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Wang Ji-hyun, known professionally as Jun Ji-hyun (전지현) and Gianna Jun, is a South Korean actress and model. She rose to fame with her role in the romantic comedy film My Sassy Girl (2001), which was popular in several Asian countries. She has also starred in Il Mare (2000), Windstruck (2004), The Thieves (2012), The Berlin File (2013), and Assassination (2015). Jun also found success in televisio…

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entertainment · South Korean actress (born 1981) · actor · film actor · model · fashion model · also Jun Ji-hyun, Gianna Jun, Wang Ji-hyun, Jeon Ji-hyun, Ji-hyun

Born 30 October 1981 · Q253626

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Jan 2025Update
Jun began filming Yeon Sang-ho's action horror film Colony, her first film role since Assassination (2015)
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Jun became first Korean ambassador of Alexander McQueen
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2025· 1 entry

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Jun began filming Yeon Sang-ho's action horror film Colony, her first film role since Assassination (2015)

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2020· 2 entries

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Jun became first Korean ambassador of Alexander McQueen

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2020Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

And to help victims of the wildfire that had started in Uljin, Gyeongbuk in 2022

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2016· 1 entry

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Jun earned ₩14 billion for the 14 commercials she has filmed, regaining her position at the top of advertisement rankings

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2015· 2 entries

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Jun has been selected by Italian luxury fashion house Gucci as the new face for the brand's Asia exclusive Spring/Summer 2015 Accessories Campaign

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2015Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Reunited with director Choi Dong-hoon for Assassination, an espionage action film set during the 1930s colonial era in which she played a sniper who assembles a squad of independence fighters to kill a Japanese army

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2014· 2 entries

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Earned an estimated ₩20 billion from advertising and endorsement fees

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Jun donated ₩100 million to the Korean Red Cross Society for the victims of the Sewol ferry disaster

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2011· 2 entries

2011Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Set up her own management agency, J&Co

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2011Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

SidusHQ CEO Jung Hoon-tak was accused of illegally using Jun's bank account to pocket profits from a merger and acquisition

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2010· 1 entry

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Acted opposite Chinese actress Li Bingbing in the English-language film Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, based on Lisa See's bestselling novel of the same name, which was directed by Wayne Wang (The Joy Luck Club)

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2009· 2 entries

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Police discovered that Jun's cell phone had been illegally cloned

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2009Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

With an account under Jun's name and announcing through a public filing several months later that he would buy Stom E&F

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2008· 1 entry

2008Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Named Gianna by True Religion, her first celebrity line

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2007· 1 entry

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That the publisher must pay from ₩5 million to ₩15 million to each star for infringing on their publicity rights

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2006· 1 entry

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For commercially using their pictures without permission

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2004· 2 entries

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Appearing as a policewoman in romantic comedy Windstruck

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2004Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

With a bachelor's degree in Theater and Film

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2003· 1 entry

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Jun starred in the psychological thriller film The Uninvited, which was rather well received by critics but failed to catch on with viewers

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1999· 2 entries

1999Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Jun made her highly anticipated return to television in fantasy romance My Love from the Star, opposite her The Thieves co-star Kim Soo-hyun

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1999Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

It was not until later in the year when she was featured in a commercial for Samsung My Jet Printer that she became a popular sensation

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1998· 1 entry

1998Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Debuted as an actress and adopted the stage name Jun Ji-hyun, at the suggestion of a producer

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1997· 1 entry

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At the age of 16, she followed her high school female senior and began her career as a model for Ecole Magazine

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1981· 1 entry

Oct 30, 1981Documented record86% confidence

Born 1981-10-30.

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