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|image = }} Choi Ji-woo (born Choi Mi-hyang on June 11, 1975) is a South Korean actress. She is most famous for starring in the television melodramas ''Winter Sonata'', ''Beautiful Days'' and ''Stairway to Heaven''. == Career == Choi Mi-hyang was first discovered when she won a talent audition organized by MBC in 1994, then made her acting debut in the drama series ''War and Love'' in 1995. Afterwards, she adopted the stage name "Choi Ji-woo." She was cast in her first major role in 1996 film ''The Gate of Destiny'', but due to her limited acting skills, she was replaced in the middle of filming.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2946204 )〕 In the next couple of years Choi continued to star in both TV dramas and films, including ''The Hole'' (a Korean remake of Hollywood thriller ''Hush''), as well as the romantic comedies ''First Kiss'' with Ahn Jae-wook and ''The Romantic President'' with Ahn Sung-ki. But it was her portrayals on TV of tragic heroines with a pure and innocent image—notably in ''Truth'' opposite Ryu Si-won and ''Beautiful Days'' opposite Lee Byung-hun—that boosted her rising popularity. In 2002, she reunited onscreen with Bae Yong-joon (she previously had a supporting role in his 1996 drama ''First Love'') that she would star in her most famous, iconic role. Directed by Yoon Seok-ho as the second installment of his "season dramas,"〔("Producer Yun Seok-ho, the creator of Yonsama and the ''hallyu'' frenzy" ). KBS Global. 17 January 2005.〕 ''Winter Sonata'' became a phenomenal hit throughout Asia and has been credited as one of the initiators of the Korean Wave.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hancinema.net/is-it-all-over-already-gloomy-signs-overshadow-rosy-statistics-of-hallyu--3403.html )〕 As a result, Choi gained wide pan-Asian recognition, especially a huge following in Japan where she acquired the nickname ''Ji-woo Hime'' ("Princess Ji-woo").〔("Pure Love: Tear-Jerking Love Stories Enthrall Japanese Women" ). Web Japan. 14 October 2004.〕 In 2009 she and Bae reprised their roles as voice actors for ''Winter Sonata Anime''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2008/05/178_25074.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2009092918564427201 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010020212531420351 )〕 She continues to be a lucrative star and brand in Japan, fetching high licensing/broadcasting rights for her dramas and selling out concerts and merchandise (tvN's ''E News'' compiled a list of the top Hallyu stars in Japan based on their approximate gross incomes for the first half of 2011, and Choi was #5 with approximately ). After the success of her 2003 melodrama ''Stairway to Heaven'' with Kwon Sang-woo, Choi again attempted to break into film. She played a terminally ill heroine in ''Now and Forever'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=1765 )〕〔("''Yeonriji'' ("Now and Forever") Depends Heavily on ''Ji-woo Hime''" ). The Korea Times via Hancinema. 13 April 2006.〕 and a more risque character in sex comedy ''Everybody Has Secrets'' (a Korean remake of Irish film ''About Adam'').〔("Sexy ''Secret'' Has Little to Tell" ). The Korea Times. 29 July 2004.〕〔("Sex and Laughter in a ''Game of Love''" ). The Dong-a Ilbo. 29 July 2004.〕 Both films were poorly received by critics and audiences in South Korea, but performed well at the Japanese box office. Choi then spent the next few years overseas, shooting the Chinese drama ''101st Proposal'' with Sun Xing, and the Japanese drama ''RONDO'' opposite Yutaka Takenouchi.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=1072 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=1642 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/entertainment_news_view.html?No=842 )〕 She returned to Korean television in 2007 in ''Air City'' alongside Lee Jung-jae; her role was the Chief Operating Officer of Incheon Airport.〔("This is Who I am" ). W Korea (in Korean). June 2007.〕 In 2009, she starred opposite Yoo Ji-tae in the drama ''Star's Lover'', playing a top actress who falls in love with an ordinary man.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2008/12/201_35425.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://view.koreaherald.com/kh/view.php?ud=20081201000065 )〕 Choi received per episode, the highest salary for a Korean actress at the time (her record was later broken by Go Hyun-jung's for the 2010 drama ''Daemul'').〔("Koh Hyun-jung, highest paid Korean actress" ). The Korea Times. 12 April 2011.〕〔("Ko Hyun-jung Sets New Soap Opera Earnings Record" ). The Chosun Ilbo. 12 April 2011.〕 That same year, she set up her own management agency called C,JW Company with her brother as CEO.〔http://www.cjwcompany.co.kr/〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/program/program_musicnews_frame.htm?No=13641 )〕 She also joined the ensemble cast of semi-improvisational mockumentary ''Actresses'', arguably her most significant film yet.〔("''Actresses'' is a miracle achieved, says Koh (Part 1)" ). 10Asia. 23 November 2009.〕〔("''Actresses'' is a miracle achieved, says Koh (Part 2)" ). 10Asia. 23 November 2009.〕 During the press conference for the 2011 series, ''Can't Lose'', co-starring Yoon Sang-hyun, featuring a lawyer couple facing their own divorce suit, she was asked if she worried about shedding her pure and innocent image. Choi said, "I've had the same image for 15 years. Isn't it time for me to break out? I was a melodrama queen and now I want the title of romantic comedy queen." She added that she had gained more fans after showing her cheerful, easygoing side as a guest on the reality show ''2 Days & 1 Night''.〔("Choi Ji-woo ''Can't Lose'' in romantic comedy" ). The Korea Times. 23 August 2011.〕〔("Choi Ji-woo Thrilled About Shaking Off Old Image" ). The Chosun Ilbo. 25 August 2011.〕 In 2012, Choi was cast in the Chinese drama ''City Lovers'', in which she portrayed the CEO at an event management company opposite Qin Hao, a newly employed businessman at her firm.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012062715182852279 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=8634 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2955185 )〕 Later that year, she became the host of ''Choi Ji-woo's Delicious Korea'' on food lifestyle cable channel O'live TV alongside fashion designer Jung Kuho. The 5-episode show, which aired from November 23 to December 21, 2012, aimed to promote Korean cuisine and culture to the world, and the two hosts traveled through South Korea and introduced little-known regional food to the viewers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012103015032216817 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=19766 )〕 She next headlined the 2013 remake of hit 2011 Japanese drama ''Kaseifu no Mita''. In ''The Suspicious Housekeeper'', Choi played the titular character, an icy and stoic yet amazingly capable housekeeper who comes to work for a recently widowed father and his four children.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tenasia.com/choi-ji-woo-to-play-housekeeper-in-upcoming-drama/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/08/10/2013081000372.html )〕 Despite the difficulty of not being able to react to her costars, Choi said she chose the role because she "was really charmed by the way the heroine refrains from letting her emotions show."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130916000899 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2981521 )〕 In February 2014, Choi signed with the talent agency YG Entertainment.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/59627/choijiwoo-is-yg )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140227000657 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tenasia.com/actress-choi-ji-woo-joins-yg-entertainment/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2985532 )〕 She then reunited with previous costar Kwon Sang-woo in ''Temptation''; she played a rich woman who makes a dangerous offer to a married man.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2014/07/201_160867.html )〕 Choi joined the fourth season of travel-reality show ''Grandpas Over Flowers'' in 2015, where she and Lee Seo-jin backpacked through Greece with veteran actors Lee Soon-jae, Shin Goo, Park Geun-hyung and Baek Il-seob.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201502161503182498329_2 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150324001132 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2015/03/135_175890.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3002376 )〕 She was next cast in ''Happy Facebook'', a film about three couples and Choi's first big-screen project in six years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3004786 )〕 This was followed by the cable series ''Twenty Again'', where she played a woman who became a wife and mother at 19 then decides to experience campus college life for the first time at age 38 when she becomes a university student alongside her 20-year-old son.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/95225/choi-ji-woo-confirmed-for-new-tvn-drama )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3006435 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Choi Ji-woo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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