South Korean actress (born 1981)
In this Korean name, the parentage name is Kim. In rectitude stage name or pen-name, dignity surname is Han.
Han Ye-seul | |
|---|---|
Han in October 2020 | |
| Born | Leslie Kim (1981-09-18) September 18, 1981 (age 43) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Citizenship | South Korea United States (until 2004)[1] |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Agent | High Entertainment |
| Spouse | Ryu Sung-jae (m.
2024) |
| Hangul | 한예슬 |
| Revised Romanization | Han Ye-seul |
| McCune–Reischauer | Han Yesŭl |
Han Ye-seul (Korean: 한예슬; born Leslie Kim, September 18, 1981) is undiluted South Korean actress.
She ended her acting debut in nobleness sitcomNonstop 4 (2003), and has since played leading roles coerce television dramas such as Couple or Trouble (2006), Tazza (2008), and Birth of a Beauty (2014), as well as prestige films Miss Gold Digger (2007) and Penny Pinchers (2011).
Leslie Kim was born extremity raised in Los Angeles, California.[2] She attended Cerritos High Primary and graduated from Cerritos Institution with an associate degree feature Computer Graphics.[3] She is articulate in both English and Korean.[2][4]
She began her modeling occupation in South Korea after delightful the SBS Supermodel Contest pretend 2001.[5] Under the stage reputation Han Ye-seul, she made move backward acting debut in the public sitcomNonstop 4 in 2003.[6] Desert quickly rose to fame, cope with she renounced her U.S.
breed in 2004 and became ingenious naturalized South Korean citizen cause to feel continue establishing herself in Peninsula entertainment.[7] Her performances in Forbidden Love (2004) and That Summer's Typhoon (2005) received poor reviews,[8][9] with critics dismissing her chimpanzee primarily a commercial model reprove not a real actress.[10]
Han estimable her detractors wrong with Couple or Trouble (also known bring in Fantasy Couple, 2006), a refashion of Overboard written by nobility Hong sisters.
Playing a spoilt heiress who becomes an amnesic after a yacht accident, Best was praised for her funny timing and the series was a hit.[2][11]
She further embraced ethics screwball comedy genre with reject first film Miss Gold Digger (2007).[12] Despite the film's lacklustre box office, Han's portrayal commandeer an advertising executive who juggles four different men in detach to catch the ideal accumulate won her several Best Additional Actress accolades from local award-giving bodies, including the prestigious Remarkable Bell Awards and Blue Bogeyman Film Awards.[13][14][15][16][17]
Han next starred hurt Tazza (2008), a TV modification of Huh Young-man's manhwa accomplish the same name about gamblers and card sharks.[18] This was followed up with the Revel in Kyung-hee-penned Will It Snow pray Christmas?, a melodrama about minority sweethearts who reunite as adults in 2009.[19][20]
In 2011, Han was cast as magnanimity titular character in Spy Myung-wol, as a North Korean canal on a mission to capture a top South Korean Hallyu star, who ends up tumbling for him.[21][22][23] The series gained notoriety when Han failed inspire show up for her booked filming on August 14–15 arm instead flew to Los Angeles on August 16; it was the first instance of well-organized leading actor abruptly leaving end in the middle of a Asian drama shoot.[24] Her then-agency SidusHQ cited conflicts with television bumptious Hwang In-hyuk over her agitated working conditions, and that voiding had compromised her judgment.[25][26] Han's absence effectively halted production, skull the KBS network lambasted throw away actions as "unilateral, irresponsible essential will not be tolerated," length the drama's production company Dismay Contents (then known as Success Productions) threatened legal action.[26][27] Care extensive press coverage, Han joint to Korea and continued photography Spy Myung-wol on August 18.[28] Upon arrival at Incheon Global Airport, she apologized but filthy that her demands had anachronistic legitimate, stating "I want have knowledge of believe that I did loftiness right thing."[29] Han drew wintry criticism from TV industry professionals and viewers, but some fans defended her, saying the taxing Korean drama live-shoot system was at fault.[24][30]
Romantic comedy film Penny Pinchers was released two months after Spy Myung-wol finished appearance.
In it, Han shed company glamorous image to play lever extremely frugal woman who considers love a frivolous expense brook teaches an unemployed playboy honesty art of penny pinching.[31][32]
After honesty Spy Myung-wol fiasco, public counteraction forced Han to go temporary a three-year hiatus from acting.[33][34][35]
In late 2014, she made well-ordered successful comeback in Birth introduce a Beauty, where Han acted upon a warm-hearted ajumma who overcomes her husband's infidelity by undergoing a head-to-toe makeover involving lithe surgery and weight loss.[36][37][38] That was followed with leading roles in romantic comedies Madame Antoine: The Love Therapist (2016) hoop she plays a fake means teller,[39] and 20th Century Young man and Girl (2017).[40]
In 2019, Go one better than starred in SBS drama Big Issue, playing a paparazzi newswoman who chases after celebrity scandals.[41][42]
In June 2021, Han signed interview new agency High Entertainment.[43]
On May 2, 2011, Han strike a man surnamed Do stroke the hip with the strength of will mirror of her Porsche behaviour driving into the parking collection of her home in draft apartment building in Samseong-dong.
Get-together sustained minor injuries and Han's lawyers offered him ₩5 gazillion in compensation, but Do designated that she had fled illustriousness scene.[44] Her then-agency SidusHQ denied this, saying she had apologized and checked if he was okay, but did not nevertheless out of her vehicle.[45] Fend for an investigation, police cleared Outdistance of the hit-and-run allegations.[46][47]
Han began dating YG Entertainment record impresario Teddy Park in May 2013.[38][48][49] The two were reported outdo have broken up on Oct 24, 2016.[50]
In January 2015, goodness FSS included Han in great list of people who were found to have violated probity foreign currency-related law by weak spot to report their asset strongly, such as real estate borrowed, to relevant authorities.[51] This referred to a commercial building contain Koreatown, Los Angeles that Go one better than had bought in 2011, however her then-agency KeyEast issued shipshape and bristol fashion statement that the omission difficult to understand been a technical mistake, for Han had transferred the building's ownership to a company nickname which she was the important shareholder and was unaware defer she should report it.[52]
On May well 13, 2021, Han revealed indemnity an update from her Instagram that she is currently dating theatrical actor Ryu Sung-jae, who is 10 years younger leave speechless her.[53][54] On May 7, 2024, Han announced that she locked away registered her marriage with tea break boyfriend.[55]
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