Kim Hye-sun

Kim Hye-sun (; born September 28, 1969) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading role in the television drama First Wives' Club (2007–2008).

Career Kim Hye-sun began modeling when she was in middle school. While attending Anyang High School of the Arts, Kim appeared in commercials for Orion, Lotte Samkang and Korea Cosmetics, and subsequently made her acting debut in 1986. She quickly gained popularity as a teen star with an innocent and bright image. In 1993, she won Best Supporting Actress at the Blue Dragon Film Awards for her performance in Love Is Oh Yeah!.

After getting married in 1995, Kim retired from show business and immigrated to the United States. But she returned to acting two years later in the television drama The River of Maternal Love (1997). As she grew older, she began playing ajummas (middle-aged wives and mothers), notably in Famous Princesses (2006), First Wives' Club (2007) and What's for Dinner? (2009). Then in 2011, Kim was cast in her first big-screen leading role in 17 years. In My Secret Partner, she played a famous chef in her 40s who becomes involved in a passionate romance with a younger man in his 20s, and the film became controversial due to its explicit content, which featured Kim in a number of nude scenes.

Personal life Kim married her first husband in 1995, but after eight years of marriage, they divorced in September 2003. She remarried in July 2004, but she and her second husband, a businessman, divorced in 2009. Kim has two children, a son and a daughter. My Girl's Choice American Film

Television series Year Title Role 1987 Blue Classroom A Tree Blooming with Love 1988 500 Years of Joseon: The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyŏng Moon Suk-ui 1989 A Happy Woman Yeo-kyung 1990 Pacheonmu Seol-ri, Kim Jong-seo's concubine 1991 Autumn Flowers in Winter Trees Another's Happiness Cha Moon-hee Mudong's House Chae-kyung Asphalt My Hometown Ki-joo 1992 Rose Garden Hye-ran Gwanchon Essay 1993 Walking All the Way to Heaven Im Ji-sook To the Lovely Others Ha Soon-nam, tearoom madam To Live Sook-pyo 1994 The Land of People Jang Ji-ae I Want to Be Happy Cha Eun-hee 1995 What Happened At Sunrise Mi-ran 1997 The River of Maternal Love Seo Myung-joo Three Kim Generation Yoon Hye-ra 1998 A Whistling Sound Twin sisters MBC Best Theater "Searching for the Hidden Face" Sunday Best "Short Memories of Love" I Hate You, But It's Fine Ha-na For Love Kang Sun-kyung 1999 MBC Best Theater "The Technicalities of Divorce" Sook-mi You Yoo Soon-ye MBC Best Theater "My First Boyfriend, Mom's Last Lover" Eun-ji's mother Michiko Woman on Top Soon-nam Hur Jun Jan Geum-yi's mother 2000 Foolish Princes Joo Sun-mi 2001 Empress Myeongseong Chuseon Father and Son 2002 Ruler of Your Own World Jeon Kang's wife Remember Choi Mi-ran The Maengs' Golden Era Yoo Jung-hwa Girl's High School Seo Min-jung 2003 Ang-sook Yeon-hee Jewel in the Palace Park Myeong-yi 2004 Match Made in Heaven Kim Seok-gu's older sister Terms of Endearment Mi-seon, Kang Geum-pa's friend Lotus Flower Fairy Bu Yong-hwa Toji, the Land Gong Wol-seon 2005 Tears of Diamond Eun Ae-ryung 2006 Famous Princesses Na Deok-chil 2007 First Wives' Club Han Bok-soo 2008 My Pitiful Sister Song Jae-jeong 2009 What's for Dinner? Jo Young-shim 2010 Dong Yi Court lady Jung Master of Prescriptions 2011 New Tales of Gisaeng Han Soon-deok Gyebaek Eul-nyeo (cameo) The Great Gift Hyeong-soo If Tomorrow Comes Kim Soon-jung 2012 The King's Doctor Queen Inseon Cheer Up, Mr. Kim! Hong Hae-sook 2013 Eunhui Han Jung-ok Love in Her Bag Woo Do-young Melody of Love Yoon Ji-young 2014 Cheongdam-dong Scandal Kang Bok-hee 2015 My Unfortunate Boyfriend Yoo Ji-na's mother 2016–2017 Our Gap-soon Yeo Shi-nae 2021 Revolutionary Sisters Oh Taeng-ja 2024 Beauty and Mr. Romantic Hong Ae-kyo

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 1990 MBC Drama Awards Best New Actress 1993 14th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Love Is Oh Yeah! SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress 1999 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress 2008 9th Korea Visual Arts Festival Photogenic Award, TV Actress category First Wives' Club SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama 2011 SBS Drama Awards Special Award, Actress in a Weekend/Daily Drama New Tales of Gisaeng 2012 MBC Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama The King's Doctor 2013 21st Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards Excellence Award, Actress (TV) Melody of Love KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama Eunhui, Melody of Love 2014 SBS Drama Awards Special Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Cheongdam-dong Scandal 2018MBC Drama AwardsExcellence Award, Actress in a Soap OperaSecrets and Lies