Son Ye-jin was the voice of "Jung Mi-jo" in Park Ki-hyung's film "Secret Tears" in 2000, and then went on to take the leading role in television dramas such as "Delicious Proposal", "Sun-hee and Jin-hee", and "Great Ambition". Her first high-profile role in cinema was in Im Kwon-taek's "Chi-hwa-seon", which screened at Cannes and took home a Best Director award in 2002.