But as time passed, she said she regretted her decision and should've worked harder instead to overcome her career slump. Gong played a high school teacher who meets her childhood sweetheart again, now a gigolo and single dad with a sick daughter. But the popular Into the Sunlight later that year boosted Kim's career, along with costars , and. She worked again with for Beautiful 2012, a series of four produced by Chinese internet platform. Archived from on 22 October 2014. Tragically, the relief at their reunion is short-lived, because it turns out that Soo-ah has to leave her family once again. Archived from on 26 June 2012.
The 2003 series Snowman paired Gong with and , in a controversial plot about a girl who falls in love with her older brother-in-law. The Greatest Love swept the , including a Top Excellence Award for Gong her third consecutive, after Thank You and Pasta. Archived from on 13 May 2011. She was dissatisfied with the scripts she was getting, and felt she was being in roles. In 2007 she returned to television in , written by scribe.
After appearing in small roles in 's comedy and teen martial arts flick , the young actress had her breakthrough year in 2002, landing lead roles in and A Bizarre Love Triangle. Her book Hyun-joo's Handcrafted Story was published on December 23, 2009, featuring personal and photos about her and. The film was shown 4,275 times on 989 screens. Gong attended high school at in. She is best known for her leading role in the film 2008 , as well as for her popular television series 2003 , 2007 , 2010 , 2011 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , and 2016. Kim achieved mainstream stardom in 2002, with her -esque leading role in , about two sisters who were separated as children and unknowingly encounter each other as adults. In 2013 Gong starred in comedy film, , adapted from Cheon Myung-kwan's novel Aging Family about a grown-up trio of siblings who embark on a series of misadventures after they move back in their mother's home.
After doing a few , Kim built her resume further by playing supporting roles on television. Gong Hyo-jin Kong Hyojin Gong Hyo-jin born April 4, 1980 is a South Korean actress. Defying easy categorization into the actress dichotomies of innocent , or sexy , , Gong belonged to a third, very minor group of eccentrics that also include and. After three years in Australia, the Gong family moved back to Korea in 1997 due to the. The book has sold over 40,000 copies and is on its fourth printing.
Originally written as the usual brash and spunky rom-com heroine, Gong thought it would be boring and cliched to play her as such, and instead made the significant acting decision to play against type by creating the character as an ordinary girl who was seemingly meek, but had a quiet strength and slyly got her way. The film drew widespread acclaim as a delicately observed, cross generational look at unconventional families. The 1980s-set retro comedy was well received by both audiences and critics. Suecomma Bonnie Official Blog in Korean. Archived from on 7 March 2014. She played a widow traveling with her poet ex-boyfriend in 's part- meditation, part-. Despite little hype, Thank You became a modest hit and rose to number one in its timeslot.
Archived from on 27 January 2013. Missing proved Gong's versatility on the big screen. Her chemistry with co-star and the drama's breezy atmosphere propelled it to the top of the ratings chart. Archived from on 10 August 2014. Written by the , the romantic comedy is set in the entertainment industry and about an unlikely romance between a has-been pop-star and a top actor. After a year and a half of modeling, she made her acting debut in a supporting role in.
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Viewer response to the drama had been mostly heartwarming and life-affirming, which Gong said she treasures. In 2012 she designed a selected line of apparel for the fashion shop Los Angeles Project, a brand located inside Department Stores. Several actresses had turned down the unglamorous role of a single mother with an -positive daughter and a grandfather with ; another reason being that this was lead actor 's comeback after his draft-dodging scandal. Archived from on 11 November 2012. The cast was praised for their brilliant acting, with reviews singling out Gong's portrayal of an angry young woman in a deeply troubled relationship with her mother. In 1999, she appeared in the starrer Springtime also known as Youth , which received low ratings.
In early 2014, Kim began hosting Musical Journey to Yesterday, a music program in which a mix of current idol singers and industry veterans perform live hit songs from the 1970s to 1990s. Strong performances in varied roles helped cement Gong's reputation as a serious actress, but in 2008 would become her most high-profile movie yet. Gong said she felt catharsis from her character's constant cursing, and pleasure from acting in an ensemble whose actors share great chemistry with each other. Oh My News in Korean. Oh My News in Korean. When she was a junior in high school, she moved to with her mother and younger brother, while her father remained in Korea to support the family. Archived from on 20 December 2013.
Archived from on 11 April 2013. The same year, she made her small-screen comeback in the romantic comedy thriller alongside. Archived from on 24 June 2013. Gong plays a variety show producer who has been working in broadcasting for 10 years. Throughout the second weekend, the film attracted 576,981 moviegoers at 1,190 screens by placing second at the weekend box office. Family Ties marked a turning point in her career, and gave Gong a renewed passion for acting. Though Gong said she would rather continue making small-scale films rather than do a shallow blockbuster, Love Fiction was her most commercial feature yet, and broke even at more than 1.