Kim Hyun Joo (Kim Hyunjoo)

Kim Hyun Joo (Kim Hyunjoo) Profile

• Birth Name: 김현주 (Kim Hyun Joo)
• Stage Name: Kim Hyun Joo
• Nationality: Korean
• Date of Birth: 1977.04.24
• Zodiac Sign: Taurus
• Height: 168 cm
• Weight: 50 kg
• Blood Type: B
• Agency: YNK Entertainment
• Instagram: @khj_dang

Kim Hyun Joo (Kim Hyunjoo) Facts & TMI

• Kim Hyun Joo was born in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
• Her family consists of mother, herself, and younger brother named Kim Hyun Soo
• Her father passed away in 2010
• She attended to Dankook University majoring in Theater and Film
• Before she debuted in entertainment industry, she became teen magazine model when she was in high school
• She made her debut as a model for Kim Hyun Chul’s MV entitled One’s Lifetime
• Her acting career started in MBC drama The Reason For My Living in 1997
• In 1998, her acting skill was more appreciated as she won the Best New Actress at 1998 MBC Drama Awards for I Don’t Know Anything But Love and 1998 SBS Drama Awards for I Love You! I Love You!
• She gains stardom through SBS hit drama Glass Slippers in 2002
• In 2003, she starred martial arts movie Star Runner with Taiwanese actor Vanness Wu
• In 2009, she starred in KBS hit drama Boys Over Flowers playing the character of Lee Min Ho’s bad-ass sister
• She likes doing anything using her hands such as arranging flowers, painting, and playing drum
• She is good at sewing and knitting. She even released a book entitled Hyun-joo’s Handcrafted Story in 2009
• in 2021, she appears in two dramas which are Undercover with Ji Jin Hee and Netflix’s series Hellbound with Yoo Ah In, Park Jung Min, and Won Jin Ah
• Her religious believe is Catholicism and her baptismal name is Theresa
• Her MBTI: INFJ
• She is currently under management of YNK Entertainment (same agency with actress Shin Hye Sun)

Movies

‘Jung-E’ as Jung-E (2022)
‘Shin Suk-ki blues’ as Seo Jin-yeong (2004)
‘Star Runner’ as Mei Chung (2003)
‘Calla’ as Yoon Soo Jin (1999)
‘If It Snows on Christmas’ as Lee Song Hee (1998)

TV Series

‘Hellbound‘ as Min Hye Jin (Netflix/ 2021)
‘Undercover’ as Choi Yeon Soo (JTBC/ 2021)
‘Watcher’ as Han Tae Joo (OCN/ 2019)
‘The Miracle We Met’ as Sun Hye Jin (KBS2/ 2018)
‘Fantastic’ as Lee So Hye (JTBC/ 2016)
‘Identical Affairs’ as Do Hae Gang / Dokgo Yong Gi (SBS/ 2015-2016)
‘What Happens to My Family?’ as Cha Gang Sim (KBS2/ 2014-2015)
‘Can We Fall in Love, Again?’ as top star – cameo (JTBC/ 2014)
‘Blooded Palace:The War of Flowers’ as Royal Concubine Soyong Jo (JTBC/ 2013)
‘Foolish Mom’ as Kim Young Joo (SBS/ 2012)
‘Twinkle Twinkle’ as Han Jung Won (MBC/ 2011)
‘The Partner’ as Kang Eun Ho (KBS2/ 2009)
‘Boys Over Flowers’ as Ku Jun Hee (KBS2/ 2009)
‘Pretty Insun’ as Park In Soon (KBS2/ 2007)
‘Marrying a Millionaire’ as Han Eun Young (SBS/ 2005-2006)
‘The Land’ as Choi So Hee (SBS/ 2004-2005)
‘Ms. Kim’s Million Dollar Quest’ as Kim Eun Jae (SBS/ 2004)
‘Glass Slippers’ as Lee Sun Woo/Kim Yoon Hee (SBS/ 2002)
‘That Woman’s House’ as Park Young Chae (MBC/ 2001)
‘Sangdo’ as Park Da Nyung (MBC/ 2001-2002)
‘Virtue’ as Jung Kwi Duk (SBS/ 2000)
‘8 Love Stories’ as Seo Young (SBS/ 1999-2000)
‘Into the Sunlight’ as Lee Yun Hee (MBC/ 1999)
‘I Don’t Know Anything But Love’ as Baek Young Gu (MBC/ 1998)
‘I Love You! I Love You!’ as Lee Joo Hee (SBS/ 1998)
‘Ready, Go!’ as Na Min Jung (MBC/ 1997)
‘The Reason For My Living’ as Chun Shim (MBC/ 1997)

Awards

1998 MBC Drama Awards: Best New Actress (“I Don’t Know Anything But Love”) – December 1998
1998 SBS Drama Awards: Best New Actress (“I Love You! I Love You!”) – December 31, 1998
2000 SBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Actress (“Virtue”) – December 31, 2000
2002 SBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Planning Drama (“Glass Slippers”) – December 31, 2002
2004 SBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special (“Ms. Kim’s Million Dollar Quest”) – December 31, 2004
2007 KBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award, Actress (“Pretty Insun”) – December 31, 2007
2011 MBC Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama (“Twinkle Twinkle”) – December 30, 2011
2011 MBC Drama Awards: Best Couple Award with Kim Suk Hoon (“Twinkle Twinkle”) – December 30, 2011
2014 KBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award, Actress (“What Happens to My Family?”) – December 31, 2014
2014 KBS Drama Awards: Best Couple Award with Kim Sang Kyung (“What Happens to My Family?”) – December 31, 2014
4th APAN Star Awards: Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama (“Identical Affairs”) – November 28, 2015
2015 SBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama (“Identical Affairs”) – December 31, 2015
2015 SBS Drama Awards: Best Couple Award with Ji Jin Hee (“Identical Affairs”) – December 31, 2015
2019 OCN Awards: Best Case Solver Award (“Watcher”) – 2019