18 Facts About Jun Ji-hyun

Jun Ji-hyun attended college at Dongguk University and graduated in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in Theater and Film.

Jun Ji-hyun later enrolled in Dongguk University's graduate school of Digital Media and Contents in 2011 and obtained a master's degree.

Jun Ji-hyun won the Best Actress award at the 2002 Grand Bell Awards.

In 2003, Jun Ji-hyun starred in the psychological thriller film The Uninvited, which was rather well received by critics but failed to catch on with viewers.

Jun Ji-hyun reunited with Kwak Jae-yong, the director of My Sassy Girl, in 2004, appearing as a policewoman in romantic comedy Windstruck.

In late 2006, it was announced that Jun Ji-hyun would be making her long-predicted jump to Hollywood as the lead role in Blood: The Last Vampire.

Jun Ji-hyun next played a translator married to a North Korean intelligence agent in the 2013 spy thriller The Berlin File, and director Ryoo Seung-wan praised Jun's action scenes and her North Korean dialect.

Jun Ji-hyun won the Daesang, the highest award for television, at the 2014 Baeksang Arts Awards and the 2014 SBS Drama Awards.

In November 2016, Jun Ji-hyun made her small-screen comeback in the SBS fantasy romance drama The Legend of the Blue Sea with Lee Min-ho, reuniting with My Love from the Star scriptwriter Park Ji-eun.

Jun Ji-hyun ranked 9th on Gallup Korea's list of the 10 best actors of 2016, becoming the only woman to be included.

In March 2020, Jun Ji-hyun made a short appearance in the second season of the Netflix period zombie thriller Kingdom.

In 2020, Jun Ji-hyun became first Korean ambassador of Alexander McQueen.

In September 2022, Jun Ji-hyun became the first South Korean female artist to become global ambassador for British luxury fashion house Burberry.

In December 2022, Jun Ji-hyun starred as the global face of the Burberry's Holiday Season 2022 campaign.

In February 2023, Jun Ji-hyun was named as the global face of the Burberry's first campaign under its new chief creative officer Daniel Lee along with Shygirl, Skepta, Vanessa Redgrave, Liberty Ross, Raheem Sterling and more.

In September 2023, Jun Ji-hyun became the first brand ambassador for American super-premium skincare brand La Mer and starred in its latest "Youth Everlasting" campaign.

Jun Ji-hyun married Choi Joon-hyuk on 13 April 2012, at Shilla Hotel in Jangchung-dong, central Seoul, with more than 600 guests, including celebrities, close friends and family attending the wedding.

Jun Ji-hyun and Choi have two sons together, born in 2016 and 2018.