Kim Nam-joo (born May , ) is a South Korean actress. Kim rose to
stardom in the s in television series such as Model, The Boss and Her
House. After , Kim went into semi-retirement, only appearing in
commercials, particularly after she married actor Kim Seung-woo in
and they started a family. Then in , she made her comeback with Queen
of Housewives, written by Park Ji-eun. Housewives was a ratings hit,
and Kim went on to collaborate with Park on Queen of Reversals () and
top-rated series My Husband Got a Family, which established Kim's
continuing star status. In , Kim received critical acclaim for her
role in the series Misty.Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea. When she
was two years old, her father's business failed, which resulted in the
family moving to Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, where Kim spent her
childhood and adolescence. After graduating from high school, she
enrolled as a Dance major at Suwon Women's College. When she was a
sophomore, Kim joined the Miss Korea pageant, and the experience led
her to quit school to pursue modeling in September .Kim won fourth
place in a talent search by broadcaster SBS in , and quickly became a
popular television star in her twenties. Her characters in the hit TV
series City Men and Women (), Model (), The Boss () and Her House (),
made her the epitome of a sophisticated, urban career woman in s
Korea. But after Her House, Kim went into semi-retirement, only
appearing in lucrative commercials, mostly for cosmetics and luxury
goods. She married actor Kim Seung-woo in , and for several years she
lived as a full-time housewife and mother.In , she stretched some
acting muscle opposite Sol Kyung-gu in Voice of a Murderer, about the
tormenting and ultimately unsuccessful attempts of two parents to
bring their kidnapped son back home. Based on the true story of a
nine-year-old child found dead in , the film faithfully follows the
harrowing -day quest to find the missing boy.
stardom in the s in television series such as Model, The Boss and Her
House. After , Kim went into semi-retirement, only appearing in
commercials, particularly after she married actor Kim Seung-woo in
and they started a family. Then in , she made her comeback with Queen
of Housewives, written by Park Ji-eun. Housewives was a ratings hit,
and Kim went on to collaborate with Park on Queen of Reversals () and
top-rated series My Husband Got a Family, which established Kim's
continuing star status. In , Kim received critical acclaim for her
role in the series Misty.Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea. When she
was two years old, her father's business failed, which resulted in the
family moving to Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, where Kim spent her
childhood and adolescence. After graduating from high school, she
enrolled as a Dance major at Suwon Women's College. When she was a
sophomore, Kim joined the Miss Korea pageant, and the experience led
her to quit school to pursue modeling in September .Kim won fourth
place in a talent search by broadcaster SBS in , and quickly became a
popular television star in her twenties. Her characters in the hit TV
series City Men and Women (), Model (), The Boss () and Her House (),
made her the epitome of a sophisticated, urban career woman in s
Korea. But after Her House, Kim went into semi-retirement, only
appearing in lucrative commercials, mostly for cosmetics and luxury
goods. She married actor Kim Seung-woo in , and for several years she
lived as a full-time housewife and mother.In , she stretched some
acting muscle opposite Sol Kyung-gu in Voice of a Murderer, about the
tormenting and ultimately unsuccessful attempts of two parents to
bring their kidnapped son back home. Based on the true story of a
nine-year-old child found dead in , the film faithfully follows the
harrowing -day quest to find the missing boy.
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