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{{short description|South Korean actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Kim Hyun-joo
| name = Kim Hyun-joo
| image = Kim_Hyun-joo_in_July_2019.png
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| image_upright = 1.15
| image = Kim Hyun Joo Press for Miracle We Met 2018.jpg
| caption = Kim in 2018
| caption = Kim in July 2019
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|4|24}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|4|24}}
| birth_place = [[Goyang]], [[Gyeonggi Province]], [[South Korea]]
| birth_place = [[Goyang]], [[Gyeonggi Province]], South Korea
| occupation = Actress
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1996–present
| years_active = 1996–present
| alma_mater = [[Dankook University]]
| education = [[Dankook University]] – Theater and Film <br/> [[Goyang High School]] <br/> [[Wondang Middle School]]<br/>[[Seongsa Elementary School]]
| agent = YNK Entertainment<ref>{{cite web|title=김현주, YNK 이적 확정..임수정·신혜선 한식구 됐다|url=http://star.mt.co.kr/view/stview.php?no=2017042110055856086&type=1&outlink=1|work=Star News|access-date=2017-04-21|date=21 April 2017|language=ko}}</ref>
| agent = YNK Entertainment<ref>{{cite web|title=김현주, YNK 이적 확정..임수정·신혜선 한식구 됐다|url=http://star.mt.co.kr/view/stview.php?no=2017042110055856086&type=1&outlink=1|website=Star News|date=April 21, 2017|access-date=April 21, 2017|language=ko|archive-date=April 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422034006/http://star.mt.co.kr/view/stview.php?no=2017042110055856086&type=1&outlink=1|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| hangul = 김현주
| hanja = 金賢珠
| hangul = 김현주
| rr = Kim Hyeon-ju
| hanja = 金賢珠
| mr = Kim Hyŏnju
| rr = Kim Hyeon-ju
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'''Kim Hyun-joo''' ({{Korean|김현주}}; born April 24, 1977)<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ko:룸메이트 김현주, 실제 1977년생인데 78년생으로 활동...나이는?|url=http://news.zum.com/articles/20536173?t=t%3Fc%3D06|website=Zum News|language=ko|date=March 18, 2015|access-date=December 2, 2015|archive-date=February 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203143306/https://news.zum.com/articles/20536173?t=t%3Fc%3D06|url-status=live}}</ref> is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading roles in the [[Korean drama|television dramas]] ''[[Glass Slippers]]'' (2002), ''[[Toji, the Land]]'' (2004), ''[[Twinkle Twinkle (TV series)|Twinkle Twinkle]]'' (2011), ''[[What Happens to My Family?]]'' (2014), ''[[I Have a Lover]]'' (2015), ''[[Hellbound (TV series)|Hellbound]]'' (2021–present), ''[[Trolley (TV series)|Trolley]]'' (2022–2023) ''and [[The Bequeathed]]'' (2024).


==Career==
{{family name hatnote|Kim||lang=Korean}}

'''Kim Hyun-joo''' (born April 24, 1977)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.zum.com/articles/20536173?t=t?c=06|script-title=ko:룸메이트 김현주, 실제 1977년생인데 78년생으로 활동…나이는?|date=18 March 2015|website=Zum News|language=ko}}</ref> is a [[South Korea]]n actress. She is best known for her leading roles in [[Korean drama|television dramas]] ''[[Glass Slippers]]'' (2002), ''[[Toji, the Land]]'' (2004), ''[[Twinkle Twinkle (TV series)|Twinkle Twinkle]]'' (2011), ''[[What Happens to My Family?]]'' (2014) and ''[[I Have a Lover]]'' (2015)

== Career ==
===1996–2001: Early acting credits===
===1996–2001: Early acting credits===
Kim Hyun-joo began modeling in teen magazines when she was in third year high school. In 1996, she made her entertainment debut when she starred in the [[music video]] for Kim Hyun-chul's "One's Lifetime."<ref name=twinkle>{{cite web|last=Kang|first=Seung-hun|title=Actress Kim Hyun-joo cast in new MBC drama|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010122412093865323|work=10Asia|access-date=2013-08-05|date=24 December 2010}}</ref> Kim launched her acting career in 1997 in the [[Korean drama|television drama]] ''The Reason I Live'' (1997). Despite being a newcomer, she was cast in the leading role in the film ''If It Snows on Christmas'' (1998) with [[Park Yong-ha]], followed by ''[[Calla (film)|Calla]]'' (1999) with [[Song Seung-heon]].
Kim Hyun-joo began modeling in teen magazines when she was in her third year of high school. In 1996, she made her entertainment debut when she starred in the [[music video]] for Kim Hyun-chul's "One's Lifetime."<ref name=twinkle>{{cite web|title=Actress Kim Hyun-joo cast in new MBC drama|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010122412093865323|work=10Asia|last=Kang|first=Seung-hun|date=December 24, 2010|access-date=August 5, 2013|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212959/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010122412093865323|url-status=live}}</ref> Kim launched her acting career in 1997 in the [[Korean drama|television drama]] ''The Reason I Live'' (1997). Despite being inexperienced, she was cast in the leading role in the film ''If It Snows on Christmas'' (1998) with [[Park Yong-ha]], followed by ''[[Calla (film)|Calla]]'' (1999) with [[Song Seung-heon]].


After doing a few [[sitcom]]s, Kim built her resume further by playing supporting roles on television. In 1999, She gained her first major role as she appeared in the [[Jang Dong-gun]] starrer ''Springtime'' (also known as ''Youth''), which received low ratings. But the popular ''Into the Sunlight'' later that year boosted Kim's career, along with costars [[Cha Tae-hyun]], [[Jang Hyuk]] and [[Kim Ha-neul]]. In early 2000, she appeared in episode 7 of [[Song Ji-na]]'s [[anthology film|omnibus drama]] ''Love Story'', titled "Insomnia, Manual and Orange Juice." Kim then landed her first TV leading role in ''[[Virtue (TV series)|Virtue]]'' (''Deok-yi''), followed by more supporting roles in 2001 with ''Her House'' (headlined by [[Kim Nam-joo (actress)|Kim Nam-joo]]) and the historical drama ''[[Sangdo, Merchants of Joseon|Sangdo]]'' (based on [[Choi In-ho]]'s novel about [[Joseon]] merchant [[Im Sang-ok]]).
After doing a few [[sitcom]]s, Kim built her resume further by playing supporting roles on television. In 1999, She gained her first major role when she appeared in the [[Jang Dong-gun]] show ''Springtime'' (also known as ''Youth''), which received low ratings. But the popular ''Into the Sunlight'' later that year boosted Kim's career. In early 2000, she appeared in episode 7 of [[Song Ji-na]]'s [[anthology film|omnibus drama]] ''Love Story'', titled "Insomnia, Manual and Orange Juice." Kim then landed her first TV leading role in ''[[Virtue (TV series)|Virtue]]'' (''Deok-yi''), followed by more supporting roles in 2001 with ''Her House'' (headlined by [[Kim Nam-joo (actress)|Kim Nam-joo]]) and the historical drama ''[[Sangdo, Merchants of Joseon|Sangdo]]'' (based on [[Choi In-ho]]'s novel about [[Joseon]] merchant [[Im Sang-ok]]).


===2002–2005: Glass Slippers breakthrough===
===2002–2005: Glass Slippers breakthrough===
Kim achieved mainstream stardom in 2002, with her ''[[Cinderella]]''-esque leading role in ''[[Glass Slippers]]'', about two sisters who were separated as children and unknowingly encounter each other as adults. Also starring [[Kim Ji-ho]], [[Han Jae-suk]] and [[So Ji-sub]], the drama was a hit with ratings of over 30%, and Kim received acting and popularity awards at the SBS Drama Awards.<ref name=arirang>{{cite web|title=All That Star: Bubbly Actress Kim Hyun-joo who makes those around her happy with her pleasant smile is back as a writer.|url=http://www.arirang.co.kr/TV2/Star_Focus.asp?F_KEY=665|work=[[Arirang (TV network)|Arirang News]]|access-date=2013-08-05}}</ref> ''Glass Slippers'' was also successful in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Vietnam and with Kim's new pan-Asian popularity, she starred opposite [[Taiwan]]ese actor/singer [[Vanness Wu]] in the [[martial arts]] movie ''[[Star Runner]]'' (2003).
Kim achieved mainstream stardom in 2002, with her ''[[Cinderella]]''-esque leading role in ''[[Glass Slippers]]'', about two sisters who were separated as children and unknowingly encounter each other as adults. Also starring [[Kim Ji-ho]], [[Han Jae-suk]] and [[So Ji-sub]], the drama was a hit with ratings of over 30%, and Kim received acting and popularity awards at the SBS Drama Awards.<ref name=arirang>{{cite web|title=All That Star: Bubbly Actress Kim Hyun-joo who makes those around her happy with her pleasant smile is back as a writer.|url=http://www.arirang.co.kr/TV2/Star_Focus.asp?F_KEY=665|work=Arirang News|access-date=August 5, 2013|archive-date=November 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111102126/http://www.arirang.co.kr/TV2/Star_Focus.asp?F_KEY=665|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Glass Slippers'' was also successful in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Vietnam and with Kim's new pan-Asian popularity, she starred opposite Taiwanese actor/singer [[Vanness Wu]] in the [[martial arts]] movie ''[[Star Runner]]'' (2003).


For ''[[Ms. Kim's Million Dollar Quest]]'' (also known as ''Miss Kim's One Billion [[South Korean won|Won]] Project'' and ''Miss Kim's Adventures in Making a Million''), she and [[Ji Jin-hee]] displayed their comedic chops as a girl left at the altar and a bankrupt playboy, respectively, who join forces in a moneymaking scheme. Kim's next role was as [[Lee Sung-jae]]'s love interest in the [[body swap]]ping comedy film ''[[Shinsukki Blues]]''.
For ''[[Ms. Kim's Million Dollar Quest]]'' (also known as ''Miss Kim's One Billion [[South Korean won|Won]] Project'' and ''Miss Kim's Adventures in Making a Million''), she and [[Ji Jin-hee]] displayed their comedic chops as a girl left at the altar and a bankrupt playboy, respectively, who join forces in a moneymaking scheme. Kim's next role was as [[Lee Sung-jae]]'s love interest in the [[body swap]]ping comedy film ''[[Shinsukki Blues]]''.


From late 2004 to 2005, Kim played the heroine Choi Seo-hee in ''[[Toji, the Land]]'' , a television adaptation of [[Park Kyung-ni]]'s celebrated novel [[Park Kyung-ni#Toji .28The Land.29|''Toji'' ("The Land")]], which portrayed the lives and loves of peasants and the nobility ("[[yangban]]") in Korea at the turn of the 20th century, spanning from [[Korea under Japanese rule|Japan's colonial rule]] to the [[Korean War|division of the peninsula]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Lee |first=Hyo-won |title=Park Kyung-ni's Works Translated Onscreen |url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/05/244_23644.html |work=[[The Korea Times]] |access-date=2013-08-05 |date=5 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041750/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/05/244_23644.html |archive-date= 4 March 2016 }}</ref> The big-budget production was a hit, and Kim received a Best TV Actress nomination at the 2006 [[Baeksang Arts Awards]].
From late 2004 to 2005, Kim played the heroine Choi Seo-hee in ''[[Toji, the Land]]'' , a television adaptation of [[Park Kyung-ni]]'s celebrated novel [[Park Kyung-ni#Toji .28The Land.29|''Toji'' ("The Land")]], which portrayed the lives and loves of peasants and the nobility ("[[yangban]]") in Korea at the turn of the 20th century, spanning from [[Korea under Japanese rule|Japan's colonial rule]] to the [[Korean War|division of the peninsula]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Park Kyung-ni's Works Translated Onscreen|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/05/244_23644.html|work=[[The Korea Times]]|last=Lee|first=Hyo-won|date=May 5, 2008|access-date=August 5, 2013|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041750/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/05/244_23644.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The big-budget production was a hit, and Kim received a Best TV Actress nomination at the 2006 [[Baeksang Arts Awards]].


Inspired by the American TV show ''[[Joe Millionaire]]'', ''[[Marrying a Millionaire]]'' (2005) was about an average guy ([[Go Soo]]) pretending to be rich as the concept for a [[dating game show|dating reality show]], who then genuinely falls for one of the contestants (Kim), the only girl who knows the truth. After ''Marrying a Millionaire'', Kim went on a two-year hiatus. She later said she took a break because she hated being [[typecasting (acting)|typecast]] in roles with a gentle and innocent image. But as time passed, she said she regretted her decision and should've worked harder instead to overcome her career slump.
Inspired by the American TV show ''[[Joe Millionaire]]'', ''[[Marrying a Millionaire]]'' (2005) was about an average guy ([[Go Soo]]) pretending to be rich as the concept for a [[dating game show|dating reality show]], who then genuinely falls for one of the contestants (Kim), the only girl who knows the truth. After ''Marrying a Millionaire'', Kim went on a two-year hiatus. She later said she took a break because she hated being [[typecasting (acting)|typecast]] in such sweet, wholesome roles. But as time passed, she said she regretted the decision and should've worked harder instead to develop as an actress.


===2007–2010: Resurgence===
===2007–2010: Resurgence===
Kim returned to television in 2007 with ''In-soon Is Pretty'', playing the titular character who went to prison for unintentionally killing someone in high school, and after serving her time, must face prejudice as an ex-con while rebuilding her life.<ref>{{cite web|last=Chun|first=Su-jin|title=TV review: Could have been called ''Sujiney is Pretty''|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2883805|work=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]|access-date=12 December 2007}}</ref> Despite the drama's low ratings, Kim was praised for her acting and received a Top Excellence Award at the [[KBS Drama Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2007 Year-end Korean drama awards round-up|url=http://www.hancinema.net/2007-year-end-korean-drama-awards-round-up-11960.html|work=[[Hancinema]]|access-date=2014-09-11|date=7 January 2008}}</ref>
Kim returned to television in 2007 with ''[[In-soon Is Pretty]]'', playing the titular character who went to prison for unintentionally killing someone in high school, and after serving her sentence, must face prejudice as an ex-con while rebuilding her life.<ref>{{cite web|title=TV review: Could have been called ''Sujiney is Pretty''|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2883805|work=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]|last=Chun|first=Su-jin| date=December 11, 2007 |access-date=December 12, 2007|archive-date=November 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117221600/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2883805|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite the drama's low ratings, Kim was praised for her acting and received a Top Excellence Award at the [[KBS Drama Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2007 Year-end Korean drama awards round-up|url=http://www.hancinema.net/2007-year-end-korean-drama-awards-round-up-11960.html|work=[[HanCinema]]|date=January 7, 2008|access-date=September 11, 2014|archive-date=April 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404133756/https://www.hancinema.net/2007-year-end-korean-drama-awards-round-up-11960.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


In 2009, she was cast in a small supporting role (or extended [[cameo appearance|cameo]]) as the hero's tough-but-stylish older sister in the highly popular ''[[Boys Over Flowers (TV series)|Boys Over Flowers]]'', adapted from the Japanese [[manga]] ''[[Boys Over Flowers|Hana Yori Dango]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hancinema.net/chanmi-s-drama-news-kim-hyun-joo-in-boys-over-flowers-17723.html|title=Kim Hyun-joo in "Boys over Flowers"|date=19 January 2009|website=Hancinema|publisher=Cyworld}}</ref> Then in the [[legal drama]] ''Partner'', Kim played a widow-turned-lawyer whose passionate idealism clashes with her colleague's ([[Lee Dong-wook]]) cool cynicism.<ref>{{cite web|last=Han |first=Sang-hee |title=Friends, Lawyers to Hit Small Screen |url=http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/06/201_47291.html |work=[[The Korea Times]] |access-date=2013-08-05 |date=23 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064729/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/06/201_47291.html |archive-date= 4 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Oh|first=Jean|title=Legal wars and blood brothers hit TV|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20090624000092|work=[[The Korea Herald]]|access-date=2013-08-05|date=24 June 2009}}</ref>
In 2009, she was cast in a small supporting role (or extended [[cameo appearance|cameo]]) as the hero's tough-but-stylish older sister in the highly popular ''[[Boys Over Flowers (2009 TV series)|Boys Over Flowers]]'', adapted from the Japanese [[manga]] ''[[Boys Over Flowers|Hana Yori Dango]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kim Hyun-joo in "Boys over Flowers"|url=https://www.hancinema.net/chanmi-s-drama-news-kim-hyun-joo-in-boys-over-flowers-17723.html|website=[[HanCinema]]|publisher=[[Cyworld]]|date=January 19, 2009|access-date=February 6, 2018|archive-date=February 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207005348/https://www.hancinema.net/chanmi-s-drama-news-kim-hyun-joo-in-boys-over-flowers-17723.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Then in the [[legal drama]] ''Partner'', Kim played a widow-turned-lawyer whose passionate idealism clashes with her colleague's ([[Lee Dong-wook]]) detached cynicism.<ref>{{cite web|title=Friends, Lawyers to Hit Small Screen|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/06/201_47291.html|work=[[The Korea Times]]|last=Han|first=Sang-hee|date=June 23, 2009|access-date=August 5, 2013|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064729/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/06/201_47291.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Legal wars and blood brothers hit TV|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20090624000092|work=[[The Korea Herald]]|last=Oh|first=Jean|date=June 24, 2009|access-date=August 5, 2013|archive-date=February 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201105920/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20090624000092|url-status=live}}</ref>


Kim then spent ten days in [[Vancouver]], [[Whistler, British Columbia|Whistler]], and [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]] to film the [[documentary]] ''ECO Canada by Kim Hyun-joo'', which aired on [[MBC Life]]. Also featured as a photo spread in ''Sure'' magazine, the shoot promoted environmental awareness by emphasizing Canada's natural backdrops, and showing Kim's [[Environmentally friendly|green]] practices such as using fabric bags instead of plastic and unplugging unused electrical appliances.
Kim then spent ten days in [[Vancouver]], [[Whistler, British Columbia|Whistler]], and [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]] to film the [[documentary]] ''ECO Canada by Kim Hyun-joo'', which aired on [[MBC Life]]. Also featured as a photo spread in ''Sure'' magazine, the shoot promoted environmental awareness by emphasizing Canada's natural backdrops, and showing Kim's [[Environmentally friendly|green]] practices such as using canvas instead of plastic bags and unplugging unused electrical appliances.


Her book ''Hyun-joo's Handcrafted Story'' was published on December 20, 2009, featuring personal [[essay]]s and photos about her [[needlework]] and [[knitting]].<ref name=arirang /><ref>{{cite book|script-title=ko:(작가와의 만남) 연기와 일상을 꼼꼼히 바느질하는 아름다운 그녀 – 『현주의 손으로 짓는 이야기』 김현주|url=http://ch.yes24.com/Article/View/15616|title=Yes24.com|language=ko|access-date=2013-08-05|date=12 February 2010}}</ref>
Her book ''Hyun-joo's Handcrafted Story'' was published on December 20, 2009, featuring personal [[essay]]s and photos about her [[needlework]] and [[knitting]].<ref name="arirang" /><ref>{{cite book|title=Yes24.com|script-title=ko:(작가와의 만남) 연기와 일상을 꼼꼼히 바느질하는 아름다운 그녀 – 『현주의 손으로 짓는 이야기』 김현주|url=http://ch.yes24.com/Article/View/15616|language=ko|date=February 12, 2010|access-date=August 5, 2013|archive-date=March 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305044823/http://ch.yes24.com/Article/View/15616|url-status=live}}</ref>


2010 was a difficult year for Kim, with the deaths of three of her loved ones in close succession: her friend, actor [[Park Yong-ha]] committed suicide on June 30,<ref>{{cite web|last=Park|first=Kun-ouc|title=Singer and actor Park Yong-ha laid to rest|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010070215492194587|work=10Asia|access-date=2013-08-05|date=2 July 2010}}</ref> the production company executive who'd cast her in ''The Land'' committed suicide on July 1 because of financial difficulties, and her father Kim Tae-beom died on July 7 after a long illness. She spent the rest of the year traveling to [[Bangladesh]] and the [[Philippines]] for her volunteer work as the goodwill ambassador for Good Neighbors, a humanitarian [[NGO]]. She donated the condolence money collected for her father's funeral and a portion of her book sales to Good Neighbors, which was used to build libraries in 11 orphanages in slum areas of [[Dhaka]]. Kim said, "I literally fled to Bangladesh after a series of personal tragedies, but I was consoled by the smiles of children who are living in these dire conditions. The act of sharing has given me strength to live." She currently works as an instructor for several classes organized by Good Neighbors, teaching Korean elementary schoolchildren about poverty around the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kim Hyun-joo Finds Relief from Personal Grief in Charity|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/08/12/2010081200264.html|work=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|access-date=2013-08-05|date=12 August 2010}}</ref>
2010 was a difficult year for Kim, with the deaths of three of her loved ones in close succession: her friend, actor [[Park Yong-ha]] committed suicide on June 30,<ref>{{cite web|title=Singer and actor Park Yong-ha laid to rest|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010070215492194587|work=10Asia|last=Park|first=Kun-ouc|date=July 2, 2010|access-date=August 5, 2013|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215821/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010070215492194587|url-status=live}}</ref> the production company executive who'd cast her in ''The Land'' committed suicide on July 1 because of financial difficulties, and her father Kim Tae-beom died on July 7 after a long illness. She spent the rest of the year volunteering in Bangladesh and the Philippines as the goodwill ambassador for Good Neighbors, a humanitarian [[NGO]]. She donated the condolence money collected for her father's funeral and a portion of her book sales to Good Neighbors, which was used to build libraries in 11 orphanages in impoverished areas of [[Dhaka]]. Kim said, "I literally fled to Bangladesh after a series of personal tragedies, but I was consoled by the smiles of children who are living in these dire conditions. The act of sharing has given me strength to live." She continues to as an instructor for several classes organized by Good Neighbors, teaching Korean elementary schoolchildren about poverty around the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kim Hyun-joo Finds Relief from Personal Grief in Charity|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/08/12/2010081200264.html|work=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|date=August 12, 2010|access-date=August 5, 2013|archive-date=March 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304112705/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/08/12/2010081200264.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


===2011–2015: Focusing on weekend dramas===
===2011–2015: Focusing on weekend dramas===
Kim resumed her acting activities in 2011, playing the daughter from a wealthy publishing company whose life is turned upside down when she learns that she was switched at birth with another baby in ''[[Twinkle Twinkle (TV series)|Twinkle Twinkle]]''.<ref name="twinkle" /> Her performance garnered a Top Excellence Award at the MBC Drama Awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=''The Greatest Love'' snags 7 honors at 2011 MBC Drama Awards|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012010209563739211|work=10Asia|last=Hong|first=Lucia|date=January 2, 2012|access-date=August 5, 2013|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303185236/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012010209563739211|url-status=live}}</ref> She also starred in [[Kim Dae-seung]]'s [[short film]] ''Q&A'', which was included in ''If You Were Me 5'', an [[anthology film|omnibus film]] commissioned by the [[National Human Rights Commission of Korea]].<ref>{{cite web|title=If You Were Me 5 (2010)|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/04/29/2011042901132.html|work=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|date=April 29, 2011|access-date=August 5, 2013|archive-date=March 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308051545/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/04/29/2011042901132.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Then in ''[[Dummy Mommy]]'' (2012), she played a fashion magazine editor with a genius-level [[IQ]] who is embarrassed by her [[developmentally disabled]] mother ([[Ha Hee-ra]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Kim Hyun-joo cast for new SBS weekend drama "Dummy Mommy"|url=https://www.hancinema.net/kim-hyun-joo-cast-for-new-sbs-weekend-drama-dummy-mommy-38120.html|website=[[HanCinema]]|publisher=[[Nate (web portal)|Nate]]|date=January 30, 2012|access-date=February 6, 2018|archive-date=February 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207005244/https://www.hancinema.net/kim-hyun-joo-cast-for-new-sbs-weekend-drama-dummy-mommy-38120.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Kim Hyun-joo at press conference for "What Happens to My Family?" drama.png|left|thumb|284x284px|Kim Hyun Joo at [[What Happens to My Family?]] press conference in 2014.]]
Kim resumed her acting activities in 2011, playing the daughter from a wealthy publishing company whose life is turned upside down when she learns that she was switched at birth with another baby in ''[[Twinkle Twinkle (TV series)|Twinkle Twinkle]]''.<ref name=twinkle /> Her performance garnered a Top Excellence Award from the MBC Drama Awards.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hong|first=Lucia|title=''The Greatest Love'' snags 7 honors at 2011 MBC Drama Awards|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012010209563739211|work=10Asia|access-date=2013-08-05|date=2 January 2012}}</ref> She also starred in [[Kim Dae-seung]]'s [[short film]] ''Q&A'', which was included in ''If You Were Me 5'', an [[anthology film|omnibus film]] commissioned by the [[National Human Rights Commission of Korea]].<ref>{{cite web|title=If You Were Me 5 (2010)|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/04/29/2011042901132.html|work=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|access-date=2013-08-05|date=29 April 2011}}</ref> Then in ''[[Dummy Mommy]]'' (2012), she played a fashion magazine editor with genius-level [[IQ]] who feels embarrassed by her [[developmentally disabled]] mother ([[Ha Hee-ra]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hancinema.net/kim-hyun-joo-cast-for-new-sbs-weekend-drama-dummy-mommy-38120.html|title=Kim Hyun-joo cast for new SBS weekend drama "Dummy Mommy"|website=Hancinema|publisher=Nate|date=30 January 2012}}</ref>


In a departure from her usual characters, Kim played one of the legendary [[femme fatale]]s of the [[Joseon Dynasty]], Lady Jo (or [[Injo of Joseon#Family|Jo ''Gwi-in'']]), in the period drama ''[[Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers]]'' (2013). She said she was "more than delighted to have been given the opportunity to try something new," adding that, "This role will be a new life story for my acting career. I personally think it will be more interesting for an actress with an innocent image like myself to take up this wicked role." Critics praised Kim's versatility, as Lady Jo transforms from a naive young girl into an ambitious [[Naemyeongbu|royal concubine]] who uses her beauty and wiles on [[Injo of Joseon|King Injo]] in her thirst for power.<ref>{{cite web|last=Yang|first=Sung-hee|title=In drama, concubines compete for royal love|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2968936|work=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]|access-date=2013-08-05|date=22 March 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130411054719/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2968936|archive-date=11 April 2013}}</ref>
In a departure from her typical parts, Kim played one of the legendary [[femme fatale]]s of the [[Joseon Dynasty]], Lady Jo (or [[Injo of Joseon#Family|Jo ''Gwi-in'']]), in the period drama ''[[Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers]]'' (2013). She said she was "more than delighted to have been given the opportunity to try something new," adding that, "This role will be a new life story for my acting career. I personally think it will be more interesting for an actress with an innocent image like myself to take up this wicked role." Critics praised Kim's versatility, as Lady Jo transforms from a naive young girl into an ambitious [[Naemyeongbu|royal concubine]] who uses her beauty and wiles on [[Injo of Joseon|King Injo]] in her lust for power.<ref>{{cite web|title=In drama, concubines compete for royal love|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2968936|work=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]|last=Yang|first=Sung-hee|date=March 22, 2013|access-date=August 5, 2013|archive-date=April 11, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411054719/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2968936|url-status=usurped}}</ref>


In early 2014, Kim began hosting ''Musical Journey to Yesterday'', a music program in which a mix of current idol singers and industry veterans perform live hit songs from the 1970s to 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Sun-min|title=MBC adds different music program|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2983211|work=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]|access-date=2014-02-28|date=9 January 2014}}</ref> Later that year, she starred in the weekend drama ''[[What Happens to My Family?]]'', which had over 40% ratings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hancinema.net/interview-the-girl-within-actress-kim-hyun-joo-79999.html|title=[Interview] The Girl Within: Actress Kim Hyun-joo|date=23 March 2015|website=Hancinema|publisher=Nocutnews}}</ref> Her performance garnered the Top Excellence award at the [[KBS Drama Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hancinema.net/kbs-drama-awards-2014-winners-77095.html|title=KBS Drama Awards 2014 Winners|date=31 December 2014|website=Hancinema}}</ref>
In early 2014, Kim began hosting ''Musical Journey to Yesterday'', a music program in which a mix of current idol singers and industry veterans perform live hit songs from the 1970s to 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|title=MBC adds different music program|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2983211|work=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]|last=Lee|first=Sun-min|date=January 9, 2014|access-date=February 28, 2014|archive-date=March 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303195432/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2983211|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that year, she starred in the weekend drama ''[[What Happens to My Family?]]'', which had over 40% ratings.<ref>{{cite web|title=[Interview] The Girl Within: Actress Kim Hyun-joo|url=https://www.hancinema.net/interview-the-girl-within-actress-kim-hyun-joo-79999.html|website=[[HanCinema]]|publisher=[[No Cut News]]|date=March 23, 2015|access-date=February 6, 2018|archive-date=February 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207005317/https://www.hancinema.net/interview-the-girl-within-actress-kim-hyun-joo-79999.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Her performance garnered the Top Excellence award at the [[KBS Drama Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|title=KBS Drama Awards 2014 Winners|url=https://www.hancinema.net/kbs-drama-awards-2014-winners-77095.html|website=[[HanCinema]]|date=December 31, 2014|access-date=February 6, 2018|archive-date=July 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710102509/https://www.hancinema.net/kbs-drama-awards-2014-winners-77095.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


In 2015, she played dual roles in the melodrama, ''[[I Have a Lover]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hancinema.net/-this-is-family-actress-kim-hyun-joo-is-back-to-play-duel-roles-in-sbs-new-weekend-drama-i-have-a-lover--84480.html|title='This is Family' actress Kim Hyun-joo is back to play duel roles in SBS' new weekend drama 'I Have a Lover'|date=16 July 2015|website=Hancinema|publisher=TV Report}}</ref> She won the Top Excellence Top Excellence Award from the [[APAN Star Awards]] and [[SBS Drama Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201511291327042356019_2&ACE_SEARCH=1|title=Kim Soo-hyun wins grand prize at APAN Star Awards|date=29 November 2015|website=Kpop Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hancinema.net/sbs-drama-awards-2015-winners-89990.html|title=SBS Drama Awards 2015 Winners|date=31 December 2015|website=Hancinema}}</ref>
In 2015, she played dual roles in the melodrama, ''[[I Have a Lover]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title='This is Family' actress Kim Hyun-joo is back to play duel roles in SBS' new weekend drama 'I Have a Lover'|url=https://www.hancinema.net/-this-is-family-actress-kim-hyun-joo-is-back-to-play-duel-roles-in-sbs-new-weekend-drama-i-have-a-lover--84480.html|website=[[HanCinema]]|publisher=TV Report|date=July 16, 2015|access-date=February 5, 2018|archive-date=February 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206073619/https://www.hancinema.net/-this-is-family-actress-kim-hyun-joo-is-back-to-play-duel-roles-in-sbs-new-weekend-drama-i-have-a-lover--84480.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She won the Top Excellence Top Excellence Award from the [[APAN Star Awards]] and [[SBS Drama Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Kim Soo-hyun wins grand prize at APAN Star Awards|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201511291327042356019_2&ACE_SEARCH=1|website=[[Kpop Herald]]|date=November 29, 2015|access-date=February 6, 2018|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402145048/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201511291327042356019_2&ACE_SEARCH=1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SBS Drama Awards 2015 Winners|url=https://www.hancinema.net/sbs-drama-awards-2015-winners-89990.html|website=[[HanCinema]]|date=December 31, 2015|access-date=February 6, 2018|archive-date=January 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102183121/https://www.hancinema.net/sbs-drama-awards-2015-winners-89990.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


===2016-present: Professional expansion===
===2016–present: Professional expansion===
Kim then starred in ''[[Fantastic (TV series)|Fantastic]]'', playing a drama screenwriter suffering from a terminal illness.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3021738|title=Kim Hyun-joo confirmed for 'Fantastic'|date=26 July 2016|website=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]}}</ref>
Kim starred in the drama series ''[[Fantastic (TV series)|Fantastic]]'', portraying a screenwriter grappling with a terminal illness.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kim Hyun-joo confirmed for 'Fantastic'|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3021738|website=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]|date=July 26, 2016|access-date=February 5, 2018|archive-date=February 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206073621/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3021738|url-status=live}}</ref>


[[File:Kim Hyun-joo at The Miracle We Met Script Reading meeting.jpg|thumb|upright|Kim at ''[[The Miracle We Met]]'' script reading session in 2018]]
In 2018, she starred in the fantasy melodrama ''[[Miracle That We Met]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hancinema.net/kim-myung-min-kim-hyun-joo-and-ra-mi-ran-s-miracle-that-we-met-114687.html|title=Kim Myung-min, Kim Hyun-joo, and Ra Mi-ran's "Miracle That We Met"|date=22 January 2018|website=Hancinema|publisher=Newsen}}</ref> she took the role of a tired wife, trapped in a loveless marriage. Kim described her character Sun Hye-jin as "a dormant volcano waiting to be active".<ref>{{Cite web|last=조선일보|date=2020-07-20|title='우리가만난기적' 김현주 "김명민, 꼭 한번 만나고 싶었던 배우"|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2018/03/28/2018032801613.html|access-date=2021-08-07|website=조선일보|language=ko}}</ref>


In 2018, she took on the role of Sun Hye-jin in the fantasy melodrama ''[[Miracle That We Met]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Kim Myung-min, Kim Hyun-joo, and Ra Mi-ran's "Miracle That We Met"|url=https://www.hancinema.net/kim-myung-min-kim-hyun-joo-and-ra-mi-ran-s-miracle-that-we-met-114687.html|website=[[HanCinema]]|publisher=Newsen|date=January 22, 2018|access-date=February 5, 2018|archive-date=September 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902130423/https://www.hancinema.net/kim-myung-min-kim-hyun-joo-and-ra-mi-ran-s-miracle-that-we-met-114687.html|url-status=live}}</ref> playing a wife who feels trapped in a loveless marriage. Kim described her character as a dormant volcano waiting to erupt, adding depth and complexity to the show's storyline."<ref>{{Cite web|title='우리가만난기적' 김현주 "김명민, 꼭 한번 만나고 싶었던 배우"|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2018/03/28/2018032801613.html|website=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|language=ko|date=July 20, 2020|access-date=August 7, 2021|archive-date=August 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801185755/https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2018/03/28/2018032801613.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2019, Kim appeared in the [[OCN (TV channel)|OCN]]'s drama [[Watcher (TV series)|''Watcher'']]. She played the role of a criminal lawyer, who was a former elite and promising prosecutor. Kim's performance earned rave review that she "created an independent and unique character that has never been seen before".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-26|title=김현주, '왓쳐'로 완성한 또 하나의 '인생캐'…"배운 점 많은 감사한 작품"|url=https://www.hankyung.com/entertainment/article/201908267724H|access-date=2021-08-07|website=hankyung.com|language=ko}}</ref>


In 2019, Kim starred in [[OCN (TV channel)|OCN]]'s drama [[Watcher (TV series)|''Watcher'']], portraying a criminal lawyer who had once been a highly promising prosecutor. Her performance garnered rave reviews, with critics praising her for creating a wholly unique and independent character, unlike any that they had seen before.<ref>{{Cite web|title=김현주, '왓쳐'로 완성한 또 하나의 '인생캐'..."배운 점 많은 감사한 작품"|url=https://www.hankyung.com/entertainment/article/201908267724H|website=[[The Korea Economic Daily]]|language=ko|date=August 26, 2019|access-date=August 7, 2021|archive-date=August 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801185031/https://www.hankyung.com/entertainment/article/201908267724H|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2021, Kim starred in [[Undercover (2021 TV series)|''Undercover'']], a JTBC's remake of the British BBC drama of the same name. The drama saw her third reunion with her 2015 drama ''[[I Have a Lover]]'' co-star, ''[[Ji Jin-hee]]''. Kim said of her reason for accepting the offer to join the drama: "Last time, I received a lot of help from [[Ji Jin-hee|''Ji Jin-hee'']] for my character. This time, on the contrary, the feelings of Ji Jin-hee's character Han Jeong-hyeon need to live more. Moreover, there are many people want the two of us to reunite after ''[[I Have a Lover]]'' , so I want to return that love as well."<ref>{{Cite web|title=김현주가 확장한 세상|url=https://m.thesingle.co.kr/article/711466/THESINGLE|access-date=2021-08-07|website=The Singles|language=kr}}</ref>


In 2020, Kim starred in [[Undercover (2021 TV series)|''Undercover'']], a JTBC's remake of the British BBC drama of the same name.<ref>{{Cite web|title='언더커버' 지진희X김현주, 출연 확정...'애인있어요' 이후 4년만 재회[공식]|url=http://www.sportsseoul.com/news/read/934775|website=스포츠서울|last=정 |first=하은|date=July 8, 2020|access-date=November 12, 2021|archive-date=November 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112151241/http://www.sportsseoul.com/news/read/934775|url-status=live}}</ref> The drama marked her third reunion with ''[[Ji Jin-hee]]'', her co-star from the 2015 drama, ''[[I Have a Lover]]''. Kim explained her reason for accepting the offer to join the drama, "Last time, for I Have a Lover, Ji helped me a lot on set. The reason viewers liked my character was that Ji made me shine in the series. So this time, I wanted to return that favor. Ji accepted the role first, and I knew that many people would want to see us reunite on screen, so it didn't take me long to decide to join the series.".<ref>{{Cite web|title=김현주가 확장한 세상|url=https://m.thesingle.co.kr/article/711466/THESINGLE|website=The Singles|language=ko|date=June 2, 2021|access-date=November 12, 2021|archive-date=October 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019222227/https://m.thesingle.co.kr/article/711466/THESINGLE|url-status=live}}</ref>
Kim next joined the cast of ''[[Hellbound (TV series)|Hellbound]],'' a Netflix series directed by [[Yeon Sang-ho|''Yeon Sang-ho'']]. She played Min Hye-jin, an attorney who stands up against religious extremists. <ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-29|title=Yoo Ah In, Park Jeong Min, Kim Hyun Joo & Won Jin Ah Top-Bill Netflix New Korean Original Series "Hellbound"|url=https://www.hellokpop.com/kdrama/netflix-hellbound-cast-yoo-ah-in-kim-hyun-joo/|access-date=2021-11-11|website=HELLOKPOP|language=en-US}}</ref>


That same year, Kim was confirmed to join the cast of [[Hellbound (TV series)|''Hellbound'']], a Netflix series directed by ''[[Yeon Sang-ho]]''. She portrayed the character of Min Hye-jin, an attorney who courageously stands up against religious extremists.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Netflix - NETFLIX CONFIRMS CASTING OF YOO AH-IN AND PARK JEONG-MIN FOR KOREAN ORIGINAL SERIES HELLBOUND|url=https://about.netflix.com/,%20https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-confirms-casting-of-yoo-ah-in-and-park-jeong-min-for-korean-original-series-hellbound|website=About Netflix|language=en|access-date=November 11, 2021}}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
== Filmography ==
[[File:Kim Hyun-joo at The Miracle We Met Script Reading meeting.jpg|thumb|Kim Hyun-joo at [[The Miracle We Met]] script reading session in 2018.]]


In October 2022, Netflix confirmed that Kim would play one of the lead roles in their upcoming thriller drama, ''[[The Bequeathed]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=연상호 극본 쓴 넷플릭스 신작 '선산'서 김현주·박희순 호흡|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20221018050600005|website=[[Yonhap News Agency]]|language=ko|last=오 |first=명언|date=October 18, 2022|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=October 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022045656/https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20221018050600005|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2022, Kim starred in SBS's drama [[Trolley (TV series)|''Trolley'']] as the wife of a National Assembly member.<ref>{{Cite web|title=김현주, SBS 새 드라마 '트롤리' 주연...국회의원 아내 역|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20220401075000005|website=[[Yonhap News Agency]]|language=ko|last=강 |first=애란|date=April 1, 2022|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=October 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022045710/https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20220401075000005|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Television series ===

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In 2023, Kim starred in the Netflix sci-fi film [[Jung E|''Jung-E'']] directed by [[Hellbound (TV series)|''Hellbound'']] director ''[[Yeon Sang-ho]]'', in the title role of a legendary mercenary who is also the subject of brain-clone testing.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Netflix - Production of Director Yeon Sang-ho's New Sci-fi Film "Jung-E"(WT) Confirmed with the great Casting|url=https://about.netflix.com/en/news/production-of-director-yeon-sang-hos-new-sci-fi-film-jung-e-wt-confirmed|website=About Netflix|date=July 6, 2021|access-date=November 11, 2021|language=en}}</ref>
| style="background:#ffc;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}

| Denotes TV series that have not yet been released
==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ {{Sronly|Film performances}}
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Note
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
! scope="row" | 1998
| ''If It Snows On Christmas''
| Lee Song-hee
|
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" | 1999
| ''[[Calla (film)|Calla]]''
| Yoon Soo-jin
|
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" | 2003
| ''[[Star Runner]]''
| Kim Mi-kyo
| Hong Kong film
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" | 2004
| ''[[Shinsukki Blues]]''
| Seo Jin-young
|
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" | 2011
| ''[[If You Were Me]] 5: Questions & Answers''
| Jung Hee-joo
| Funded by the [[National Human Rights Commission of Korea|NHRCK]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite web|title=Korean Movie Reviews for 2003: Save the Green Planet, Memories of Murder, A Tale of Two Sisters, Oldboy, Silmido, and more.|url=http://www.koreanfilm.org/kfilm03.html#ifyou|website=www.koreanfilm.org|access-date=November 9, 2021|archive-date=July 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728222146/http://www.koreanfilm.org/kfilm03.html#ifyou|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2023
| ''[[Jung_E]]''
| Jung_E
| [[Netflix]] film
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite news|title=연상호 감독 '정이' 제작, 강수연-김현주-류경수 캐스팅(공식입장)|trans-title=|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=609&aid=0000464243|work=Newsen|publisher=[[Naver]]|language=ko|author=Kim Myung-mi|date=July 6, 2021|access-date=July 6, 2021|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182952/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=609&aid=0000464243|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:750px"
===Television series===
!Year
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!English Title
|+ {{Sronly|Television series appearances}}
!Korean Title
! scope="col" | Year
!Role
! scope="col" | Title
!Network
! scope="col" | Role
!Note
! scope="col" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|-
! rowspan="3" |1997
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | 1997
|''Reason I Live For''
| ''Reason I Live For''
| Chun Shim
|내가 사는 이유
|
|Chun Shim
| style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan="3" |[[Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation|MBC]]
|Supporting role, a bar clerk
|-
|-
|''Couple''
| ''Couple''
| Jung Hee-ryung
|짝
|
|Jung Hee-ryung
| style="text-align:center" |
|Supporting role, new flight attendant (Ep.152)
|-
|-
|''Ready Go!''
| ''Ready Go! ''
| Na Min-jung
|레디 고!
|
|Na Min-jung
| style="text-align:center" |
|Supporting role
|-
|-
! rowspan="4" |1998
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | 1998
|''Love You! Love You!''
| ''Love You! Love You! ''
| Lee Joo-hee
|사랑해 사랑해
|
|Lee Joo-hee
| style="text-align:center" |
|[[Seoul Broadcasting System|SBS]]
|Main role
|-
|-
|''Three Guys and Three Girls''
| ''Three Guys and Three Girls''
| Kim Hyun-joo
|남자셋 여자셋
| Guest appearance (Episode 117, 133, 205 207, 212, 214, 493)
|Kim Hyun-joo
| style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan="3" |[[Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation|MBC]]
|Guest appearance, Ep.117, 133, 205 207, 212, 214, 493
|-
|-
|''I Don't Know Anything But Love''
| ''I Don't Know Anything But Love''
| Baek Young-gu
|사랑밖엔 난 몰라
|
|Baek Young-gu
| style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan="3" |Main role
|-
|-
|MBC Best Theater "Jeondeungsa"
| ''MBC Best Theater:''<br>"Jeondeungsa"
| Hyo Im
|MBC 베스트극장 - 전등사
|Hyo Im
|
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
! rowspan="3" |1999
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | 1999
|''Springtime''
| ''Springtime''
| Cha Won-young
|청춘
|
|Cha Won-young
| style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan="3" |[[Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation|MBC]]
|-
|-
|''The Last War''
| ''The Last War''
| Han Ji-eun
|마지막 전쟁
|
|Han Ji-eun
| style="text-align:center" |
|Supporting role
|-
|-
|''Into The Sunlight''
| ''Into The Sunlight''
| Lee Yun-hee
|햇빛속으로
|
|Lee Yun-hee
| style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan="3" |Main role
|-
|-
! rowspan="3" |2000
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2000
|Love Story - Ep.7: Insomnia, Manual and Orange Juice
| ''Love Story:''<br>"Insomnia, Manual and Orange Juice"
| Seo Young
|러브스토리 - 불면증, 매뉴얼 그리고 오렌지 주스
|
|Seo Young
| style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan="3" |[[Seoul Broadcasting System|SBS]]
|-
|-
|''[[Virtue (TV series)|Virtue]]''
| ''Virtue''
| Jung Kwi-duk
|덕이
|
|Jung Kwi-duk
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
|''Medical Center''
| ''Medical Center''
| Soo Kyung
|메디컬센터
| Guest appearance (Episode 29)
|Soo Kyung
| style="text-align:center" |
|Guest appearance, Ep.29
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |2001
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2001
|''Her House''
| ''Her House''
| Park Young-chae
|그 여자네 집
|
|Park Young-chae
| style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation|MBC]]
|Second lead role
|-
|-
|''[[Sangdo, Merchants of Joseon]]''
| ''[[The Merchant (TV series)|The Merchant]]''
| Park Da-nyung
|상도
|
|Park Da-nyung
| style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan="6" |Main role
|-
|-
!2002
! scope="row" | 2002
|''[[Glass Slippers]]''
| ''[[Glass Slippers]]''
| Lee Sun-woo/Kim Yoon-hee
|유리구두
|
|Lee Sun-woo/Kim Yoon-hee
| style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan="4" |[[Seoul Broadcasting System|SBS]]
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |2004
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2004
|''[[Ms. Kim's Million Dollar Quest]]''
| ''[[Ms. Kim's Million Dollar Quest]]''
| Kim Eun-jae
|파란만장 미스김 10억 만들기
|
|Kim Eun-jae
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
|''[[Toji, the Land]]''
| ''[[Toji, the Land]]''
| Choi Seo-hee
|토지
|
|Choi Seo-hee
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
!2005
! scope="row" | 2005
|''[[Marrying a Millionaire]]''
| ''[[Marrying a Millionaire]]''
| Han Eun-young
|백만장자와 결혼하기
|
|Han Eun-young
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
!2007
! scope="row" | 2007
|''[[In-soon is Pretty]]''
| ''[[In-soon Is Pretty]]''
| Park In-soon
|인순이는 예쁘다
|
|Park In-soon
| style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan="3" |[[KBS2|KBS]]
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |2009
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2009
|''[[Boys Over Flowers (TV series)|Boys Over Flowers]]''
| ''[[Boys Over Flowers (2009 TV series)|Boys Over Flowers]]''
| Gu Joon-hee
|꽃보다 남자
| Guest appearance
|Gu Joon-hee
| style="text-align:center" |
|Guest Appearance
|-
|-
|''Partner''
| ''Partner''
| Kang Eun-ho
|파트너
|
|Kang Eun-ho
| style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan="4" |Main role
|-
|-
!2011
! scope="row" | 2011
|''[[Twinkle Twinkle (TV series)|Twinkle Twinkle]]''
| ''[[Twinkle Twinkle (TV series)|Twinkle Twinkle]]''
| Han Jung-won
|반짝반짝 빛나는
|
|Han Jung-won
| style="text-align:center" |
|[[Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation|MBC]]
|-
|-
!2012
! scope="row" | 2012
|''[[Dummy Mommy]]''
| ''[[Dummy Mommy]]''
| Kim Young-joo
|바보엄마
|
|Kim Young-joo
| style="text-align:center" |
|[[Seoul Broadcasting System|SBS]]
|-
|-
!2013
! scope="row" | 2013
|''[[Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers]]''
| ''[[Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers]]''
| Jo Yam-jeon
|궁중잔혹사 꽃들의 전쟁
|
|Jo Yam-jeon
| style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan="2" |[[JTBC]]
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |2014
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2014
|''Can We Fall In Love, Again?''
| ''Can We Fall In Love, Again?''
| Herself
|우리가 사랑할 수 있을까
| Cameo (Episode 13–14)
|Herself
| style="text-align:center" |
|Cameo, Ep.13-14
|-
|-
|''[[What Happens to My Family?]]''
| ''[[What Happens to My Family?]]''
| Cha Kang-shim
|가족끼리 왜 이래
|
|Cha Kang-shim
| style="text-align:center" |
|[[KBS2|KBS]]
| rowspan="7" |Main role
|-
|-
!2015
! scope="row" | 2015
|''[[I Have a Lover|I Have A Lover]]''
| ''[[I Have a Lover|I Have A Lover]]''
| Do Hae-kang (Dokgo On-gi)/Dokgo Yong-gi
|애인 있어요
|
|Do Hae-kang (Dokgo On-gi)/Dokgo Yong-gi
| style="text-align:center" |
|[[Seoul Broadcasting System|SBS]]
|-
|-
!2016
! scope="row" | 2016
|''[[Fantastic (TV series)|Fantastic]]''
| ''[[Fantastic (TV series)|Fantastic]]''
| Lee So-hye
|판타스틱
|
|Lee So-hye
| style="text-align:center" |
|[[JTBC]]
|-
|-
!2018
! scope="row" | 2018
|''[[The Miracle We Met]]''
| ''[[The Miracle We Met]]''
| Sun Hye-jin
|우리가 만난 기적
|
|Sun Hye-jin
| style="text-align:center" |
|[[KBS2|KBS]]
|-
|-
!2019
! scope="row" | 2019
|''[[Watcher (TV series)|Watcher]]''
| ''[[Watcher (TV series)|Watcher]]''
| Han Tae-joo
|왓쳐
|
|Han Tae-joo
| style="text-align:center" |
|[[OCN (TV channel)|OCN]]
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |2021
! scope="row" | 2021
| ''[[Undercover (2021 TV series)|Undercover]]''
| ''[[Undercover (2021 TV series)|Undercover]]''
| Choi Yeon-soo
|언더커버
|
|Choi Yeon-soo
| style="text-align:center" |
|[[JTBC]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2022
| style="background:#ffc;"| ''[[Hellbound (TV series)|Hellbound]]''{{dagger|alt=Film has yet to be released}}
| ''[[Love All Play (TV series)|Love All Play]]''
|지옥
| President of Eunice Business Team
|Min Hye-jin
| Cameo (Episode 1)
|[[Netflix]]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web|title=김현주, '너가속' 특별 출연...실업팀 유니스 사장님으로 등장|trans-title=Kim Hyeon-joo to make a special appearance in 'Accelerating You'... Appeared as the CEO of the business team Eunice|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=052&aid=0001727914|via=[[Naver]]|publisher=[[YTN]]|language=ko|author=Kang Nae-ri|date=April 18, 2022|access-date=April 18, 2022|archive-date=April 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418053944/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=052&aid=0001727914|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Trolley (TV series)|Trolley]]''
| Kim Hye-joo
| Main role
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web|title=[공식] 김현주, SBS 새 드라마 '트롤리' 타이틀롤 확정..안방 컴백|trans-title=[Official] Kim Hyun-joo, SBS new drama 'Trolley' confirmed the title role... comeback|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=076&aid=0003847692|via=[[Naver]]|publisher=[[Sports Chosun]]|language=ko|author=Jo Ji-young|date=April 1, 2022|access-date=April 1, 2022|archive-date=April 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401023817/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=076&aid=0003847692|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}
|}


=== Films ===
===Web series===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ {{Sronly|Web series performances}}
!Year
! scope="col" | Year
!English Title
!Korean Title
! scope="col" | Title
!Role
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
!Co-stars
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
!Note
|-
!1998
|''If It Snows On Christmas''
|크리스마스에 눈이 내리면
|Lee Song-hee
|[[Park Yong-ha]], Lee Eun-joo
|
|-
!1999
|''Calla''
|카라
|Yoon Soo-jin
|[[Kim Hee-sun]], [[Song Seung-heon]]
|
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 2021–present
!2003
|''[[Star Runner]]''
| ''[[Hellbound (TV series)|Hellbound]]''
| Min Hye-jin
|스타러너
| Main role, Season 1–2
|Kim Mi-kyo
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{Cite web|title=[공식] '마약 혐의' 유아인 빠진 자리에...김성철, '지옥2' 빈자리 채운다|trans-title=[Official] 'Drug charges' Yoo Ah-in missing... Kim Seong-chul fills the void in 'Hell 2'|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=076&aid=0003976923|via=[[Naver]]|publisher=[[Sports Chosun]]|language=ko|last=Jeong Bit|date=March 2, 2023|access-date=March 2, 2023|archive-date=March 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302091249/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=076&aid=0003976923|url-status=live}}</ref>
|[[Vanness Wu]]
|Hong Kong film
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 2024
!2004
|''[[Shinsukki Blues]]''
| ''[[The Bequeathed]]''
| Yoon Seo-ha
|신석기 블루스
| Netflix original series
|Seo Jin-young
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web|title=[공식] 김현주·박희순·박병은·류경수, 연니버스 '선산' 라인업 완성|trans-title=[Official] Kim Hyun-joo, Park Hee-soon, Park Byung-eun, and Ryu Kyung-soo complete the lineup for Yeonnibus 'Sunsan'|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=076&aid=0003928140|via=[[Naver]]|publisher=[[Sports Chosun]]|language=ko|author=Moon Ji-yeon|date=October 18, 2022|access-date=October 18, 2022|archive-date=October 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018002124/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=076&aid=0003928140|url-status=live}}</ref>
|[[Lee Sung-jae]]
|
|-
!2011
|''[[If You Were Me]] 5: Questions & Answers''
|시선 너머  -  백문백답
|Jung Hee-joo
|Kim Jin-geun, Yoo Ha-joon
|Funded by the [[National Human Rights Commission of Korea|NHRCK]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Korean Movie Reviews for 2003: Save the Green Planet, Memories of Murder, A Tale of Two Sisters, Oldboy, Silmido, and more.|url=http://www.koreanfilm.org/kfilm03.html#ifyou|access-date=2021-11-09|website=www.koreanfilm.org}}</ref>
|-
| {{TBA}}
| style="background:#ffc;"| '' Jung-E ''{{dagger|alt=Film has yet to be released}}
| 정이
| Jung-E <ref>{{cite news|url= https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=609&aid=0000464243 |author= Kim Myung-mi |title=연상호 감독 ‘정이’ 제작, 강수연-김현주-류경수 캐스팅(공식입장)
|trans-title=|work= Newsen|publisher=Naver |date=July 6, 2021|access-date=July 6, 2021|language=ko}}</ref>
| [[Kang Soo-yeon]], [[Ryu Kyung-soo]]
|[[Netflix]] film
|}
|}


===Music video appearances===
===Television shows===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width: 750px"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Television show appearances
!Year
! scope="col" | Year
!Song Title
!Korean Title
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
!Artist
!Note
! scope="col" | Note
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |1996
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | 1997
| ''Scoop! Entertainment City''
|One's Lifetime
| rowspan="2" | VJ
|일생을
|
|Kim Hyun-chul
| style="text-align:center" |
|
|-
|-
| ''Popular Song Best 50''
|The Day Was Beautiful
|
|그때가 좋았어
| style="text-align:center" |
|Seo Ji-won
|
|-
|-
| ''Saturday Power Start''
!1997
| MC
|Entreaty
|
|애원
| style="text-align:center" |
|Lee Seung-hwan
|with Jang Hyuk
|-
|-
| ''Gwangjang Music with Gung Sun-young''
!1998
| Panelist
|Now
|
|이젠
| style="text-align:center" |
|Yuno
|
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 1998
!1999
| ''Super TV Enjoy Sunday''
|To The Bride
| rowspan="4" | MC
|신부에게
|
|[[Yurisangja]]
| style="text-align:center" |
|
|-
|-
!
!2001
| ''[[Inkigayo|SBS Inkigayo]]''
|Already One Year
| Episode 18–20
|벌써1년
| style="text-align:center" |
|[[Brown Eyes (band)|Brown Eyes]]
|with Chang Chen, Lee Beom-soo, Jung Eun-pyo
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | 1999
!2002
| [[Sunday Night (South Korean TV series)|''Sunday Sunday Night'']]
|Little By Little
|
|점점
| style="text-align:center" |
|[[Brown Eyes (band)|Brown Eyes]]
|with Chang Chen, Lee Beom-soo
|-
|-
| ''Section TV Entertainment''
!2004
| with [[Seo Kyung-seok|Seo Kyung-suk]]
|Parting Was Far Away
| style="text-align:center" |
|이별은 멀었죠
|Han Kyung Il
|
|}

==Variety shows==
[[File:Kim Hyun-joo Miracle We Met press 1.jpg|thumb|297x297px]]

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width: 750px"
!Year
!Network
!English Title
!Korean Title
!Role
|-
|-
| ''FM Dating with Kim Hyun-joo''
! rowspan="4" |1997
|MBC
| DJ
|
|Scoop! Entertainment City
| style="text-align:center" |
|특종! 연예시티
|VJ
|-
|-
| ''[[MBC Drama Awards]]''
|MBC
| rowspan="4" | MC
|Popular Song Best 50
| with Shin Dong-ho
|인기가요 베스트 50
| style="text-align:center" |
|VJ
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2000
|KBS
| [[Mnet Asian Music Awards|''Mnet KM Music Festival'']]
|Saturday Power Start
|
|토요일 전원 출발
| style="text-align:center" |
|MC
|-
|-
| ''And e-Wonderful World''
|KBS 2FM
|
|Gwangjang Music with Gung Sun-young
| style="text-align:center" |
|궁선영의 가요광장  -  사랑밖엔 난 몰라
|Panelist
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 2005
!1998
| ''[[SBS Drama Awards]]''
|KBS
| with [[Park Sang-won]]
|Super TV Enjoy Sunday
| style="text-align:center" |
|슈퍼TV 일요일은 즐거워
|MC
|-
|-
! rowspan="4" |1999
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2009
| ''Music Village with Kim Hyun-joo''
| rowspan="2" |MBC
| DJ
|[[Sunday Night (South Korean TV series)|Sunday Sunday Night]]
|
|일요일 일요일 밤에
| style="text-align:center" |
|MC
|-
|-
| ''ECO Canada by Kim Hyun-joo''
|Section TV Entertainment
| Herself
|섹션TV 연예통신
|
|MC, with Seo Kyung-suk
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 2010
|MBC FM
| ''SBS Hope TV''
|FM Dating with Kim Hyun Joo
| Host
|김현주의 FM데이트
|DJ
|
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 2014
|MBC
| ''Musical Journey to Yesterday''
|[[MBC Drama Awards]]
| MC
|MBC 연기대상
|
|MC, with Shin Dong-ho
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |2000
! scope="row" | 2015
| ''Lady Action''
|Mnet
| Cast member
|[[Mnet Asian Music Awards|Mnet KM Music Festival]]
|
|뮤직비디오 페스티벌
| style="text-align:center" |
|MC
|}

===Music video appearances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ {{Sronly|Music video appearances}}
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | 1996
| ''One's Lifetime'' ({{lang|ko|일생을}}
| Kim Hyun-chul
|
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
| ''The Day Was Beautiful'' ({{lang|ko|그때가 좋았어}}
|MBC
| Seo Ji-won
|And e-Wonderful World
|
|와 e-멋진 세상
| style="text-align:center" |
|MC
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 1997
!2005
| ''Entreaty'' {{lang|ko|애원}}
|SBS
| Lee Seung-hwan
|[[SBS Drama Awards]]
| with [[Jang Hyuk]]
|SBS 연기대상
| style="text-align:center" |
|MC, with Park Sang-won
|-
|-
! rowspan="2" |2009
! scope="row" | 1998
| ''Now'' {{lang|ko|이젠}}
|MBC FM
| Yuno
|Music Village with Kim Hyun Joo
|
|
| style="text-align:center" |
|DJ
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 1999
|MBC
| ''To The Bride'' {{lang|ko|신부에게}}
|ECO Canada by Kim Hyun Joo
| [[Yurisangja]]
|
|
|Herself
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 2001
!2010
| ''Already One Year'' {{lang|ko|벌써1년}}
|SBS
| rowspan="2" | [[Brown Eyes (band)|Brown Eyes]]
|SBS Hope TV
| with [[Chang Chen]], [[Lee Beom-soo]], [[Jung Eun-pyo]]
|희망TV SBS
| style="text-align:center" |
|Host
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 2002
!2014
| ''Little By Little'' {{lang|ko|점점}}
|MBC
| with [[Chang Chen]], [[Lee Beom-soo]]
|Musical Journey to Yesterday
| style="text-align:center" |
|음악여행 예스터데이
|MC
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 2004
!2015
| ''Parting Was Far Away'' {{lang|ko|이별은 멀었죠}}
|KBS
| Han Kyung Il
|Lady Action
|
|레이디 액션
| style="text-align:center" |
|Cast member
|}
|}


== Book ==
==Book==
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 750px"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!Year
!Title
!Original Title
!Author
!Publication Date
!Publisher
!IBSN
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Year
!'''2009'''
! scope="col" | Title
|Hyun-joo's Handcrafted Story
! scope="col" | Author
|현주의 손으로 짓는 이야기
! scope="col" | ISBN
|Kim Hyun-joo
|20/12/2009
|살림LIFE
|{{ISBNT|9788952213143}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 2009
| ''Hyun-joo's Handcrafted Story'' {{lang|ko|현주의 손으로 짓는 이야기}}
| Kim Hyun-joo
| {{ISBNT|978-8-9522-1314-3}}
|}
|}


== Discography ==
==Discography==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width: 750px"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles, showing year released, and name of the album
!Year
! scope="col" | Title
!English
! scope="col" | Year
!Korean
! scope="col" | Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|-
! scope="row" | "Sad Fate" {{lang|ko|슬픈인연}}
!2003
|Sad Fate
| 2003
| ''In the Name of Love''
|슬픈인연
|Kim Hyun-joo
|track from album "In The Name Of Love" (사랑의 이름으로) released on 29/11/2003
|-
|-
! scope="row" | "Promise" ({{lang|ko|약속}})
!2009
| 2009
|"Promise"
| ''Partner'' OST
|약속
|Kim Hyun-joo
|track from ''Partner'' [[soundtrack|OST]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | "Forgetfulness" ({{lang|ko|건망증}})<br />{{small|(featuring PK Heman}})
!2012
| 2012
|"Forgetfulness"
| {{Non-album single}}
|건망증
|Kim Hyun-joo feat. PK Heman
|[[single (music)|single]]
|}
|}


==Ambassadorship==
== Awards and nominations ==
* Ambassador for Busan Contents Market (2022)<ref>{{cite web|title=김현주·김강우, '부산콘텐츠마켓 2022' 홍보대사 선정 [공식]|trans-title=Kim Hyun-joo and Kim Kang-woo selected as ambassadors for 'Busan Contents Market 2022' [Official]|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=018&aid=0005234955|via=[[Naver]]|publisher=E-daily|language=ko|author=Kim Bo-young|date=June 6, 2022|access-date=June 6, 2022|archive-date=July 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701093420/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=018&aid=0005234955|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
! scope="col" | Award ceremony
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Nominee / Work
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | [[APAN Star Awards]]
! Year
| style="text-align:center" | [[2nd APAN Star Awards|2013]]
! Award
| rowspan="2" | Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama
! Category
| ''[[Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers]]''
! Nominated work
| {{nom}}
! Result
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[3rd APAN Star Awards|2014]]
! rowspan="2" |1998
|[[MBC Drama Awards]]
| ''[[What's With This Family]]''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" |Best New Actress
| style="text-align:center" |
|''I Don't Know Anything But Love''
|{{won}}
|-
|-
|[[SBS Drama Awards]]
| style="text-align:center" | [[4th APAN Star Awards|2015]]
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama
|''I Love You! I Love You!''
| ''[[I Have a Lover]]''
|{{won}}
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[8th APAN Star Awards|2022]]
!2000
| Excellence Award, Actress in an OTT Drama
|[[SBS Drama Awards]]
| ''[[Hellbound (TV series)|Hellbound]]''
| rowspan="2" |Excellence Award, Actress
| {{nom}}
|''[[Virtue (TV series)|Virtue]]''
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web|title=김혜수→이준호 '2022 APAN STAR AWARDS' 수상 후보 공개|trans-title=Kim Hye-soo → Lee Jun-ho's '2022 APAN STAR AWARDS' nominees revealed|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=382&aid=0001001480|via=[[Naver]]|publisher=Sports Donga|language=ko|last=Lee|first=Seul-bi|date=August 31, 2022|access-date=August 31, 2022|archive-date=August 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831012426/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=382&aid=0001001480|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{won}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="5" | [[Baeksang Arts Awards]]
!2001
| style="text-align:center" | 2002
|[[MBC Drama Awards]]
| rowspan="5" | [[Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actress – Television|Best Actress – Television]]
| rowspan="2" |''Her House''
| ''Her House''
|{{won}}
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[42nd Baeksang Arts Awards|2006]]
! rowspan="5" |2002
|38th [[Baeksang Arts Awards]]
| ''[[Toji, the Land]]''
| {{nom}}
|[[Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Actress (TV)|Best Actress (TV)]]
| style="text-align:center" |
|{{nom}}
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[44th Baeksang Arts Awards|2008]]
|[[MBC Drama Awards]]
| ''[[In-soon Is Pretty]]''
|Top Excellence Award, Actress
| {{nom}}
|''[[Sangdo, Merchants of Joseon]]''
| style="text-align:center" |
|{{nom}}
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[SBS Drama Awards]]
| style="text-align:center" | [[48th Baeksang Arts Awards|2012]]
| [[Twinkle Twinkle (TV series)|''Twinkle Twinkle'']]
|Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Planning Drama
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="3" |''[[Glass Slippers]]''
| style="text-align:center" |
|{{won}}
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[52nd Baeksang Arts Awards|2016]]
|Top 10 Stars Award
| ''[[I Have a Lover]]''
|{{won}}
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Director's Cut Awards]]
|SBSi Award
| style="text-align:center" | 2022
|{{won}}
| Best Actress in series
| ''[[Hellbound (TV series)|Hellbound]]''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web|title=[공식] 제20회 디렉터스컷 어워즈, 24일 개최...'오겜' 'D.P.' '지옥' 노미네이트|trans-title=[Official] The 20th Director's Cut Awards, held on the 24th... 'Ogem' 'D.P.' 'Hell' nomination|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=312&aid=0000529514|via=[[Naver]]|publisher=Ten Asia|language=ko|author=Noh Kyu-min|date=February 9, 2022|access-date=February 9, 2022|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112033159/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=312&aid=0000529514|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
! rowspan="3" |2004
! scope="row" rowspan="6" | [[KBS Drama Awards]]
|rowspan=3|[[SBS Drama Awards]]
| style="text-align:center" | [[2007 KBS Drama Awards|2007]]
|Top Excellence Award, Actress
| Top Excellence Award, Actress
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Ms. Kim's Million Dollar Quest]]''
| ''[[In-soon Is Pretty]]''
|{{nom}}
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | [[2014 KBS Drama Awards|2014]]
|Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special
| Top Excellence Award, Actress
|{{won}}
| rowspan="2" | ''[[What's With This Family]]''
| {{won}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama
|Top 10 Stars
|{{won}}
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| Best Couple Award
! rowspan="4" |2005
| Kim Hyun-joo {{small|(with [[Kim Sang-kyung]])}}<br /> ''[[What's With This Family]]''
| rowspan="4" |[[SBS Drama Awards]]
| {{won}}
|Top 10 Stars
|''[[Toji, the Land]]'', ''[[Marrying a Millionaire]]''||{{won}}
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | [[2018 KBS Drama Awards|2018]]
|Top Excellence Award, Actress
| Top Excellence Award, Actress
| rowspan="4" |''[[Toji, the Land]]''
| rowspan="2" | ''[[The Miracle We Met]]''
|{{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
|Excellence Award, Actress in Serial Drama
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama
|{{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3" | [[Korea Drama Awards]]
|Netizen Popularity Award
| style="text-align:center" | [[4th Korea Drama Awards|2011]]
|{{won}}
| Best Actress
| [[Twinkle Twinkle (TV series)|''Twinkle Twinkle'']]
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[5th Korea Drama Awards|2012]]
!2006
| Top Excellence Award, Actress
|[[42nd Baeksang Arts Awards]]
| ''[[Dummy Mommy]]''
|[[Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Actress (TV)|Best Actress (TV)]]
|{{nom}}
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[9th Korea Drama Awards|2016]]
!2007
| Top Excellence Award, Actress
|[[2007 KBS Drama Awards|KBS Drama Awards]]
| ''[[I Have a Lover]]''
|Top Excellence Award, Actress
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" |''[[In-soon Is Pretty]]''
| style="text-align:center" |
|{{won}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="5" | [[MBC Drama Awards]]
!2008
| style="text-align:center" | 1998
|[[Baeksang Arts Awards|44th Baeksang Arts Awards]]
|[[Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Actress (TV)|Best Actress (TV)]]
| Best New Actress
| ''I Don't Know Anything But Love''
|{{nom}}
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 2001
! rowspan="3" |2011
| Excellence Award, Actress
| rowspan="2" |[[2011 MBC Drama Awards|MBC Drama Awards]]
| ''Her House''
|Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama
| {{won}}
| rowspan="4" |[[Twinkle Twinkle (TV series)|''Twinkle Twinkle'']]
| style="text-align:center" |
|{{won}}
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 2002
|Best Couple Award (<small>with [[Kim Suk-hoon]])</small>
| Top Excellence Award, Actress
|{{won}}
| ''[[Sangdo, Merchants of Joseon]]''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
|[[4th Korea Drama Awards]]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | [[2011 MBC Drama Awards|2011]]
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama
|Best Actress
| [[Twinkle Twinkle (TV series)|''Twinkle Twinkle'']]
|{{nom}}
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
| Best Couple Award
! rowspan="2" |2012
| Kim Hyun-joo {{small|(with [[Kim Suk-hoon]])}}<br />[[Twinkle Twinkle (TV series)|''Twinkle Twinkle'']]
|[[Baeksang Arts Awards|48th Baeksang Arts Awards]]
| {{won}}
|[[Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Actress (TV)|Best Actress (TV)]]
| style="text-align:center" |
|{{nom}}
|-
|-
|[[5th Korea Drama Awards]]
! scope="row" | OCN Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 2019
|Top Excellence Award, Actress
| Best Case Solver Award
|''[[Dummy Mommy]]''
| [[Watcher (TV series)|''Watcher'']]
|{{nom}}
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="18" | [[SBS Drama Awards]]
!2013
| style="text-align:center" | 1998
|[[2nd APAN Star Awards]]
|Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama
| Best New Actress
|''[[Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers]]''
| ''I Love You! I Love You! ''
|{{nom}}
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" | 2000
! rowspan="4" |2014
| Excellence Award, Actress
| rowspan="3" |[[2014 KBS Drama Awards|KBS Drama Awards]]
| ''[[Virtue (TV series)|Virtue]]''
|Top Excellence Award, Actress
| {{won}}
| rowspan="4" | ''[[What's With This Family]]''
| style="text-align:center" |
|{{won}}
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | 2002
|Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Planning Drama
|{{nom}}
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Glass Slippers]]''
| {{won}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
| Top 10 Stars Award
|Best Couple Award (<small>with [[Kim Sang Kyung]])</small>
|{{won}}
| {{won}}
|-
| SBSi Award
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | 2004
| Top Excellence Award, Actress
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Ms. Kim's Million Dollar Quest]]''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special
|[[APAN Star Awards|3rd APAN Star Awards]]
| {{won}}
|Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama
|{{nom}}
|-
|-
| Top 10 Stars
! rowspan="6" |2015
| {{won}}
|[[4th APAN Star Awards]]
|Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama
| rowspan="8" |''[[I Have a Lover]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[2015 SBS Drama Awards|SBS Drama Awards]]
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | 2005
| Top 10 Stars
|Grand Prize
| ''[[Toji, the Land]]'', ''[[Marrying a Millionaire]]''
|{{nom}}
| {{won}}
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" |
|-
|-
|Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama
| Top Excellence Award, Actress
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Toji, the Land]]''
|{{won}}
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| Excellence Award, Actress in Serial Drama
|Netizen Popularity Award
|{{won}}
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| Netizen Popularity Award
|Best Couple Award (<small>with [[Ji Jin-hee]])</small>
|{{won}}
| {{won}}
|-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | [[2015 SBS Drama Awards|2015]]
|Top 10 Stars
| Grand Prize
|{{won}}
| rowspan="4" | ''[[I Have a Lover]]''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web|title=SBS Drama Awards 2015 Winners|url=http://www.hancinema.net/sbs-drama-awards-2015-winners-89990.html|work=[[HanCinema]]|date=December 31, 2015|access-date=September 6, 2022|archive-date=December 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217164953/https://www.hancinema.net/sbs-drama-awards-2015-winners-89990.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama
! rowspan="2" |2016
| {{won}}
|[[52nd Baeksang Arts Awards]]
|[[Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Actress (TV)|Best Actress (TV)]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|-
| Netizen Popularity Award
|[[9th Korea Drama Awards]]
| {{won}}
|rowspan=2|Top Excellence Award, Actress
|{{nom}}
|-
|-
| Top 10 Stars
! rowspan="2" |2018
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" |[[2018 KBS Drama Awards|KBS Drama Awards]]
| rowspan="2" |''[[The Miracle We Met]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|-
| Best Couple Award
|Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama
| Kim Hyun-joo {{small|(with [[Ji Jin-hee]])}}<br />''[[I Have a Lover]]''
|{{nom}}
| {{won}}
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[2023 SBS Drama Awards|2023]]
!2019
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Romance/Comedy Drama
|OCN Awards
| ''[[Trolley (TV series)|Trolley]]''
|Best Case Solver Award
| {{nom}}
|[[Watcher (TV series)|''Watcher'']]
| style="text-align:center" | <ref>{{cite web|title=[SBS 연기대상] '마이 데몬' 김유정 최우수연기상...눈물의 수상 소감|url=https://www.mediapen.com/news/view/884930|work=MediaPen|date=December 30, 2023|access-date=December 30, 2023|archive-date=December 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230115949/https://www.mediapen.com/news/view/884930|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{won}}
|}
|}


== References ==
==References==
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== External links ==
==External links==
* [http://cafe.daum.net/kkk2393 Kim Hyun-joo Fan Cafe] at [[Daum Communications|Daum]] {{in lang|ko}}
* {{Instagram | id= khj_dang | name= Kim Hyun-joo }}
* {{kmdb person|00010291|Kim Hyun-joo}}
* {{kmdb person|00010291|Kim Hyun-joo}}
* {{IMDb name|1152065|Kim Hyun-joo}}
* {{IMDb name|1152065|Kim Hyun-joo}}
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Latest revision as of 20:13, 20 December 2024

For the swimmer, see Kim Hyun-joo (swimmer).
In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Hyun-joo
Kim in July 2019
Born (1977-04-24) April 24, 1977 (age 47)
Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Alma materDankook University
OccupationActress
Years active1996–present
AgentYNK Entertainment[1]
Korean name
Hangul
김현주
Hanja
金賢珠
Revised RomanizationKim Hyeon-ju
McCune–ReischauerKim Hyŏnju
Websiteynkent.com

Kim Hyun-joo (Korean: 김현주; born April 24, 1977)[2] is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading roles in the television dramas Glass Slippers (2002), Toji, the Land (2004), Twinkle Twinkle (2011), What Happens to My Family? (2014), I Have a Lover (2015), Hellbound (2021–present), Trolley (2022–2023) and The Bequeathed (2024).

Career

[edit]

1996–2001: Early acting credits

[edit]

Kim Hyun-joo began modeling in teen magazines when she was in her third year of high school. In 1996, she made her entertainment debut when she starred in the music video for Kim Hyun-chul's "One's Lifetime."[3] Kim launched her acting career in 1997 in the television drama The Reason I Live (1997). Despite being inexperienced, she was cast in the leading role in the film If It Snows on Christmas (1998) with Park Yong-ha, followed by Calla (1999) with Song Seung-heon.

After doing a few sitcoms, Kim built her resume further by playing supporting roles on television. In 1999, She gained her first major role when she appeared in the Jang Dong-gun show Springtime (also known as Youth), which received low ratings. But the popular Into the Sunlight later that year boosted Kim's career. In early 2000, she appeared in episode 7 of Song Ji-na's omnibus drama Love Story, titled "Insomnia, Manual and Orange Juice." Kim then landed her first TV leading role in Virtue (Deok-yi), followed by more supporting roles in 2001 with Her House (headlined by Kim Nam-joo) and the historical drama Sangdo (based on Choi In-ho's novel about Joseon merchant Im Sang-ok).

2002–2005: Glass Slippers breakthrough

[edit]

Kim achieved mainstream stardom in 2002, with her Cinderella-esque leading role in Glass Slippers, about two sisters who were separated as children and unknowingly encounter each other as adults. Also starring Kim Ji-ho, Han Jae-suk and So Ji-sub, the drama was a hit with ratings of over 30%, and Kim received acting and popularity awards at the SBS Drama Awards.[4] Glass Slippers was also successful in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Vietnam and with Kim's new pan-Asian popularity, she starred opposite Taiwanese actor/singer Vanness Wu in the martial arts movie Star Runner (2003).

For Ms. Kim's Million Dollar Quest (also known as Miss Kim's One Billion Won Project and Miss Kim's Adventures in Making a Million), she and Ji Jin-hee displayed their comedic chops as a girl left at the altar and a bankrupt playboy, respectively, who join forces in a moneymaking scheme. Kim's next role was as Lee Sung-jae's love interest in the body swapping comedy film Shinsukki Blues.

From late 2004 to 2005, Kim played the heroine Choi Seo-hee in Toji, the Land , a television adaptation of Park Kyung-ni's celebrated novel Toji ("The Land"), which portrayed the lives and loves of peasants and the nobility ("yangban") in Korea at the turn of the 20th century, spanning from Japan's colonial rule to the division of the peninsula.[5] The big-budget production was a hit, and Kim received a Best TV Actress nomination at the 2006 Baeksang Arts Awards.

Inspired by the American TV show Joe Millionaire, Marrying a Millionaire (2005) was about an average guy (Go Soo) pretending to be rich as the concept for a dating reality show, who then genuinely falls for one of the contestants (Kim), the only girl who knows the truth. After Marrying a Millionaire, Kim went on a two-year hiatus. She later said she took a break because she hated being typecast in such sweet, wholesome roles. But as time passed, she said she regretted the decision and should've worked harder instead to develop as an actress.

2007–2010: Resurgence

[edit]

Kim returned to television in 2007 with In-soon Is Pretty, playing the titular character who went to prison for unintentionally killing someone in high school, and after serving her sentence, must face prejudice as an ex-con while rebuilding her life.[6] Despite the drama's low ratings, Kim was praised for her acting and received a Top Excellence Award at the KBS Drama Awards.[7]

In 2009, she was cast in a small supporting role (or extended cameo) as the hero's tough-but-stylish older sister in the highly popular Boys Over Flowers, adapted from the Japanese manga Hana Yori Dango.[8] Then in the legal drama Partner, Kim played a widow-turned-lawyer whose passionate idealism clashes with her colleague's (Lee Dong-wook) detached cynicism.[9][10]

Kim then spent ten days in Vancouver, Whistler, and Victoria to film the documentary ECO Canada by Kim Hyun-joo, which aired on MBC Life. Also featured as a photo spread in Sure magazine, the shoot promoted environmental awareness by emphasizing Canada's natural backdrops, and showing Kim's green practices such as using canvas instead of plastic bags and unplugging unused electrical appliances.

Her book Hyun-joo's Handcrafted Story was published on December 20, 2009, featuring personal essays and photos about her needlework and knitting.[4][11]

2010 was a difficult year for Kim, with the deaths of three of her loved ones in close succession: her friend, actor Park Yong-ha committed suicide on June 30,[12] the production company executive who'd cast her in The Land committed suicide on July 1 because of financial difficulties, and her father Kim Tae-beom died on July 7 after a long illness. She spent the rest of the year volunteering in Bangladesh and the Philippines as the goodwill ambassador for Good Neighbors, a humanitarian NGO. She donated the condolence money collected for her father's funeral and a portion of her book sales to Good Neighbors, which was used to build libraries in 11 orphanages in impoverished areas of Dhaka. Kim said, "I literally fled to Bangladesh after a series of personal tragedies, but I was consoled by the smiles of children who are living in these dire conditions. The act of sharing has given me strength to live." She continues to as an instructor for several classes organized by Good Neighbors, teaching Korean elementary schoolchildren about poverty around the world.[13]

2011–2015: Focusing on weekend dramas

[edit]

Kim resumed her acting activities in 2011, playing the daughter from a wealthy publishing company whose life is turned upside down when she learns that she was switched at birth with another baby in Twinkle Twinkle.[3] Her performance garnered a Top Excellence Award at the MBC Drama Awards.[14] She also starred in Kim Dae-seung's short film Q&A, which was included in If You Were Me 5, an omnibus film commissioned by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea.[15] Then in Dummy Mommy (2012), she played a fashion magazine editor with a genius-level IQ who is embarrassed by her developmentally disabled mother (Ha Hee-ra).[16]

In a departure from her typical parts, Kim played one of the legendary femme fatales of the Joseon Dynasty, Lady Jo (or Jo Gwi-in), in the period drama Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers (2013). She said she was "more than delighted to have been given the opportunity to try something new," adding that, "This role will be a new life story for my acting career. I personally think it will be more interesting for an actress with an innocent image like myself to take up this wicked role." Critics praised Kim's versatility, as Lady Jo transforms from a naive young girl into an ambitious royal concubine who uses her beauty and wiles on King Injo in her lust for power.[17]

In early 2014, Kim began hosting Musical Journey to Yesterday, a music program in which a mix of current idol singers and industry veterans perform live hit songs from the 1970s to 1990s.[18] Later that year, she starred in the weekend drama What Happens to My Family?, which had over 40% ratings.[19] Her performance garnered the Top Excellence award at the KBS Drama Awards.[20]

In 2015, she played dual roles in the melodrama, I Have a Lover.[21] She won the Top Excellence Top Excellence Award from the APAN Star Awards and SBS Drama Awards.[22][23]

2016–present: Professional expansion

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Kim starred in the drama series Fantastic, portraying a screenwriter grappling with a terminal illness.[24]

Kim at The Miracle We Met script reading session in 2018

In 2018, she took on the role of Sun Hye-jin in the fantasy melodrama Miracle That We Met,[25] playing a wife who feels trapped in a loveless marriage. Kim described her character as a dormant volcano waiting to erupt, adding depth and complexity to the show's storyline."[26]

In 2019, Kim starred in OCN's drama Watcher, portraying a criminal lawyer who had once been a highly promising prosecutor. Her performance garnered rave reviews, with critics praising her for creating a wholly unique and independent character, unlike any that they had seen before.[27]

In 2020, Kim starred in Undercover, a JTBC's remake of the British BBC drama of the same name.[28] The drama marked her third reunion with Ji Jin-hee, her co-star from the 2015 drama, I Have a Lover. Kim explained her reason for accepting the offer to join the drama, "Last time, for I Have a Lover, Ji helped me a lot on set. The reason viewers liked my character was that Ji made me shine in the series. So this time, I wanted to return that favor. Ji accepted the role first, and I knew that many people would want to see us reunite on screen, so it didn't take me long to decide to join the series.".[29]

That same year, Kim was confirmed to join the cast of Hellbound, a Netflix series directed by Yeon Sang-ho. She portrayed the character of Min Hye-jin, an attorney who courageously stands up against religious extremists.[30]

In October 2022, Netflix confirmed that Kim would play one of the lead roles in their upcoming thriller drama, The Bequeathed.[31] In December 2022, Kim starred in SBS's drama Trolley as the wife of a National Assembly member.[32]

In 2023, Kim starred in the Netflix sci-fi film Jung-E directed by Hellbound director Yeon Sang-ho, in the title role of a legendary mercenary who is also the subject of brain-clone testing.[33]

Filmography

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Film

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Film performances
Year Title Role Note Ref.
1998 If It Snows On Christmas Lee Song-hee
1999 Calla Yoon Soo-jin
2003 Star Runner Kim Mi-kyo Hong Kong film
2004 Shinsukki Blues Seo Jin-young
2011 If You Were Me 5: Questions & Answers Jung Hee-joo Funded by the NHRCK [34]
2023 Jung_E Jung_E Netflix film [35]

Television series

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Television series appearances
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1997 Reason I Live For Chun Shim
Couple Jung Hee-ryung
Ready Go! Na Min-jung
1998 Love You! Love You! Lee Joo-hee
Three Guys and Three Girls Kim Hyun-joo Guest appearance (Episode 117, 133, 205 207, 212, 214, 493)
I Don't Know Anything But Love Baek Young-gu
MBC Best Theater:
"Jeondeungsa" 		Hyo Im
1999 Springtime Cha Won-young
The Last War Han Ji-eun
Into The Sunlight Lee Yun-hee
2000 Love Story:
"Insomnia, Manual and Orange Juice" 		Seo Young
Virtue Jung Kwi-duk
Medical Center Soo Kyung Guest appearance (Episode 29)
2001 Her House Park Young-chae
The Merchant Park Da-nyung
2002 Glass Slippers Lee Sun-woo/Kim Yoon-hee
2004 Ms. Kim's Million Dollar Quest Kim Eun-jae
Toji, the Land Choi Seo-hee
2005 Marrying a Millionaire Han Eun-young
2007 In-soon Is Pretty Park In-soon
2009 Boys Over Flowers Gu Joon-hee Guest appearance
Partner Kang Eun-ho
2011 Twinkle Twinkle Han Jung-won
2012 Dummy Mommy Kim Young-joo
2013 Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers Jo Yam-jeon
2014 Can We Fall In Love, Again? Herself Cameo (Episode 13–14)
What Happens to My Family? Cha Kang-shim
2015 I Have A Lover Do Hae-kang (Dokgo On-gi)/Dokgo Yong-gi
2016 Fantastic Lee So-hye
2018 The Miracle We Met Sun Hye-jin
2019 Watcher Han Tae-joo
2021 Undercover Choi Yeon-soo
2022 Love All Play President of Eunice Business Team Cameo (Episode 1) [36]
Trolley Kim Hye-joo Main role [37]

Web series

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Web series performances
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2021–present Hellbound Min Hye-jin Main role, Season 1–2 [38]
2024 The Bequeathed Yoon Seo-ha Netflix original series [39]

Television shows

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Television show appearances
Year Title Role Note Ref.
1997 Scoop! Entertainment City VJ
Popular Song Best 50
Saturday Power Start MC
Gwangjang Music with Gung Sun-young Panelist
1998 Super TV Enjoy Sunday MC
SBS Inkigayo Episode 18–20
1999 Sunday Sunday Night
Section TV Entertainment with Seo Kyung-suk
FM Dating with Kim Hyun-joo DJ
MBC Drama Awards MC with Shin Dong-ho
2000 Mnet KM Music Festival
And e-Wonderful World
2005 SBS Drama Awards with Park Sang-won
2009 Music Village with Kim Hyun-joo DJ
ECO Canada by Kim Hyun-joo Herself
2010 SBS Hope TV Host
2014 Musical Journey to Yesterday MC
2015 Lady Action Cast member

Music video appearances

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Music video appearances
Year Title Artist Notes Ref.
1996 One's Lifetime (일생을 Kim Hyun-chul
The Day Was Beautiful (그때가 좋았어 Seo Ji-won
1997 Entreaty 애원 Lee Seung-hwan with Jang Hyuk
1998 Now 이젠 Yuno
1999 To The Bride 신부에게 Yurisangja
2001 Already One Year 벌써1년 Brown Eyes with Chang Chen, Lee Beom-soo, Jung Eun-pyo
2002 Little By Little 점점 with Chang Chen, Lee Beom-soo
2004 Parting Was Far Away 이별은 멀었죠 Han Kyung Il

Book

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Year Title Author ISBN
2009 Hyun-joo's Handcrafted Story 현주의 손으로 짓는 이야기 Kim Hyun-joo 978-8-9522-1314-3

Discography

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List of singles, showing year released, and name of the album
Title Year Album
"Sad Fate" 슬픈인연 2003 In the Name of Love
"Promise" (약속) 2009 Partner OST
"Forgetfulness" (건망증)
(featuring PK Heman) 		2012 Non-album single

Ambassadorship

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  • Ambassador for Busan Contents Market (2022)[40]

Awards and nominations

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Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
APAN Star Awards 2013 Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers Nominated
2014 What's With This Family Nominated
2015 Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama I Have a Lover Won
2022 Excellence Award, Actress in an OTT Drama Hellbound Nominated [41]
Baeksang Arts Awards 2002 Best Actress – Television Her House Nominated
2006 Toji, the Land Nominated
2008 In-soon Is Pretty Nominated
2012 Twinkle Twinkle Nominated
2016 I Have a Lover Nominated
Director's Cut Awards 2022 Best Actress in series Hellbound Nominated [42]
KBS Drama Awards 2007 Top Excellence Award, Actress In-soon Is Pretty Won
2014 Top Excellence Award, Actress What's With This Family Won
Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Nominated
Best Couple Award Kim Hyun-joo (with Kim Sang-kyung)
What's With This Family 		Won
2018 Top Excellence Award, Actress The Miracle We Met Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama Nominated
Korea Drama Awards 2011 Best Actress Twinkle Twinkle Nominated
2012 Top Excellence Award, Actress Dummy Mommy Nominated
2016 Top Excellence Award, Actress I Have a Lover Nominated
MBC Drama Awards 1998 Best New Actress I Don't Know Anything But Love Won
2001 Excellence Award, Actress Her House Won
2002 Top Excellence Award, Actress Sangdo, Merchants of Joseon Nominated
2011 Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Twinkle Twinkle Won
Best Couple Award Kim Hyun-joo (with Kim Suk-hoon)
Twinkle Twinkle 		Won
OCN Awards 2019 Best Case Solver Award Watcher Won
SBS Drama Awards 1998 Best New Actress I Love You! I Love You! Won
2000 Excellence Award, Actress Virtue Won
2002 Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Planning Drama Glass Slippers Won
Top 10 Stars Award Won
SBSi Award Won
2004 Top Excellence Award, Actress Ms. Kim's Million Dollar Quest Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special Won
Top 10 Stars Won
2005 Top 10 Stars Toji, the Land, Marrying a Millionaire Won
Top Excellence Award, Actress Toji, the Land Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in Serial Drama Nominated
Netizen Popularity Award Won
2015 Grand Prize I Have a Lover Nominated [43]
Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Won
Netizen Popularity Award Won
Top 10 Stars Won
Best Couple Award Kim Hyun-joo (with Ji Jin-hee)
I Have a Lover 		Won
2023 Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Romance/Comedy Drama Trolley Nominated [44]

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