KIM Hee-seon, a renowned Theater and Film graduate of Chungang University, was born in 1977 and began her illustrious career as a model for teen magazines after winning the Fair Face Beauty Contest in 1992 while still in middle school.
The following year, she seized the opportunity to feature in a Samsung commercial and made her acting debut in the TV series Dinosaur Teacher, swiftly gaining fame and becoming one of Korea's top TV stars in the mid-to-late 1990s.
Her notable works during this period include Men of the Bath House (1995),Propose (1997),Wedding Dress (1997),Mister Q (1998),which earned her top honors at the SBS Drama Awards, Sunflower (1998),and Tomato (1999).
In 1997, KIM embarked on a dual career as a film actress, initially failing to achieve the same level of popularity as she had on the small screen. However, she did star opposite JANG Dong-gun in 1997's Repechage and then Ghost in Love (1999) from the same director.
Her biggest role was in the high-budget martial arts blockbuster Bichunmoo, which was released in 2000. For her next part, she transformed her image by cutting her hair short and took on the role of an animator in the romantic comedy Wanee and Junah (2001).
KIM's last Korean film was A Letter From Mars (2003),after which she continued to remain active on TV. Her only other film roles have been in the HK martial arts title The Myth (2005),alongside Jackie CHAN, and the Chinese period war film The Warring States (2011).
