Kim Tae-hee

Kim Tae-hee
In September 2011
Born	(1980-03-29) March 29, 1980 (age 36) Ulsan, South Korea
Nationality	South Korean
Alma mater	Seoul National University (B.A. Fashion Design)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–present
Agent	Lua Entertainment (Korea) Sweet Power (Japan)
Spouse(s)	Rain (m. 2017)
Relatives	Lee Wan (brother)
Korean name
Hangul	김태희
Hanja	金泰希
Revised Romanization	Gim Tae-hui
McCune–Reischauer	Kim T'ae-hŭi

Kim Tae-hee (Hangul: 김태희; born 29 March 1980) is a South Korean actress. Considered one of Korea's most beautiful women, she is best known for her roles in Korean dramas such as Stairway to Heaven (2003), Love Story in Harvard (2004), Iris (2009), My Princess (2011), and Yong-pal (2015).

Kim Tae-hee was born on 29 March 1980 in Busan, South Korea. Her father, Kim Yoo Moon who established and is chairman of Hankook Union Transportation Company in 1984. She is involved in various charities to help out underserved youths and broken families in the Ulsan area. She has an older sister, Kim Hee-won, and a younger brother, Lee Wan; the latter is also an actor and appeared in her television series Stairway to Heaven.

Kim's family moved to Ulsan when she was a child, and she was raised in that city. She had perfect scores in all her subjects throughout her three years in middle school, then enrolled at Ulsan Girls' High School. In 1999, Kim moved to Seoul to attend college at the prestigious Seoul National University, where she became the president of the SNU Women's Ski Club. In 2005, she graduated from SNU with a bachelor's degree in fashion design.

In 2000, an advertising executive saw Kim riding the subway, and offered her a modeling job. Kim appeared in television commercials and print ads, before making her acting debut with a small role in the 2001 melodrama Last Present. In 2002, she starred in the short film Living in New Town and the sitcom Let's Go, followed by Screen and A Problem at My Younger Brother's House in 2003.