Heo Yi-jae

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Heo Yi-jae
Actress
Years active2000–2009
2016
Agentwind entertainment
SpouseLee Seung-woo (2011–2015; divorced)
Korean name
Hangul
허이재
Hanja
許怡才
Revised RomanizationHeo I-jae
McCune–ReischauerHŏ Ijae

Heo Yi-jae (Korean: 허이재, born February 19, 1987) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading roles in the television dramas Prince Hours and Single Dad in Love.

Career

Heo Yi-jae began her entertainment career by

modeling for magazines when she was a high school student. After making her acting debut in 2004, she was given the nickname "Little Kim Tae-hee" due to her resemblance to the popular actress. She first appeared in several sitcoms on KBS followed by supporting roles, notably as Kim Rae-won's love interest in the 2006 gangster film Sunflower
.

In 2007, she got her big break when she was cast in the female leading role in

PIFF
).

An indie film she shot in 2006, A Boy Who is Walking in the Sky (the early working title was Da Capo), was released in 2008. She played the protagonist, a tomboy who helps a mute eight-year-old boy (played by Kang San) find the mother who abandoned him.

She then starred opposite

MC for Inkigayo; she and co-host Eun Ji-won
hosted the music program from May 11 to November 30, 2008.

In 2009, she left her agency,

T.O.P and Seungri played nineteen-year-old teenagers who become fugitives from the law after being falsely accused of murder.[2][3]

Later that year, she was also one of the lead stars of the romantic comedy film Girlfriends, in which her college student character shares a boyfriend with Kang Hye-jung and Han Chae-young, but all three women nevertheless become friends.[4]

Personal life

She married businessman Lee Seung-woo on January 15, 2011. She didn't renew her contract with YG Entertainment, and announced that she was putting her career activities on hold while transitioning to married life.[5] The couple divorced in 2015, after which she decided to return to acting.[6]

Filmography

Film

Television drama

Variety show

Music video

  • Live Wire
    " (2004)
  • Maya — "Hard Liquor" (2006)
  • Maya — "Road to Myself" (2006)
  • The Way — "Love.. It's Painful" (2007)

Awards

  • 2007 3rd
    Premiere
    Rising Star Awards: Best New Actress
  • 2007 3rd
    Andre Kim
    Best Star Awards: New Star Award

References

  1. ^ "Huh E-jae" Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine. YG Entertainment. Retrieved 2011.
  2. ^ Oh, Jean (25 May 2009). "T.O.P and Seung-ri star in 19". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  3. ^ Lee, Hae-joo (22 May 2009). "Big Bang duo star in murder movie". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  4. ^ Lee, Ji-hye (18 December 2009). "Press Conference - Movie Girlfriends". 10Asia. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  5. ^ "Actress Heo Yi-jae marries". Dramabeans. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  6. ^ "Actress Heo Yi-jae gets divorce, returns to acting". The Korea Times. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-07.

External links

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