Choi Ji-woo

Choi Ji-woo is basically the face of the early Korean Wave for me — if you were anywhere near K-drama fandom in the early 2000s, you know her from Winter Sonata opposite Bae Yong-joon, and that show genuinely changed how the world saw Korean entertainment. What I love about her is that she's not a one-hit wonder: Beautiful Days, Stairway to Heaven, and later The Suspicious Housekeeper all showed she could anchor a series on her own star power. She has this effortless elegance on screen that makes melodrama feel earned rather than cheesy, which is a genuinely rare skill. Born in Paju in 1975 and trained at Hanyang University, she put in real craft before fame arrived, and it shows every time she's on screen.

Name (English)

Choi Ji-woo

Name (Japanese)

チェ・ジウ

Reading

ちぇ・じう

Born

June 11, 1975 (age 51)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rabbit

Origin

Paju, South Korea

Occupation

actor / film actor / model / television actor / stage actor

University

Hanyang University

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.starjiwoo.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/choijivvoo/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A6

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• model

Last updated

2026-06-02

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