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Kim Hye-sun (; born September 28, 1969) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading role in the
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''
First Wives' Club ''First Wives' Club'' () is a 2007 South Korean drama series starring Kim Hye-sun, Kim Hae-sook, Oh Hyun-kyung, Ahn Nae-sang, Lee Joon-hyuk and Son Hyun-joo. The weekend drama aired on SBS from September 29, 2007 to October 5, 2008 on Sat ...
'' (2007–2008).


Career

Kim Hye-sun began
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when she was in middle school. While attending
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High School of the Arts, Kim appeared in commercials for
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, 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. Kim also became active in Japanese entertainment in 1988, where she was known under the name and released two photo books titled ''Temptation of the White Wind'' and ''Like It!''. In 1993, she won Best Supporting Actress at the
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for her performance in ''Love Is Oh Yeah!''. After getting married in 1995, Kim retired from show business and
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to the United States. But she returned to acting two years later in the
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''The River of Maternal Love'' (1997). As she grew older, she began playing
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s (middle-aged wives and mothers), notably in ''Famous Princesses'' (2006), ''
First Wives' Club ''First Wives' Club'' () is a 2007 South Korean drama series starring Kim Hye-sun, Kim Hae-sook, Oh Hyun-kyung, Ahn Nae-sang, Lee Joon-hyuk and Son Hyun-joo. The weekend drama aired on SBS from September 29, 2007 to October 5, 2008 on Sat ...
'' (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
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.


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.


Filmography


Film


Television series


Awards and nominations


References


External links


Kim Hye-sun Fan Café
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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Hye-sun 1969 births Actresses from Seoul Living people People from Jung District, Seoul South Korean television actresses South Korean film actresses Dankook University alumni