Song Hye-kyo

Known For
Acting

Popular
19.636

Birthday
1981-11-22

Place of Birth
Daegu, South Korea

Also Known As

  • Lorraine Song
  • 송혜교
  • Hye-kyo Song
  • Song Hye-kyo
  • Song Hye-gyo
  • Hye-gyo Song
  • 宋慧喬
  • ソン・ヘギョ
  • 宋慧乔

Song Hye-kyo

Biography

Song Hye-kyo (born November 22, 1981) is a South Korean actress. She was born with a grave illness and doctors did not believe she would survive. She did however recover and her parents registered her birthdate as February 26, 1982. She gained popularity through her leading roles in television dramas Autumn in My Heart (2000), All In (2003), Full House (2004), That Winter, the Wind Blows (2013) and Descendants of the Sun (2016) which achieved pan-Asia success. The success of Song's television dramas internationally established her as a top Hallyu star. She has also starred in films Hwang Jin Yi (2007), The Grandmaster (2013), My Brilliant Life (2014) and The Queens (2015). In 2017, she ranked 7th in Forbes magazine's Korea Power Celebrity list. The success of Song's television dramas internationally established her as a top Hallyu star.