Jun Ji-hyun Height, Age, Husband, Children, Family, Biography

Some Lesser Known Facts About Jun Ji-hyun

• Wang Ji-hyun was born in a middle-class South Korean family.

• In 1997, at age 16, she started modelling for Ecole Magazine after being encouraged by friends and her mother.

• She debuted as an actress in 1998 and adopted the stage name Jun Ji-hyun. In 1999, she appeared in the drama Happy Together and made her film debut in White Valentine.

• Her Samsung My Jet Printer commercial became popular the same year. In 2000, she starred in the film Il Mare, later remade in Hollywood as The Lake House.

• In 2001, Jun starred in My Sassy Girl, which became the highest-grossing Korean comedy film.

• She won the Best Actress award at the Grand Bell Awards in 2002. She acted in The Uninvited in 2003 and Windstruck in 2004.

• In 2005, she was ranked among Korea’s top ten most bankable stars in a producers’ survey. She acted in Daisy in 2006, which was filmed entirely in the Netherlands.

• The same year, she announced her Hollywood debut project Blood: The Last Vampire and, along with six actors, sued Screen magazine for unauthorised photo usage.

• The Seoul Central District Court awarded compensation in 2007. Jun launched her jeans brand “Gianna by True Religion” in 2008 and appeared in A Man Who Was Superman.

• She played the role of Saya in Blood: The Last Vampire in 2009. Seoul police later reported her phone had been cloned by a private investigator linked to her agency.

• In 2010, she acted in Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and became the first Korean actress photographed by Annie Leibovitz for the US edition of Vogue.

• In 2011, she completed her master’s degree in Digital Media and Contents from Dongguk University and created her agency J&Co. Entertainment.

• SidusHQ’s CEO was accused that year of misusing her account for profit. In 2012, Jun acted in The Thieves, Korea’s second-highest-grossing film at the time.

• She joined Culture Depot and married banker Choi Joon-hyuk on 13 April at Shilla Hotel, Seoul.