Kang Hye-jung

Acting

Kang Hye-jung

Born

1982-01-04 (44)

Place of birth

Incheon, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

33 titles

Kang Hye-jung (강혜정) is a South Korean actress, best known for her work in Oldboy (2003) and Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005). Both of these were critically and commercially successful films which earned her prestigious acting awards, including the Grand Bell and Blue Dragon awards. She is married to Daniel Armand Lee (a.k.a. Tablo) of the hip hop group Epik High. The couple has one daughter.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 6 titles

2000s · 16 titles

Oldboy poster
8.2

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.

Oldboy

2003

Lady Vengeance poster
7.5

Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.

Lady Vengeance

2005

Three... Extremes poster
6.8

Features an anthology centred on the experiences of a witch doctor, a film-maker and a disgruntled extra determined to take revenge on him, and a novelist as well as her twin sister.

Three... Extremes

2004

Welcome to Dongmakgol poster
7.4

Based on the long running play by Jang Jin, the story is set in Korea during the Korean War in 1950. Soldiers from both the North and South, as well as an American pilot, find themselves in a secluded and naively idealistic village, its residents unaware of the outside world, including the war.

Welcome to Dongmakgol

2005

Antarctic Journal poster
6.0

Arctic cold and paranoia take their toll as Korean explorers are beset by the same strange occurrences that preceded the disappearance of a British team in 1922.

Antarctic Journal

2005

Invisible Waves poster
5.9

After inadvertently killing his girlfriend, a man flees Macau for Thailand in an attempt to cope with his guilt, and avoid possible arrest. But the relocation doesn't prevent his problems from following him, as his new friends could be potential enemies.

Invisible Waves

2006

Why Did You Come to My House poster
6.4

Two misfits form an unlikely relationship after a woman breaks into a man's house only to discover him in the midst of a suicide attempt.

Why Did You Come to My House

2009

Rules of Dating poster
5.9

Choi arrives at a new high school to work as a student-teacher. During her first day at work, the teacher that she is assigned to work with, Lim, hits on her in a very brash way.

Rules of Dating

2005

Herb poster
7.1

Sang-eun is a beautiful 20-year-old girl who is mentally challenged. One day she happens to meet a boy and deludes herself to think he's a beast under the vicious spell.

Herb

2007

Love Phobia poster
6.7

On a sunny day, a boy named Jo-kang meets Ari, a girl in a yellow raincoat, and they become friends. Jo-kang falls helplessly in love with the quirky but attractive Ari, but one day, she suddenly disappears.

Love Phobia

2006

Triangle poster
5.0

A tense standoff between a wealthy young widow with a collection of world-famous art, a swindler with an eye on her collection, and a strange woman who blackmails him into including her in the con.

Triangle

2009

Kiss Me, Kill Me poster
6.6

A quiet, professional killer, Hyun-jun, arrives at a house to kill a man in his sleep, only to discover a woman alone under the sheets. Jin-young has decided to kill herself after a traumatic break up with her lover of seven years, but she wants to go out with a bang, not with a miserable and lonely dose of commonplace sleeping pills. The most extraordinary love story begins.

Kiss Me, Kill Me

2009

No artwork available
NR

A girl with large hip-hop pants and an orange backpack walks around Gangnam Station. The girl's clear but unfocused eyes are bruised. Somewhere in Seoul, a girl gives birth to a child sitting on the toilet in a filthy public restroom. Green wings sprout from her back as she pours water with her blood-stained hands.

Flush

2001

Girlfriends poster
3.5

A young woman suspects her new boyfriend of infidelity and discovers that he actually has two other girlfriends. She meets the other women and the three of them become best friends.

Girlfriends

2009

The Butterfly poster
6.3

In a near future Korea, where an "oblivion virus" which causes memory loss has become the centre of a tourist industry aimed at those who wish to forget the past, Anna Kim, a German woman of Korean descent, seeks the virus in order to erase painful memories and, along the way, develops a close bond with her driver and her teenage guide.

The Butterfly

2001

Autobiography of Oldboy poster
NR

3 and a half hour making of documentary on Oldboy, covering nearly every scene

Autobiography of Oldboy

2004

Series credits

Running Man poster
8.2

These days, as variety shows are gradually disappearing, this is one of Korea’s representative variety shows that has been responsible for Sunday evenings for over 10 years. This program features numerous stars and members going around various places, playing games, and completing missions. In particular, among the many fun elements of variety shows, this one focuses solely on laughter. Open your eyes! Big fun is coming in! Open your mouth! Big laughter is coming in! Open your heart! Useful lessons are coming in!

Running Man

2010

Jae Joong and Friends poster
NR

Kim Jaejoong hosts numerous stars who wants to be friends with him. With the goal of making 100 friends through the show, he will cook for his guests, get to know them, and hopefully forge new friendships.

Jae Joong and Friends

2023

On Air poster
7.0

The lives and love stories of drama producers, writers, actors, and managers.

On Air

2008

Eun Shil poster
10.0

A resilient young girl fights to overcome poverty and hardship in post-war Korea, holding onto hope, family and dreams in a world full of struggles.

Eun Shil

1998

Modern Korea poster
10.0

The documentary series were made to look back on Korea’s modern history. It tells stories of specific moments in time weaving together relevant video clips from news broadcasts, dramas, shows and other documentaries

Modern Korea

2019

Miss Ripley poster
5.5

Two powerful men become entangled in a dangerous love triangle with a woman whose ruthless ambition threatens to destroy them all.

Miss Ripley

2011

Jugglers poster
7.0

Jwa Yoon-Yi has lived her life with a passive attitude. She has a spirit of devotion and obedience. Nam Chi-Won is the director of HB Company, but he refuses interests of other people and developing relationships. The woman and man meet as secretary and boss.

Jugglers

2017

Flowers for My Life poster
5.0

As Na Ha-na grew up she developed a love of money over everything else, and after overhearing Yoon Ho-sang lie to avoid loan sharks, she mistakes him for a rich man and brings him home with her to her family’s funeral home business. As real love blooms between them and their lies catch up with them, the business of sending loved ones off in death teaches everyone truth and beauty about life itself.

Flowers for My Life

2007

The Wedding Scheme poster
2.0

A mother of four daughters and the president of a kimchi factory decides to embark on a grand marriage scheme for her children... by having them cohabitate with four eligible bachelors.

The Wedding Scheme

2012

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Knee-Drop Guru

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Jump poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Jump

1999