Moon Jeong-hee | |
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Born |
South Korea |
January 12, 1976
Other names | Moon Jung-hee |
Education | Korea National University of Arts - Theatre Studies |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1998–present |
Agent | Prain TPC |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 문정희 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Mun Jeong-hui |
McCune–Reischauer | Mun Jŏng-hŭi |
Moon Jeong-hee (born January 12, 1976) is a South Korean stage, film, and television actress.
Moon Jeong-hee graduated from the Korea National University of Arts with a degree in Theatre Studies. She made her theater debut in a 1998 staging of Blood Brothers.
Though she hasn't found full-fledged stardom, the actress has built a solid body of work alternating leading and supporting roles. 2012 hit Deranged was her first starring role in a commercial film, for which she won Best Supporting Actress at the Blue Dragon Film Awards. Moon has also drawn positive reviews for her performances in Hide and Seek (2013), Cart (2014), and Mama (2014).
Having learned salsa in middle school, Moon became an accomplished salsa dancer. She has worked as a salsa dancing teacher in between projects, and can also do jazz dancing and the pansori.
Moon is fluent in three languages - Korean, English and French. She was named the goodwill ambassador of international children's rights group Safe Kids Korea in 2010. In 2012 she hosted the closing ceremony of the Jeonju International Film Festival.