Is a South Korean actress. She gained international popularity through her leading roles in the television dramas Autumn in My Heart (2000), All In (2003), Full House (2004), That Winter, the Wind Blows (2013), Descdants of the Sun (2016), counter (2018) and The Glory (2022). Her film work includes Hwang Jin Yi (2007), The Grandmaster (2013), My Brilliant Life (2014), and The Ques (2015).
She is referred to as one of The Troika, along with Kim Tae-hee and Jun Ji-hyun, collectively known by the bld word Tae-Hye-Ji. The success of Song's television dramas internationally established her as a top Hallyu star.
Wh Song was born, she was so ill that her parts and doctors thought that she would not survive. Upon her recovery, Song's parts registered her birth on February 26, 1982 (instead of her actual birthdate, November 22, 1981).
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They moved from her birthplace in Daegu to the Gangnam District in Seoul, where she trained as a figure skater in elemtary school but quit wh she was in the eighth grade.
Song considered herself shy and introverted, but wh she attded Ewha Girls' High School she was described by her high school teacher as having a cheerful character, she mixed well with her frids and was always in a bright mood.
In 1996, the fourte-year-old Song, th a third-year junior high school studt, won first place in the SunKyung Smart Model Contest, and made her tertainmt debut as a model for the school uniform company.
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This led to her being cast in a small role in her first television drama, First Love. She would continue to appear in a string of dramas and sitcoms, most notably Soonpoong Clinic.
But it was not until the KBS drama Autumn in My Heart in 2000 with Song Seung-heon and Won Bin that she rose to fame in Korea and throughout Asia.
The romantic melodrama series was a ratings success, pioneering a trd in Korean melodramatic series and launching a trd that is commonly referred to as the Korean Wave and leading to Song becoming a Hallyu star.
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In 2003, her popularity continued to climb as she played a leading role alongside Lee Byung-hun in the gambling drama All In,
Early 2005, Song wt to San Francisco to study glish, and later traveled to Seattle. She took time off to recharge herself after the successful Asia drama Full House. I have had a good rest. It was a good opportunity to reflect on myself, said Song. Song returned to Korea on March 5, 2005.
The same year, Song made her big-scre debut in My Girl and I (a Korean remake of Crying Out Love in the Cter of the World), which was panned by audices and critics alike. Vocal about her dissatisfaction with typecasting in the roles she was being offered,
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Because they found Song's image too cute, Jun Ji-hyun and Soo Ae were the producers' original choices for the role, but Song wt on a rigorous diet and surprised them with her will and desire to be Hwang Jini.
A year later, she made her American debut in the Hollywood indie Make Yourself at Home (formerly titled Fetish), a psychological thriller about a girl who was born to a shaman mother and tries to flee her fate by becoming an immigrant bride in the US.
She made her TV comeback in late 2008 with The World That They Live In (also known as Worlds Within), a series set at a broadcast station in which Song and Hyun Bin played drama PDs who work together and fall in love.
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In 2010, she starred in Camellia, an omnibus film made up of three short films directed by three Asian directors. Each episode is set in the past, prest, and future of the city of Busan. In the film's final segmt, Love for Sale, Song and Kang Dong-won played former lovers who forget their memories about each other, which later leads them to a fatal destiny.
In early 2011 Song released the photo-book Song Hye-kyo's Momt, which was shot by top photographers in Atlanta, New York City, Buos Aires, Patagonia, Paris, the Netherlands and Brazil. Proceeds from the sales of the photo book was donated to a childr's foundation.
Song next played a documtary filmmaker who finds the strgth to forgive the sevte-year-old boy who killed her fiancé but instead of redemption finds only greater tragedy in A Reason to Live (Korean title: Today), which after several delays was released in October 2011.
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In 2011, she became the first Asian actress to sign a contract with Frch global agcy Effigies, paving the way for her possible try into the European market. She released a photo-essay book in 2012 titled It's Time for Hye-kyo.
Song next played a supporting role in The Grandmaster, Chinese director Wong Kar-wai's biographical film about Bruce Lee's kung fu master Ip Man, for which she learned Cantonese and martial arts.
She later admitted there had be a bit of friction and misunderstanding with Wong while filming, but that the difficulties helped her mature.
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Song reunited with the writer and director of Worlds Within in That Winter, the Wind Blows, a 2013 remake of 2002 Japanese drama Ai Nante Irane Yo, Natsu (I Don't Need Love, Summer). She played a blind heiress in the melodrama, opposite a con man pretding to be her long-lost brother (played by Jo In-sung). That Winter, the Wind Blows placed number one in its time slot during most of its run, and Song and Jo were praised for their performances.
In 2014, Song reunited with Kang Dong-won in My Brilliant Life, E J-yong's film adaptation of Kim Aeran's bestselling novel My Palpitating Life about a couple who watched their son suffering from progeria grow prematurely old.
The romantic epic The Crossing was Song's second Chinese film to be released. It was directed by John Woo (Woo's longtime frid and producer Terce Chang has be managing Song's overseas activities since 2008). Previously titled 1949 and Love and Let Love, the long-gestating project had originally be announced at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008,
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The Crossing is based on the true story of the Taiping steamer collision. It follows six characters' intertwining love stories in Taiwan and Shanghai during the 1930s. Song played the daughter of a wealthy banker.
Another Chinese film followed in 2015, The Ques, a contemporary romantic comedy about three cosmopolitan wom – an actress, a PR specialist, and a gallery manager – who manipulate frids and put down their emies as they play the game of love. Also starring Joe Ch and Vivian Wu, it was actress Annie Yi's directorial debut.
In 2016, Song starred in the mega-hit romantic comedy series Descdants of the Sun, an intse drama about an army captain (played by Song Joong-ki) and a surgeon who fall in love while working in disaster-torn areas.
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The drama was incredibly popular in Korea with a peak viewership rating of 41.6% and in Asia, where it was viewed 2.5 billion times on iQiyi.
In 2021, Song starred in SBS romantic drama Now, We Are Breaking Up, playing a team leader of design departmt of a fashion company.
And Song's portrayal of Moon Dong-eun, a victim of brutal high school bullying who dedicates her adulthood to plot revge against perpetrators, was met with praise by the critics.
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On July 5, 2017, Song and Descdants of the Sun co-star Song Joong-ki announced through their respective agcies that they were gaged.
They married in a private ceremony on October 31, 2017, at Youngbingwan, Hotel Shilla in Seoul, amid intse media interest across Asia.
On July 25, 2019, Song Hye-kyo filed a complaint against fifte online netizs for spread of false information, defamation of character and insult.
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Song made a public apology for committing tax evasion wh she claimed undocumted expses. In response to allegations that she had underpaid income tax from 2009 to 2011 totaling ₩2.56 billion, she argued that her accountant had mishandled her paperwork without her knowledge. After receiving notification from the NTS in October 2012, Song paid the tax balance due plus understatemt of income tax palties in the aggregate of ₩3.8 billion (US$3.7 million).
Song was again billed another ₩700 million in April 2014 against her 2008 tax filing, a result of the legally required five-year audit neglected since the 2012 notification.
A represtative from Song's agcy said, Because Song has travelled extsively for work, she has become aware of how important it is for tourists to be able to read information in their own language.
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Song, in collaboration with professor Seo Kyung-duk of Sungshin Wom's University, donated brochures of information in Korean to various historic Korean sites, art galleries, and museums in the world. Professor Seo praised Song for supporting her country quietly.
In October 2013, Song donated 1, 000 tickets to the Busan International Film Festival for the underprivileged young people in the Busan area.
In July 2014, Song purchased 800 tickets for The Seoul International Wom's Film Festival and donated them to the Korean Psychological Association and the Magdala Community.
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In December 2016, Song made a donation to the Beautiful Foundation, to be used for educational support projects for low-income studts who dream