Kim Jung-hwa (; born September 9, 1983) is a South Korean actress. She rose to fame in the 2002 sitcom Nonstop 3, and has since played leading roles in the television series Something About 1% (2003) and Snow White: Taste Sweet Love (2004), as well as the films Spy Girl (2004) and The Elephant on the Bike (2007).
Career Kim Jung-hwa made her acting debut in 2000 when she appeared in Lee Seung-hwan's music video "You to You." She rose to fame in 2002 with the sitcom Nonstop 3, and was soon cast in supporting roles in the television dramas Glass Slippers (2002) and Into the Sun (2003).
Kim starred as the leading actress in the romantic comedies Something About 1% (2003) in which she played a middle school teacher who enters a contract marriage with a tycoon's grandson, and Snow White: Taste Sweet Love (2004) where her homely character is unexpectedly caught in a love triangle between two brothers. This was followed by her first film Spy Girl (2004), a comedy about a North Korean agent who goes undercover in the South as a Burger King employee, but to her dismay finds herself becoming popular with the male student customers.
Kim made her stage debut in 2006, in the Russian plays Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov and The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky. She later starred in the homegrown musical Audition (2007), Sam Shepard's Fool for Love (2010), and the Kim Kwang-seok jukebox musical The Days (2013).
Her next major film role was in 2007's The Elephant on the Bike, as the love interest of an emotionally withdrawn zookeeper with a deformed hand. She then drew positive reviews for her portrayal of a cold-hearted loan shark heiress in the hit drama War of Money.
Kim continued to appear in television, notably in four-episode anthology Things We Do That We Know We Will Regret (2008), and historical dramas The Kingdom of the Winds (2009) and Gwanggaeto, The Great Conqueror (2011). In 2012, Kim starred in Solid but Fluid (titled "Silverscreen Lovers" in Korean), a 3D short film about a soon-to-be-married couple that catches a glimpse of their future while at the drive-in theater.
Kim published a book of essays in 2012, which included her musings on life as an actress, as well as stories about her volunteer work helping impoverished children as part of the fight against global hunger. She titled it Hello, Agnes!, after the African child with HIV/AIDS whom she met in Uganda and has sponsored since 2009. Kim donated all proceeds to charity.
After a supporting role in Dating Agency: Cyrano (2013), Kim returned to cable television in 2015 in the disaster/medical drama D-Day.
Personal life Kim married contemporary Christian music composer and missionary Yoo Eun-sung on August 24, 2013. They first met when both became goodwill ambassadors for the humanitarian organization Food for the Hungry International, and grew close when Yoo composed the music while Kim wrote the lyrics for the single "Hello, Agnes!" which accompanied the release of Kim's same-titled memoir.
She gave birth to their first child, son Yoo Hwa on June 14, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Filmography
Television series Year Title Role 2000–2002 New Nonstop Kim Jung-hwa 2002 Glass Slippers Park Yeon-woong 2002–2003 Nonstop 3 Kim Jung-hwa 2003 Into the Sun Kang Soo-jin Something About 1% Kim Da-hyun 2004 Nonstop 4 Part-time employee at fast food chain (cameo, ep 78) Snow White: Taste Sweet Love Ma Young-hee Drama City:"Massage" Eun Hee-sung Span Drama:"A Very Special Flavored Lemonade" Woman reading a book 2005 Three-Leaf Clover Park Yeon-hee 2007 War of Money Lee Cha-yeon The Devil That Pours Red Wine Min Soo-yeon 2008 Before and After:Plastic Surgery Clinic TV reporter (cameo, ep 1) Things We Do That We Know We Will Regret Kim In-ah Night After Night Wang Joo-hyun 2008–2009 The Kingdom of the Winds Princess Yi-ji 2009 Good Job, Good Job Na Mi-ra 2010 Life Is Beautiful Woo Geum-ji 2011–2012 Gwanggaeto, The Great Conqueror Seol Ji 2012 Ugly Cake Kim Joo-hee 2013 She is Wow! Actress (cameo, episode 3) Dating Agency: Cyrano Yoon Yi-seol 2015 D-Day Eun So-yul 2017 Children of the 20th Century Sa Ho-sung 2018 Dear My Room Shim Eun-jung 2019 Confession Jenny Song 2019 Hot Stove League Yoo Jeong-in 2020 Eccentric! Chef Moon Yoo Hyo-myung 2020 Oh My Baby Jung In-ah 2020 Wechul Oh Min-ju 2021 Mine Suzy Choi 2022 Good Job Seon-woo's mother (Cameo)
Films Year Title Role 2004 Spy Girl Park Hyo-jin/Rim Kye-soon 2006 No Regret Shim Hyun-woo (cameo) 2007 The Elephant on the Bike Ji Ha-kyung 2008 Dooly and Me (short film) Soon-ok2010 Tokyo Taxi Flight attendant (cameo) Read My Lips Jung-hwa Star of Hope: Ikhwezi Le Themba Documentary narrator 2012 Solid but Fluid (3D short film) Jin-young2016Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River2018Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead Student A Mi-rae's mother2020 Ensemble Hye-young2021 Midnight Thriller Ra Soo-jin
Music videos Year Title Artist2000 "You to You" Lee Seung-hwan "Babybaby" MOVE "Yesterday" Island 2001 "Christmas Wishes" Lee Seung-hwan2002 "In My Heart" 4U "Holding On to You" Naul "No Matter How Much" "Fate" "I Know" 2003 "Reincarnated" Lee Seung-hwan 2004 "No More Now" Lee So-ra2009 "When I Watch a Drama" Byul "My Love" 1sagain 2012 "Hello, Agnes!" Kim Jung-hwa
Variety/radio shows Year Title Notes 2000 Music Camp VJ2002–2003 Inkigayo Host Music for You with Kim Jung-hwa DJ 2010–present Project Hope Volunteer: Donating Is Happiness Host 2012 Just a Moment Campaign DJ
Stage credits
Musical + Musical performance(s) Year Title Role Theater Date English Korean 2006 The Lower Depths 밑바닥에서 NastyaDaehakro Sangsang Nanum TheaterMay 2 2007 Audition 오디션 Kim Sun-ahBaekham Art HallNovember 1 to December 31 2013Those Days그날들 Geunyeo (her) Daehangno Musical Center Grand Theater April 4 – June 30 Daejeon Arts Center Art Hall July 5–7Daegu Keimyung Art CenterJuly 19–21
Theater + Theater performance(s) Year Title Role Theater Date English Korean 2006 Uncle Vanya 바냐 아저씨 Yelena Andreyevna SerebryakovDaehakro Small Theater Festival in SeoulMarch 6 to 7 2010 Fool for Love 풀 포 러브 May SM Art Hall in Seoul July 6 MBC Lotte Art Hall in BusanOctober 16–17 Donggu Arts & Sports Center in DaeguOctober 23–24
Discography Year Song title Notes 2008 "Guidelines for Ex-lovers" Track from Audition cast recording 2012 "Hello, Agnes!" Single
Book Year Title Publisher ISBN 2012 Hello, Agnes! Paper Book
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result2002 MBC Entertainment Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Sitcom Nonstop 3 SBS Drama Awards New Star Award Glass Slippers 2003 39th Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actress (TV) Nonstop 3 SBS Drama Awards Best Supporting Actress Into the Sun MBC Drama Awards Best New Actress Something About 1% 2004 KBS Drama Awards Best Actress in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama Massage 2007 SBS Drama Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries War of Money 2008 KBS Drama Awards Best Actress in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama Things We Do That We Know We Will Regret Best Couple Award with Song Il-gook The Kingdom of the Winds
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