Born in Jeju in 1967, KIM Hee-ae was still in high school when she was discovered by an advertising agency, leading her to get her first modeling stint in 1978. Her acting debut came in 1983, when she featured in <The First Day Of The Twentieth Year>. She subsequently appeared in her first KBS drama series while she was studying at Chungang University. She was a consistent presence on TV in the 1980s, earning top honors from the MBC Drama Awards and the Baeksang Arts Aw...More

Born in Jeju in 1967, KIM Hee-ae was still in high school when she was discovered by an advertising agency, leading her to get her first modeling stint in 1978. Her acting debut came in 1983, when she featured in <The First Day Of The Twentieth Year>. She subsequently appeared in her first KBS drama series while she was studying at Chungang University. She was a consistent presence on TV in the 1980s, earning top honors from the MBC Drama Awards and the Baeksang Arts Awards. She worked exclusively in MBC drama series throughout the 90s, while also appearing in the drama film <The 101St Proposition> in 1993 alongside MOON Sung-geun, for which she received Best Actress nominations from both the Blue Dragon and Grand Bell Film Awards. Continuing her successful TV career, she made a much-publicized return to the big screen in LEE Han’s high school teen bullying drama <Thread of Lies> in 2014 as a grieving mother alongside KO Asung. The next year saw her appear in the music biopic <C’est Si Bon>, playing the older version of the muse who inspired the famous folk rock group Twin Folio, alongside KIM Yun-seok. She made another strong impression in 2018 when she starred in courtroom drama <Herstory> (2017) as a travel agent who takes to heart the case of wartime sex slavery victims in their legal fight against Japan. In 2019, she received top billing in the critically praised indie film <Moonlit Winter>, playing a woman travelling with her daughter to meet again her first love.Less