Ha Ji-won (Hangul:
하지원, Hanja 河智苑) was born
Jeon Hae-rim (Hangul:
전해림, Hanja: 田海林) on 28 June 1978. She is a South Korean actress. She is also the Grand Prize (Hangul:
대상) winner of 2006 KBS Acting Awards for her performance in TV drama
Hwang Jin-i. Recently she has been known for her role as Gil Ra Im in Secret Garden (TV series) and as North Korean Special forces officer instructor Kim Hang Ah in The King 2 Hearts.
Career
Ha Ji-won is one of Korean cinema’s top actresses. She is also noted for her versatility as an actress in genres like comedy, drama and action.
She started her career playing supporting roles in television productions.
In 2002, Ha Ji-won had her breakthrough role as the lead in the horror film
Phone, earning her a best actress nomination at the
Blue Dragon Film Awards. Since then she has gone on to make films like the
Sex Is Zero,
Reversal of Fortune,
100 Days with Mr. Arrogant and more recently Sector 7. She has also starred in the movie Haeundae.
She has also starred in the TV series
Something Happened in Bali in early 2004, co-starring
Zo In-sung and
So Ji-sub. In that project, she played tour guide Lee Soo-jeong, who consequently attracted two men whom she did not like. She won a Baek-Sang Best Actress Award for her performance in this drama.
In 2010, she starred as Gil Ra Im in the fantasy drama,
Secret Garden with
Hyun Bin.
In 2011, she starred in
Sector 7, South Korea's first
3D IMAX film, which has broken the year's
box office records since its opening on 4 August.
On 28 October, Ha Ji Won along with
Kim Hyun Joong of
SS501 acted as
emcee at the
2011 K-Pop Super Concert held at
Gwangalli Beach in
Busan, which was broadcast on
SBS on 6 November.
In 2012, she starred as a female North Korean Special forces officer instructor Kim Hang Ah in the TV series
The King 2 Hearts co-starring
Lee Seung Gi and also starred in the film
As One as Hyun Jung-hwa co-starring
Bae Doona.