Song Hye-kyo

Acting

Song Hye-kyo

Born

1981-11-22 (44)

Place of birth

Daegu, South Korea

Known for

Acting

Credits

38 titles

Song Hye-kyo (born November 22, 1981) is a South Korean actress whose leading television dramas have consistently become both national and international sensations. She starred Autumn in My Heart (2000), which captivated audiences across Asia, and made her a household name at age 19. Song quickly solidified her star power with high-stakes gambling drama, All In (2003), and the mega-hit, romantic-comedy Full House (2004). That Winter, the Wind Blows (2013) earned critical acclaim for her portrayal of a blind heiress, while Descendants of the Sun (2016) became a monumental success with a peak viewership rating of 41.6% in South Korea and in Asia, where it was viewed 2.5 billion times. Throug…

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 8 titles

The Grandmaster poster
6.6

The fall of China's last dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war, is the golden age of Chinese martial arts. Legendary kung fu master Ip Man, who will eventually train Bruce Lee, finds his peaceful life interrupted by vengeance.

The Grandmaster

2013

The Crossing II poster
5.3

A story of three couples and their intertwining love stories set in 1940s Taiwan and Shanghai, centered around the 1949 sinking of Taiping.

The Crossing II

2015

The Crossing I poster
5.5

At the end of the World War II and the middle of the Chinese Revolution, three couples from different backgrounds with different nationalities flee from China to the island of Taiwan.

The Crossing I

2014

My Brilliant Life poster
7.3

A couple of teenagers have a son who suffers from progeria, a rare genetic disorder which makes one age exponentially faster than normal. 16 years later, the child has the body of an 80 year old in the final days of his life writing a book about his parents' love story.

My Brilliant Life

2014

Countdown poster
6.6

A cold-blooded debt collector who never fails to get what he wants meets the beautiful yet mysterious ex-impostor whose every word is nothing but a lie. She has the key to save his life but he discovers that she only puts him into a deeper trouble. Time is running out and he needs to get it done while his heart still beats.

Countdown

2011

Camellia poster
5.0

A man searching for his missing ex-girlfriend uncovers the dark secret behind an organization selling romantic virtual reality experiences. A film director looking for artistic inspiration runs into a strange woman who may or may not be a ghost. An assassin and a target for in love with each other but the assassin must complete the assignment.

Camellia

2010

A Reason to Live poster
7.0

A female producer loses her fiancée in a hit and run accident and stands in the line of conflict.

A Reason to Live

2011

The Queens poster
4.6

Based on the novel of the same name, the film follows three cosmopolitan women, an actress, a PR specialist and a gallery manager, all wrestling with the ups and downs of their romantic lives.

The Queens

2015

2000s · 3 titles

Series credits

You Quiz on the Block poster
8.3

Yoo Jae-suk and Jo Se-ho who enter ordinary people's everyday lives, chat with them, and give them surprise quizzes! The talk and quiz show program will spotlight these people's lives and aims to gift them a refreshing, different kind of day. Recently they're also inviting celebrities & professionals to the show.

You Quiz on the Block

2018

Soonpoong Clinic poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Soonpoong Clinic

1998

The Glory poster
8.5

Years after surviving horrific abuse in high school, a woman puts an elaborate revenge scheme in motion to make the perpetrators pay for their crimes.

The Glory

2022

Descendants of the Sun poster
8.3

After a chance meeting in a hospital, an ardent soldier falls for a gifted surgeon. Opposing philosophies tear them apart, but fate has other plans.

Descendants of the Sun

2016

ZIP DAESUNG poster
7.5

A true homebody ISFJ Daesung's outing outside the house! Welcome to Daesung's Outing Talk Show ꉂ☻ᵎᵎᵎ 📢 The title contains the ambiguous meaning of the word "house" and "daesung", which means "to gather various things together and complete them into one system." It airs every Friday at 6 PM starting April 5, 2024.

ZIP DAESUNG

2024

Genie, Make a Wish poster
7.9

After a thousand years, a quirky genie returns to grant wishes to a woman born without feelings. Can his magic bring love and wonder to her world?

Genie, Make a Wish

2025

Baeksang Arts Awards poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Baeksang Arts Awards

2012

Encounter poster
7.8

Following a chance encounter overseas, a woman with much to lose and a man with little to his name meet again as employer and employee.

Encounter

2018

First Love poster
8.0

First Love is a South Korean television series starring Bae Yong-joon, Choi Soo-jong and Lee Seung-yeon. It aired on KBS2 from September 7, 1996 to April 20, 1997 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 66 episodes. It is currently the number one highest-rated Korean drama of all time based on single episode viewership ratings, reaching 65.8% on its April 10, 1997 episode. Its average rating for its entire run was 52.6%.

First Love

1996

All In poster
6.3

All In is a 2003 South Korean television drama series that aired on SBS from January 15 to April 3, 2003 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes. Inspired by the life of professional poker player Jimmy Cha, it starred Lee Byung-hun and Song Hye-kyo in a story about one's man's rise through the fiercely competitive world of casino gambling as he clashes with his rivals over money, success, and love. The drama was a ratings success in South Korea, with its final episode reaching a peak viewership rating of 47.7%, which is the 42nd highest-rated Korean drama episode of all time. It also won several awards, notably the Grand Prize for Lee Byung-hun at the 2003 SBS Drama Awards.

All In

2003

Autumn in My Heart poster
7.9

Two men and two women, their relationship begins in tragic fates, and it grows into love, agony, and parting.

Autumn in My Heart

2000

That Winter, the Wind Blows poster
7.1

Circumstances condemn Oh Soo and Oh Young to loveless lives. After the untimely death of his first love, Oh Soo turns to an ambitionless life as a derelict gambler. The gorgeous Oh Young should be leading the perfect life as an heiress, but when her parents’ divorce crumbles the family, she faces the reality of living life alone—particularly in light of her increasingly impaired vision. When these two heavy souls cross paths, fate delivers a chance meeting that will change their lives forever.

That Winter, the Wind Blows

2013

Now, We Are Breaking Up poster
6.3

Will tell stories of emotional love and breakups. Ha Young-eun, a manager of the design team at a fashion label who is a trendy and intelligent realist. Yoon Jae-guk, a wealthy and popular freelancer photographer who also has the brains and looks. Hwang Chi-sook is a director of the fashion label’s design team who attended high school with Ha Young-eun and Seok Do-hoon is a skilled PR company CEO.

Now, We Are Breaking Up

2021

Tantara poster
NR

In years of crackdowns and fear, Korea's show world kept the lights on and the dream alive — fighting for a stage where grit could turn to glory.

Tantara

2026

Full House poster
7.1

In a bid to reacquire her childhood home, a free-spirited woman agrees to a sham-marriage with a selfish actor. Their daily lives are complicated by overlapping love triangles and comic misadventures.

Full House

2004

Worlds Within poster
6.8

Song Hye Gyo plays a PD Joo Joon Young who has bold and unstoppable personality. Hyun Bin also plays a promising drama PD Jung Ji Oh. This drama focuses on TV stations by portraying the love and struggle of these 2 PDs during filming their respective projects as well as unfolding male and female staffs' love stories and marriages.

Worlds Within

2008

Hotelier poster
7.4

The competition between hotel executives over mergers and acquisitions and their intertwined love lives begin.

Hotelier

2001

Blue Dragon Series Awards poster
NR

The Blue Dragon Series Awards (BSA) is a new annual awards ceremony for original streaming content in South Korea.

Blue Dragon Series Awards

2022

White Nights 3.98 poster
10.0

In the civil war between North and South Korea, the tension within was high, especially when a mission was hooked with national secrets. A black box, hence, because the key to the struggle. Success, would never come so easily. However, amid the brutal fight for the key-the black box of a crashed battleplane, the male and female spy from the two different nations fell in love with each other. They helped each other secretly, in order to complete their corresponding mission, for the sake of loyalty - and love. However, a fatal plane crash of battleplane occured and finally they sacrifice their valuable love and lives for the peace of human world.

White Nights 3.98

1998

Six Siblings poster
NR

Set in Munrae-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul in the 1960s, this is a heartwarming story about a mother who loses her husband and raises six children with a spirit of sacrifice while doing business, and the six children who grow up brightly despite difficult circumstances.

Six Siblings

1998

Shining Days poster
4.5

Yeon Woo grew up happy in a loving family. One day, her father had died mysteriously, and her mother remarried a man who was 10 years younger than her. Misfortunes never come singly. Her mother died of Wilson’s disease and her step-father ran away with money. Min Ho, an old friend of hers, is always there to comforther. Min Ho decided to be a policeman to catch a murderer who killed Yeon Woo’s father. Eun Sup came back to Korea with the sole purpose of stopping his lover Soo Ah from getting married, but Soo Ah gave him an outright denial. To make matter wose, his father sent people over to his hotel to catch him. He ran away from the hotel and he accidentally fell into the subway track and became unconscious. Yeon Woo saw the whole scene in the platform and saved his life. Eun Sup asked her if he could stay in her place temporarily since he had no place to go. So Yeon Woo, Min Ho and Eun Sup all started living in a same house.

Shining Days

2004

Guardian Angel poster
3.0

This drama series starts from a belief that true love is the real guardian angel. There are two young people who pursue wealth and power. And then, there are other two young people, who lead a fulfilling life despite the difficult surroundings. Through the competition and star-crossed love amongst the four characters, we tell the story, in which truth and love are the real guardian angels. -- SBS

Guardian Angel

2001

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sweet Bride

1999

풀하우스 poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

풀하우스

2004

No artwork available
NR

Sitcom centering about young college people, cheerleading and band activities.

March

1999