Jun Ji-Hyun aka Jun biography

Real biography: Introduction

Jun Ji-hyun is a South Korean actress and model famous for herrole in My Sassy Girl.

Biography

She was born in Seoul, and studied in theDepartment of Theater and Film at Dongguk University. She began hercareer as a model in 1997, and after appearing in a number of TVsitcoms, her movie debut came in White Valentine (1999). This wasfollowed by a role in Il Mare (2000), which proved to be a success.An American remake of Il Mare, The Lake House, was released June14, 2006. Her biggest breakthrough was in My Sassy Girl (2001), aromantic comedy that won her the Best Actress award at the DaejongFilm Festival in 2002. In 2004, Jun starred in Windstruck (내 여자구를 소개합니다), a 2004 South Korean fantasy-romantic comedy directedby Kwak Jae-yong. The film was a major success, ranking as the8th-highest grossing Korean film of 2004. In 2006, she starred inDaisy.

Since her debut as a model for Echo, Jun has modeled for manyfashion companies and more recently, in advertisements for mobilephones and cosmetics. Some of her more popular product endorsementsinclude Giordano, Laneige, and Samsung Anycall.

In 2005, she became the first Korean artist to feature on the coverfor the famous fashion magazine ELLE.

Jun will play the lead role of Saya Otonashi in the live-actionversion of Blood: The Last Vampire, which is to start filming inChina and Argentina in March 2007. It is slated for a Spring 2008release.