Gaining worldwide fame from the hilarious variety show Running Man, the South Korean actress Song Ji-Hyo has managed to be a part of several popular movies and dramas since then. With successful shows like Emergency Couple and Was It Love to her name, Song Ji Hyo has continually proved that despite being a model, she is on par with most of the actors in the industry.
With her mother being a swimming champion and her siblings being actors just like her, it goes without saying that Song Ji Hyo’s talent comes from her blood. She had to work at a café before she could find a proper agency or drama to be a part of. Asides from being a well-known actor, Song Ji Hyo has also been a part of the modeling world and has appeared in countless ads for brands like LG, Lotte Confectionery, and Pantene Shampoo.
Her career started as a model for Kiki Magazine and music videos of Lee Soo Young’s songs. Song Ji Hyo made her debut as an actor through the 2003 horror movie Wishing Stairs. Horror roles are always the hardest to portray, but what made the process much harder was that Song Ji Hyo had to compete with 3000 other people for the role. It’s no surprise that she ended up bagging the Blue Dragon Film Award for her part in the movie.
The latter part of the 2000s was filled with new dramas and movies for Song Ji Hyo. In 2006, she got ahold of a role in a television series called Princess Hours, which eventually became one of the horsemen of the Korean wave throughout Asia. Since then, Song Ji Hyo has appeared in several hit shows like Sex Is Zero, Detectives in Trouble, and Was It Love?, to name a few.
Song Ji Hyo: About The Actress
Born on August 15th, 1981, Song Ji Hyo’s birth name was Cheon Seong-Im. She kept her stage name Song Ji Hyo after being inspired by the leading actors from the drama Autumn in My Heart. It was Park Shin Yang’s movie Promise that inspired Song Ji Hyo to pursue a career in acting. After completing her Tax accounting degree, she started working at a cafe while also actively giving multiple auditions.
After having two successful projects in the early 2000s, Song Ji Hyo expanded her work to films and dramas, where she was seen playing roles in A Frozen Flower and Inkigayo. A Frozen Flower later became one of the most sensational South Korean movies of 2008. In the year 2010, Song Ji Hyo joined the SBS variety show Running Man. Although she was first brought onto the show as just a guest, the audience loved the actress so much that she was soon made a regular on the series.
Other films Song Ji Hyo later became a part of include Late Blossom, Code Name: Jackal, and the Chinese films 708090 and Super Express. She also starred in The Fugitive of Joseon with Lee Dong-Wook as her co-star. By the year 2017, she was hosting beauty programs like Beauty View and Song Ji Hyo’s Beautiful Life. The Witch’s Diner, which was a popular web series released in 2021, also had Song Ji Hyo in one of the main roles.
What’s Song Ji Hyo’s Net Worth?
The Frozen Flower actress is reported to have a net worth of around $12 Million. The biggest contributors to her net worth have been her earnings from films, as well as her time on Running Man. Song Ji Hyo has been the recipient of several Baek Sang Art Awards as well. With all of her roles in movies and dramas, Song Ji Hyo earns about $2.28 Million per year.
She has also received worldwide recognition for her influence in promoting Korean technology. By serving as the face of multiple Korean brands, most of the international surveys conducted on topics such as “Figure Who Represents Good Quality Korean Products” and “Face of Technological Korea” had Song Ji Hyo show up as the first answer given by people from Southeast Asian countries.
Ji Hyo’s recent work was in the tvN show Sh**ting Stars and the mystery thriller movie Intruder. Song Ji Hyo has not been a part of any recent series or films, so until her next projects are out, you can watch her hit dramas like Princess Hours, Detectives in Trouble, and Ex-Girlfriends Club to witness her praiseworthy performances.
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