Song Hye-Kyo was born November 23 1982,(Hehe I was born that day!^.^) is a South Korean model and actress. She gained popularity through the television dramas such as Autumn in My Heart (2000), All In (2003), and Full House (2004).
Song debuted in the entertainment industry in 1996 when she won the Grand Prize in SunKyung Smat (a school uniform company) when she was finishing off her third year in junior high school. It was not long until she starred in her first drama, Merry Morning. Since then, she would continue to star in a string of various dramas and sitcoms but it wasn't until the KBS drama Autumn in My Heart in 2000 with Song Seung-hun and Wong Bin that she rose to fame throughout Asia.
In 2003, her popularity continued to climb when she played a leading role alongside Lee Byun-hun in the gambling drama All In. The following yea, she co-starred with singer Rain in the hit romantic comedy series, Full House.
After the pan-Asia success of Full House, she made he big-screen debut in My Girl and I (a Korean adaption of Crying Out Love in the Center of the World), which was panned by audiences and critics alike. Vocal about her dissatisfaction with typecasting in the roles she was being offered, Song went on a 2-years hiatus.
She returned to acting in 2007, as the kissaeng Hwang Jini in the film of adaption of Hwang Jin Yi. The producers were initially against her casting, but Song worked hard to prove them wrong. A year later, she made her American debut in the Hollywood indie Make Yourself At Home, a psychological thriller about a girl who was born to a shaman mother and tries to flee her fate by becoming an immigrant bride in the U.S. Despite Song's attempts to challenger herself, both films underwhelmed at the box office.
She made her TV comeback in late 2008 with The World That They Live In, a series set at a brodcast station in which Song and Hyun Bin play drama PDs who work together and fall in love.
In 2010, she starred in Camellia, an omnibus pic made up three feature films directed by three Asian directors. Each episode is set in the past, present and future of the city of Busan, Korea. In the films final segment Love for Sale, Song and Kang Dong-won play former lovers who forget their memories about each other which later leads the to a fatal destiny.
Chinese director John Woo announced Song's casting in his fill 1949, but the project was cancelled. Wong Kar-wai then cast her in a supporting role in his biopic about Bruce Lee's kung fu master Ip Man. Titled The Grandmasters, Song learned Cantonese and martial arts for the film.
She recently finished filming La Quotidienne, in which she plays a document producer who goes through much pain after losing her fiance in an unexpected car accident. Song said she consider the film "a turning point" in her life. After some delays, the film is aiming for an October 2011 release.
Considered one of Korea's most beautiful women, Song released the photo book Song Hye-kyo's moment which was shot by top photographers in Atlanta, New York, Buenos, Aires, Patagonia, Paris, the Netherlands and Brazil.
Song is one of the most in-demand product endorsers in Korea and has done many TV commercials and print ads over the years. She has been a spokesperson for popular brands such as, Laneige, Levi's (lady style), Etude, Whitea, Aritaum, Innisfree, Nintendo DS (Animal Crossing), Roem, McDonald (ice cream), FHM and Vivien Bra.
When Song was born, she was sick and her parents and doctor thought she would not make it. Miraculously she survived and her parents on registered her birth on February 26, 1983 (instead her actual birthdate). She has no siblings. Her hobbies are ice skating, swimming, and playing the piano.
DRAMA:
Merry Morning (KBS) - 1996
First Love (KBS) - 1996
One of a Pair (SBS) -1998
Marching (SBS) - 1998
Deadly Eyes (SBS)- 1998
White Nights 3.98 (SBS)- 1998
How Am I? (SBS) - 1998
Sweet Bride (SBS)- 1999
Soonpoong Clinic (SBS) - 1999
Autumn in My Heart (KBS)- 2000
Guardian Angel (KBS) - 2001
Hotelier (MBC) - 2001
All In (SBS) - 2003
Sunlight Pours Down (SBS) - 2003
Full House (KBS) - 2004
The World That They Live In (KBS) - 2008
FILM:
My Girl And I-2005
Hwang Jin Yi-2007
Make Yourself at Home-2008
Camellia- "Love for Sale"-2010
La Quotidienne-2011
The Grandmasters-2011
