Han Ji-hye is one of the most popular and richest Actor who was born on June 29, 1984 in Gwangju, South Korea. In a private ceremony, Han married Jung Hyuk-joon, a public prosecutor, in Hawaii on September 21st 2010.
After starring in her first period drama series in 2011’s The Duo, she played a woman who helps a young man achieve his dreams in the single-episode drama Pianist, and a visually impaired teacher in the 2-part Chuseok special The Great Gift. She also starred in her first Chinese drama, Heavenly Embroidery.
Han played the protagonist in the 2012 drama May Queen, the success story of a woman in the shipbuilding industry during Korea’s modernization. In 2013, she portrayed dual roles in Pots of Gold (also known as I Summon You, Gold! or Gold, Appear!), a family comedy that explores money, love and marriage. This was followed by leading roles as a cold-hearted heiress in The Full Sun, and as a wrongfully convicted prisoner turned baker in 4 Legendary Witches in 2014.
Han studied the art of shoemaking in Florence, Italy. She then collaborated with Jinny Kim, an established shoe brand, to create her own line called “Hby Jinny Kim.” This was documented in Han Ji-hye’s Shoes! My Dream! The program aired on O’live TV cable channel. The collection for Fall/Winter 2009 was sold in major department stores in Seoul, the surrounding areas, and in a well-known department shop in Singapore.
Han sang “Friends” in both the Korean and Chinese versions in 2008 with Leon Jay Williams. Through a request from the Chinese Olympic Committee, she was invited to sing “Friends”, the official swimming theme for the Beijing National Aquatics Centre. She recorded another digital single less than a year later. It was an electro-pop track titled “Luv Luv”.
Director Lee Joon-ik cast Han in his 2010 period action film Blades of Blood without auditioning her — not for her talents, but for her Asian-looking eyes. Aside from finding her single eyelid unique and difficult to find in recent years, Lee liked that she related to him in a natural manner. Han said that Lee scolded her a lot in the beginning of the shoot for not acting well, so she used the pain in her heart to portray her character such that she improved towards the middle of the filming and learned a lot from him. She also sang on the soundtrack, having played a gisaeng in the film.
