Watch Free Drama Online

Son Ye Jin

Posted on 31. Jul, 2009 in Actress, Model

Son Ye-jin, born Son Yeon-jin, (January 11, 1982 in Daegu, South Korea) is a South Korean actress. After graduating from the Film Art Department at the Seoul Institute of the Arts, Son made her debut in the lead role of the MBC drama Delicious Proposal (Sweet Proposal) in 2001. Her big-screen debut came in Secret Tears (2000). In 2002 she won the 22nd Korean Federation of Film Critics “Best New Actress Award” for her role as Soo-In in Lover’s Concerto (2002). Her moving acting in the movie The Classic (2003) earned her several other awards as well as international recogniton (see Awards). In 2008 she won “Best Leading Actress” for her role in My Wife Got Married at the Blue Dragon Film Awards.

She is also noted for her acting roles in the 2003 KBS drama Summer Scent, co-starring Song Seung-hun and the 2006 SBS drama Alone in Love. She is very popular in Japan: two of her movies headed the Japanese list of the most popular Korean films there.

Other Information

• Name: 손예진 / Son Ye Jin (Son Yeh Jin)
• Real name: 손연진 / Son Yeon Jin (Son Yun Jin)
• Profession: Actress and model
• Birthdate: 1982-Jan-11
• Birthplace: Daegu, South Korea
• Height: 165cm
• Weight: 45kg
• Star sign: Capricorn
• Blood type: RH+A

Television

• Spotlight (MBC, 2008)
• Alone in Love (SBS, 2006)
• Summer Scent (KBS2, 2003) – Yoo Min Woo’s (Song Seung Heon) first love was So Eun Hye (Shin Ae) who gets into a car accident. Eun Hye dies, leaving her behind. Shim Hye Won (Son Ye Jin) has suffered from a terrible heart disease ever since childhood. Miraculously, she finds that she will be obtaining a heart from a donor, Soh Eun Hye. Suffering from the pain of a heartache, Min-woo goes to Paris to study, the memories of Eun Hye still rest in his heart. When he returns to Korea, fate takes a turn and brings Hye Won and Min-woo together. When the two first meet, Hye Won’s heart (Eun Hye’s heart), oddly beats faster when she is around Min Woo.
• Daemang (SBS, 2002)
• Sun-hee and Jin-hee (MBC, 2001)
• Delicious Proposal (MBC, 2001)

Movies

• Into the White Night (2009)
• My Wife is Married (2008)
• Open City  (2008)
• Yobi The Fox  (2007)
• The Art of Seduction (2005)
• April Snow (2005)
• A Moment to Remember (2004)
• Crazy First Love (2003)
• The Classic (2003)
• Lover’s Concerto (2003)
• Chihwaseon (2002)
• Secret Tears (2002)

Awards

• 2009 45th Baeksang Arts Awards: Best Leading Actress (My Wife Got Married)
• 2008 29th Blue Dragon Film Awards: Most Popular Actress (My Wife Got Married)
• 2008 29th Blue Dragon Film Awards: Best Onscreen Couple (with Kim Joo Hyuk)
• 2008 29th Blue Dragon Film Awards: Best Leading Actress (My Wife Got Married)
• 2007 43rd Baeksang Arts Awards: Best Leading Actress (Alone in Love)
• 2006 Korean Model Award: Most Popular Commercial Model
• 2006 SBS Performance Awards: Top 10 Stars (Alone in Love)
• 2006 SBS Performance Awards: Top Excellence
• 2006 Asia-Pacific Film Festival: Best Actress (April Snow)
• 2004 9th Moscow International Love Movie Awards: Best Couple (The Classic)
• 2003 Dae Jong Awards: Best New Actress (The Classic)
• 2003 39th Baeksang Arts Awards: Best New Actress (The Classic)
• 2003 24th Blue Dragon Film Awards: Popular Star (The Classic & Crazy First Love)
• 2002 Korean Federation of Film Critics Award: Best New Actress (Lover’s Concerto)
• 2001 MBC TV Awards: Best New Talent (Delicious Proposal)

Links

• Wikipedia
• Dramawiki

Tags: Korean, Korean Actress, korean model, Son Ye Jin, south korea, Summer Scent