Jun Ji-hyun (born 30 October1981, Seoul) is a Korean actress, model and singer. She is gaining more fame worldwide due to her roles in extremely popular Korean films in recent times. Starting her career of as a model, Jun later took up acting as well. Making her film debut White Valentine in 1999, she later gained her fame from the movies she later starred in, especially from the movie Il Mare, due to its handsomely shot scenes at Kanghwa island. However, the real breakout came from the comedy film My Sassy Girl which tells of a gulliable college student and his wacky girlfriend.
She studied at Don-guk University. She made her debut as a model for Echo, and since then has modelled many clothing lines and more recently, mobile phones and iPod. She was also light heartedly voted as having the "Best Behind in Asia", polling 41% of the total votes, beating Lee Hyo-ri who only at polled 30%.
Currently Jeon remains almost unrivalled in terms of popularity. In 2003 an "occult thriller" titled The Uninvited re-teamed her with actor Park Shin-yang from White Valentine. The comedian movie Windstruck, which was flimed this year together with Jang Hyuk, romantically reunited her with the young director of My Sassy Girl. Jeon has also pursued a career on singing.
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