15 Facts About Kim Hee-sun

Kim Hee-sun rose to fame in the 1990s with leading roles in television series such as Men of the Bath House, Propose, Wedding Dress, Forever Yours, Mister Q, Sunflower, and Tomato.

Kim Hee-sun won the Fair Face Beauty Contest in 1992 while in middle school and began modeling in teen magazines.

Kim Hee-sun enjoyed peak popularity in the mid-to-late 1990s, starring in one hit Korean drama after another.

Kim Hee-sun won the top prize at the 1998 SBS Drama Awards for Mister Q, making her at the time the youngest-ever Grand Prize winner, at age 21.

Kim Hee-sun made her film debut in 1997's Repechage opposite Jang Dong-gun, and the film's director Lee Kwang-hoon subsequently put her in his next film, Ghost in Love.

Kim Hee-sun's career took a downturn in 2003, when the environmentally-themed melodrama A Man Who Went to Mars, known as A Letter From Mars, costarring Shin Ha-kyun became an utter bomb at the box office.

Kim Hee-sun returned to television, however My Fair Lady which was adapted from the Japanese television drama Yamato Nadeshiko, and Sad Love Story where she played a blind singer, both received low ratings.

Kim Hee-sun married in 2007, and she left the entertainment scene to devote her time to being a wife and mother.

Kim Hee-sun then began filming for Chinese fantasy television drama Ice Fantasy, which started airing in July 2016.

In 2017, Kim Hee-sun starred in the television series, The Lady in Dignity alongside Kim Hee-sun Sun-ah.

In 2018, Kim Hee-sun starred in tvN's mystery drama Room No 9.

In 2020, Kim Hee-sun starred in the science fiction romance drama Alice which was broadcast on SBS in 2020 and released worldwide on Netflix in 2021.

In 2022, Kim Hee-sun starred in the MBC fantasy drama Tomorrow, playing the role of grim reaper Goo-ryeon.

Kim Hee-sun wed businessman Park Ju-young in a lavish ceremony at the Seoul Sheraton Grande Walkerhill Hotel on October 19,2007.

Kim Hee-sun gave birth to daughter Park Yeon-ah on January 21,2009.