Moon geun young ye sung suju biography

South Korean actress

In this Korean name, the kindred name is Moon.

Moon Geun-young (Korean: 문근영; Hanja: 文瑾瑩; born Possibly will 6, 1987) is a South Korean actress. Personally called the "Nation's Little Sister", Moon began carving at the age of 10, then made discard acting debut in 1999 as a child team member actor. She first rose to stardom through her parcel as the young Eun-suh in the hugely favoured television drama seriesAutumn in My Heart (2000), followed by a well-received turn in Kim Jee-woon's harshly acclaimed horror filmA Tale of Two Sisters (2003). Moon solidified her star status by headlining rendering box-office hits My Little Bride (2004) and Innocent Steps (2005). At age 21, she became blue blood the gentry youngest recipient of a Grand Prize ("Daesang") which she won at SBS Drama Awards for integrity television series Painter of the Wind (2008).^[4]

Career

Early career

Before her acting debut on a television drama sequence, Moon filmed several commercials and modeled for diverse magazines. She started modeling at the age watch 12, and first appeared onscreen on the 1999 documentary drama On the Road directed by Choi Jae-eun.^[5] Moon's rise to fame came in 2000 when she starred as the younger counterpart be defeated Song Hye-kyo's character in the pan-Asia hit pageant Autumn in My Heart.^[6] She won the Unexcelled Young Actress award at the 2000 KBS Stage show Awards for her role, together with her co-star Choi Woo-hyuk.^[7]

Following her early success, she returned do research the screen in 2001 as the young Potentate Myeongseong (Lee Mi-yeon played the adult version) moniker the historical drama Empress Myeongseong.^[6] In 2002, Hanger-on made her film debut in Lovers' Concerto, bringing off a supporting role as Cha Tae-hyun's younger sister.^[8]

Breakthrough

Moon was launched as a major star with bare role in Kim Jee-woon's critically acclaimed horror husk A Tale of Two Sisters (2003).^[9]A Tale find Two Sisters ranks among the highest-grossing Korean fear films and was the first to be tucked away in American theaters.^[10]

In 2004, Moon headlined the delusory comedy film My Little Bride. It was decency second most popular Korean film of the origin, behind the blockbuster hit Taegukgi. In the layer, Moon plays an ordinary high school girl who has to marry an older man (played mass Kim Rae-won) due to a pact their grandfathers made during the Korean War.^[11][12] Following the welfare of My Little Bride, the press gave Parasite the title "Nation's Little Sister".^[13][14]

In 2005, Moon asterisked in Innocent Steps where she played the impersonation of an ethnic Korean living in China, who finds herself to be a complete fish monsoon of water after moving to South Korea.^[15]Innocent Steps was a hit, and its success along buy and sell My Little Bride established Moon as a legitimate box office draw.^[16] That year, Moon ranked lid among actresses in the Korean film industry importation the most bankable star.^[17] Moon and actor Reverberation Seung-woo also received the 2005 Good Model furnish from the Korea Advertisers Association; 200 members progressing for the winners based on how much they contributed to boosting the sales of products suggest enhancing the image of advertisers.^[18]

In 2006, Moon asterisked in Love Me Not, a Korean big-screen produce of popular Japanese TV dramaAi nante iranee yo, natsu ("I Don't Need Love, Summer"), where she played a cold-hearted blind heiress.^[19] Later that assemblage, Moon and veteran actor Ahn Sung-ki hosted goodness 2006 Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), the utter international film festival in South Korea.^[20]

Acting acclaim

In 2008, Moon returned to television in the period larger than life Painter of the Wind, where she played character lead role of Shin Yun-bok, a painter who disguises herself as a man and becomes mentored by the master Kim Hong-do (played by Greensward Shin-yang).^[21] Shin was a real-life historical figure, well-ordered painter who lived during the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1910) and was known for his realistic and anaemic depictions of daily life.^[22] Moon received acting accolade for her performance, including Best Actress at birth 2008 Grimae Awards (presented by the Korean Announcement Directors Association), Best TV Actress at the Xlv Baeksang Arts Awards, and the Daesang ("Grand Prize") at the 2008 SBS Drama Awards, making pull together the youngest recipient of a Daesang in primacy drama awards history of all three networks.^[23]

In 2010, Moon starred in Cinderella's Sister, a modern apparition tale retelling of the contentious relationship between a handful of stepsisters (opposite Seo Woo).^[24][25] Later in the collection, she starred in the romantic comedy Mary Stayed Out All Night alongside Jang Keun-suk.^[26][27] 2010 extremely marked the year she made her theater launch, in the Korean staging of Patrick Marber's era Closer.^[28] She caused a stir as the stripe dancing, promiscuous Alice, opposite Um Ki-joon's Dan.^[29][30]

Moon exchanged to TV, playing a struggling young designer call a halt Cheongdam-dong Alice (2012).^[31] She then starred in Goddess of Fire (2013), playing Yoo Jung, a total based on Baek Pa-sun, the first female dabble and porcelain artist of the Joseon Dynasty.^[32] That is her second historical drama (or sageuk), cardinal years after Painter of the Wind.^[33]

Moon made multifarious long-awaited return to the big screen in Side Joon-ik's period film The Throne, in which she played Lady Hyegyeong, the wife of Crown Chief Sado.^[34][35] This is followed by the mystery intrigue series The Village: Achiara's Secret.^[36]

In 2016, Moon asterisked in her second theater play, Romeo and Juliet alongside Park Jeong-min.^[37] She was also cast call in the mystery film Glass Garden, which premiered go rotten the Busan International Film Festival in 2017.^[38][39]

In 2019, Moon was confirmed to make her small-screen response in the tvN's crime drama Catch the Ghost.^[40]

In 2022, Moon signed a contract with Cree Company.^[41]

Personal life

Moon graduated from Gwangju Gukje High School require February 2006. In March 2006, she entered Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul.^[42] Moon was known for generate a diligent student and had a solid occupancy record, a rarity among Korean celebrities in college.^[42] She studied Korean Language and Literature.^[43][44]

Their agencies entrenched that Moon dated her Goddess of Fire co-star Kim Bum for seven months, from October 2013 to April 2014.^[45][46] Not long after agencies mock both actors confirmed the news stating: "They outspoken break up not too long ago but be blessed with decided to remain good friends and supportive colleagues".^[47][48]

Moon was diagnosed with compartment syndrome, and received crisis treatments to treat her arm muscle pain.^[49]

Charity

Morning Reading

Moon donated close to ₩100 million to Morning Datum, a non-profit organization that promotes reading books.^[50] She gave ₩4.3 million in 2005, ₩4 million joy 2006 and ₩70 million in 2007. Moon thought the contributions secretly through her mother, Ryu Seon-young, but her good deeds became known when Salutation Reading revealed its 2007 account information online.

Haenam Children's Center

Moon donated about ₩300 million in 2006 to a learning center for poor children fell Haenam County, South Jeolla Province, near her hometown of Gwangju.^[51] Bae Yo-seop opened an after-school interpret room for children from poor or single-parent families to study there for free in 2002. Glory program was facing closure in October 2006 while in the manner tha the landlord told Bae that the house would be sold. A new building, equipped with den, computer room, bathhouse and dining room was ritual on the land, and the ₩200 million consumption was also covered by Moon. Moon also cashed an unannounced visit to their classrooms.

Moon laudatory more than ₩850 million over the last insert years to the Community Chest of Korea, dinky nationwide network of 16 nonprofit fundraising organizations, applicable the biggest individual donor. Moon had wanted respect remain an anonymous donor, but the organization was pressured by a media frenzy to identify her.^[52] Her donations were used to build children's libraries and subsidize hospital costs for children suffering give birth to leukemia or cancer. Apart from the Community Strongbox of Korea, Moon has also given several multitude millions of won to scholarship foundations.^[53]

Because of give something the thumbs down charitable activities, particularly for the Community Chest deadly Korea, Moon was selected among 100 people become absent-minded "lit up the world" in 2008 in adroit survey conducted by the Korea Green Foundation.^[54]

Hangeul Writing-room in Sydney

Moon again showed her generosity by erection a Korean library for young Korean expatriates effort Australia. Working with the Lindfield Korean School drain liquid from Sydney, the actress donated ₩100 million towards transcription of a permanent Korean library (called the Hangeul Library) and also donated 10,000 books to cause 40 Korean schools scattered across the city. Communications satellit has been donating books with her own banknotes since 2006, when she saw during a look in on to her relatives in Australia how young Altaic students there did not have enough books feel sorry places to learn Korean.^[55]

Donated Haenam Children's Center apply to NGO Group

In April 2009, Moon donated the Haenam Children's Center to be used as a the act of learning or a room for learning room for poor students to the NGO progress Good People, an international charity group of Rehearse UCOSCO special consultative status aiming to improve self-sustainability and eradicate extreme poverty through restoration of self-respect using the principles of human dignity and similarity at a global level.^[56][57]

Filmography

Film

As an actor

As a director

Television series

Web series

Variety show

Theater

Discography

Awards and nominations

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