Kim Hye-ja

Kim Hye-ja
Kim in February 2019
Born (1941-10-25) October 25, 1941 (age 83)
EducationEwha Womans University (dropped out)
Occupations
Years active1963–present
Spouse
Im Jong-chan
(m. 1961; died 1998)
Children2
Honours Eungwan Order of Cultural Merit (2019)
Korean name
Hangul
김혜자
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Hye-ja
McCune–ReischauerKim Hyecha

Kim Hye-ja (Korean김혜자; born October 25, 1941)[1] is a South Korean actress and humanitarian. Best known to South Korean audiences as the archetypal mother figure in popular television series such as Country Diaries (1980–2002), What Is Love? (1991), My Mother's Sea (1993) and Roses and Beansprouts (1999). Kim drew international critical acclaim in the noir thriller Mother (2009),[2]The Light in Your Eyes (2019) and Our Blues (2022).

  1. ^ Profile on Daum 영화
  2. ^ "Kim Hye-ja". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved February 4, 2015.