1. Kim Hye-soo is known for her headstrong independence and regularly playing strong-willed, sophisticated women.
37 Facts About Kim Hye-soo
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Kim Hye-soo began her career in an advertisement for Nestle Milo in 1985.
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Kim Hye-soo made her film debut as a leading actress in the film Kambo, for which she received her first accolade as Best New Actress at 1987 Baeksang Arts Awards.
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Kim Hye-soo was the youngest winner of the Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Leading Actress in First Love.
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Kim Hye-soo was born on September 5,1970, in Busan, Dongnae District, the second of five children.
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Kim Hye-soo moved to Seoul Midong Elementary School while she was in third grade at Busan National Elementary School due to her father's work.
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In 1985, Kim Hye-soo featured in a commercial for Nestle Milo and as well as the first K-pop music video, Cho Yong-pil's title song Empty In The Air.
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In 1986, Kim Hye-soo made her film debut on Kambo when she was a first-year high school student.
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Kim Hye-soo won Best New Actress for Kambo at 23rd Baeksang Arts Awards.
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Kim Hye-soo co-starred with Roh Joo-hyun in When The Flowers Bloom And The Birds Cry.
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Kim Hye-soo is referred to as a "Pencil Board Star" of the 1980s due to the popularity of pencil boards printed with her image.
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Kim Hye-soo has been named a part of the "Troika of the 1990s" in Korea along with her contemporaries Kim Hee-sun and Shim Eun-ha for their nationwide fame.
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Kim Hye-soo considers her collaboration with Han Suk-kyu in 2010's Villain and Widow as one of the highlights of her acting career.
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In 2009, Kim Hye-soo returned to television with Style, which was set in the fashion industry.
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Kim Hye-soo followed that with the mystery melodrama Home Sweet Home in 2010.
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Kim Hye-soo won the Award for Best Actress in a Film at the 20th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards This was followed with a supporting role in Han Jae-rim's historical film The Face Reader.
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Kim Hye-soo next starred in Coin Locker Girl in 2015, the rare female-driven noir film.
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Kim Hye-soo said she didn't mind looking unattractive for her role as a ruthless crime boss, with makeup artists adding age spots to her face, gray to her hair, and flab to her stomach and hips with prostheses.
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Kim Hye-soo made her small-screen comeback in 2016 with tvN's Signal, which was both critically and commercially successful.
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Kim Hye-soo won Best Actress at the 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards and the tvN10 Awards for her performance.
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Kim Hye-soo was nominated for Best Actress at 25th Buil Film Awards, 37th Blue Dragon Film Awards, and the 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards.
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In 2017, Kim Hye-soo starred in the noir film A Special Lady.
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Kim Hye-soo shared vivid stories of their journeys and expressed admiration for their resilience, particularly among children living alone without family or guardians.
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In 2018, Kim Hye-soo starred in the IMF crisis film, Default, alongside Yoo Ah-in.
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Kim Hye-soo was nominated for Best Actress at the 55th Baeksang Arts Awards.
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In June 2019, Kim Hye-soo signed on to appear in The Day I Died: Unclosed Case, Park Ji-wan's directorial debut.
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Kim Hye-soo was nominated at the 57th Baeksang Arts Awards for the Best Actress in a Film category.
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Kim Hye-soo played Jung Geum-ja, a hyena who chased money and success no matter the cost.
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Kim Hye-soo was nominated for Best Actress at the 56th Baeksang Arts Awards.
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In March 2022, Kim Hye-soo gained international recognition for her lead role as judge Shim Eun-seok in the Netflix series Juvenile Justice, the most popular non-English show for two weeks straight.
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Kim Hye-soo was nominated for Best Actress at the 58th Baeksang Arts Awards.
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Kim Hye-soo has a bachelor's in theater and film from Dongguk University.
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In 2013, Kim Hye-soo admitted to having plagiarized her master's thesis "A Study on Actor Communication," with parts copied verbatim from at least four books.
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Kim Hye-soo apologized for her actions, which she said stemmed from her busy schedule and ignorance of the seriousness of plagiarism.
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Kim Hye-soo consequently forfeited her master's degree in journalism and mass communications.
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In 2008, Kim Hye-soo donated the full amount of the narration fees of the documentary film "Forgiveness, Are You at the End of the Way" to the crime victim support fund.
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On July 7,2009, Kim Hye-soo participated in the "Style Meets Art" campaign co-hosted by cable channel OnStyle and Korean National Commission for UNESCO and donated the proceeds of her donated works to the Korean National Commission for UNESCO.