"Kim Tae-hee"

Kim Tae-hee (Korean: 김태희, born 29 March 1980) is a South Korean actress and model. She is best known for her roles in Korean dramas such as Iris, Love Story in Harvard, My Princess and Stairway to Heaven. She is considered one of Korea's most beautiful women.

Kim Tae-hee was born on 29 March 1980 in Busan, South Korea. She is the second of three children. Kim has an older sister and a younger brother, Lee Wan, who is also an actor and appeared in her television series Stairway to Heaven.

Kim moved to Ulsan as a child. She had an average of ‘100′ for all subjects throughout her three years in middle school. She enrolled at Ulsan Girls High School, and later moved to Seoul to attend college.

Kim began her career as a model and in television commercials, and she made her film debut in Last Present. She rose to stardom via her portrayal of the evil stepsister in the popular SBS TV series Stairway to Heaven. Her other TV projects include the supernatural KBS series Forbidden Love and the SBS campus romance Love Story in Harvard. Both series were successful, and for her performance in Forbidden Love she was honoured with the Best Female Newcomer award.

Kim then turned to film, starring in The Restless and the romantic comedy Venus and Mars.

In 2009 she returned to the small screen in the action thriller Iris with Lee Byung-hun. It was one of the most expensive dramas ever produced and was a critical and commercial success with an average rating of 30%. It was the top rated program every week after its debut. She also played a horse jockey who dreams of winning the Grand Prix championship in the film Grand Prix.

After the success of Iris, she played the lead in the romantic comedy My Princess alongside Song Seung-heon. My Princess began airing on 5 January 2011. Her character was Lee Seol, an ordinary college student who discovers that she is a princess. In late 2011 she starred in her first Japanese drama Boku to Star no 99 Nichi as Han Yuna, a big South Korean star. One day she meets an ordinary, and pretty boring, 40-year-old man who somehow makes her fall head over heels in love with him.

In 2013, Kim starred in her first historical drama Jang Ok-jung as the infamous royal concubine Jang Hui-bin.

n 2005, she graduated from the prestigious Seoul National University with a degree in Fashion Design and was the president of the SNU Women’s Ski Club.

According to an article, Rain and Kim Tae Hee are dating, and on 2 January 2013 her agency confirmed the relationship: “It is true that they have met, but at the present time they are slowly beginning to know more about each other with good and positive feelings,” and “It has been about a month since their first meeting.”

Kim is one of the most popular and in-demand product endorsers in Korea. She has been a spokesperson for popular brands including Cyon, Paris Baguette, LG, iriver, Hera, Ohui, Vivian, Daewoo Matiz, Klasse, Samsung, Beans Avenue, Olympus, My House/Root, Crencia, KT Smard Card, Calli, ZEC, BC Card, Maxwell House, S-Oil, Corn Silk Tae, Toyota and Prugio.

Drama

Year	Title	Role	Network
2002	Let's Go		SBS
2003	Screen	Kim So-hyun	SBS
	A Problem At My Younger Brother's House	Park Su-jin	SBS
	Stairway to Heaven	Han Yoo-ri	SBS
2004	Forbidden Love	Yoon Shi-yeon	KBS
	Love Story in Harvard	Lee Soo-in	SBS
2009	Iris	Choi Seung-hee	KBS2
2011	My Princess	Lee Seol	MBC
	Boku to Star no 99 Nichi	Han Yuna	Fuji TV
2013	Jang Ok-jung	Jang Hui-bin	SBS

Film

Year	Title	Role
2001	Last Present	Young Jung-yeon
2002	New Citizen (short film)
2006	The Restless	So-hwa/Yon-hwa
2007	Venus and Mars	Yoon Jin-ah
2010	Grand Prix	Seo Ju-hee
	Iris: The Movie	Choi Seung-hee

Music Video

Year	Song	Artist
	"Project"	Joy
2002	"Letter"	G.o.d
2003	"Only"	The Jun
2004	"Don't Go Away"	Park Yong Ha

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2003	SBS Drama Awards	Best New Actress	Stairway to Heaven	Won
2004	KBS Drama Awards	Best New Actress	Forbidden Love	Won
	SBS Drama Awards	Top 10 Stars	Love Story in Harvard	Won
		Popularity award		Won
2005	Baeksang Arts Awards	Popularity Award, Actress in TV		Won
2007		Popularity Award, Actress in Film	The Restless	Won
	Grand Bell Awards	Overseas Popularity Award, Actress		Won
	Blue Dragon Film Awards	Popularity Award		Won
2009	KBS Drama Awards	Best Couple with Lee Byung-hun	Iris	Won
		Excellence Award, Actress		Won
2010	Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Actress in TV		Nominated
		Popularity Award, Actress in TV		Nominated

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