Biography
Who is Nam Ji-hyun?
Early life and background
Nam Ji-hyun was born on September 17, 1995, in Incheon, South Korea. When she was six years old, she moved with her family to the Bupyeong District. Her formal education included time at Baekun Elementary School and Sangjeong Middle School, followed by Incheon Choeun High School.
After finishing high school, she pursued higher education at Sogang University. She enrolled as a psychology major in 2014 through the regular admissions process. Despite the demands of her acting career, she successfully completed her degree in February 2020.
Career beginnings
In February 2004, the performer started her professional path by appearing in the MBC series Say You Love Me. Prior to that television role, she gained experience as a child model for a magazine and appeared on the entertainment program Radio Report. By 2005, she moved into film acting by playing the younger version of a character in Shadowless Sword.
She secured a lead role in the 2006 film My Captain, Mr. Underground, where she played a student named Ji-min. That same year, her performance in the SBS drama My Love resulted in her receiving the Best Young Actress Award at the SBS Drama Awards. She also appeared in the SBS Christmas special My Love Clementine during that busy year.
Rising popularity
Following several early roles, she portrayed young Queen Seondeok in the 2009 historical drama Queen Seondeok, earning a Best Young Actress award at the MBC Drama Awards. She continued to build her portfolio with projects like the 2011 film A Reason to Live and the 2012 miniseries Girl Detective, Park Hae-sol. Her work in the latter earned her another Best Young Actress trophy at the KBS Drama Awards.
The year 2013 marked a shift toward more mature roles with the film Hwayi: A Monster Boy. She received a nomination for Best New Actress at the Blue Dragon Film Awards for this performance. In 2014, her role as Kang Seo-wool in What Happens to My Family? Earned her a Best New Actress award at the KBS Drama Awards, alongside a Best Couple prize with her co-star Park Hyung-sik.
Leading roles and recent work
In 2016, she starred in the romantic comedy Shopping King Louie, which served as her first lead role in a miniseries since transitioning to adult acting. She played Ko Bok-shil, a resourceful woman from the countryside. She later starred in the 2017 legal drama Suspicious Partner as Eun Bong-hee, a prosecutor trainee who becomes a murder suspect.
Her work in the 2018 historical romance 100 Days My Prince, where she played Yoon Yi-seo, contributed to the series becoming one of the highest-rated shows in Korean cable television history. She also starred as a webtoon writer in the 2020 mystery thriller 365: Repeat the Year, winning the Best Actress award at the MBC Drama Awards for that performance. More recently, she appeared in the 2021 series The Witch's Diner.
Birthday and age
Nam Ji-hyun was born on September 17, 1995, which makes Nam 31 years old today. That birthday falls under the Virgo sign. Nam shares the date with 24 other famous people.
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