Gong Hyo-jin

Gong Hyo-jin
Gong in October 2024
Born (1980-04-04) April 4, 1980 (age 44)
Seoul, South Korea
EducationSejong University – Department of Film Arts
OccupationActress
Years active1999–present
AgentManagement SOOP
Spouse
(m. 2022)
Korean name
Hangul
공효진
Hanja
孔曉振
Revised RomanizationGong Hyojin
McCune–ReischauerKong Hyojin

Gong Hyo-jin (Korean공효진; born April 4, 1980) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading role in the film Crush and Blush (2008), as well as for her popular television series Sang Doo! Let's Go to School (2003), Thank You (2007), Pasta (2010), The Greatest Love (2011), Master's Sun (2013), It's Okay, That's Love (2014), The Producers (2015), Don't Dare to Dream (2016), and When the Camellia Blooms (2019).

She is considered to be the queen of romantic comedies due to her successful portrayals in her rom-com dramas.[1] In 2019, she was Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year.[2]

  1. ^ "[O2플러스/화보]'로맨틱 코미디 퀸' 공효진". The Dong-A Ilbo (in Korean). 8 July 2011.
  2. ^ Moon, Ji-yeon (December 17, 2019). '동백꽃 필 무렵' 공효진X강하늘, 올해를 빛낸 탤런트 나란히 정상 ['When the Camellia Blooms' Gong Hyo-jin and Kang Ha-neul, the talents who shined this year, side by side]. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved June 13, 2021.