Ko Hyun-jung | |
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Born | Hwasun, South Korea | March 2, 1971
Education | Dongguk University (Performing Arts) |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active |
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Agent | IOK Company |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Miss World Korea 1990 |
Major competition(s) | Miss Korea 1989 (1st Runner-Up) |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 고현정 |
Hanja | 高賢廷 |
Revised Romanization | Go Hyeon-jeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Ko Hyŏnjŏng |
Go Hyun-jung (Korean: 고현정; born March 2, 1971), or Ko Hyun-jung, is a South Korean actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She debuted in the entertainment industry as a Miss Korea runner-up in 1989 and went on to star in Sandglass (1995), one of the highest-rated and critically acclaimed dramas in Korean television history. She retired after marrying chaebol Chung Yong-jin in 1995, then returned to acting after their divorce in 2003. Go has since regained her top star status in Korea, becoming the highest-paid actress on TV after the success of her series' Queen Seondeok (2009) and Big Thing (2010).[1]