Kim Tae-hee
{{Short description|South Korean actress (born 1980)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Kim|lang=Korean}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Kim Tae-hee
| image = Kim Tae-hee Photoshoot BTS 2023 - 2.png
| image_upright =
| caption = Kim in 2023
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|3|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ulsan, South Korea
| spouse = {{marriage|Rain|2017}}
| children = 2
| education = Seoul National University (BDes in Fashion design)
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2000–present
| agent = {{ubl|Story J Company (Korea){{cite web|script-title=ko:김태희, 現 소속사 스토리제이컴퍼니와 재계약..."오랜 신뢰 바탕|trans-title=Kim Tae-hee renewed her contract with Story J Company... "Based on Long Trust"|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=031&aid=0000695062|via=Naver|publisher=iNews24|language=ko|last=Kim|first=Dong-hyun|date=1 September 2022|access-date=1 September 2022|archive-date=1 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901082501/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=031&aid=0000695062|url-status=live}}|Sweet Power (Japan)}}
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| parents =
| relatives = Lee Wan (brother){{cite web|script-title=ko:김태희 부친, 알고보니 '한국통운 김유문 회장'|trans-title=Kim Tae Hee's Involvement with Youth Hope Fund Charity Revealed|url=http://www.insight.co.kr/article.php?ArtNo=38031|website=Insight|language=ko|date=30 October 2015|access-date=5 January 2016|archive-date=30 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130012141/http://www.insight.co.kr/article.php?ArtNo=38031|url-status=dead}}
Lee Bo-mee (sister-in-law)
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| module = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes|headercolor=transparent
| hangul = 김태희
| hanja = 金泰熙
| rr = Gim Taehui
| mr = Kim T'aehŭi
}}
| signature = Kim Tae-hee signature.svg
}}
{{baptismal name|Verda}}
Kim Tae-hee ({{Korean|hangul=김태희}}; born 29 March 1980) is a South Korean actress. Considered one of South Korea's most beautiful actresses,{{cite web|title='Goddess' Kim Tae-hee reveals self cam|url=http://www.hancinema.net/-goddess-kim-tae-hee-reveals-self-cam-32657.html|work=HanCinema|date=28 August 2011|access-date=13 August 2016|archive-date=26 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126102131/http://www.hancinema.net/-goddess-kim-tae-hee-reveals-self-cam-32657.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Fans of Snubbed Beauties up in Arms|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2005/04/06/2005040661023.html|work=The Chosun Ilbo|date=6 April 2015|access-date=5 March 2017|archive-date=8 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208082852/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2005/04/06/2005040661023.html|url-status=live}} she is best known for her roles in television series such as Stairway to Heaven (2003–2004), Love Story in Harvard (2004–2005), Iris (2009), My Princess (2011), Yong-pal (2015), and Hi Bye, Mama! (2020).
Kim is referred to as one of "The Troika" along with Song Hye-kyo and Jun Ji-hyun, collectively known by the acronym "Tae-Hye-Ji".{{cite web|title='Tae-Hye-Ji' sweeping Korea's entertainment biz|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201508251714143646368_2|website=Kpop Herald|language=en|date=25 August 2015|access-date=10 October 2020|archive-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017083306/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201508251714143646368_2|url-status=live}}
Early life and education
Kim Tae-hee was born on 29 March 1980, in Ulsan, South Korea. Her father is Kim Yoo-moon, who established, and is chairman of, Hankook Union Transportation Company in 1984. She is often involved in various charities to help out underserved youths and broken families in the Ulsan area. She has an older sister, Kim Hee-won, and a younger brother, Kim Hyung-soo (stage name Lee Wan); the latter is also an actor.{{cite web|title=Never Knew We Are Actually Siblings?|url=http://english.donga.com/List/3/all/26/232330/1|website=The Dong-A Ilbo|date=11 December 2013|access-date=4 February 2018|archive-date=4 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204182310/http://english.donga.com/List/3/all/26/232330/1|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Actress Kim Tae-hee Was Perfect Student|url=https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2009/09/178_51844.html|website=The Korea Times|date=15 September 2009|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-date=15 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115220142/http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2009/09/178_51844.html|url-status=live}} She attended Samshin Elementary School, Daehyun Middle School,{{cite web|title=Kim Tae-hee, perfect grades in all subjects... Naturally being treated as a 'princess' {{!}} 김태희, 중학내내 전과목 100점...공주대접도 당연|url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=106&oid=003&aid=0003771618|work=Newsis|first=Ji-eun Kim|author=김지은|date=30 March 2011|access-date=7 June 2017|archive-date=9 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209161202/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=003&aid=0003771618|url-status=live}} and then enrolled at Ulsan Girls' High School.{{cite web|title=Not know Kim Tae-hee in Ulsan means being a spy? Popularity-Grade of her school days go public! {{!}} 울산서 김태희 모르면 간첩? 학창시절 인기-성적표 공개!|url=http://www.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2009091530327|work=한국경제 {{!}} Korean Economy|language=ko|first=Myeong-shin Kim|author=김명신|date=15 September 2015|access-date=25 February 2014|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924050503/http://www.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=2009091530327|url-status=live}}
In 1999, Kim moved to Seoul to attend college at the prestigious Seoul National University, where she became the president of the SNU Women's Ski Club. In 2005, she graduated from SNU with a bachelor's degree in fashion design.{{cite web|title=Celebrities Who Went to SNU|url=http://en.snu.ac.kr/snunews?bm=v&bbsidx=110482|work=SNU Media|access-date=4 December 2012|archive-date=26 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126001200/http://en.snu.ac.kr/snunews?bm=v&bbsidx=110482|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Profile|url=http://www.sp-kimtaehee.net/en/profile/index.html|work=Kim Tae-hee official website|access-date=4 December 2012|archive-date=6 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406091018/http://www.sp-kimtaehee.net/en/profile/index.html|url-status=dead}}
Career
=2001–2002: Beginnings=
In 2000, an advertising executive saw Kim riding the subway, and offered her a modeling job. Kim appeared in television commercials and print ads, before making her acting debut with a small role in the 2001 melodrama Last Present.{{cite web|title=Kim Tae-Hee: South Korea's 'most beautiful woman' on shyness, beauty and guns|url=http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/life/kim-tae-hee-south-koreas-most-beautiful-woman-105927|work=CNNGo|last=Poole|first=Robert Michael|date=7 September 2010|access-date=12 March 2012|archive-date=14 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314014242/http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/life/kim-tae-hee-south-koreas-most-beautiful-woman-105927|url-status=dead}} In 2002, she starred in the short film Living in New Town and the sitcom Let's Go, followed by Screen and A Problem at My Younger Brother's House in 2003.
=2003–2006: Rising popularity and film debut=
Kim rose to stardom in 2003 via her portrayal of the evil stepsister in the popular SBS TV series Stairway to Heaven.{{cite news|script-title=ko:(인터뷰) '구미호외전' 주연 김태희|url=http://www.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200407/200407020240.html|work=The Chosun Ilbo|language=ko|date=2 July 2004|access-date=12 March 2012|archive-date=10 September 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910133558/http://www.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200407/200407020240.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Kim Tae-hee, during debut time, fresh fighting performance with Lee hyo-ri {{!}} 김태희 데뷔시절, 이효리와 주먹 대결연기 풋풋해...|url=http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=200711142154521001&search=title&searchstring=%B1%E8%C5%C2%C8%F1|work=Newsen|language=ko|last=홍|first=정원|date=15 November 2007|access-date=12 March 2012|archive-date=4 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304061301/http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=200711142154521001&search=title&searchstring=%B1%E8%C5%C2%C8%F1|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Japanese Marketers Bank on Gorgeous Korean 'Villain'|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2006/01/31/2006013161025.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|date=31 January 2006|access-date=4 February 2018|archive-date=4 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204124116/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2006/01/31/2006013161025.html|url-status=live}} Starting 2004, Kim was cast in leading roles in her succeeding projects, including the supernatural KBS series Forbidden Love and the SBS campus romance Love Story in Harvard.{{cite web|title=The Fusion Nine-Tailed Fox Cometh|url=http://english.donga.com/List/3/all/26/235861/1|website=The Dong-A Ilbo|date=1 July 2004|access-date=4 February 2018|archive-date=4 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204124137/http://english.donga.com/List/3/all/26/235861/1|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Image is all for celebrities in getting advertising work|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2584171|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|last1=Lee|first1=Min-a|date=21 June 2005|access-date=9 August 2014|archive-date=8 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108021150/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2584171|url-status=live}} The latter drew solid viewership ratings nationwide throughout its run with a peak viewer rating of 20 percent and won Kim the Most Popular Actress award in TV category at the Baeksang Arts Awards.{{cite web|script-title=ko:'말아톤' '파리의 연인' 백상예술대상 대상 (종합)|trans-title=Marathon, Lovers in Paris are Baeksang Arts Awards Grand Prize winners|url=http://star.mt.co.kr/stview_sports.htm?no=2005052015343377701&type=3|website=Star News|language=ko|last1=Kim|first1=Soo-j|date=20 May 2005|access-date=25 August 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063233/http://star.mt.co.kr/stview_sports.htm?no=2005052015343377701&type=3|url-status=live}} Love Story in Harvard was also reportedly well-received by Japanese viewers and contributed to Kim's popularity in the country.
Riding the big success of Stairway to Heaven and Love Story in Harvard, Kim became one of the most sought-after faces in the TV commercial industry.{{cite web|title=Kim Tae-hee Becomes Highest-Paid Cosmetics Model|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2006/08/21/2006082161018.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|date=21 August 2006|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-date=6 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906061720/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2006/08/21/2006082161018.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Kim Yu-na, Cha Tae-hyun Named Top Celebrities for Advertisers|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/10/14/2009101400309.html|newspaper=The Chosun Ilbo|date=14 October 2009|access-date=4 December 2012|archive-date=17 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091017032316/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/10/14/2009101400309.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=When Stars Bank on Advertising Only|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/09/05/2009090500234.html|newspaper=The Chosun Ilbo|date=5 September 2009|access-date=4 December 2012|archive-date=27 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427152945/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/09/05/2009090500234.html|url-status=live}} She was picked by Korea Broadcast Advertising Corporation as the top advertising model of the year in 2008, earning her title of "CF Queen".{{cite web|script-title=ko:김태희, 이영애 제치고 CF퀸으로 등극 {{!}} Kim Tae-hee becomes CF Queen pushing out Lee Young-ae|url=http://sports.khan.co.kr/news/sk_index.html?cat=view&art_id=200812231949123&sec_id=540101&pt=nv|website=Sports Kyunghyang|last=박|first=은경|date=23 December 2008|access-date=13 August 2016|archive-date=21 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221011210/http://sports.khan.co.kr/news/sk_index.html?cat=view&art_id=200812231949123&sec_id=540101&pt=nv|url-status=live}} However, Kim expressed her desire to be valued properly as an actor, preferring to succeed based on her acting skills rather than her image.
Kim then turned to film, starring in action fantasy epic The Restless (2006),{{cite web|title=Has Kim Tae-hee Found a Part That Suits Her at Last?|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2006/10/18/2006101861019.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|date=18 October 2006|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-date=22 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822175345/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2006/10/18/2006101861019.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|title=Joongchun|url=http://english.donga.com/List/3/all/26/250775/1|website=The Dong-A Ilbo|date=7 December 2006|access-date=4 February 2018|archive-date=4 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204124139/http://english.donga.com/List/3/all/26/250775/1|url-status=live}} and the romantic comedy Venus and Mars (2007).{{cite web|title=Kim Tae-hee, Sul Kyoung-gu Battle Onscreen|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2007/11/135_14056.html|website=The Korea Times|last1=Lee|first1=Hyo-won|date=20 November 2007|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-date=8 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108020736/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2007/11/135_14056.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Kim Tae-hee Puts Up Fight Against Critics|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/12/07/2007120761017.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|date=7 December 2007|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-date=15 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115034258/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/12/07/2007120761017.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Divorcee Kim Tae-hee in Movie Ssam|url=http://english.donga.com/List/3/all/26/256280/1|website=The Dong-A Ilbo|date=11 December 2007|access-date=4 February 2018|archive-date=4 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204124141/http://english.donga.com/List/3/all/26/256280/1|url-status=live}} However, both were unsuccessful at the box office.{{cite web|title=Christmas blues besiege three Korean actresses|url=http://www.hancinema.net/christmas-blues-besiege-three-korean-actresses-11863.html|last1=Yang|first1=Sung-jin|date=26 December 2007|access-date=18 June 2015|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404042103/https://www.hancinema.net/christmas-blues-besiege-three-korean-actresses-11863.html|url-status=live}}
=2009–2014: ''Iris'' and rising overseas popularity=
Back on the small screen in 2009, Kim played an NIS profiler in the spy action thriller Iris.{{cite web|title=Kim Tae-hee Wants Iris to Become Turnnig Point|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/11/135_55135.html|website=The Korea Times|date=9 November 2009|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-date=8 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108023430/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/11/135_55135.html|url-status=live}} It was one of the most expensive Korean dramas ever produced and was a critical and commercial success with an average viewership rating of 30%.{{cite web|title='G.I. Joe' star Lee Byung-hun wins big in KBS Drama Awards | the Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/node/236653/gi-joe-|website=Manila Bulletin|access-date=2 January 2010|archive-date=6 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806142904/http://www.mb.com.ph/node/236653/gi-joe-|url-status=dead}} Kim shed tears at the KBS Drama Awards when she won an Excellence Award in a Mid-length Drama; which was her first acting award, excluding newcomer and popularity awards.
Kim left her then-agency Namoo Actors{{cite web|title=Kim Tae-hee|url=http://www.namooactors.com/star/kimtaehee|website=Namoo Actors|language=ko|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-date=23 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523155023/http://www.namooactors.com/star/kimtaehee/|url-status=live}} in January 2010 to join Lua Entertainment, which was founded by her brother-in-law. That year, she also played a horse jockey who dreams of winning the championship in the sports film Grand Prix.{{cite web|title=Kim Tae-hee aims higher with new sports film|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2010/08/178_71681.html|website=The Korea Times|last1=Lee|first1=Hyo-won|date=19 August 2010|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-date=8 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108023326/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2010/08/178_71681.html|url-status=live}}
After the success of Iris, she again drew positive reviews in the romantic comedy series My Princess (2011); Kim played an ordinary college student who discovers that she is Korean royalty.{{cite web|title=Hallyu stars take first stab at rom-com|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20110103000780|website=The Korea Herald|last1=Oh|first1=Jean|date=3 January 2011|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-date=7 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507074154/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20110103000780|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Kim Tae-hee Wins Over Viewers with My Princess|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/02/03/2011020300149.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|date=3 February 2011|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-date=6 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506194230/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/02/03/2011020300149.html|url-status=live}} Later that year, she starred in her first Japanese television drama Boku to Star no 99 Nichi, where her character is a Korean Wave star who meets an ordinary Japanese bodyguard and he somehow makes her fall head over heels in love with him.{{cite web|title=Kim Tae-hee lands female lead role in Japanese drama|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011082511091271458|website=TenAsia|date=25 August 2011|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-date=23 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623132133/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011082511091271458|url-status=live}} The Fuji TV drama, which aired in Japan from October to December 2011, raked in 9 to 10 percent of viewers' ratings on average, launching Kim as a household name in Japan.{{cite web|title=Japanese drama with Kim Tae-hee to air in Korea|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2951173|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=10 April 2012|access-date=13 August 2016|archive-date=14 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814024719/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2951173|url-status=live}} Kim later encountered backlash from some Japanese netizens for allegedly promoting South Korea's claim in the Liancourt Rocks dispute during her 2005 trip to Switzerland as a goodwill ambassador.{{cite news|title=Preview of Kim Tae-hee's Japanese commercial axed|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20120222000999|newspaper=The Korea Herald|last1=Lee|first1=Claire|date=22 February 2012|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-date=1 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201193004/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20120222000999|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Kim Tae-hee's scheduled appearance in Tokyo exhibition canceled for her activities for Dokdo|url=http://english.khan.co.kr/khan_art_view.html?artid=201202222119172&code=790102|website=Kyunghyang Shinmun|last1=Seol|first1=Won-tai|date=22 February 2012|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-date=8 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108064042/http://english.khan.co.kr/khan_art_view.html?artid=201202222119172&code=790102|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Kim Tae-hee, Lee Wan Launch Dokdo Campaign in Switzerland|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/entertainment/news/1349439_11858.html|website=KBS Global|author=|date=4 August 2005|access-date=17 January 2020|archive-date=3 August 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050803233722/http://english.kbs.co.kr/entertainment/news/1349439_11858.html|url-status=live}}. Timestamp archived [http://kbsworld.kbs.co.kr/news/news_view.php?no=11085 here] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209161311/http://world.kbs.co.kr/service/index.htm?lang=e |date=9 February 2024 }}.
In 2013, Kim starred in her first historical drama Jang Ok-jung, Living by Love as the infamous royal concubine Hui-bin Jang.{{cite web|title=Kim Tae-hee to take on first period drama|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2960460|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|last=Sunwoo|first=Carla|date=9 October 2012|access-date=23 January 2013|archive-date=8 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108045017/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2960460|url-status=live}} This was followed by another period role, as the wife of famed Chinese calligrapher Wang Xizhi in the Chinese television drama Saint Wang Xizhi.{{cite web|title=Kim Tae-hee to star in Chinese drama|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/people/2014/05/178_157977.html|website=The Korea Times|last1=Lee|first1=Kyung-min|date=27 May 2014|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-date=9 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140609085934/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/people/2014/05/178_157977.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Kim Tae-hee to Appear in Chinese Drama|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/06/03/2014060300952.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|date=3 June 2014|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-date=6 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606182409/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/06/03/2014060300952.html|url-status=live}}
=2015–present: Career resurgence=
Kim returned to Korean television in 2015, playing an heiress who recovers from a coma with the help of a doctor-for-hire, the titular Yong-pal.{{cite web|title=Kim Tae-hee confirms drama|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3005320|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|last1=Jin|first1=Min-ji|date=13 June 2015|access-date=17 June 2015|archive-date=25 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725110413/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3005320|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Kim Tae-hee plays Sleeping Beauty in new medical drama|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201507301730145055042_2|website=Kpop Herald|last1=Ahn|first1=Sung-mi|date=30 July 2015|access-date=5 August 2015|archive-date=16 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016080636/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201507301730145055042_2|url-status=live}} The show garnered strong ratings and Kim won a Top Excellence Acting award from the Korea Drama Awards.{{cite web|title=Kim Soo-hyun, Kim Tae-hee to headline Korean drama fest|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2015/09/09/0701000000AEN20150909008800315.html|website=Yonhap News Agency|date=9 September 2015|access-date=10 November 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304215759/http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2015/09/09/0701000000AEN20150909008800315.html|url-status=live}}
In 2020, Kim returned to television in the family drama series Hi Bye, Mama!.{{cite web|title=Kim Tae-hee returns to small screen as ghost mom in 'Hi Bye, Mama!'|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200218000860&np=1&mp=1|website=The Korea Herald|date=18 February 2020|access-date=18 February 2020|archive-date=18 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318180103/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200218000860&np=1&mp=1|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Actress Kim Tae-hee returns with fantasy comedy drama after 5-year hiatus|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2020/02/688_283680.html|website=The Korea Times|date=18 February 2020|access-date=18 February 2020|archive-date=18 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218103251/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2020/02/688_283680.html|url-status=live}}
Other activities
= Philanthropy =
In May 2022, Kim donated 200 million won through Hope Bridge National Disaster Mitigation Association to help neighbors affected by the Uljin forest fire 2022, which devastated the area and then spread to Samcheok, Gangwon Province, South Korea.{{cite web |author=Jeong Hee-yeon |date=3 May 2022 |script-title=ko:김태희 2억 기부, 뒤늦게 알려진 이유 |trans-title=Kim Tae-hee's 200 million donation, the reason behind the belatedly known |url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=382&aid=0000977573 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503071012/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=382&aid=0000977573 |archive-date=3 May 2022 |access-date=3 May 2022 |publisher=Sports Donga |language=ko |via=Naver}}
On 22 July 2022, Kim donated 1.1 million KF94 masks and face masks to NGO G-Foundation.{{cite web |author=Chae Tae-byong |date=22 July 2022 |script-title=ko:마음씨까지 톱스타"...김태희, 9억여원 상당 마스크 기부 |trans-title=Top star even at heart"... Kim Tae-hee donates 900 million won worth of masks |url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=008&aid=0004774214 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722135458/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=008&aid=0004774214 |archive-date=22 July 2022 |access-date=22 July 2022 |publisher=Money Today |language=ko |via=Naver}}
Personal life
=Marriage and family=
In September 2012, Kim started dating South Korean singer-actor Rain. They married on 19 January 2017.{{cite news|title=Kim Tae-hee Admits to Dating Rain|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/01/02/2013010200670.html|newspaper=The Chosun Ilbo|date=2 January 2013|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-date=4 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104174639/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/01/02/2013010200670.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Top actress Kim Tae-hee admits romantic relationship with Rain|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2013/01/01/85/0200000000AEN20130101004500315F.HTML|newspaper=Yonhap News Agency|date=1 January 2013|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-date=9 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109015005/http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2013/01/01/85/0200000000AEN20130101004500315F.HTML|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Rain♥Kim Taehee, marriage scene go public.. 'We became married couple' {{!}} 비♥김태희, 결혼식 장면 공개..'부부가 됐습니다'|url=http://m.entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0002585299|website=Naver|language=ko|last=문|first=완식|access-date=19 January 2017|archive-date=21 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121171419/http://m.entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0002585299|url-status=live}}
On 23 May 2017, Kim's agency, Lua Entertainment, announced that Kim was pregnant with their first child.{{Cite news|title=Kim Tae-hee, Rain expect first baby|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170523000797|work=The Korea Herald|author=Jie Ye-eun|date=23 May 2017|access-date=27 May 2017|archive-date=20 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920110025/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170523000797|url-status=live}} She gave birth to a daughter on 25 October 2017.{{Cite news|title=Rain and Kim Tae-hee welcome a baby girl|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3039902&cloc=etc|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|author=Hong You-kyoung|date=26 October 2017|access-date=26 October 2017|archive-date=30 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130014959/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3039902&cloc=etc|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|title=Star couple Rain, Kim Tae-hee welcomes first child|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2017/10/25/32/0200000000AEN20171025006400315F.html|work=Yonhap News Agency|date=25 October 2017|access-date=26 October 2017|archive-date=30 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030174143/http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2017/10/25/32/0200000000AEN20171025006400315F.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|title=Rain, Kim Tae-hee welcome first daughter|url=http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201710251522242851498_2|work=The Korea Herald|author=Kim So-yeon|date=25 October 2017|access-date=26 October 2017|archive-date=25 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025104118/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201710251522242851498_2|url-status=live}} In February 2019, Kim announced she was pregnant again.{{Cite news|title=[Official] Kim Taehee♥Rain "Second child pregnant, predicting September as birth month and giving themselves on prenatal education {{!}} [공식]김태희♥비 "둘째 임신, 9월 출산 예정으로 태교 전념 중"|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=076&aid=0003383915|website=Naver|publisher=Sports Chosun|language=ko|last=이|first=지현|date=26 February 2019|access-date=31 July 2019|archive-date=8 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408052419/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=076&aid=0003383915|url-status=live}} On 19 September 2019, she gave birth to the couple's second daughter.{{cite web|script-title=ko:비♥김태희 측 "오늘 오전 둘째 딸 출산, 산모·아기 모두 건강"(전문)[공식] {{!}} Rain♥Kim Tae hee side "Gave birth to the second daughter on today's noon, both mother and baby is healthy"(full text)[official]|url=http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2019/09/19/2019091901032.html|last=김 |first=은애|date=September 19, 2019|website=The Chosun Ilbo|publisher=Chosun Ilbo Company|language=ko|access-date=September 22, 2019}}
=Religion=
Kim is a practicing Catholic.{{cite news|title=K-pop royalty Rain to marry his queen, actress Kim Tae-hee, in modest Catholic wedding|url=https://yp.scmp.com/entertainment/music/article/105370/k-pop-royalty-rain-marry-his-queen-actress-kim-tae-hee-modest|access-date=17 October 2018|archive-date=17 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017123538/https://yp.scmp.com/entertainment/music/article/105370/k-pop-royalty-rain-marry-his-queen-actress-kim-tae-hee-modest|url-status=live}} She was one of 30 Catholic celebrities who appeared in the 2014 music video for the digital single "Koinonia" to commemorate Pope Francis's visit to South Korea, the first time in 19 years that an incumbent pope visited South Korea.{{cite news|script-title=ko:뮤직비디오 '코이노니아' 공개|url=http://www.catholictimes.org/article/article_view.php?aid=261989|work=Catholic Times|language=ko|date=13 July 2014|access-date=23 March 2021|archive-date=29 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329044831/https://www.catholictimes.org/article/article_view.php?aid=261989|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Catholics produce Koinonia music video to welcome papal visit|url=http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=120571|publisher=Korea.net|date=11 July 2014|access-date=23 March 2021|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214621/http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=120571|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Opinion: Why is Pope Francis going to South Korea?|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/12/opinion/why-pope-south-korea/index.html|publisher=CNN|last=Rausch|first=Franklin|date=13 August 2014|access-date=23 March 2021|archive-date=4 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304005918/https://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/12/opinion/why-pope-south-korea/index.html|url-status=live}} Her baptismal name is Verda.{{Cite web|title=K-pop star Rain, Kim Tae-hee sing 'Happy Me' at post wedding party [VIDEO]|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2022/02/732_223272.html|date=5 February 2017|access-date=9 March 2022|archive-date=9 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309215032/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2022/02/732_223272.html|url-status=live}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| scope="row" | 2001
| Teenage Park Jung-yeon | |
| scope="row" | 2002
| Living in New Town | Ji-soo |
| scope="row" | 2006
| So-hwa/Yon-hwa | |
| scope="row" | 2007
| Yoon Jin-ah | |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2010
| Seo Ju-hee | |
| Iris: The Movie
| Choi Seung-hee | |
=Television series=
=Music video appearances=
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:100%"
|+ 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="2" | Andre Kim Best Star Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 2004 | rowspan="2" | Female Star Award | {{won}} | style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|title=Fashion Designer Andre Kim Gives Out Best Star Awards|url=https://www.hancinema.net/fashion-designer-andre-kim-gives-out-best-star-awards-1741.html|website=HanCinema|publisher=The Korea Times|date=16 November 2004|access-date=21 February 2018|archive-date=4 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204053509/https://www.hancinema.net/fashion-designer-andre-kim-gives-out-best-star-awards-1741.html|url-status=live}} |
|---|
| style="text-align:center" | 2007
| Kim Tae-hee | {{won}} | style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|title=Top Stars Win Andre Kim Awards|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/05/199_2139.html|work=The Korea Times|date=1 May 2007|access-date=27 January 2018|archive-date=6 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806201242/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/05/199_2139.html|url-status=live}} |
| scope="row" | APAN Star Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 2015 | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Yong-pal | {{nom}} | |
| scope="row" rowspan="3" | Baeksang Arts Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 2005 | Most Popular Actress – Television | {{won}} |
| style="text-align:center" | 2007
| {{won}} | |
| style="text-align:center" | 2010
| Iris | {{nom}} | |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | Blue Dragon Film Awards
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | 2007 | rowspan="2" | The Restless | {{won}} |
| Best New Actress
| {{nom}} | |
| scope="row" | Chunsa Film Art Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 2007 | Best New Actress | {{nom}} | |
| scope="row" | Cosmo Beauty Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 2013 | Asia Dream Star | Kim Tae-hee | {{won}} | |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | Grand Bell Awards
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | 2007 | Overseas Popularity Award | rowspan="2" | The Restless | {{won}} |
| Best New Actress
| {{nom}} | |
| scope="row" rowspan="4" | KBS Drama Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 2004 | Best New Actress | {{won}} | style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|title=Winners at the 2004 KBS Drama Awards|url=http://asiaenglish.visitkorea.or.kr/ena/HA/content/cms_view_320454.jsp|work=Korea Tourism Organization|access-date=16 June 2012|archive-date=21 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721044005/http://asiaenglish.visitkorea.or.kr/ena/HA/content/cms_view_320454.jsp|url-status=dead}} |
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="3" | 2009
| Best Couple Award | Kim Tae-hee {{small|(with Lee Byung-hun)}} | {{won}} | style="text-align:center" rowspan="3" | {{cite web|title=2009 Drama Awards Wrap Up With No Surprises|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2010/01/201_58347.html|work=The Korea Times|last=Han|first=Sang-hee|date=3 January 2010|access-date=4 December 2012|archive-date=12 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412081450/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2010/01/201_58347.html|url-status=live}} |
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama
| rowspan="2" | Iris | {{won}} |
| Top Excellence Award, Actress
| {{nom}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | Korea Drama Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 2010 | Best Actress | Iris | {{nom}} | |
| style="text-align:center" | 2015
| Top Excellence Award, Actress | Yong-pal | {{won}} |
| scope="row" | Korean Film Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 2007 | Best New Actress | {{nom}} | |
| scope="row" rowspan="3" | MBC Drama Awards
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="3" | 2011 | Best Couple Award | Kim Tae-hee {{small|(with Song Seung-heon)}} | {{nom}} | |
| Popularity Award, Actress
| rowspan="2" | My Princess | {{nom}} | |
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries
| {{nom}} | |
| scope="row" | Pyeongtaek Film Festival
| style="text-align:center" | 2007 | New Currents Movie Star - Best New Actress | {{won}} | |
| scope="row" rowspan="9" | SBS Drama Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 2003 | New Star Award | {{won}} | style="text-align:center" | {{cite news|script-title=ko:이병헌, SBS '연기대상 수상'|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=003&aid=0000017311|work=Newsis|language=ko|last1=Min|first1=Sung-jin|date=1 January 2004|access-date=22 October 2021|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022225228/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=003&aid=0000017311|url-status=live}} |
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="4" | 2004
| Netizen Popularity Award | rowspan="4" | Love Story in Harvard | {{won}} | |
| Top 10 Stars
| {{won}} | |
| Excellence Award, Actress in Drama Special
| {{nom}} | |
| Top Excellence Award, Actress
| {{nom}} | |
| style="text-align:center" | 2013
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special | Jang Ok-jung, Living by Love | {{nom}} | |
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="3" | 2015
| Best Couple Award | Kim Tae-hee {{small|(with Joo Won)}} | {{won}} | style="text-align:center" rowspan="3" | {{cite web|title=SBS Drama Awards 2015 Winners|url=http://www.hancinema.net/sbs-drama-awards-2015-winners-89990.html|work=HanCinema|date=31 December 2015|access-date=5 March 2017|archive-date=17 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217164953/https://www.hancinema.net/sbs-drama-awards-2015-winners-89990.html|url-status=live}} |
| Top 10 Stars
| rowspan="2" | Yong-pal | {{won}} |
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries
| {{won}} |
| scope="row" | Seoul International Drama Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 2011 | Outstanding Korean Actress | {{nom}} | |
=Honors=
=Listicles=
Notes
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