Ha Ji-won

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Ha Ji-won (2013)
Ha Ji-won (2013)

Korean spelling
Hangeul 전 해림
Hanja 田海林
Revised
Romanization 		Jeon Hae-rim
McCune-
Reischauer 		Jǒn Haerim
stage name
Hangeul 하지원
Hanja 河智苑
Revised
Romanization 		Ha Ji-won
McCune-
Reischauer 		Ha Jiwon

Ha Ji-won (* 28. June 1978 in Seoul as Jeon Hae-rim ) is a South Korean actress and singer .

Life

Ha Ji-won began her career with supporting roles in television productions. Her breakthrough came in 2002 with the lead role in the horror film The Phone , which thematically and stylistically resembled a whole section of horror films that were being produced in East Asia at the time. For her performance, she was nominated for the Blue Dragon Film Award as best actress . This success secured her many other film offers as well as “Big Star” status. A less successful attempt as a singer fell in the same year.

Ha is called " Queen of Scary Movies " in Asia and won the Paeksang Arts Award for best actress for the 2004 TV mini-series Memories of Bali .

She also played the lead role in the very popular series Secret Garden (2010-2011).

In 2017 she starred as the assassin in John Woo's thriller Manhunt , a remake of the Japanese film Self Defense (1976), which is an adaptation of the novel Kimi Yo Funnu No Kawa O Watare .

Her younger brother Jeon Tae-su was also a well-known television actor. He died on January 21, 2018 at the age of 33.

Filmography (selection)

Movies

  • 1999: Truth or Dare
  • 2000: Ditto
  • 2000: Nightmare - The Horror Game Movie ( 가위 Gawi )
  • 2002: The Phone
  • 2002: Sex is Zero
  • 2003: Reversal of Fortune
  • 2004: 100 Days with Mr. Arrogant
  • 2004: Love, So Divine
  • 2005: Daddy Long Legs
  • 2005: Duelist
  • 2007: Miracle on 1st Street
  • 2009: Tsunami - The wave of death
  • 2010: Sector 7
  • 2012: The King
  • 2012: As One
  • 2014: The Huntresses
  • 2015: Chronicle of a Blood Merchant ( 허삼관 Heo Samgwan )
  • 2016: Life Risking Romance ( 목숨 건 연애 )
  • 2017: Self-Defense ( 追捕 Zhuībǔ )
  • 2020: Dambo ( 담보 )

TV Shows

  • 2010–2011: Secret Garden
  • 2013–2014: Empress Ki ( 기 황후 )
  • 2015: The Time We Were Not In Love ( 너를 사랑한 시간 )

Web links

Commons : Ha Ji-won  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ha Ji-won Says Working with John Woo a 'Dream Come True'. In: Chosun Ilbo . June 13, 2016, accessed June 13, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Hong Dam-young: 'Sungkyunkwan Scandal' actor Jun Tae-soo dies. In: Korea Herald . January 22, 2018, accessed January 23, 2018 .
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Ha is the family name here, Ji-won is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Ha, Ji-won
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 하지원 (pseudonym, Hangeul); 河智苑 (pseudonym, Hanja); Ha, Ji-won (pseudonym, revised Romanization); Ha, Jiwŏn (pseudonym, McCune-Reischauer); 전 해림 (maiden name, Hangeul); 田海林 (maiden name, Hanja); Jeon, Hae-rim (maiden name, revised Romanization); Jǒn, Haerim (maiden name, McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean actress
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Seoul , South Korea