Choi Ji-woo

Choi Ji-woo (birth name: Choi Mi-hyang) (born June 11, 1975 in Paju, South Korea) is a South Korean actress and model. Her parents are Choi Woon-yong and Yun Gil-ja, and she has one older brother.
Biography

Choi graduated from Pusan Sooyoung Elementary, Sooyoung Girl\'s Jr. High, and Dukmoon Girl\'s High School, and majored in aerobics at Pusan Woman\'s Professional College\'s Dance Department. She was first discovered when she won a talent audition organized by MBC in 1994, and made her debut in the 1995 drama series War and Love, after which she adopted the stage name Choi Ji Woo.[1] She also appeared in the popular drama Winter Sonata, where she was the first paired with actor Bae Yong Joon. This drama is known as one of Korea\'s most famous love dramas.

In 2001, Choi gained popularity with her role as an orphaned girl suffering from leukemia in the series Beautiful Days, in which she starred alongside Lee Byung-Hun.[2] That same year, she enrolled in Hanyang University\'s Department of Theater/Film Studies. Although Choi completed her first year, she had to withdraw from college studies due to her hectic work schedule.

Choi\'s most recent work is the MBC weekend drama \"Air City\", her first series in three years. She is currently dating her co-star in Air City, Lee Jin Wok.[3] In the series, she plays Han Do-Kyung, Chief Operating Officer of Incheon Airport, a role that requires her to be multi-lingual. Her co-stars include Lee Jung-jae and Lee Jin-wook, and the trio completed their photo shoot for the series poster in February 2007. The 20-episode drama made its debut on MBC on May 12 and will conclude on July 15.


Korean wave

In 2002 Choi co-starred again with Bae Yong Joon in the popular drama series Winter Sonata, produced by KBS and directed by Yoon Suk-ho. The second installment of Yoon\'s seasonal dramas (collectively referred to as \"Endless Love\"), Winter Sonata has been credited as one of the initiators of the Korean Wave in Japan.[5] As a result, Choi has gained a wide Japanese following, and her Japanese fans sometimes refer to her as \"Princess Ji Woo\". She continued her success by appearing in the 2003 drama Stairway to Heaven with Kwon Sang Woo.

She was one of the best Korean actresses who has wide popularity among Japanese people. The data was conducted by Gallup Korea and Research Japan.

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