Ha Ji-won born on June 28, 1979 made her television debut in 1997 on KBS TV. She won a Grand Bell award as the Best New Actress of 2000 with her debut film Truth or Dare, and a Blue Dragon award for Best Supporting Actress with her second film, the popular melodrama Ditto (2000). After achieving wider public recognition as a "horror queen" for her roles in Ahn Sung-ki's films A Nightmare and Phone, she has branched out into a variety of roles such as that of a cheerleader in Sex is Zero, which was one of most successful comedies of the year 2002.
Thanks to the huge success of her TV drama, Damo in which she starred as a female detective in the Chosun Dynasty and Something That Happened in Bali in which she played a poor girl who was loved by two rich men played by Jo In-sung and So Ji-seop, she gained a reputation as an A-list actress. Her subsequent roles in three comedies -- Reversal of Fortune, 100 Days With Mr. Arrogant, and Love, So Divine -- were not as successful with audiences, however. In early 2005 she starred in the melodrama Daddy-Long-Legs, based on a famous novel by Jean Webster.
Ha's next role saw her once again play a Chosun-era female detective, this time in acclaimed director Lee Myung-Se's Duelist. Probably her highest-profile role to date, the film sees her teams up with Ahn Sung-ki to catch an elusive criminal played by Kang Dong-won.
Awards she received are:
Z 2006 KBS Drama Best Actress Award (Hwang Jin-i)
Z 2004 Baek Sang Best Actress Award
Z 2000 Blue Dragon Best Supporting Actress Award
Z 2000 Pusan Film Critics Assn. Awards Best New Actress (Truth or Dare)
Some of her most loved movies and series are:
Miracle On 1st Street (2006)
Hwangjin-i (2006)
My Lovely Week (2005)
Duelist (2005)
Fashion 70s (2005)
Daddy-Long-Legs (2004)
Love So Divine (2004)
Something Happened In Bali (2004)
My Love Ssagajy (2003)
Damo (2003)
Reversal Of Fortune (2003)
Sex Is Zero (2002)
Phone (2002)
Secret (2001)
The Horror Game Movie Nightmare (2000)
Ditto (2000)
