Jun Ji-hyun was born in 1981 on October 30th. She was born as Wang Ji-hyun. She belongs to Korea. She is a very well known face and a much liked model and actress from South Korea. Being a South Korean, she has studied at Dongguk University. Theatre as well as films was her interest thus she studied the same as a student. She was born in Seoul.
Although she was very interested in acting as well but she started working as a model. She started modeling in 1997. She has worked in many movies as well as in some of the comedy series in television serials and series. "White Valentine" was her first movie which was released in 1999. In 2000 she worked in another movie which was a big hit. The name of the movie was "Il Mare". The movie was such a big hit that an American remake was released in 2006 starring Sandra Bullock. She won an award for the movie she did in 2001 which was a comedy as well as a romance. The movie was "My Sassy Girl". She has performed in a variety of roles and she has proved herself to be a very talented actress time and again. Her every new performance is better than the last one. That is why she has been able to maintain her popularity even though the competition is very strong these days.
Ji Hyun has done several modeling shoots and she is considered to be a very sensational South Korean model. She has modeled for many famous products and companies. She is so sensational that one of her adverts was banned in Korea because it was too sexy and she looked too sensational. People like her as a model as well as an actress. She has been the face on the cover page of ELLE magazine. She is the first South Korean to make it to that level. Currently she is working in few movies.