Which Korean actress is your favorite? Currently, Korean pop culture is expanding more and more all over the world! And how to talk about Korean cultural phenomena without talking about the most famous drama actresses ?!
Let’s find out more about these artists and who knows it might even direct you to which Asian drama to start. Let’s go to the ranking with the 10 most popular actresses in South Korea.
son Ye-jin
Son Ye-jin is a well-known Korean actress with over 25 years of career. She is 39 years old and was born in Son Eon-jin, South Korea. She started her career in 1999, but her first major role was not until 3 years after her in Chi-hwa-seon. .
Son Ye-jin gained recognition for making romantic dramas, one of his earliest works in this category being in Lover’s Concert (2002) and The Classic (2003). From 2006 to 2015 she started getting a proposal to be an actress in different genres, thus taking off her sweet and sweet girl face. She began with the role of the villain in The Artof Seduction.
Son Ye-jin received her first award in 2008 for Best Actress for playing a divorcee in My Wife Got Married. If the first box office success was in 2012 as the movie The Tower. The actress has currently won the shy of her 49 awards. Some popular dramas Son Ye-jin performs are Secret Garden, Something in the Rain and Personal Taste.
Canzone hye-kyo
Song Hye-kyo also known as Lorraine Song. Besides being a Korean actress, she is dedicated to modeling career in South Korea. She She is currently 39 years old, her acting career started in 1996. she was born in Daegu, South Korea.
Her first roles were in Meery Morning and First Love, both owned by KBS (Korean Broadcasting System). She has made a total of 20 appearances on television series. Among these the most viewed are: Descendants of the sun (2016), Encounter (Boyfriend) (2018) and That Winter, the Wind Blows (2013). In addition to the series, you have made 10 other films.
Song Hye-kyo’s success began in 2000 and during this time one of her works that helped her grow was the romantic comedy Full House (2004). The actress entered the top 10 best-known South Korean celebrities according to Forbes in 2017 and 2018.
Suzy
Bae Su-ji is the real name of the Korean actress who has the stage name of Suzy or Bae Suzy. She is 26 and has an 11-year career. Suzy started life in her art by modeling in an online mall. But she began to be recognized as the lead singer of the missing group , with three other members. The group officially ended in 2017.
Even as a singer, she has already started working as an actress. In 2011 she starred in the TV series Dream High. Other hits for the actress are Uncontrollably Fond, Vagabond, While You Sleep and Betting Big.
Suzy is also one of the most beautiful actresses in Korea and was given the title of “Queen of Commercials” due to several advertising deals involving brands that aimed to have the actress as an attraction. In 2016, she became the first Korean celebrity to receive a wax sculpture from Madame Tussauds.
Park Shin Hye
Park Shin Hye is a Korean actress, model, dancer and singer. She is 31 years old and was born in Paju. Her career began 18 years ago. As a child she realized she had a taste for art and was hired by an agency and she had the opportunity to learn singing, acting, guitar and keyboards.
In 2003 her first character was in Stairway to Heaven, but she only gained notoriety in Tree of Heaven which was also shown in Japan, so she became famous all over the world. One of her successful drama of hers is You’re Beautiful, of which she sang the soundtrack in addition to being her the protagonist. She is currently filming Doctors.
Park Shin Hye is always involved in charitable projects. In 2009 he made Christmas donations to a small village in Nepal. In 2010 and 2012 he collected food for the needy, among other forms of philanthropy. He is still successful as a singer and started his “Park Shin-hye World Tour: Story of an Angel” world tour.
Jun Ji-hyun
Jun Ji Hyun began her career at the age of 16 in 1997. She is a Korean actress and model. Her first job was as a model for Ecole Magazine. She became better known in a Samsung commercial. One of her greatest works is the romantic comedy My Sassy Girl.
Currently, the actress collects 17 awards received, most of them in the best actress category. She has had 12 appearances on movie screens. And his TV series were The Season of Puberty (1997), Inkigayo (popular music) (1998), Fascinating My Heart (1998), Happy Together (1999), My Love from the Star (2013-2014), The Legend of the Mare Blu (2016-2017). She and she again participated in 4 music clips.
Kim Tae-hee
Kim Tae-hee is 41 years old and started her career at 20. It all started with the request to become a commercial model. She has been married since 2017 to singer Rain, with whom she had her two children. She is considered to be one of the most beautiful faces in South Korea.
The Korean actress has so far participated in 5 films and 1 short film. And in the drama she participated in 13. The best known of her are Hi Bye, Mama!, My Princess, Iris and Starirway to Heaven. She has also participated in at least 5 music videos. Among them the song “Love Story” which belongs to her husband.
Park Min Young
Park Min Young is 35 years old and has been in business since 2006. He was born in Seoul and attended Dongguk University. He adds up to a total of 16 television works. The most acclaimed are Sungkyunkwan Scandal (2010), Queen for seven days (2017) and What’s Wrong Secretary Witch (2018). Film he only made “The Cat” in 2011.
He also participated in 3 music videos. The Korean actress has so far won 13 awards as an actress and 1 as a model in 2007, the year of her first 3 awards. Also in that same year she won 2 awards for best emerging actress with the series “Unstoppable Hight ‘Kick!” and “I’m Sam”.
Choi Ji-woo
Choi Jiwoo has the stage name of Choi Mi-hyang, although she does not appear to be 46 and has been acting since 1994. She is originally from the city of Busan. She the Korean actress studied aerobic dance course at Pusan ​​Women’s University. Choi has appeared in 11 films, including voiceovers and 27 television appearances across dramas, shows and cameos.
His first major role was in 1996 in the film The Gate of Destiny. In 2002 she starred in the drama Winter Sonata, which contributed to the popularization of Korean culture. She also spent a few years working in China and Japan. In 2009 she became one of the highest paid South Korean actresses with her portrayal of her in Star’s Lover.
Shin Min-a
Yang Shin Min-a is 37 years old, she has also been a model since 1998 and her first job as a Korean actress was in 2001. As soon as her first appearances as a model began, she became one of the most sought after and well-known South Korean models in payment. She was also a poster girl for LG Xnote, part of LG Corporation.
Shin began a career as an actor on Volcano Hight and 14 other films to follow. He has participated in 10 dramas and 13 music videos, most of the god of the band between the years 1999 to 2009. And currently has 21 awards received.
Ha Ji-won
Ha Ji-won, who is actually called Jeon Hae-rim, is 43, was born in Seoul. As always fascinated by the world of small screens, she graduated from Dankook University in the course of Cinema and Television. In 1996 she made her TV debut ” Next Generation Report: Adults Don’t Understand Us ” in a supporting role.
In 2000, the Korean actress made her film debut with the film Truth Game in which she received the award for best emerging actress. Ha Ji-won’s most famous works are Secret Garden (2010), Hospital Ship (2017) and The King 2 Hearts (2012), including 43 Best Actress awards for her role in Secret Garden.
Top 50 Famous Korean Actresses
To complete the article, we will leave a list of the 50 most famous Korean actresses below:
- Son Ye-jin
- Park Bo-young
- Park Min-young
- Kim Go-eun
- Kim So-Hyun
- Lee Sung-kyung
- Will In-na
- Bae Suzy
- Jun Ji-hyun
- Song Hye-kyo
- Seo Ji-hye
- Kim Young-ok
- Shin Min-a
- Kim Ji-won
- Kim Yoo-jung
- Young So-min
- Park Shin-hye
- Seo Yea-ji
- Moon Ga-young
- Gong Hyo-jin
- Nam Ji-hyun
- Lee Jung-eun
- Park So-dam
- Kim Tae-hee
- Kim Give me
- Jang Na-ra
- Lee Bo-young
- Bae Doona
- Hwang Jung-eum
- Moon Chae-won
- Ha Ji-won
- Kwon Nara
- Kim Hee-sun
- Krystal Jung
- Han Ji-min
- Han Hyo-joo
- Shin Se-kyung
- Kim So-eun
- Jung Eun-chae
- Song Ji-hyo
- Kim Seo-hyung
- Im Yoon-ah
- Yoon Eun-hye
- Kang So-ra
- Kim Sae-ron
- Kim Hee-ae
- Choi Ji-woo
- Lee Young-ae
- Kim Hye-yoon
- Kyung Soo-jin
Of course, there are other fantastic and famous actresses around the world as well and I promise you that soon I will tell you about other actresses who make dramas such a hit. Have you seen drama films with any of these actresses?
