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Name: 김현주 / Kim Hyun Joo (Hyun = Intelligent and warm-hearted, Joo = Jewel, treasure)
Hanja: 金賢珠 (Jin Xian-Zhu)
Profession: Actress
Birthdate: 1977-Apr-24
Birthplace: Gyeonggi province, Il-san City
Height: 167cm
Weight: 48kg
Star sign: Taurus
Blood type: B
Family: Mother, Younger brother
Hobbies: Knitting, cross-stitching, driving. Special Interest: In-line skating, snowboarding.
Personality: She tends to be really shy (with strangers), but she's bright and vivacious.
Bad habits: Rolling up toilet paper over and over, crushing paper cups. She can't keep her hands still.
Favourite saying: Love is the way, the theme is humanity = Let's live with love and humanity.
Sleeping habits: She sleeps hanging off the end of the bed.
First love: A friend who was in the same class as her in fourth grade.
Nickname: Miss "I-don't-know"
Countries she wants to visit: Switzerland, Greece, everywhere
Favourite food: If she has to pick...Meat, sushi, cold noodles, sweet and sour pork chops.
Favourite colour: Violet, gray.
Favourite music: Movie music
Favourite number: 2
A movie she wants to recommend to fans: She hasn't watched it yet, but "The Way Home"
The kind of person she respects: A person who simply tries to become the kind of person who can receive respect from others.
Celebrity friends: Suh Yoo Jung, Song Hye Gyo, FinK.L, Kim Gyu Lee, Park Yong Ha, Kim Ji Ho, So Ji Sub, Kim Min Sun, Kim Ho Jin, Lee Jae Ryong, the "Sang Do" team actors.
What she wants to happen after she succeeds: Make it so that there are no hungry children.
The reason she became an entertainer: Because she wanted to...Because she felt that only by gaining love you can gain respect.
What she would do if she wasn't an entertainer: Study design more.
How she gets rid of a slump: She spends time by herself. She goes to the riverside or a place where there aren't any people.
What she does on her days off: She sleeps. If there's time, she wants to exercise. And learn how to dance.
Education
Elementary School: 상사초등학교 Il-san Achievement Elementary School
Middle School: 원당중학교 Won-Dang Junior High School
High School: 고양종합고등학교 Go-yang Composite High School
College: Dankook University (Theatre and Film)
Filmography
Drama Series
Fantastic (JTBC 2016) - Lee So Hye
I Have a Lover | Aeinitseoyo (SBS / 2015) - Do Hae-Gang / Dokgo Yong-Gi
What Happens to My Family? | Gajokkkiri Wae Irae (KBS2 / 2014-2015) - Cha Gang-Sim
Can We Love | Wooriga Saranghal Soo Iteulka (JTBC / 2014) - top star (cameo)
Cruel Palace - War of Flowers | Goongjoongjanhoksa - Ggotdeului Jeonjaeng (jTBC / 2013) - Royal Concubine Soyong Jo
Foolish Mom | Babo Eomma (SBS / 2012) - Kim Young-Joo
Twinkle Twinkle | Banjjak Banjjak Bitnaneun (MBC / 2011) - Han Jung-Won
The Partner | Pateuneo (KBS2 / 2009) - Kang Eun-Ho
Boys Over Flowers | Kkotboda Namja (KBS2/ 2009) - Ku Jun-Hee
Pretty Insun | Insunyineun Yeoppeuda (KBS2 / 2007) - Park In-Soon
Marrying a Millionaire | Baekmanjangjawa Kyeolheunhagi (SBS / 2005-2006) - Han Eun-Young
The Land | Doji (SBS / 2004)
Ms. Kim's Million Dollar Quest | Paran Manjang Miseu Kim 10eok Mindeulgi (SBS / 2004)
Glass Slippers | Yuri Goodu (SBS / 2002)
That Woman's House | Geu Yeojane Jip (MBC / 2001)
Sangdo (MBC / 2001-2002) - Park Da-Nyung
8 Love Stories | Reobeuseutori (SBS / 1999-2000) - Seo-Young (Ep.7 "Insomnia, Manual and Orange Juice")
Into the Sunlight | Haetbit Sokeuro (MBC / 1999) - Lee Yun-Hee
I Love You!, I Love You! | Saranghae! Saranghae! (SBS / 1998)
Ready, Go! (MBC / 1997)
The Reason For My Living | Naega Saneun Yiyu (MBC / 1997)
Movies
Shin Suk-ki blues (2004) - Seo Jin-yeong
Star Runner | Siu nin a Fu (2003) - Mei Chung
Calla (1999) - Soo-jin
If It Snows on Christmas | Christmase nuni naerimyeon (1998)
MC Work
Scoop! Entertainment City (MBC, 1997) - VJ
Popular Song Best 50 (MBC, 1997) - VJ
Saturday Power Start (KBS, 1997) - MC
Gung Sun-young's 가요광장 (KBS 2FM, 1997) - Panelist in "I Don't Know Anything But Love" segment
Super TV Enjoy Sunday (KBS, 1998) - MC
Sunday Sunday Night (MBC, 1999) - MC
Kim Hyun-joo's FM Dating (MBC FM, 1999) - DJ
Mnet KM Music Festival (Mnet, 2000) - MC
And e-Wonderful World (MBC, 2000) - MC
Section TV Entertainment (MBC, 2001) - MC
Kim Hyun-joo's Music Village (MBC FM, 2009) - DJ
ECO Canada by Kim Hyun-joo (MBC Life, 2009)
Musical Journey to Yesterday (MBC, 2014) - MC
Career
2011 Seoul International Book Fair Ambassador
2010 Breast cancer prevention ambassador
2010 Good Neighbors Ambassador (Watch: Interview | 2010 SBS Hope TV | Good Neighbors TV Program | KBS TV Special)
2009 Montreal 2020 Summer Olympic Games bid ambassador
Awards
1998 SBS Drama Awards: Best New Actress (I Love You! I Love You!)
1998 MBC Drama Awards: Best New Actress
2000 SBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Actress (Virtue)
2002 SBS Drama Awards: SBSi Award (Glass Slippers)
2002 SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 Stars (Glass Slippers)
2002 SBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama (Glass Slippers)
2004 SBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special (Miss Kim's Million Dollar Quest)
2005 SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 Stars (The Land)
2005 SBS Drama Awards: Popularity Award (The Land)
2007 KBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award, Actress (In-soon Is Pretty)
2011 MBC Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama (Twinkle Twinkle)
2015 SBS Drama Awards - December 31, 2015
Best Actress (long-length drama) ("I Have a Lover”)
Ten Star Award ("I Have a Lover”)
Best Netizen Award ("I Have a Lover”)
Best Couple Award ("I Have a Lover”)
2015 (4th) APAN Star Awards - November 28, 2015
Best Actress (serial drama) ("I Have a Lover”)
2014 KBS Drama Awards - December 31, 2014
Best Actress ("What Happens to My Family?")
Best Couple Award ("What Happens to My Family?")
Book
현주의 손으로 짓는 이야기 (Hyun Joo's Handcrafted Story)
Pages: 212
ISBN 9,788,952,213,143
Format: B5, 188 * 257mm
Current Management Company: S BOX
SOURCES: Translated by Dahee Fanel Her official cafe, LIPS (Live In her Pretty Smile): http://cafe.daum.net/kkk2393 ,LOVE Kim Hyun Joo 's blogger.DramaWiki, Wikipedia, AsianMedia Wiki, Nate