Gong Hyo-jin (born April , ) is a South Korean actress. She is best
known for her leading role in the film Crush and Blush (), as well as
for her popular television series Sang Doo! Let's Go to School (),
Thank You (), Pasta (), The Greatest Love (), Master's Sun (), It's
Okay, That's Love (), The Producers (), Don't Dare to Dream () and
When the Camellia Blooms (). She is considered to be the queen of
romantic comedies due to her successful portrayals in her rom-com
dramas.Kong Hyo-jin was born in in Sinwol-dong, Gangseo District,
Seoul, South Korea. When she was a junior in high school, she moved to
Australia with her mother and younger brother, while her father
remained in Korea to support the family. Kong attended high school at
John Paul College in Brisbane. Kong has spoken fondly of her memories
of her time there, and in she was designated as one of the goodwill
ambassadors for "Year of Friendship," the th anniversary of bilateral
relations between Australia and South Korea.After three years in
Australia, the Kong family moved back to Korea in due to the IMF
crisis.Upon her return to Korea, Gong began working as a model. She
appeared in advertisements, notably the "Happy to Death" commercial
for telecom â€". After a year and a half of modeling, she made her
acting debut in a supporting role in Memento Mori. Co-directed by Kim
Tae-yong and Min Kyu-dong, the horror film reinvented its genre with
its fresh approach on teenage femme sexuality and its destructive
force, melding sapphism and the supernatural at a girls' high school.
Although it was not a box office hit in , the film is frequently cited
by young Korean filmmakers and cinema fans as a modern-day classic. At
first Gong wasn't serious about acting and couldn't wait for filming
to be over, but Memento Mori's critical success encouraged her to
continue acting, and she followed that with a role in sitcom My Funky
Family.
known for her leading role in the film Crush and Blush (), as well as
for her popular television series Sang Doo! Let's Go to School (),
Thank You (), Pasta (), The Greatest Love (), Master's Sun (), It's
Okay, That's Love (), The Producers (), Don't Dare to Dream () and
When the Camellia Blooms (). She is considered to be the queen of
romantic comedies due to her successful portrayals in her rom-com
dramas.Kong Hyo-jin was born in in Sinwol-dong, Gangseo District,
Seoul, South Korea. When she was a junior in high school, she moved to
Australia with her mother and younger brother, while her father
remained in Korea to support the family. Kong attended high school at
John Paul College in Brisbane. Kong has spoken fondly of her memories
of her time there, and in she was designated as one of the goodwill
ambassadors for "Year of Friendship," the th anniversary of bilateral
relations between Australia and South Korea.After three years in
Australia, the Kong family moved back to Korea in due to the IMF
crisis.Upon her return to Korea, Gong began working as a model. She
appeared in advertisements, notably the "Happy to Death" commercial
for telecom â€". After a year and a half of modeling, she made her
acting debut in a supporting role in Memento Mori. Co-directed by Kim
Tae-yong and Min Kyu-dong, the horror film reinvented its genre with
its fresh approach on teenage femme sexuality and its destructive
force, melding sapphism and the supernatural at a girls' high school.
Although it was not a box office hit in , the film is frequently cited
by young Korean filmmakers and cinema fans as a modern-day classic. At
first Gong wasn't serious about acting and couldn't wait for filming
to be over, but Memento Mori's critical success encouraged her to
continue acting, and she followed that with a role in sitcom My Funky
Family.
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