Jeon Ji Hyun

Aya's Choice for the month of Hearts...

Name: 전지현
Real Name: 왕지현 / Wang Ji Hyeon
English Name: Gianna Jun
Birthdate: October 30, 1981
Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
Siblings: One older brother
Blood type: B
Hobbies: Movies and Musics
Favorite Color: White
Sites: SidusHQ, Wikipedia, DramaWiki, Jeon Ji Hyun Garden, Jeon Ji Hyun Community, JKDramas, HanCinema, JunJiHyun.Org, Dust in the Wind, Jeon Ji Hyun Online

Jun was born in Seoul, and studied in the Department of Theater and Film at Dongguk University. She began her career as a model in 1997, and after appearing in a number of TV sitcoms, her movie debut came in White Valentine (1999). This was followed by a role in Il Mare (2000), which proved to be a success. An American remake of Il Mare, The Lake House, was released June 14, 2006. Her biggest breakthrough was in My Sassy Girl (2001), a romantic comedy that won her the Best Actress award at the Daejong Film Festival in 2002. In 2004, Jun starred in Windstruck (내 여자친구를 소개합니다), a 2004 South Korean fantasy-romantic comedy directed by Kwak Jae-yong. The film was a major success, ranking as the 8th-highest grossing Korean film of 2004. In 2006, she starred in Daisy.
Since her debut as a model for Echo, Jun has modeled for many fashion companies and more recently, in advertisements for mobile phones and cosmetics. Some of her more popular product endorsements include Giordano, Laneige, and Samsung Anycall.
In 2005, she became the first Korean artist to feature on the cover for the famous fashion magazine ELLE.
Jun will play the lead role of Saya Otonashi in the live-action version of Blood: The Last Vampire, which is to start filming in China and Argentina in March 2007. It is slated for a Spring 2008 release.


Trivias about Jeon Ji Hyun:

• In spite of her 48 kg weight, Jeon is a surprisingly big eater capable of putting away two brimful bowls of rice along with four dishes. Because of this, her friends have taken to calling her a glutton.
• Ji Hyun is one of the shareholders of SidusHQ. She was reported to have received the largest number of shares with a total value of 400 million won, followed by Jung Woo Sung and Jeon Do Yeon.
• Ji Hyun is Yunho's (DBSK) favorite actress and ideal girl. In an interview, he said that if he could spend two days with her, he couldn't ask for anything better. Jung Il Woo, Kang In of Super Junior and Won Bin of FT Island also lists her as their ideal girl while pop star Rain wants his future wife to be like the character from 'My Sassy Girl'.
• Internet celebrity Park Han Byul and actress Jang Hee Jin are often referred to as 'Jeon-look-alike' because of their uncanny resemblance to Ji Hyun.
• Her closests celebrity friends are Jang Hyuk, Jung Woo Sung and Cha Tae Hyun, whom all have been her leading men.
• Jang Hyuk said she's like a close sister to him. She still calls him "oppa" and their friendship goes back 10 years when they joined the same management company around the same time and underwent training together.
• She's the first ever Korean actress to grace the cover of renowned fashion magazine, Elle.
• She's often reffered to as Korea's 'CF Queen' after appearing in numerous advertisements for various products.
• Her TV campaign for Olympus digital cameras helped hike the company's brand recognition by more than 15%, according to advertising company LG AD.
• She was offered the role of Im Soo Jung in 'A Tale Of Two Sisters' but the script was too scary for her. Instead, she picked a light thriller, "The Uninvited".
• She was once voted as having Korea's sexiest butt.
• One of her Giordano ads was banned by the national advertising media censor board because they said it had gone a bit overboard and was deemed 'too sexy for broadcast TV'
• Despite appearing sexy on advertisements and is one of Korea's sex symbols, Ji Hyun never had kissing scenes in all her movies.
• Three out of her six films have been remade/in the process of being remade. 'Lake House', starring Keannu Reeves and Sandra Bullock is based on 'Il Mare'. Elisha Cuthbert has been cast on the American version of 'My Sassy Girl'. Gold Circle is also in the process of acquiring the rights to her latest film 'Daisy'. There were reports that 'Windstruck' and 'The Uninvited' are also being considered for a remake.
• She witnessed a birth of a calf during the filming of 'Daisy' and the newborn calf was named after the movie.
• She has begun to take a liking to daisies after filming 'Daisy'.
• She's not worried of always being labelled or remembered for her role in 'My Sassy Girl'.
• She said that her personality is a far cry from the Sassy girl

I SAY:
I chose Ji Hyun...
first of all, she's my no. 1 favorite actress (korean actress, asian actress, whatsoever)..
I really envy her figure hehehe... and her metabolism despite of eating such a large meal her figure still maintains.
And FYI, she really looks like my Ex-Classmate/Schoolmate/Friend/Lost but Now found Cousin. ^ ^
anyway,
Let's Support and Love Jeon Ji Hyun!