Cha Hwa-yeon

Cha Hwa-yeon (; born January 25, 1960), birth name Cha Hak-kyung , is a South Korean actress.

Career Cha made her acting debut in 1978, and became best known as the heroine Kim Mi-ja in the 1987 television drama Love and Ambition, a character who became an icon for modern Korean women in that era. She retired a year after getting married in 1988. Cha returned to acting twenty years later in 2008 with Aeja's Older Sister, Minja.

In March 2018, Cha signed with new management agency Imagine Asia.

Filmography

Television series Year Title Role 1978 Woman's Face 1979 In The Sunset Sky 500 Years of Joseon Dynasty 1980 Pilnyeo Ahrong-yi Darong-yi Daldongne (Moon Village) 1981 Pursuit Detective TV Literature:"The Road to Sampo" Now Is the Time to Love 1982 TV Literature""Ma" Wind Flower Diary of a Mom Long Live Ttok-soon 1983 Thaw Geum-nam's House 1984 Impatience 1985 Lights and Shadows Sun Rising Over the Hill 1986 Her Portrait Hee-jae 1987 Love and Ambition Kim Mi-ja 2008 Aeja's Older Sister, Minja Joo Min-ja 2009 The City Hall Jo Yong-hee Temptation of an Angel Jo Kyung-hee 2010 Jejungwon Im Jo-si, Hwang Jung's mother I Am Legend Mrs. Hong Sunday Drama Theater:"Lunch Box" Park Sook-ja 2011 My Princess Fashion designer (cameo) The Thorn Birds Yoon Myung-ja/Lee Ae-rin Protect the Boss Shin Sook-hee A Thousand Kisses Yoo Ji-sun Pianissimo You're Here, You're Really Really Here Jeon Mi-ok 2012 Man from the Equator Ma Hee-jung The Wedding Scheme So Doo-ryun A Gentleman's Dignity Seo Yi-soo's mother (cameo, episodes 16 and 19) Five Fingers Na Gye-hwa Missing You Kang Hyun-joo 2013 A Hundred Year Legacy Baek Seol-joo King of Ambition Baek Ji-mi Flower of Revenge Min Hwa-young A Little Love Never Hurts Hong Soon-ae The King's Daughter, Soo Baek-hyang Do-rim 2014 Big Man Choi Yoon-jung Make Your Wish Shin Hye-ran It's Okay, That's Love Ok-ja My Secret Hotel (cameo) Family Secret Jin Joo-ran 2015 My Mom Yoon Jung-ae 2017 Hospital Ship Oh Hye-jung, Eun-Jae's mother (Ep. 1-2) 2018 Secret Mother Park Sun-ja My Only One Oh Eun-young Encounter Kim Hwa-jin 2019 The Golden Garden Jin Nam-hee 2020 Once Again Jang Ok-boon Run On Yook Ji-woo 2021 Young Lady and Gentleman Wang Dae-ran Now, We Are Breaking Up Min Hye-ok 2023Divorce Attorney ShinMa Geum-hee The Real Has Come! Lee In-ok 2024 Beauty and Mr. Romantic Baek Mi-ja

Film Year Title Role 1981 Thoughts on Capitalism 1982 Choi In-ho's Evening Color 1983 The Sparrow and the Scarecrow Ok-boon 1985 Cicada Singing in the City 1987 A Long Journey, A Long Tunnel (cameo) 2009 White Night Seo Hae-yeong 2011 Sunday Punch Soon-young 2012 Never Ending Story Oh Song-kyung's mother (cameo)

Variety show Year Title Notes 1981 Host

Musical theatre Year Title Role 2010–2011 Really Really Like You Shin Jang-mi

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result 1978 Miss Lotte Pageant Winner 1987 23rd Baeksang Arts Awards Most Popular Actress (TV) Love and Ambition MBC Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress 2009 SBS Drama Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Special Planning Drama Temptation of an Angel 2011 MBC Drama Awards Golden Acting Award, Actress in a Serial Drama A Thousand Kisses SBS Drama Awards Special Acting Award, Actress in a Drama Special Protect the Boss 2012 KBS Drama Awards Best Supporting Actress Man from the Equator SBS Drama Awards Special Acting Award, Actress in a Weekend/Daily Drama Five Fingers 2013 MBC Drama Awards Golden Acting Award, Actress A Little Love Never Hurts 2014 SBS Drama Awards Special Award, Actress in a Miniseries It's Okay, That's Love 2015 MBC Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama My Mom 2018 KBS Drama AwardsTop Excellence Award, Actress My Only OneExcellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama 2021 KBS Drama Awards Young Lady and Gentleman