16 Facts About Choi Ji-woo

Choi Ji-woo was born on Choi Mi-hyang on June 11,1975 and is a South Korean actress.

Choi Ji-woo was cast in her first major role in 1996 film The Gate of Destiny, but her limited acting skills resulted in her being replaced during filming.

Choi Ji-woo then spent the next few years overseas, shooting the Chinese drama 101st Proposal with Sun Xing, and the Japanese drama RONDO opposite Yutaka Takenouchi.

Choi Ji-woo returned to Korean television in 2007 in Air City alongside Lee Jung-jae; her role was the Chief Operating Officer of Incheon Airport.

Choi Ji-woo joined the ensemble cast of semi-improvisational mockumentary Actresses, arguably her most significant film yet.

In 2012, Choi Ji-woo was cast in the Chinese drama City Lovers, in which she portrayed the CEO at an event management company opposite Qin Hao, a newly employed businessman at her firm.

Choi Ji-woo next headlined the 2013 remake of the hit 2011 Japanese drama Kaseifu no Mita.

In February 2014, Choi Ji-woo signed with the talent agency YG Entertainment.

Choi Ji-woo then reunited with previous costar Kwon Sang-woo in Temptation; she played a rich woman who makes a dangerous offer to a married man.

Choi Ji-woo joined the fourth season of travel-reality show Grandpas Over Flowers in 2015, where she and Lee Seo-jin backpacked through Greece with veteran actors Lee Soon-jae, Shin Goo, Park Geun-hyung and Baek Il-seob.

In 2016, Choi Ji-woo returned to the big screen in seven years, starring in the ensemble cast romance film Like for Likes.

In 2017, Choi Ji-woo was cast in the family melodrama The Most Beautiful Goodbye, a remake of the drama The Most Beautiful Goodbye in the World by Noh Hee-kyung.

In 2019, Choi Ji-woo made a cameo appearance as herself in episode 13 of the tvN drama, Crash Landing on You.

Choi Ji-woo later enrolled in Hanyang University's Department of Theater and Film and completed her first year; however she had to withdraw from college studies due to her hectic work schedule.

Choi Ji-woo married her non-celebrity boyfriend who is 9 years her junior, on March 29,2018, in a private wedding, only publicly announcing it just hours prior through a handwritten letter released in her fan club website.

Choi Ji-woo announced that she was pregnant with her first child on December 23,2019, and gave birth to a daughter on May 16,2020.