse(s) | Kim Seung-woo (m. 2005) |
| Children | Kim Chan-hui (son) Kim Ra-hui (daughter) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김남주 |
| Hanja | 金南珠 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Nam-ju |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Nam-ju |
Kim Nam-joo (born May 10, 1971) is a South Korean actress. Kim rose to stardom in the 1990s in television series such as Model, The Boss and Her House. After 2001, Kim went into semi-retirement, only appearing in commercials, particularly after she got married to actor Kim Seung-woo in 2005 and they started a family. Then in 2009, she made her comeback with Queen of Housewives, written by Park Ji-eun. Housewives was a ratings hit, and Kim went on to collaborate with Park on Queen of Reversals (2010), and My Husband Got a Family (the number one top-rated program on Korean television for the entire year of 2012), and the series' success established Kim's continuing star status.
Kim Nam-joo was born in Seoul, South Korea. When she was two years old, her father's business failed, which resulted in the family moving to Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, where Kim spent her childhood and adolescence. After graduating from high school, she enrolled as a Dance major at Suwon Women's College. When she was a sophomore, Kim joined the Miss Korea pageant, and the experience led her to quit school to pursue modeling in September 1992.
Kim won 4th place in a talent search by broadcaster SBS in 1994, and quickly became a popular television star in her twenties. Her characters in the hit TV series City Men and Women (1996), Model (1997), The Boss (1999) and Her House (2001), made her the epitome of a sophisticated, urban career woman in 1990s Korea. But after Her House, Kim went into semi-retirement, only appearing in lucrative commercials, mostly for cosmetics and luxury goods. She married actor Kim Seung-woo in 2005, and for several years she lived as a full-time housewife and mother.
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