Oh Hyun-kyung (born Oh Sang-ji on March 25, 1970) is a South Korean
actress.Oh Sang-ji won the 1989 Miss Korea beauty pageant, and
represented her country at the Miss Universe 1990 pageant. She
immediately rose to stardom. Using the stage name Oh Hyun-kyung, she
received many television offers and began her acting career. She was
also briefly an adjunct professor at Kongju Communication Arts
College. But her career came to a halt in 1998 when a 28-minute video
clip explicitly showing her having intercourse with her then-boyfriend
was uploaded on file-sharing websites. Oh asked prosecutors to
investigate the circumstances that led to the widespread circulation
of the sex video, claiming that someone had earlier attempted to
blackmail her for money. Despite proof that the video had been filmed
without her consent and the boyfriend had released it with malicious
intent, the scandal caused her to be harshly criticized in the media
and Oh was forced to quit acting. She left the country for the United
States, where she lived for three years and struggled economically.In
2001 she returned to Korea and later found herself in the public eye
once again after a hush-hush wedding in September 2002 to Kemongsa
president Hong Seung-pyo (the M&A specialist played by Bae Yong-joon
in the TV series Hotelier was based on Hong). Oh gave birth to a
daughter in 2003, and started a golf fashion business the year after.
But in 2004 her husband Hong was arrested for embezzlement, leading to
Oh divorcing him in June 2006.Calling her 10-year self-imposed exile
from the public limelight "a living nightmare," Oh returned to
television in 2007 in the melodrama First Wives' Club. Her acting
comeback was a success, and Oh has since starred in a succession of
dramas, among them High Kick Through the Roof, Gloria, Miss Ajumma,
The Great Seer, She Is Wow!, Wang's Family, 4 Legendary Witches, and
The Bird That Sheds No Tears.
actress.Oh Sang-ji won the 1989 Miss Korea beauty pageant, and
represented her country at the Miss Universe 1990 pageant. She
immediately rose to stardom. Using the stage name Oh Hyun-kyung, she
received many television offers and began her acting career. She was
also briefly an adjunct professor at Kongju Communication Arts
College. But her career came to a halt in 1998 when a 28-minute video
clip explicitly showing her having intercourse with her then-boyfriend
was uploaded on file-sharing websites. Oh asked prosecutors to
investigate the circumstances that led to the widespread circulation
of the sex video, claiming that someone had earlier attempted to
blackmail her for money. Despite proof that the video had been filmed
without her consent and the boyfriend had released it with malicious
intent, the scandal caused her to be harshly criticized in the media
and Oh was forced to quit acting. She left the country for the United
States, where she lived for three years and struggled economically.In
2001 she returned to Korea and later found herself in the public eye
once again after a hush-hush wedding in September 2002 to Kemongsa
president Hong Seung-pyo (the M&A specialist played by Bae Yong-joon
in the TV series Hotelier was based on Hong). Oh gave birth to a
daughter in 2003, and started a golf fashion business the year after.
But in 2004 her husband Hong was arrested for embezzlement, leading to
Oh divorcing him in June 2006.Calling her 10-year self-imposed exile
from the public limelight "a living nightmare," Oh returned to
television in 2007 in the melodrama First Wives' Club. Her acting
comeback was a success, and Oh has since starred in a succession of
dramas, among them High Kick Through the Roof, Gloria, Miss Ajumma,
The Great Seer, She Is Wow!, Wang's Family, 4 Legendary Witches, and
The Bird That Sheds No Tears.
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