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| birth_place        = [[Paju]], [[Gyeonggi Province]], South Korea
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'''Choi Ji-woo''' (born Choi Mi-hyang on June 11, 1975) is a South Korean actress.  Considered one of South Korea's most beautiful women, she has received critical acclaim for her work in a wide range of melodramas, most notably ''[[Beautiful Days (TV series)|Beautiful Days]]'' (2001), ''[[Winter Sonata]]'' (2002),  ''[[Stairway to Heaven (South Korean TV series)|Stairway to Heaven]]'' (2003),
'''Choi Ji-woo''' ({{korean|최지우}}; born June 11, 1975), born '''Choi Mi-hyang''' ({{Korean|최미향|labels=no}}), is a South Korean actress.  Considered one of South Korea's most beautiful women, she has received critical acclaim for her work in a wide range of melodramas, most notably ''[[Beautiful Days (TV series)|Beautiful Days]]'' (2001), ''[[Winter Sonata]]'' (2002),  ''[[Stairway to Heaven (South Korean TV series)|Stairway to Heaven]]'' (2003),
''[[Air City]]'' (2007), ''[[Star's Lover]]'' (2008), ''[[The Suspicious Housekeeper]]'' (2013), and ''[[Temptation (2014 TV series)|Temptation]]'' (2014), as well as the romantic comedy series ''[[Twenty Again]]'' (2015) and ''[[Woman with a Suitcase]]'' (2016)''.
''[[Air City]]'' (2007), ''[[Star's Lover]]'' (2008), ''[[The Suspicious Housekeeper]]'' (2013), and ''[[Temptation (2014 TV series)|Temptation]]'' (2014), as well as the romantic comedy series ''[[Twenty Again]]'' (2015) and ''[[Woman with a Suitcase]]'' (2016).


== Career ==
== Career ==
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She was cast in her first major role in [[List of South Korean films of 1996|1996 film]] ''The Gate of Destiny'', but her limited acting skills resulted in her being replaced during filming.<ref>{{cite web|title=Choi Ji-woo talks being replaced|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2011/12/27/etc/Choi-Jiwoo-talks-being-replaced/2946204.html|website=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]|date=27 December 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205232455/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2946204|archive-date=5 February 2012}}</ref> In the next couple of years Choi continued to star in both [[Korean drama|TV drama]]s and films, including ''[[The Hole (1997 film)|The Hole]]'' (the Original version of Hollywood thriller ''[[Hush (1998 film)|Hush]]''), as well as the [[romantic comedies]] ''First Kiss'' with [[Ahn Jae-wook]] and ''[[The Romantic President]]'' with [[Ahn Sung-ki]]. It was her portrayals on TV of tragic heroines with a pure and innocent image—notably in ''Truth'' opposite [[Ryu Si-won]] and ''[[Beautiful Days (TV series)|Beautiful Days]]'' opposite [[Lee Byung-hun]]—that boosted her rising popularity.
She was cast in her first major role in [[List of South Korean films of 1996|1996 film]] ''The Gate of Destiny'', but her limited acting skills resulted in her being replaced during filming.<ref>{{cite web|title=Choi Ji-woo talks being replaced|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2011/12/27/etc/Choi-Jiwoo-talks-being-replaced/2946204.html|website=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]|date=27 December 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205232455/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2946204|archive-date=5 February 2012}}</ref> In the next couple of years Choi continued to star in both [[Korean drama|TV drama]]s and films, including ''[[The Hole (1997 film)|The Hole]]'' (the Original version of Hollywood thriller ''[[Hush (1998 film)|Hush]]''), as well as the [[romantic comedies]] ''First Kiss'' with [[Ahn Jae-wook]] and ''[[The Romantic President]]'' with [[Ahn Sung-ki]]. It was her portrayals on TV of tragic heroines with a pure and innocent image—notably in ''Truth'' opposite [[Ryu Si-won]] and ''[[Beautiful Days (TV series)|Beautiful Days]]'' opposite [[Lee Byung-hun]]—that boosted her rising popularity.


In 2002, she reunited onscreen with [[Bae Yong-joon]] (she previously had a supporting role in his 1996 drama ''[[First Love (1996 TV series)|First Love]]'') that she would star in her most famous, iconic role. Directed by [[Yoon Seok-ho]] as the second installment of his "[[Endless Love (2000 TV series)|season dramas]],"<ref>[http://english.kbs.co.kr/society/interview/1340789_11775.html "Producer Yun Seok-ho, the creator of Yonsama and the ''hallyu'' frenzy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070301110050/http://english.kbs.co.kr/society/interview/1340789_11775.html |date=2007-03-01 }}. KBS Global. 17 January 2005.</ref> ''[[Winter Sonata]]'' became a phenomenal hit throughout Asia and has been credited as one of the initiators of the [[Korean Wave]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Is it all over already? Gloomy signs overshadow rosy statistics of ''Hallyu''|url=http://www.hancinema.net/is-it-all-over-already-gloomy-signs-overshadow-rosy-statistics-of-hallyu--3403.html|publisher=[[The Korea Herald]] via [[Hancinema]]|date=11 July 2005|access-date=13 November 2012|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327122936/https://www.hancinema.net/is-it-all-over-already-gloomy-signs-overshadow-rosy-statistics-of-hallyu--3403.html|url-status=live}}</ref> As a result, Choi gained wide pan-Asian recognition, especially a huge following in Japan where she acquired the nickname ''Ji-woo Hime'' ("Princess Ji-woo").<ref>[http://web-japan.org/trends/arts/art041014.html "Pure Love: Tear-Jerking Love Stories Enthrall Japanese Women"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423022206/http://web-japan.org/trends/arts/art041014.html |date=2007-04-23 }}. Web Japan. 14 October 2004.</ref> In 2009 she and Bae reprised their roles as voice actors for ''[[Winter Sonata#Anime|Winter Sonata Anime]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bae, Choi to Voice Winter Sonata Cartoon|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2008/05/178_25074.html|publisher=[[The Korea Times]]|date=30 May 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=A reunion in 7 years: Yonsama and Jiwoohime|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2009092918564427201|website=Asiae|date=29 September 2009|access-date=17 June 2013|archive-date=21 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221174540/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2009092918564427201|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bae Yong-joon, Choi Ji-woo reunite for ''Winter Sonata'' anime|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010020212531420351|website=Asiae|date=2 February 2010|access-date=17 June 2013|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181533/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010020212531420351|url-status=live}}</ref> She continues to be a lucrative star and brand in Japan, fetching high licensing/broadcasting rights for her dramas and selling out concerts and merchandise ([[TVN (South Korea)|tvN]]'s ''E News'' compiled a list of the top ''[[Korean Wave|Hallyu]]'' stars in Japan based on their approximate gross incomes for the first half of 2011, and Choi was number five with approximately {{USD|2 million}}).
In 2002, she reunited onscreen with [[Bae Yong-joon]] (she previously had a supporting role in his 1996 drama ''[[First Love (1996 TV series)|First Love]]'') that she would star in her most famous, iconic role. Directed by [[Yoon Seok-ho]] as the second installment of his "[[Endless Love (2000 TV series)|season dramas]],"<ref>[http://english.kbs.co.kr/society/interview/1340789_11775.html "Producer Yun Seok-ho, the creator of Yonsama and the ''hallyu'' frenzy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070301110050/http://english.kbs.co.kr/society/interview/1340789_11775.html |date=2007-03-01 }}. KBS Global. 17 January 2005.</ref> ''[[Winter Sonata]]'' became a phenomenal hit throughout Asia and has been credited as one of the initiators of the [[Korean Wave]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Is it all over already? Gloomy signs overshadow rosy statistics of ''Hallyu''|url=http://www.hancinema.net/is-it-all-over-already-gloomy-signs-overshadow-rosy-statistics-of-hallyu--3403.html|publisher=[[The Korea Herald]] via [[Hancinema]]|date=11 July 2005|access-date=13 November 2012|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327122936/https://www.hancinema.net/is-it-all-over-already-gloomy-signs-overshadow-rosy-statistics-of-hallyu--3403.html|url-status=live}}</ref> As a result, Choi gained wide pan-Asian recognition, especially a huge following in Japan where she acquired the nickname ''Ji-woo Hime'' ("Princess Ji-woo").<ref>[http://web-japan.org/trends/arts/art041014.html "Pure Love: Tear-Jerking Love Stories Enthrall Japanese Women"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423022206/http://web-japan.org/trends/arts/art041014.html |date=2007-04-23 }}. Web Japan. 14 October 2004.</ref> In 2009 she and Bae reprised their roles as voice actors for ''[[Winter Sonata#Anime|Winter Sonata Anime]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bae, Choi to Voice Winter Sonata Cartoon|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2008/05/178_25074.html|publisher=[[The Korea Times]]|date=30 May 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=A reunion in 7 years: Yonsama and Jiwoohime|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2009092918564427201|website=[[The Asia Business Daily]]|date=29 September 2009|access-date=17 June 2013|archive-date=21 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221174540/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2009092918564427201|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bae Yong-joon, Choi Ji-woo reunite for ''Winter Sonata'' anime|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010020212531420351|website=[[The Asia Business Daily]]|date=2 February 2010|access-date=17 June 2013|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181533/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010020212531420351|url-status=live}}</ref> She continues to be a lucrative star and brand in Japan, fetching high licensing/broadcasting rights for her dramas and selling out concerts and merchandise ([[TVN (South Korea)|tvN]]'s ''E News'' compiled a list of the top ''[[Korean Wave|Hallyu]]'' stars in Japan based on their approximate gross incomes for the first half of 2011, and Choi was number five with approximately {{USD|2 million}}).


After the success of her 2003 melodrama ''[[Stairway to Heaven (South Korean TV series)|Stairway to Heaven]]'' with [[Kwon Sang-woo]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hancinema.net/winter-sonata-the-most-popular-korean-drama-in-japan-10025.html|title="Winter Sonata", The Most Popular Korean Drama In Japan|date=2 July 2007|publisher=Broasia via Hancinema|access-date=4 February 2018|archive-date=21 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921003959/https://www.hancinema.net/winter-sonata-the-most-popular-korean-drama-in-japan-10025.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Choi again attempted to break into film. She played a terminally ill heroine in ''[[Now and Forever (2006 film)|Now and Forever]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=''Love Letter'' Starring Choi Ji-woo and Cho Han-sung to Open Next Year|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=1765|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130413133235/http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=1765|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 April 2013|publisher=KBS Global|date=5 August 2005}}</ref><ref>[http://www.hancinema.net/-yeonriji--now-and-forever-depends-heavily-on-ji-woo-hime--5766.html "''Yeonriji'' ("Now and Forever") Depends Heavily on ''Ji-woo Hime''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104053028/http://www.hancinema.net/-yeonriji--now-and-forever-depends-heavily-on-ji-woo-hime--5766.html |date=2012-11-04 }}. [[The Korea Times]] via [[Hancinema]]. 13 April 2006.</ref> and a more risque character in sex comedy ''[[Everybody Has Secrets]]'' ("The Original Version of Irish film ''[[About Adam]]'').<ref>[http://www.hancinema.net/sexy-%60secret-has-little-to-tell-1350.html "Sexy ''Secret'' Has Little to Tell"]. [[The Korea Times]]. 29 July 2004.</ref><ref>[http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2004073036438 "Sex and Laughter in a ''Game of Love''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724034111/http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2004073036438 |date=2014-07-24 }}. [[The Dong-a Ilbo]]. 29 July 2004.</ref> Both films were poorly received by critics and audiences in South Korea, but performed well at the Japanese box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2006/04/05/2006040561020.html|title=Choi Ji-woo Remains Huge Box-Office Draw in Japan|date=5 April 2006|publisher=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|access-date=4 February 2018|archive-date=5 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205000713/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2006/04/05/2006040561020.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
After the success of her 2003 melodrama ''[[Stairway to Heaven (South Korean TV series)|Stairway to Heaven]]'' with [[Kwon Sang-woo]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hancinema.net/winter-sonata-the-most-popular-korean-drama-in-japan-10025.html|title="Winter Sonata", The Most Popular Korean Drama In Japan|date=2 July 2007|publisher=Broasia via Hancinema|access-date=4 February 2018|archive-date=21 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921003959/https://www.hancinema.net/winter-sonata-the-most-popular-korean-drama-in-japan-10025.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Choi again attempted to break into film. She played a terminally ill heroine in ''[[Now and Forever (2006 film)|Now and Forever]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=''Love Letter'' Starring Choi Ji-woo and Cho Han-sung to Open Next Year|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=1765|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130413133235/http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=1765|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 April 2013|publisher=KBS Global|date=5 August 2005}}</ref><ref>[http://www.hancinema.net/-yeonriji--now-and-forever-depends-heavily-on-ji-woo-hime--5766.html "''Yeonriji'' ("Now and Forever") Depends Heavily on ''Ji-woo Hime''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104053028/http://www.hancinema.net/-yeonriji--now-and-forever-depends-heavily-on-ji-woo-hime--5766.html |date=2012-11-04 }}. [[The Korea Times]] via [[Hancinema]]. 13 April 2006.</ref> and a more risque character in sex comedy ''[[Everybody Has Secrets]]'' ("The Original Version of Irish film ''[[About Adam]]'').<ref>[http://www.hancinema.net/sexy-%60secret-has-little-to-tell-1350.html "Sexy ''Secret'' Has Little to Tell"]. [[The Korea Times]]. 29 July 2004.</ref><ref>[http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2004073036438 "Sex and Laughter in a ''Game of Love''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724034111/http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2004073036438 |date=2014-07-24 }}. [[The Dong-A Ilbo]]. 29 July 2004.</ref> Both films were poorly received by critics and audiences in South Korea, but performed well at the Japanese box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2006/04/05/2006040561020.html|title=Choi Ji-woo Remains Huge Box-Office Draw in Japan|date=5 April 2006|publisher=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|access-date=4 February 2018|archive-date=5 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205000713/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2006/04/05/2006040561020.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


Choi then spent the next few years overseas, shooting the [[Chinese television drama|Chinese drama]] ''101st Proposal'' with Sun Xing, and the [[Japanese television drama|Japanese drama]] ''RONDO'' opposite [[Yutaka Takenouchi]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Choi Ji-woo to Co-Star with Takenouchi Yutaka|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=1072|publisher=KBS Global|date=4 July 2005|access-date=17 March 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130413181319/http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=1072|archive-date=13 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Actress Choi Ji-woo Stars in Joint Korean-Japanese TV Drama|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=1642|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130413131934/http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=1642|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 April 2013|publisher=KBS Global|date=20 December 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=TV Drama ''Rondo'' Starring Choi Ji-woo Suffers Low Viewer Ratings|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=842|publisher=KBS Global|date=24 February 2006|access-date=17 March 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130413133839/http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=842|archive-date=13 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/hallyu/entertainment_news_view.html?No=170|title=TV drama starring Choi Ji-woo records 20.6% viewership in Japan|date=16 January 2006|publisher=KBS World|access-date=4 February 2018|archive-date=19 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219024943/http://english.kbs.co.kr/hallyu/entertainment_news_view.html?No=170|url-status=live}}</ref> She returned to Korean television in 2007 in ''[[Air City]]'' alongside [[Lee Jung-jae]]; her role was the Chief Operating Officer of [[Incheon Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Chung|first=Ah-young|title=Hallyu Heroine Returns With New Drama|url=http://www.hancinema.net/hallyu-heroine-returns-with-new-drama-8274.html|publisher=[[The Korea Times]] via [[Hancinema]]|date=January 3, 2007|access-date=February 4, 2018|archive-date=17 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217110015/http://www.hancinema.net/hallyu-heroine-returns-with-new-drama-8274.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Choi then spent the next few years overseas, shooting the [[Chinese television drama|Chinese drama]] ''101st Proposal'' with Sun Xing, and the [[Japanese television drama|Japanese drama]] ''RONDO'' opposite [[Yutaka Takenouchi]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Choi Ji-woo to Co-Star with Takenouchi Yutaka|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=1072|publisher=KBS Global|date=4 July 2005|access-date=17 March 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130413181319/http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=1072|archive-date=13 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Actress Choi Ji-woo Stars in Joint Korean-Japanese TV Drama|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=1642|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130413131934/http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=1642|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 April 2013|publisher=KBS Global|date=20 December 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=TV Drama ''Rondo'' Starring Choi Ji-woo Suffers Low Viewer Ratings|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=842|publisher=KBS Global|date=24 February 2006|access-date=17 March 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130413133839/http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=842|archive-date=13 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/hallyu/entertainment_news_view.html?No=170|title=TV drama starring Choi Ji-woo records 20.6% viewership in Japan|date=16 January 2006|publisher=[[KBS World]]|access-date=4 February 2018|archive-date=19 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219024943/http://english.kbs.co.kr/hallyu/entertainment_news_view.html?No=170|url-status=live}}</ref> She returned to Korean television in 2007 in ''[[Air City]]'' alongside [[Lee Jung-jae]]; her role was the Chief Operating Officer of [[Incheon Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Chung|first=Ah-young|title=Hallyu Heroine Returns With New Drama|url=http://www.hancinema.net/hallyu-heroine-returns-with-new-drama-8274.html|publisher=[[The Korea Times]] via [[Hancinema]]|date=January 3, 2007|access-date=February 4, 2018|archive-date=17 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217110015/http://www.hancinema.net/hallyu-heroine-returns-with-new-drama-8274.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


===2009–2012: Breakthrough===
===2009–2012: Breakthrough===
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During the press conference for the 2011 series, ''[[Can't Lose]]'', co-starring [[Yoon Sang-hyun]], featuring a lawyer couple facing their own divorce suit, she was asked if she worried about shedding her pure and innocent image. Choi said, "I've had the same image for 15 years. Isn't it time for me to break out? I was a melodrama queen and now I want the title of romantic comedy queen." She added that she had gained more fans after showing her cheerful, easygoing side as a guest on the reality show ''[[2 Days & 1 Night]]''.<ref>[https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/08/201_93309.html "Choi Ji-woo ''Can't Lose'' in romantic comedy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101155116/http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/08/201_93309.html |date=2023-11-01 }} . [[The Korea Times]]. 23 August 2011.</ref><ref>[http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/08/25/2011082500380.html "Choi Ji-woo Thrilled About Shaking Off Old Image"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914152652/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/08/25/2011082500380.html |date=2012-09-14 }}. [[The Chosun Ilbo]]. 25 August 2011.</ref>
During the press conference for the 2011 series, ''[[Can't Lose]]'', co-starring [[Yoon Sang-hyun]], featuring a lawyer couple facing their own divorce suit, she was asked if she worried about shedding her pure and innocent image. Choi said, "I've had the same image for 15 years. Isn't it time for me to break out? I was a melodrama queen and now I want the title of romantic comedy queen." She added that she had gained more fans after showing her cheerful, easygoing side as a guest on the reality show ''[[2 Days & 1 Night]]''.<ref>[https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/08/201_93309.html "Choi Ji-woo ''Can't Lose'' in romantic comedy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101155116/http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/08/201_93309.html |date=2023-11-01 }} . [[The Korea Times]]. 23 August 2011.</ref><ref>[http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/08/25/2011082500380.html "Choi Ji-woo Thrilled About Shaking Off Old Image"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914152652/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/08/25/2011082500380.html |date=2012-09-14 }}. [[The Chosun Ilbo]]. 25 August 2011.</ref>


In 2012, Choi was cast in the Chinese drama ''City Lovers'', in which she portrayed the CEO at an event management company opposite [[Qin Hao]], a newly employed businessman at her firm.<ref>{{cite web|title=Choi Ji-woo to return to Chinese TV series in 9 years, teaming up with Qin Hao|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012062715182852279|website=Asiae|date=27 June 2012|access-date=17 June 2013|archive-date=8 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808061121/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012062715182852279|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Choi Ji Woo Stars in Her First Chinese Drama in Nine Years|url=http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=8634|publisher=enewsWorld|date=27 June 2012|access-date=27 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729200459/http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=8634|archive-date=29 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Choi Ji-woo returns to Chinese drama|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2012/06/27/etc/Choi-Jiwoo-returns-to-Chinese-drama/2955185.html|publisher=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]|date=27 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702065404/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2955185|archive-date=2 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2012, Choi was cast in the Chinese drama ''City Lovers'', in which she portrayed the CEO at an event management company opposite [[Qin Hao]], a newly employed businessman at her firm.<ref>{{cite web|title=Choi Ji-woo to return to Chinese TV series in 9 years, teaming up with Qin Hao|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012062715182852279|website=[[The Asia Business Daily]]|date=27 June 2012|access-date=17 June 2013|archive-date=8 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808061121/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012062715182852279|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Choi Ji Woo Stars in Her First Chinese Drama in Nine Years|url=http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=8634|publisher=enewsWorld|date=27 June 2012|access-date=27 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729200459/http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=8634|archive-date=29 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Choi Ji-woo returns to Chinese drama|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2012/06/27/etc/Choi-Jiwoo-returns-to-Chinese-drama/2955185.html|publisher=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]|date=27 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702065404/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2955185|archive-date=2 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>


Later that year, she became the host of ''Choi Ji-woo's Delicious Korea'' on food lifestyle cable channel [[CJ Group#Entertainment .26 media|O'live TV]] alongside fashion designer Jung Kuho. The 5-episode show, which aired from November 23 to December 21, 2012, aimed to promote Korean cuisine and culture to the world, and the two hosts traveled through South Korea and introduced little-known regional food to the viewers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Choi Ji-woo Will Introduce Korean Food as TV Host|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012103015032216817|website=Asiae|date=30 October 2012|access-date=17 June 2013|archive-date=8 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808061125/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012103015032216817|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Choi Ji Woo to Look Far and Wide for Delicious Korean Foods in a Documentary|url=http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=19766|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128231946/http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=19766|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 28, 2013|publisher=enewsWorld|date=3 November 2012}}</ref>
Later that year, she became the host of ''Choi Ji-woo's Delicious Korea'' on food lifestyle cable channel [[CJ Group#Entertainment .26 media|O'live TV]] alongside fashion designer Jung Kuho. The 5-episode show, which aired from November 23 to December 21, 2012, aimed to promote Korean cuisine and culture to the world, and the two hosts traveled through South Korea and introduced little-known regional food to the viewers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Choi Ji-woo Will Introduce Korean Food as TV Host|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012103015032216817|website=[[The Asia Business Daily]]|date=30 October 2012|access-date=17 June 2013|archive-date=8 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808061125/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012103015032216817|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Choi Ji Woo to Look Far and Wide for Delicious Korean Foods in a Documentary|url=http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=19766|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128231946/http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=19766|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 28, 2013|publisher=enewsWorld|date=3 November 2012}}</ref>


She next headlined the 2013 remake of the hit 2011 Japanese drama ''[[Kaseifu no Mita]]''. In ''[[The Suspicious Housekeeper]]'', Choi played the titular character, an icy and stoic yet amazingly capable housekeeper who comes to work for a recently widowed father and his four children.<ref>{{cite web|title=Choi Ji-woo to Play Housekeeper in an Upcoming Drama |url=http://www.tenasia.com/choi-ji-woo-to-play-housekeeper-in-upcoming-drama/ |publisher=10Asia |date=31 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330064742/http://www.tenasia.com/choi-ji-woo-to-play-housekeeper-in-upcoming-drama/ |archive-date=2014-03-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Choi Ji-woo to Play Housemaid in a New Drama|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/08/10/2013081000372.html|publisher=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|date=10 August 2013|access-date=10 August 2013|archive-date=13 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813235920/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/08/10/2013081000372.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite the difficulty of not being able to react to her costars, Choi said she chose the role because she "was really charmed by the way the heroine refrains from letting her emotions show."<ref>{{cite web|title=Choi Ji-woo to play modern-day Mary Poppins|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130916000899|publisher=[[The Korea Herald]]|date=16 September 2013|access-date=28 September 2013|archive-date=28 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928145619/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130916000899|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=''Suspicious'' role challenged Choi|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2981521|website=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]|date=4 December 2013|access-date=18 January 2014|archive-date=5 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205015344/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2981521|url-status=live}}</ref>
She next headlined the 2013 remake of the hit 2011 Japanese drama ''[[Kaseifu no Mita]]''. In ''[[The Suspicious Housekeeper]]'', Choi played the titular character, an icy and stoic yet amazingly capable housekeeper who comes to work for a recently widowed father and his four children.<ref>{{cite web|title=Choi Ji-woo to Play Housekeeper in an Upcoming Drama |url=http://www.tenasia.com/choi-ji-woo-to-play-housekeeper-in-upcoming-drama/ |publisher=10Asia |date=31 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330064742/http://www.tenasia.com/choi-ji-woo-to-play-housekeeper-in-upcoming-drama/ |archive-date=2014-03-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Choi Ji-woo to Play Housemaid in a New Drama|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/08/10/2013081000372.html|publisher=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|date=10 August 2013|access-date=10 August 2013|archive-date=13 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813235920/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/08/10/2013081000372.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite the difficulty of not being able to react to her costars, Choi said she chose the role because she "was really charmed by the way the heroine refrains from letting her emotions show."<ref>{{cite web|title=Choi Ji-woo to play modern-day Mary Poppins|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130916000899|publisher=[[The Korea Herald]]|date=16 September 2013|access-date=28 September 2013|archive-date=28 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928145619/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130916000899|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=''Suspicious'' role challenged Choi|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2981521|website=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]|date=4 December 2013|access-date=18 January 2014|archive-date=5 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205015344/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2981521|url-status=live}}</ref>
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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Choi majored in aerobic dance at [[Busan]] Women's College. She later enrolled in [[Hanyang University]]'s Department of Theater and Film and completed her first year; however she had to withdraw from college studies due to her hectic work schedule.<ref>{{cite web|title='두번째 스무살' 최지우, 대학 중퇴..."다시 돌아간다면 동아리-MT 참석하고파"|url=http://donga.com/news/article/all/20150826/73254234/1|access-date=26 August 2015|website=dong|date=26 August 2015|language=ko|archive-date=31 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731061533/https://www.donga.com/news/article/all/20150826/73254234/1|url-status=live}}</ref>
Choi majored in aerobic dance at [[Busan]] Women's College. She later enrolled in [[Hanyang University]]'s Department of Theater and Film and completed her first year; however she had to withdraw from college studies due to her hectic work schedule.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ko:'두번째 스무살' 최지우, 대학 중퇴..."다시 돌아간다면 동아리-MT 참석하고파"|url=http://donga.com/news/article/all/20150826/73254234/1|access-date=26 August 2015|website=dong|date=26 August 2015|language=ko|archive-date=31 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731061533/https://www.donga.com/news/article/all/20150826/73254234/1|url-status=live}}</ref>


Choi married her non-celebrity boyfriend who is 9 years her junior, on March 29, 2018, in a private wedding, only publicly announcing it just hours prior through a handwritten letter released in her fan club website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20180329000652|title=Choi Ji-woo announces 'surprise' wedding|date=29 May 2018|website=[[The Korea Herald]]|access-date=29 March 2018|archive-date=29 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329055417/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20180329000652|url-status=live}}</ref> Choi announced that she was pregnant with her first child on December 23, 2019,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-sg/entertainment/asianbuzz/choi-ji-woo-awaits-her-first-childs-birth-in-may/ar-BBYgw66|title=Choi Ji-woo awaits her first child's birth in May|date=23 December 2019|website=MSN|access-date=6 May 2020|archive-date=8 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708173400/https://www.msn.com/en-sg/entertainment/asianbuzz/choi-ji-woo-awaits-her-first-childs-birth-in-may/ar-BBYgw66|url-status=live}}</ref> and gave birth to a daughter on May 16, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-17 |title=Choi Ji-woo gives birth to her first child, a daughter, over the weekend |url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2020/05/17/television/Choi-Jiwoo-birth-daughter/20200517171300195.html |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=koreajoongangdaily.joins.com |language=en}}</ref>
Choi married her non-celebrity boyfriend who is 9 years her junior, on March 29, 2018, in a private wedding, only publicly announcing it just hours prior through a handwritten letter released in her fan club website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20180329000652|title=Choi Ji-woo announces 'surprise' wedding|date=29 May 2018|website=[[The Korea Herald]]|access-date=29 March 2018|archive-date=29 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329055417/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20180329000652|url-status=live}}</ref> Choi announced that she was pregnant with her first child on December 23, 2019,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-sg/entertainment/asianbuzz/choi-ji-woo-awaits-her-first-childs-birth-in-may/ar-BBYgw66|title=Choi Ji-woo awaits her first child's birth in May|date=23 December 2019|website=MSN|access-date=6 May 2020|archive-date=8 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708173400/https://www.msn.com/en-sg/entertainment/asianbuzz/choi-ji-woo-awaits-her-first-childs-birth-in-may/ar-BBYgw66|url-status=live}}</ref> and gave birth to a daughter on May 16, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-17 |title=Choi Ji-woo gives birth to her first child, a daughter, over the weekend |url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2020/05/17/television/Choi-Jiwoo-birth-daughter/20200517171300195.html |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]] |language=en}}</ref>


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
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| Closing film at [[26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival|26th BIFFF]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=311&aid=0001346368 |author=Choi Hee-jae |title=[단독] 최지우, 정범식 감독 '소름'으로 4년 만에 복귀 |trans-title=[Exclusive] Ji-woo Choi, director Jeong Beom-shik's 'Goosebumps' returns after 4 years |work=Xports News |via=[[Naver]] |date=September 10, 2021 |access-date=September 10, 2021 |language=ko |archive-date=September 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910035353/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=311&aid=0001346368 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/468/0000825911 |title='제26회 BIFAN' 개막작 '멘'·폐막작 '뉴 노멀'..."논쟁적, 욕 먹을 각오하고 있어" |trans-title='The 26th BIFAN' opening work 'Men', closing work 'New Normal'... "Controversial, ready to be insulted" |author=Hwang Hye-jeong |work=Sports Seoul |via=[[Naver]] |date=June 14, 2022 |access-date=June 14, 2022 |language=ko |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614070745/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/468/0000825911 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Closing film at [[26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival|26th BIFFF]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=311&aid=0001346368 |author=Choi Hee-jae |script-title=ko:[단독] 최지우, 정범식 감독 '소름'으로 4년 만에 복귀 |trans-title=[Exclusive] Ji-woo Choi, director Jeong Beom-shik's 'Goosebumps' returns after 4 years |work=Xports News |via=[[Naver]] |date=September 10, 2021 |access-date=September 10, 2021 |language=ko |archive-date=September 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910035353/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=311&aid=0001346368 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/468/0000825911 |script-title=ko:'제26회 BIFAN' 개막작 '멘'·폐막작 '뉴 노멀'..."논쟁적, 욕 먹을 각오하고 있어" |trans-title='The 26th BIFAN' opening work 'Men', closing work 'New Normal'... "Controversial, ready to be insulted" |author=Hwang Hye-jeong |work=[[Sports Seoul]] |via=[[Naver]] |date=June 14, 2022 |access-date=June 14, 2022 |language=ko |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614070745/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/468/0000825911 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| ''[[Shooting Stars (South Korean TV series)|Shooting Stars]]''
| ''[[Shooting Stars (South Korean TV series)|Shooting Stars]]''
| Eun Si-woo
| Eun Si-woo
| Cameo<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=117&aid=0003574363|author=Kang Da-yun|title=최지우, '별똥별' 특별출연 확정...이성경·김영대와 호흡 [공식]|trans-title=Choi Ji-woo confirmed for special appearance in 'Shooting Star'... Breathing with Lee Sung-kyung and Kim Young-dae [Official]|publisher=My Daily|via=[[Naver]]|date=February 4, 2022|access-date=February 4, 2022|language=ko|archive-date=February 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204014721/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=117&aid=0003574363|url-status=live}}</ref>  
| Cameo<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=117&aid=0003574363|author=Kang Da-yun|script-title=ko:최지우, '별똥별' 특별출연 확정...이성경·김영대와 호흡 [공식]|trans-title=Choi Ji-woo confirmed for special appearance in 'Shooting Star'... Breathing with Lee Sung-kyung and Kim Young-dae [Official]|publisher=[[MyDaily]]|via=[[Naver]]|date=February 4, 2022|access-date=February 4, 2022|language=ko|archive-date=February 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204014721/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=117&aid=0003574363|url-status=live}}</ref>  
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|  ''[[Running Man (South Korean TV series)|Running Man]] Eps 126 - 127''
|  ''[[Running Man (South Korean TV series)|Running Man]] Eps 126 – 127''
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| ''Bistro Shigor''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=312&aid=0000500310|author=Shin So-won|title=최지우X차인표X이장우X이수혁, '시고르 경양식' 예능 출연|trans-title=Ji-Woo Choi X In-Pyo Cha X Jang-Woo Lee X Soo-Hyeok Lee to appear on variety show 'Siggor Gyeongsik'|work=Ten Asia|via=[[Naver]]|date=September 14, 2021|access-date=September 14, 2021|language=ko|archive-date=April 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423082245/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=312&aid=0000500310|url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''Bistro Shigor''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=312&aid=0000500310|author=Shin So-won|script-title=ko:최지우X차인표X이장우X이수혁, '시고르 경양식' 예능 출연|trans-title=Ji-Woo Choi X In-Pyo Cha X Jang-Woo Lee X Soo-Hyeok Lee to appear on variety show 'Siggor Gyeongsik'|work=Ten Asia|via=[[Naver]]|date=September 14, 2021|access-date=September 14, 2021|language=ko|archive-date=April 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423082245/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=312&aid=0000500310|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Presidential Commendation<ref>{{cite web|title=Actress Choi Ji-woo to receive President's honor|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2009092411253121642|website=Asiae|date=24 September 2009|access-date=30 March 2014|archive-date=13 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713163131/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2009092411253121642|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Presidential Commendation<ref>{{cite web|title=Actress Choi Ji-woo to receive President's honor|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2009092411253121642|website=[[The Asia Business Daily]]|date=24 September 2009|access-date=30 March 2014|archive-date=13 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713163131/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2009092411253121642|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:Family name hatnote Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main otherScript error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Choi Ji-woo (Korean: Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler; born June 11, 1975), born Choi Mi-hyang (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler), is a South Korean actress. Considered one of South Korea's most beautiful women, she has received critical acclaim for her work in a wide range of melodramas, most notably Beautiful Days (2001), Winter Sonata (2002), Stairway to Heaven (2003), Air City (2007), Star's Lover (2008), The Suspicious Housekeeper (2013), and Temptation (2014), as well as the romantic comedy series Twenty Again (2015) and Woman with a Suitcase (2016).

Career

1994–1998: Beginnings

Choi Mi-hyang was first discovered when she won a talent audition organized by MBC in 1994, then made her acting debut in the drama series War and Love in 1995. Afterwards, she adopted the stage name Choi Ji-woo.

She was cast in her first major role in 1996 film The Gate of Destiny, but her limited acting skills resulted in her being replaced during filming.[1] In the next couple of years Choi continued to star in both TV dramas and films, including The Hole (the Original version of Hollywood thriller Hush), as well as the romantic comedies First Kiss with Ahn Jae-wook and The Romantic President with Ahn Sung-ki. It was her portrayals on TV of tragic heroines with a pure and innocent image—notably in Truth opposite Ryu Si-won and Beautiful Days opposite Lee Byung-hun—that boosted her rising popularity.

In 2002, she reunited onscreen with Bae Yong-joon (she previously had a supporting role in his 1996 drama First Love) that she would star in her most famous, iconic role. Directed by Yoon Seok-ho as the second installment of his "season dramas,"[2] Winter Sonata became a phenomenal hit throughout Asia and has been credited as one of the initiators of the Korean Wave.[3] As a result, Choi gained wide pan-Asian recognition, especially a huge following in Japan where she acquired the nickname Ji-woo Hime ("Princess Ji-woo").[4] In 2009 she and Bae reprised their roles as voice actors for Winter Sonata Anime.[5][6][7] She continues to be a lucrative star and brand in Japan, fetching high licensing/broadcasting rights for her dramas and selling out concerts and merchandise (tvN's E News compiled a list of the top Hallyu stars in Japan based on their approximate gross incomes for the first half of 2011, and Choi was number five with approximately Template:USD).

After the success of her 2003 melodrama Stairway to Heaven with Kwon Sang-woo,[8] Choi again attempted to break into film. She played a terminally ill heroine in Now and Forever,[9][10] and a more risque character in sex comedy Everybody Has Secrets ("The Original Version of Irish film About Adam).[11][12] Both films were poorly received by critics and audiences in South Korea, but performed well at the Japanese box office.[13]

Choi then spent the next few years overseas, shooting the Chinese drama 101st Proposal with Sun Xing, and the Japanese drama RONDO opposite Yutaka Takenouchi.[14][15][16][17] She returned to Korean television in 2007 in Air City alongside Lee Jung-jae; her role was the Chief Operating Officer of Incheon Airport.[18]

2009–2012: Breakthrough

In 2009, she starred opposite Yoo Ji-tae in the drama Star's Lover, playing a top actress who falls in love with an ordinary man.[19][20] Choi received Template:SK won per episode, the highest salary for a Korean actress at the time (her record was later broken by Go Hyun-jung's Template:SK won for the 2010 drama Daemul).[21][22]

That same year, she set up her own management agency called C,JW Company with her brother as CEO.[23][24] She also joined the ensemble cast of semi-improvisational mockumentary Actresses, arguably her most significant film yet.[25][26]

During the press conference for the 2011 series, Can't Lose, co-starring Yoon Sang-hyun, featuring a lawyer couple facing their own divorce suit, she was asked if she worried about shedding her pure and innocent image. Choi said, "I've had the same image for 15 years. Isn't it time for me to break out? I was a melodrama queen and now I want the title of romantic comedy queen." She added that she had gained more fans after showing her cheerful, easygoing side as a guest on the reality show 2 Days & 1 Night.[27][28]

In 2012, Choi was cast in the Chinese drama City Lovers, in which she portrayed the CEO at an event management company opposite Qin Hao, a newly employed businessman at her firm.[29][30][31]

Later that year, she became the host of Choi Ji-woo's Delicious Korea on food lifestyle cable channel O'live TV alongside fashion designer Jung Kuho. The 5-episode show, which aired from November 23 to December 21, 2012, aimed to promote Korean cuisine and culture to the world, and the two hosts traveled through South Korea and introduced little-known regional food to the viewers.[32][33]

She next headlined the 2013 remake of the hit 2011 Japanese drama Kaseifu no Mita. In The Suspicious Housekeeper, Choi played the titular character, an icy and stoic yet amazingly capable housekeeper who comes to work for a recently widowed father and his four children.[34][35] Despite the difficulty of not being able to react to her costars, Choi said she chose the role because she "was really charmed by the way the heroine refrains from letting her emotions show."[36][37]

2014–present: Career resurgence

In February 2014, Choi signed with the talent agency YG Entertainment.[38][39][40][41] She then reunited with previous costar Kwon Sang-woo in Temptation; she played a rich woman who makes a dangerous offer to a married man.[42]

Choi joined the fourth season of travel-reality show Grandpas Over Flowers in 2015, where she and Lee Seo-jin backpacked through Greece with veteran actors Lee Soon-jae, Shin Goo, Park Geun-hyung and Baek Il-seob.[43][44][45][46] This was followed by the cable series Twenty Again, where she gained critical acclaim as a shy 38-year-old housewife who decides to experience campus college life for the first time alongside her 20-year-old son.[47][48]

In 2016, Choi returned to the big screen in seven years, starring in the ensemble cast romance film Like for Likes.[49][50] The same year, she starred in the legal romance drama Woman with a Suitcase.[51]

In 2017, Choi was cast in the family melodrama The Most Beautiful Goodbye, a remake of the drama The Most Beautiful Goodbye in the World by Noh Hee-kyung.[52]

In 2019, Choi made a cameo appearance as herself in episode 13 of the tvN drama, Crash Landing on You.

Personal life

Choi majored in aerobic dance at Busan Women's College. She later enrolled in Hanyang University's Department of Theater and Film and completed her first year; however she had to withdraw from college studies due to her hectic work schedule.[53]

Choi married her non-celebrity boyfriend who is 9 years her junior, on March 29, 2018, in a private wedding, only publicly announcing it just hours prior through a handwritten letter released in her fan club website.[54] Choi announced that she was pregnant with her first child on December 23, 2019,[55] and gave birth to a daughter on May 16, 2020.[56]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1996 The Adventures of Mrs Park Eun-jin
1997 Hallelujah Bar madam bit part
The Hole Su-jin
1998 Alien Kim's daughter Voice
First Kiss Song Yeon-hwa
1999 Nowhere to Hide Kim Ju-yeon
2002 The Romantic President Choi Eun-soo
2004 Everybody Has Secrets Han Sun-young
2005 Shadowless Sword Female martial arts gosu Cameo
2006 Now and Forever Han Hye-won
2009 Actresses Herself
2016 Like for Likes Ham Joo-ran
2023 New Normal Hyeon-jeong Closing film at 26th BIFFF[57][58]

Television series

Year Title Role Notes
1995 War and Love
1996 MBC Best Theater:
"Love, Just That One Thing"
First Love Kang Seok-hee
Three Guys and Three Girls Cameo appearance
1997 Happiness Is in Our Hearts Seon Kyung-ah
1998 Love Yoo Ji-young
1999 Love in 3 Colors Eun Ji-soo
Love Story Min-jung Episode 3–4
2000 Truth Lee Ja-young
Mr. Duke Jang Soo-jin
2001 Beautiful Days Kim Yeon-soo
2002 We Are Dating Now Cameo (episode 15)
Winter Sonata Jeong Yoo-jin
2003 Stairway to Heaven Han Jung-seo
2004 Full House Herself Cameo (episode 3)
101st Proposal Li Shao Rong Chinese drama
2006 Rondo Choi Yoon-ah Japanese drama
2007 Air City Han Do-kyung
2008 Star's Lover Lee Ma-ri
2009 Winter Sonata Anime Jeong Yoo-jin Voice
2011 Fuyu no Sakura Inaba Tatsuki's Korean girlfriend
Cameo (episode 2)
Can't Lose Lee Eun-jae
2013 The Suspicious Housekeeper Park Bok-nyeo
2014 Temptation Yoo Se-young
2015 Second 20s Ha No-ra
2016 Woman with a Suitcase Cha Geum-joo
2017 The Most Beautiful Goodbye Yeon-soo
2020 Crash Landing on You Herself Cameo (episode 13, 15)
2022 Shooting Stars Eun Si-woo Cameo[59]
2024 Black Pean Season 2 Park Seo-hyun Japanese drama[60]

Web series

Year Title Role Notes
2015 We Broke Up Herself Cameo (episode 3)
2016 7 First Kisses Goddess Episode 1, 7

Variety shows

Year Title Role
2008 Line to the Law Center VTR appearance
2012 Choi Ji-woo's Delicious Korea Host
2013 MBC Human Documentary - Love Narration
2013 Running Man Eps 126 – 127 Guest
2015 Grandpas Over Flowers Cast member (season 4)
2017 Candy in my Ears - Season 2 Cast member
2019 Coffee Friends
2021 Bistro Shigor[61] restaurant president
2024 The Return of Superman Host
(along with Commedienne Ahn Young-mi)

Music video appearances

Year Song Title Artist
1996 "Endless Love(moo han ji ae)" Kim Jung-min
1998 "Scenery" Goo Bon-seung and Jang Dong-gun
"Na Na Na" Yoo Seung-jun
1999 "For Your Soul" Jo Sung-mo
2003 "The Young Prince's Dream" Cha Tae-hyun
2013 "Ziugae"[62] ALi

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
1995 Korea's Isabelle Adjani Contest Template:NA Template:NA Template:Won
1996 KBS Drama Awards Best New Actress First Love Template:Nom
1997 18th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best New Actress The Hole Template:Nom
1998 34th Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actress (Film) Template:Won
21st Golden Cinematography Awards Best New Actress Template:Won
1999 14th Golden Disk Awards Golden Video Best Actress For Your Soul Template:Won
20th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Nowhere to Hide Template:Nom
2000 37th Grand Bell Awards Best Supporting Actress Template:Nom
MBC Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress Mr. Duke, Truth Template:Won
2001 SBS Drama Awards Beautiful Days Template:Won
Top 10 Stars Template:Won
2002 Model Line Best Dresser Awards Swan Award Template:NA Template:Won
38th Baeksang Arts Awards Most Popular Actress (TV) Winter Sonata Template:Won
KBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress Template:Won
Popularity Award Template:Won
2003 Andre Kim Best Star Awards[63] Female Star Award Template:NA Template:Won
26th Golden Cinematography Awards Most Popular Actress The Romantic President Template:Won
SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special Stairway to Heaven Template:Won
Top 10 Stars Template:Won
2004 40th Baeksang Arts Awards Most Popular Actress (TV) Template:Won
4th Proud Korean Awards
(Journalists Federation of Korea) 		Recipient Template:NA Template:Won
2005 41st Baeksang Arts Awards Hallyu Special Award Template:NA Template:Won
The Motion Pictures Association of Korea Template:NA Template:Won
2006 Dior Timeless Beauty Awards[64] Recipient Template:NA Template:Won
2009 International Cultural Industry Exchange Foundation Awards Recipient Template:NA Template:Won
4th Seoul International Drama Awards[65][66] Inducted into the Star Hall of Fame Template:NA Template:Won
36th Tourism Day Presidential Commendation[67] Template:NA Template:Won
SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special Star's Lover Template:Nom
2010 World Tourism Cities Forum Top Popularity Award Template:NA Template:Won
2012 7th Asia Model Awards[68][69] Asia Star Award Template:NA Template:Won
Seoul International Social Work Conference Social Welfare Award[70] Template:NA Template:Won
2013 SBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special The Suspicious Housekeeper Template:Nom
2014 7th Korea Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress Template:Nom
SBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special Temptation Template:Nom
2016 MBC Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama Woman with a Suitcase Template:Nom
tvN10 Awards Best Actress Second 20s Template:Nom

References

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