# Kim Hye-sun

Kim Hye-sun (born September 28, 1969) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading role in the television drama First Wives' Club (2007–2008).

## Career

Kim Hye-sun began modeling when she was in middle school. While attending Anyang High School of the Arts, Kim appeared in commercials for Orion, Lotte Samkang and Korea Cosmetics, and subsequently made her acting debut in 1986. She quickly gained popularity as a teen star with an innocent and bright image. Kim also became active in Japanese entertainment in 1988, where she was known under the name Shirakawa Shoko (白川翔子) and released two photo books titled Temptation of the White Wind and Like It!. In 1993, she won Best Supporting Actress at the Blue Dragon Film Awards for her performance in Love Is Oh Yeah!.
After getting married in 1995, Kim retired from show business and immigrated to the United States. But she returned to acting two years later in the television drama The River of Maternal Love (1997). As she grew older, she began playing ajummas (middle-aged wives and mothers), notably in Famous Princesses (2006), First Wives' Club (2007) and What's for Dinner? (2009). Then in 2011, Kim was cast in her first big-screen leading role in 17 years. In My Secret Partner, she played a famous chef in her 40s who becomes involved in a passionate romance with a younger man in his 20s, and the film became controversial due to its explicit content, which featured Kim in a number of nude scenes.

## Personal life

Kim married her first husband in 1995, but after eight years of marriage, they divorced in September 2003. She remarried in July 2004, but she and her second husband, a businessman, divorced in 2009. Kim has two children, a son and a daughter.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1986 | Dancing Daughter | | |
| 1987 | A Woman Beating the Drum | | |
| 1988 | If You Want | Ki-yeon | |
| 1989 | Memories of Balbari | Mi-na | |
| 1991 | The Submarine with a Rabbit Aboard | Kim Mi-ah | |
| 1992 | A Bloody Battle for Revenge | In-hye | |
| 1992 | Sons and Lovers | Ga-hee | |
| 1993 | Hwa-Om-Kyung | I-ryeon | |
| 1993 | Love Is Oh Yeah! | Teacher Choi | |
| 1994 | The Man Who Cannot Kiss | Do Do-hye | |
| 1996 | Piano Man | — | Producer |
| 2006 | Dark Forest | Kim Sun-a | Cameo |
| 2011 | My Secret Partner | Hee-sook | |
| 2022 | Jajangmyeon Thank you | | Shorts Film; special appearance |
| TBA | My Girl's Choice | | American Film |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1987 | Blue Classroom | |
| 1987 | A Tree Blooming with Love | |
| 1988 | 500 Years of Joseon: The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyeong | Moon Suk-ui |
| 1989 | A Happy Woman | Yeo-kyung |
| 1990 | Pacheonmu | Seol-ri, Kim Jong-seo's concubine |
| 1991 | Autumn Flowers in Winter Trees | |
| 1991 | Another's Happiness | Cha Moon-hee |
| 1991 | Mudong's House | Chae-kyung |
| 1991 | Asphalt My Hometown | Ki-joo |
| 1992 | Rose Garden | Hye-ran |
| 1992 | Gwanchon Essay | |
| 1993 | Walking All the Way to Heaven | Im Ji-sook |
| 1993 | To the Lovely Others | Ha Soon-nam, tearoom madam |
| 1993 | To Live | Sook-pyo |
| 1994 | The Land of People | Jang Ji-ae |
| 1994 | I Want to Be Happy | Cha Eun-hee |
| 1995 | What Happened At Sunrise | Mi-ran |
| 1997 | The River of Maternal Love | Seo Myung-joo |
| 1997 | Three Kim Generation | Yoon Hye-ra |
| 1998 | A Whistling Sound | Twin sisters |
| 1998 | MBC Best Theater "Searching for the Hidden Face" | |
| 1998 | Sunday Best "Short Memories of Love" | |
| 1998 | I Hate You, But It's Fine | Ha-na |
| 1998 | For Love | Kang Sun-kyung |
| 1999 | MBC Best Theater "The Technicalities of Divorce" | Sook-mi |
| 1999 | You | Yoo Soon-ye |
| 1999 | MBC Best Theater "My First Boyfriend, Mom's Last Lover" | Eun-ji's mother |
| 1999 | Michiko | |
| 1999 | Woman on Top | Soon-nam |
| 1999 | Hur Jun | Jan Geum-yi's mother |
| 2000 | Foolish Princes | Joo Sun-mi |
| 2001 | Empress Myeongseong | Chuseon |
| 2001 | Father and Son | |
| 2002 | Ruler of Your Own World | Jeon Kang's wife |
| 2002 | Remember | Choi Mi-ran |
| 2002 | The Maengs' Golden Era | Yoo Jung-hwa |
| 2002 | Girl's High School | Seo Min-jung |
| 2003 | Ang-sook | Yeon-hee |
| 2003 | Jewel in the Palace | Park Myeong-yi |
| 2004 | Match Made in Heaven | Kim Seok-gu's older sister |
| 2004 | Terms of Endearment | Mi-seon, Kang Geum-pa's friend |
| 2004 | Lotus Flower Fairy | Bu Yong-hwa |
| 2004 | Toji, the Land | Gong Wol-seon |
| 2005 | Tears of Diamond | Eun Ae-ryung |
| 2006 | Famous Princesses | Na Deok-chil |
| 2007 | First Wives' Club | Han Bok-soo |
| 2008 | My Pitiful Sister | Song Jae-jeong |
| 2009 | What's for Dinner? | Jo Young-shim |
| 2010 | Dong Yi | Court lady Jung |
| 2010 | Master of Prescriptions | |
| 2011 | New Tales of Gisaeng | Han Soon-deok |
| 2011 | Gyebaek | Eul-nyeo (cameo) |
| 2011 | The Great Gift | Hyeong-soo |
| 2011 | If Tomorrow Comes | Kim Soon-jung |
| 2012 | The King's Doctor | Queen Inseon |
| 2012 | Cheer Up, Mr. Kim! | Hong Hae-sook |
| 2013 | Eunhui | Han Jung-ok |
| 2013 | Love in Her Bag | Woo Do-young |
| 2013 | Melody of Love | Yoon Ji-young |
| 2014 | Cheongdam-dong Scandal | Kang Bok-hee |
| 2015 | My Unfortunate Boyfriend | Yoo Ji-na's mother |
| 2016–2017 | Our Gap-soon | Yeo Shi-nae |
| 2021 | Revolutionary Sisters | Oh Taeng-ja |
| 2024 | Beauty and Mr. Romantic | Hong Ae-kyo |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1990 | MBC Drama Awards | Best New Actress | | Won |
| 1993 | 14th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Love Is Oh Yeah! | Won |
| 1993 | SBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress | | Won |
| 1999 | KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress | | Won |
| 2008 | 9th Korea Visual Arts Festival | Photogenic Award, TV Actress category | First Wives' Club | Won |
| 2008 | SBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama | First Wives' Club | Won |
| 2011 | SBS Drama Awards | Special Award, Actress in a Weekend/Daily Drama | New Tales of Gisaeng | Nominated |
| 2012 | MBC Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama | The King's Doctor | Nominated |
| 2013 | 21st Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards | Excellence Award, Actress (TV) | Melody of Love | Won |
| 2013 | KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama | Eunhui, Melody of Love | Nominated |
| 2014 | SBS Drama Awards | Special Award, Actress in a Serial Drama | Cheongdam-dong Scandal | Won |
| 2018 | MBC Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Soap Opera | Secrets and Lies | Nominated |