south korean actress
This article is about the actress. For the south korean idol singer and member of A Pink, see Kim Nam-joo ( singer ) Kim. In this korean name, the family name is Kim Nam-joo ( born May 10, 1971 ) is a south korean actress. Kim rose to stardom in the 1990s in television series such as Model, The Boss and Her House. After 2001, Kim went into semi-retirement, lone appearing in commercials, peculiarly after she married actor Kim Seung-woo in 2005 and they started a family. then in 2009, she made her comeback with Queen of Housewives, written by Park Ji-eun. Housewives was a military rank hit, and Kim went on to collaborate with Park on Queen of Reversals ( 2010 ) and top-rated series My Husband Got a Family, which established Kim ‘s continuing star status. In 2018, Kim received critical acclaim for her function in the series Misty.

early on life [edit ]

Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea. When she was two years honest-to-god, her church father ‘s clientele failed, which resulted in the family moving to Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, where Kim spent her childhood and adolescence. After graduating from high gear school, she enrolled as a Dance major at Suwon Women ‘s College. When she was a sophomore, Kim joined the Miss Korea pageant, and the have led her to quit school to pursue modeling in September 1992 .

career [edit ]

Kim won fourth place in a endowment research by broadcaster SBS in 1994, and promptly became a popular television star in her twenties. Her characters in the reach television receiver series City Men and Women ( 1996 ), Model ( 1997 ), The Boss ( 1999 ) and Her House ( 2001 ), made her the prototype of a sophisticated, urban career charwoman in 1990s Korea. [ 1 ] But after Her House, Kim went into semi-retirement, alone appearing in lucrative commercials, largely for cosmetics and luxury goods. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She married actor Kim Seung-woo in 2005, [ 4 ] and for several years she lived as a full-time housewife and mother. In 2007, she stretched some acting muscle antonym Sol Kyung-gu in Voice of a Murderer, about the torment and ultimately unsuccessful attempts of two parents to bring their kidnapped son back home. Based on the true floor of a nine-year-old child found dead in 1991, the film faithfully follows the harrowing 44-day quest to find the missing boy. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Kim made a successful television receiver rejoinder in Queen of Housewives ( besides known as My Wife is a Superwoman ) in 2009. A drollery drama that depicts the life of housewives who devote their entire lives to their husbands ‘ success, it became one of the most-watched shows during its run, topping Korea ‘s television receiver ratings charts for three back-to-back weeks. [ 1 ] It besides created new trends among married women in terms of confidence, fashion and makeup. Kim ‘s character Chun Ji-ae was once the most popular girl in high educate, and she ‘s determined to help her ache but clueless husband climb the corporate ladder once she realizes that he is an underperformer at solve. Chun meets her equal, however, when she discovers that his boss is the conserve of her high school frenemy. [ 7 ] Her portrayal of a modern korean housewife won Kim numerous accolades. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ]

Kim reunited with Queen of Housewives writer Park Ji-eun in another workplace quixotic dramedy, the 2010s Queen of Reversals. This time Kim played a strong and decisive career, a woman, trying to balance oeuvre and marry life. Her character Hwang Tae-hee experiences the many ups, downs, and reversals of work, family, and woo as she falls in and out of love and marriage. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Ratings-wise Queen of Reversals was less successful than its harbinger, though Kim was awarded the highest prize ( Daesang or “ Grand Prize ” ) at MBC ‘s year-end drama awards ceremony. [ 15 ] She besides released her reserve that year, called Kim Nam-joo’s House. The collection of essays and photograph is a candid discussion of her family life and home. [ 16 ] Kim then led the 2012 weekend family drama My Husband Got a Family ( besides known as You Who Rolled in Unexpectedly and Unexpected You ), which took a comedic and serious border on to the trials and tribulations of a television film director dealing with her in-law when her conserve reunites with his biological parents. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Kim and Park ‘s third collaboration was a big hit with audiences, it was number one on the 2012 annually television ratings chart with average ratings of 33.1 percentage and a ratings peak of 52.3 percentage, [ 19 ] and Kim won another Daesang at the KBS Drama Awards. [ 20 ] Kim returned to television receiver after a six-year hiatus, starring in the chat up thriller, Misty. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] The play was both a ratings and critical success and Kim earned praise for her portrait of a controversial character. [ 23 ] [ 24 ]

The popularity of television receiver drama that portray the lives of working women in their 30s and 40s represents a larger course in korean culture, chiefly a reflection of women marrying at a belated age and working more in their 20s. Kim is now considered one of the few established korean actresses in their 30s, 40s and flush 50s who have held on to the spotlight, reversing an ageist course that dictated casting for decades. [ 25 ]

Filmography [edit ]

television series [edit ]

Year

Title

Role

Network

1993

Dinosaur Teacher
SBS

1994

Hero’s Diary

Ma Cheong-mi

SBS

1995

Mystery of Inside the Mirror

Na Eun-ah

SBS

Hymn of Love

Kim Jae-kyung

SBS

1996

City Men and Women

Na Min-joo

SBS

Man’s Great Exploration

Oh Jin-joo

SBS

1997

Model

Song Kyung-rin

SBS

1998

Fascinate My Heart

Han Ye-rin

SBS

A Very Special Trip

Soo-jung

SBS

Victory

Seo Hee-jung

SBS

1999

My Love Han Ji-soon

Han Ji-soon

SBS

The Boss

Min-jae

MBC
Crystal

Kim Eun-hye

SBS

2001

Her House

Kim Young-wook

MBC

2009

Queen of Housewives

Chun Ji-ae

MBC

2010

Queen of Reversals

Hwang Tae-hee

MBC

2012

My Husband Got a Family

Cha Yoon-hee

KBS2

2018

Misty

Go Hye-ran

JTBC

movie [edit ]

Year

Title

Role

2001

I Love You

Hyun-soo

2007

Voice of Murderer

Oh Ji-sun

Variety show [edit ]

Year

Title

Network

Notes

1996

Popular Music Best 50

MBC

MC

1997

SBS Gayo Daejeon

SBS

1998

Beautiful TV – Star Monologues
with Park Sang-won

MBC

2000-2001

Entertainment Weekly

KBS

MC

2009

Oh My Lifestyle

O’live TV

2010

Miracle of Christmas

MBC

Documentary narration

koran [edit ]

Year

Title

Publisher

ISBN

2010

Kim Nam-joo’s House

That Book

ISBN 9788994040110

Awards and nominations [edit ]

Listicles [edit ]

Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement

Publisher

Year

Listicle

Placement

Ref.

Forbes

2013

Korea Power Celebrity

32nd

[42]

References [edit ]