Son Ye-jin Wiki, Age, Biography, Height, Husband, Family,...

Son Ye-jin Wiki, Age, Biography, Height, Husband, Family, Images, And More

Son Ye-jin is a South Korean actress who was born Son Eon-jin on January 11, 1982. She rose to prominence in 2003 with the releases of The Classic and Summer Scent, which were followed by the commercially successful A Moment to Remember (2004) and April Snow (2005). (2005). Her early film roles earned her the moniker "Nation's First Love" in Korea. She has since received numerous acting awards and has appeared in a number of high-profile films, including My Wife Got Married (2008), The Pirates (2014), the 2016 films The Truth Beneath and The Last Princess, and The Negotiation (2018). She has also appeared in television dramas such as Alone in Love (2006), Personal Taste (2010), Something in the Rain (2018), Crash Landing on You (2019-2020), and Thirty-Nine (2022).

She has been named a Forbes Korea Power Celebrity 40 for four years in a row, from 2019 to 2022.

Career

Beginnings and East Asian stardom, 2000-2005

Son Ye-jin first appeared as Jung Mi-jo in Park Ki-2000 hyung's film Secret Tears, and then went on to star in television dramas such as Delicious Proposal, Sun-hee and Jin-hee, and Great Ambition. Her first prominent film role was in Im Kwon-Chi-hwa-seon, taek's which screened at Cannes and won Best Director in 2002.

Her breakthrough success came in the subsequent films Lovers' Concerto and The Classic. Both were solid mid-level hits in Korea, and The Classic, directed by Kwak Jae-yong of My Sassy Girl, received widespread exposure in regions such as Hong Kong and mainland China, catapulting Son to East Asian stardom. In 2003, Son cemented her status as a Hallyu (Korean Wave) star by starring in the TV drama Summer Scent, the third installment of Yoon Seok-season-themed ho's tetralogy Endless Love drama series.

Her subsequent films were also huge hits in East Asia, particularly in Japan: A Moment to Remember, based on a popular Japanese series, broke box office records in Japan and sold over two million tickets in Korea, and April Snow, in which she co-starred with superstar Bae Yong-joon, was a hit in Japan and China. Son, who portrayed a pure and innocent image in her films The Classic and A Moment to Remember, was dubbed "Korea's First Love" in the country.

When she was guaranteed a talent fee of KRW 50 million (plus incentive) per episode for her lead role in SBS drama Alone in Love in 2006, she became the highest-paid Korean actress in Korean television series.

2006-2015: Film roles in a variety of genres.

Son then abandoned her nice girl image in her subsequent projects. In The Art of Seduction, she played a con artist, an ambitious reporter in Spotlight, a femme fatale in Open City, and a divorcee in the critically acclaimed series Alone in Love. Her performance as a polyandrous woman in My Wife Got Married earned her Best Actress honours from the prestigious Blue Dragon Film Awards and other local award-giving bodies in 2008.

Son wanted to do a more fun project after filming the dark mystery White Night, so she chose the romantic comedy series Personal Taste, followed by the horror-romantic comedy film Spellbound, which became one of the top-grossing films in 2011 and by far the most successful Korean romantic comedy movie in recent years.

Son made her feature film debut in 2012 with The Tower, a remake of the 1974 Hollywood disaster film The Towering Inferno. In 2013, she appeared in the revenge drama Shark (also known as Don't Look Back: The Legend of Orpheus), and in 2014, she starred in Blood and Ties, a thriller about a daughter who suspects her father is involved in a kidnap-murder case.

Son reunited with Shark co-star Kim Nam-gil in the 2014 period adventure film The Pirates, which received mixed reviews but was a commercial success with over 8.6 million admissions at the end of its theatrical run, earning Son the Grand Bell Awards for Best Actress. Along with The Tower and The Last Princess, The Pirates is one of the highest-grossing Korean films of all time. Son then starred in the Chinese-Korean co-production Bad Guys Always Die, in which he co-starred with Taiwanese actor Chen Bolin.

2016–present: Critical acclaim and international recognition

Son reunited with My Wife Got Married co-star Kim Joo-hyuk in the 2016 political thriller The Truth Beneath, for which she received critical acclaim. Her performance earned her Best Actress honours at the 25th Buil Film Awards and the 17th Busan Film Critics Awards. She then portrayed Princess Deokhye in Hur Jin-April ho's Snow biopic The Last Princess. The film received favourable reviews from critics and went on to become a box office success, grossing US$40.35 million worldwide. Sung So-young of the Korea JoongAng Daily praised the film for being "interesting enough to hold the audience's attention from beginning to end," despite her belief that the screenwriter's (Hur) imagination went too far in several scenes. She stated that major events in Princess Deokhye's life were well portrayed, and that the film's greatest strength was that it made audiences want to learn more about her. The Korea Herald's Rumy Doo described Son Ye-jin as a "sensitive and technically refined performer." Critics praised Son's portrayal of "the unfathomable depths on the emotional ups and downs of Deokhye" as "outstanding," and she received numerous awards for her work.

Son co-starred with So Ji-sub in the 2018 romance film Be with You, based on the Japanese novel of the same name. Son returned to television after five years with JTBC's romance drama Something in the Rain that same year. The series was commercially successful, and Son's performance received high praise. Son also appeared in the crime thriller The Negotiation, co-starring with Hyun Bin, as a professional negotiator attempting to save hostages.

Son appeared alongside Hyun Bin in the global hit romance drama Crash Landing on You in 2019 as a rich heiress who falls in love with a North Korean commission officer. The drama was a huge success, ranking third in cable television history for Korean dramas.

Son will make her Hollywood debut in 2022, starring alongside Sam Worthington in Andrew Niccol's upcoming film The Cross. Filming for the film is set to begin in April 2021 in Hwaseong City, South Korea.

Private life

Marriage and romantic relationships

On January 1, 2021, it was revealed that Son had been in a relationship with actor Hyun Bin, her co-star in The Negotiation (2018) and Crash Landing on You (2019-2020), since the previous year, following the conclusion of Crash Landing on You. Son and Hyun Bin announced their engagement in letters posted on their social media accounts on February 10, 2022. On March 31, 2022, they married in a private ceremony attended by their parents and friends from both families. Son announced her pregnancy with the couple's first child on June 27, 2022, and she gave birth to a son on November 27, 2022.

Philanthropy

Son donated $100 million to the Community Chest of Korea in Daegu on February 27, 2020, to aid in the fight against the spread of COVID-19. Son was born in Daegu.

Son and Hyun Bin donated $200 million to the Hope Bridge Disaster Relief Association on March 8, 2022, to assist those affected by the massive wildfire that started in Uljin, Gyeongbuk and spread to Samcheok, Gangwon.

Filmography

Key
	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Film

Year	English title	Original title	Role	Notes
2000	Secret Tears	비밀	Jung Mi-jo	voice
2002	Chi-hwa-seon	취화선	So-woon
2002	Lover's Concerto	연애소설	Shim Soo-in / Gyung-hee
2003	The Classic	클래식	Ji-hye / Joo-hee
2003	Crazy First Love	첫사랑 사수 궐기대회	Ju Il-mae
2004	A Moment to Remember	내 머리 속의 지우개	Kim Su-jin
2005	April Snow	외출	Seo-young
2005	The Art of Seduction	작업의 정석	Han Ji-won
2007	Yobi, the Five Tailed Fox	천년여우 여우비	Yobi	voice
2008	Open City	무방비 도시	Baek Jang-mi
2008	My Wife Got Married	아내가 결혼했다	Joo In-ah
2009	White Night	백야행: 하얀 어둠 속을 걷다	Yoo Mi-ho / Lee Ji-ah
2011	Spellbound	오싹한 연애	Kang Yeo-ri
2012	The Tower	타워	Seo Yoon-hee
2013	Blood and Ties	공범	Jung Da-eun
2014	The Pirates	해적: 바다로 간 산적	Yeo-wol
2015	Bad Guys Always Die	나쁜놈은 반드시 죽는다	Ji-yeon	International co-production
2016	The Truth Beneath	비밀은 없다	Kim Yeon-hong
2016	The Last Princess	덕혜옹주	Princess Deokhye
2018	Be with You	지금 만나러 갑니다	Im Soo-ah
2018	The Negotiation	협상	Ha Chae-yoon
TBA	Cross		Vera

Television series

Year	English title	Original title	Role	Notes
2001	Delicious Proposal	맛있는 청혼	Jang Hee-ae
2001	Sun-hee and Jin-hee	선희 진희	Shim Sun-hee
2002	Great Ambition	대망	Choi Dong-hee
2003	Summer Scent	여름향기	Shim Hye-won
2006	Alone in Love	연애시대	Yoo Eun-ho
2008	Spotlight	스포트라이트	Seo Woo-jin
2010	Personal Taste	개인의 취향	Park Kae-in
2011	Secret Garden	시크릿 가든	Herself	cameo (episode 20)
2013	Don't Look Back: The Legend of Orpheus	상어	Jo Hae-woo
2018	Something in the Rain	밥 잘 사주는 예쁜 누나	Yoon Jin-ah
2019–2020	Crash Landing on You	사랑의 불시착	Yoon Se-ri
2022	Thirty-Nine	서른 아홉	Cha Mi-jo

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Son Ye-jin

Son has been the recipient of many awards throughout her career. She currently has won a total of 51 awards out of 72 nominations.

Son Ye-jin Biography

Name	Son Ye-jin
Nickname	Son Eon-jin
Gender	Female
Date of Birth	11-Jan-1982
Age in 2023	41
Birth Place	Suseong District, Daegu, South Korea
Country	South Korea
Nationality	South Korean
Height	1.65 (m)
Weight	Unknown (KGs)
Profession	South Korean Actress