Biography of Song Hye-kyo
South Korean actress Song Hye-kyo, gained popularity through her leading roles in television series and films, including ‘Autumn in My Heart’, ‘My Brilliant Life’, ‘Full House’, ‘That Winter The Wind Blows‘, ‘Encounter’, ‘All In’, ‘Descendants of the Sun‘, ‘The Grandmaster’, ‘Hwang Jin-yi’, ‘The Glory: Part 1‘, ‘The Glory: Part 2‘, and ‘The Queens’.
Early Life and Education
Although Song Hye-kyo was born on 2 November 1981 in Daegu, her parents registered her birth on 26 February 1982 as she was sick and doctors and her parents thought that she wouldn’t survive.
When she was young, her parents got divorced and she moved with her mother to Gangnam District. In her elementary school, she trained as a figure skater and left school when she was in the eighth grade. Later, she majored in film arts from a college at Sejong University.
Song Hye-kyo won first place in the SunKyung Smart Model Contest at the age of 14 in 1996 while she was a third-year junior high school student.
Career
Debut, Sensation and Global Fame
Song Hye-kyo made her entertainment debut as a model after appearing for a uniform company. This led her to be a cast member of the 1996 television series, ‘First Love’ in a small role as one of the students who is being tutored by Lee Seung-yeon’s role as Hyo-kyung. Whereas in 1997, she appeared in four television series like ‘Happy Morning’, ‘Beautiful Face’, ’70-minute Drama: When They Met’, and ‘One of a Pair’.
In 1997 and 1998, Hye-kyo played the role of a granddaughter in the K-drama, ‘Wedding Dress’ and was in seen in the role of Choi Eun-shil in the series, ‘Six Siblings’. Though she continuously appeared in sitcoms and dramas, she became a notable actress after playing one of the lead roles as Choi Eun-suh in the 2000 series, ‘Autumn in My Heart’ alongside Song Seung-heon and Won Bin. Her prominent role in this K-drama elevated her popularity in South Korea as well as in Asia.
In 2001, Song Hye-kyo played the lead role of Kim Yoon-hee alongside Bae Yong-joon, Song Yoon-ah and Kim Seung-woo in the television series, ‘Hotelier’ and as Jung Da-so in the main role in the series, ‘Guardian Angel’ as Kim Min-jong in the same year.
The stardom value of the stunning actress Hye-kyo continued to climb after playing the lead role together with Lee Byung-hun in the gambling drama, ‘All In’ in 2003. The following year, she appeared in a co-lead role as Ji Yeon-woo in the South Korean television series, ‘Sunlight Pours Down’ starring Jo Hyun-jae and Ryoo Seung-bum. She co-acted with K-pop singer Rain, Han Eun-jung and Kim Sung-soo in the 2004 South Korean television series, ‘Full House’ as Han Ji-eun.
Film Debut and Popularity
Song Hye-kyo’s debut in films came in 2005 with the South Korean film, ‘My Girl and I’ as Bae Su-eun, which is a remake of the Japanese film, ‘Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World’. After two years, she was cast in a title role in the South Korean biographical drama film, ‘Hwang Jin Yi’ by Chang Yoon-hyun in 2007.
Co-starring Hyun Bin, Hye-kyo played the role of director Joo Joon-young in Pyo Min-soo’s 2008 television series ‘Worlds Within’.
In 2011, she made a special appearance as a pretty girl in the South Korean caper film, ‘Countdown’ starring Jung Jae-young and Jeon Do-yeon and also appeared in the film, ‘A Reason to Live’ in the lead role as Da-hae.
Song Hye-kyo played a blind heiress in the South Korean romantic melodrama television series, ‘That Winter, the Wind Blows’ in 2013, co-starring Jo In-sung, who played the role of a con man pretending to be her long-lost brother. This melodrama is a remake of the 2002 Japanese drama, ‘Ai Nante Irane Yo, Natsu’.
In 2014, she starred in a lead role as Choi Mi-ra, alongside Gang Dong-won in the South Korean drama film, ‘My Brilliant Life’ by E J-yong. Also, she appeared in the Chinese film, ‘The Crossing’ as Zhou Yunfen in the same year.
Hye-kyo starred in the 2016 major hit South Korean television series, ‘Descendants of the Sun‘ as Doctor Kang Mo-yeon in a lead role alongside actors Song Joong-ki, Jin Goo, and Kim Ji-won. This drama received several awards, including 52nd Baeksang Arts.
After two years of her astounding role in ‘Descendants of the Sun’, she appeared in the series, ‘Encounter’ as Cha Soo-hyun, who is the daughter of a famous politician and former daughter-in-law of a wealthy family.
As of 2023, the Chinese romance film, The Queens’ in 2015 and a South Korean romantic drama, ‘Now, We Are Breaking Up’ in 2022, co-starring Jang Ki-yong, Oh Se-hun, Choi Hee-seo and Kim Joo-hun in the lead roles, and the series, ‘The Glory: Part 1 & 2’ on 10 March 2023 with Lee Do-hyun, Lim Ji-yeon, Yeom Hye-ran, Park Sung-hoon, and Jung Sung-il are the most recent films and dramas of the acting career of Song Hye-kyo.
Achievements
Brilliant acting skills have won Song Hye-kyo multiple awards and nominations. Here are some of her notable achievements:
- Song Hye-kyo won the Most Popular Television Actress award at the 37th Baeksang Arts Awards in 2001.
- In 2003, Hye-kyo won the SBS Drama Award for Top Excellence Actress Award for her role in ‘All In.’
- Song Hye-kyo received three KBS Drama Awards for her performance in ‘Full House’ in 2004.
- Hye-kyo won the Daesang Grand Prize award at the KBS Drama along with her co-star, Song Joong-ki in 2016.
- In 2017, Hye-kyo ranked 7th in Forbes magazine’s Korea Power Celebrity list and 6th in the following year.
- Song Hye-kyo and Cha Eun-woo visited Singapore for the grand opening of a new pop-up boutique of the French jeweller, Chaumet.
Personal Life
Although Song Hye-kyo confirmed her relationship with actor Lee Byung-hun in 2003, they broke up in 2014. She revealed in 2009 that actor Hyun Bin and she were dating, but they also broke up in 2011.
Hye-kyo started dating her co-actor in the TV series ‘Descendants of the Sun’, Song Joong-ki in 2017 and the couple had scheduled to get married on 31 October 2017. Unluckily, the couple got divorced after two years in 2019.
Philanthropy
Awards
- Blue Dragon Series Awards 2023
Blue Dragon’s Choice (Grand Prize) – ‘The Glory’ (2023)
- Brand Customer Loyalty Awards 2023
Best Actress – OTT – ‘The Glory’ (2023)
- Korean Fashion Photographers Association 2022
Photogenic Cup (2022)
- APAN Star Awards 2016
Best Couple With Song Joong- ki – ‘Descendants of the Sun’ (2016)
- Baeksang Arts Awards 2016
Most Popular Actress (TV) – ‘Descendants of the Sun’ (2016)
- Baeksang Arts Awards 2016
iQiyi Global Star Award – ‘Descendants of the Sun’ (2016) - KBS Drama Awards 2016
Grand Prize (Daesang) – ‘Descendants of the Sun’ (2016)
- KBS Drama Awards 2016
Best Couple with Song Joong-ki (2016) - KBS Drama Awards 2016
Asia Best Couple with Song Joong-ki (2016) - APAN Star Awards 2013
Grand Prize (Daesang) – ‘That Winter, the Wind Blows’ (2013)
- SBS Drama Awards 2013
Top 10 Stars – ‘That Winter, the Wind Blows’ (2013)
- SBS Drama Awards 2013
Best Couple with Jo In-sung (2013) - Women in Film Korea Awards 2011
Best Actress – ‘A Reason to Live’ (2011)
- Shanghai New Entertainment Charity Awards 2009
Most Charming Charity Star Award (2009) - Korean Film Awards 2007
Best New Actress (2007) - KBS Drama Awards 2004
Top Excellence Award, Actress – ‘Full House’ (2004)
- KBS Drama Awards 2004
Popularity Award, Actress – ‘Full House’ (2004) - KBS Drama Awards 2004
Best Couple with Rain – ‘Full House (2004) - SBS Drama Awards 2003
Top Excellence Award, Actress – ‘All In’ (2003) - SBS Drama Awards 2003
Top 10 Stars – All In’ (2003) - CETV Awards 2002
Top 10 Asian Entertainers (2002)
- SBS Drama Awards 2001
Top 10 Stars – ‘Guardian Angel’ (2001) - SBS Drama Awards 2001
SBSi Award – ‘Guardian Angel’ (2001) - Baeksang Arts Awards 2001
Most Popular Actress (TV) – ‘Autumn in My Heart’ (2001)
- Golden Disk Awards 2001
Popular Music Video Award – Kim Bum-soo’s ‘Once Upon a Day’ (2001) - Gold Song Awards (Hong Kong) 2001
Top Korean Star (2001)
Interesting Facts about Song Hye-kyo
- Song Hye-kyo dated a few South Korean stars, including Hyun Bin.
- Hye-kyo made her entertainment debut as a commercial model.
- Song Hye-kyo speaks Cantonese.
- Hye-kyo’s breakthrough role came with the K-drama, ‘Autumn In My Heart’.
- Song Hye-kyo acted in a foreign film which was banned in Korea.
- Song Hye-kyo published two books.
- Song Hye-kyo is a fan of BIGBANG.
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The hobbies of Song Hye-kyo are travelling, figure skating swimming, shopping, watching movies, knitting and collecting perfumes. - When is the birthday of Song Hye-kyo?
The birthday of Song Hye-kyo is on 22 November 1981.
