Kim Hye-yes

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Kim Hye-ja (2019)
Kim Hye-ja (2019)

Korean spelling
Hangeul 김혜자
Hanja 金惠子
Revised
Romanization 		Gim Hye-yes
McCune-
Reischauer 		Kim Hyecha

Kim Hye-ja (born October 25, 1941 in Seoul , Chōsen ) is a South Korean actress. She gained worldwide recognition for her role in Bong Joon-ho's Mother (2009), for which she won the 2010 Asian Film Award for Best Actress .

Life

Kim was born in Gyeongseong (now Seoul) in 1941 during World War II when Korea was under Japanese rule . She studied at Ewha Womans University , but left it in the second year to pursue an acting career. She began her career in 1963 and has since starred in over 90 television series, including I Sell Happiness (1978), Sand Castle (1988), Winter Mist (1989), What Is Love? (1991), My Mother's Sea (1993), You and I (1997) and Roses and Beansprouts (1999). In particular through the MBC series Country Diaries ( 전원 일기 Jeonwon Ilgi , 1980 to 2002), in which she played for over 22 years, she gained notoriety and gained the reputation of the unconditionally loving, self-sacrificing mother. In the media she is also dubbed "Korea's mother". During the broadcast period she also promoted the Cheil Jedang food company from 1975 to 2002. She also appeared in the theater .

In 1981 she made her film debut in Late Autumn , for which she was awarded Best Actress at the Manila International Film Festival in 1983 . Still, she stayed mostly with television. She holds the record for the most Daesangs ('Grand Prix') at the MBC Drama Awards, which she won three times: 1988, 1992 and 1999. She is also the only actress to have received the Daesang of the Baeksang Arts Awards four times: 1979, 1989, 2009 and 2019.

In 2009 she played the lead role in Bong Joon-ho's film Mother . He said he admired Kim and considered Kim excellent for the role of mother because of her image . Through her he wanted to express the two-sidedness of motherhood. It would be years before he was able to persuade her to take on the role. Bong said he wouldn't have made the film without her. The film is about a single mother who loves her mentally disabled son more than anything and tries to prove his innocence in a murder case. The film received great acclaim from film critics and received numerous awards. Kim was the first Korean actress to receive the Los Angeles Film Critics Association's Best Actress Award .

She is married and has a son and a daughter.

Filmography

Movies

  • 1981: Late Autumn ( 만추 Manchu )
  • 1999: Mayonnaise ( 마요네즈 )
  • 2009: Mother ( 마더 )
  • 2014: How to Steal a Dog ( 개 를 훔치는 완벽한 방법 )
  • 2017: The Way ( 길 Gil )

TV series (selection)

  • 1969: Frog Husband ( 개구리 남편 Gaeguri Nampyeon )
  • 1980-2002: Country Diaries
  • 1986: First Love
  • 1997: You and I
  • 1999: Roses and Bean Sprouts
  • 2002: Since We Met
  • 2005: Smile of Spring Day
  • 2006: Goong ( 궁 )
  • 2008: Mom's Dead Upset ( 엄마 가 뿔 났다 )
  • 2011: I Live in Cheongdam-dong ( 청담동 살아요 )
  • 2015: Unkind Ladies ( 착하지 않은 여자들 )
  • 2016: Dear My Friends ( 디어 마이 프렌즈 )
  • 2019: The Light in Your Eyes ( 눈 이 부시게 )

Web links

Commons : Kim Hye-ja  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Actress Kim Hye-ja: the Audrey Hepburn of Korea. In: HanCinema. KBS Global, May 18, 2005, accessed May 20, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Kim Hye-ja sheds motherly image for latest film. In: Korea JoongAng Daily . December 2, 2014, accessed May 20, 2020 .
  3. ↑ KIM Hye-yes. In: Korean Film Biz Zone. KOFIC , accessed on May 27, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Sam Adams: Interview: Bong Joon-Ho. In: AV Club. March 9, 2010, accessed May 20, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Ki Sun-min, Park Sun-young: Director drew inspiration from a maternal muse. In: Korea JoongAng Daily . May 28, 2009, accessed May 20, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Lee Hyo-won: Kim Hye-ja named best actress by LA critics. In: The Korea Times . December 13, 2010, accessed May 20, 2020 .

Remarks

  1. ↑ Usually October 25, 1941 is given as Kim's date of birth (see Daum 영화 ), while according to other sources this should be the date from her family register, but her real date of birth is said to be September 15 or September 14, 1941.
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Kim is the family name here, Hye-ja is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Kim, hey-yeah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 김혜자 (Hangeul); 金惠子 (Hanja); Gim, Hye-ja (Revised Romanization); Kim, Hyecha (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean actress
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Seoul , Chosen