Han Chae Young: Finding Chun Hyang in “Endless Love”

September 21, 2005

Update: Han Chae Young, Kwon Sang Woo, Kim Hee Sun and Andre Kim named PR spokesperson for South Korea’s National Tax Office (June 17, 2005, KBS Global).

You might not believe it, you might be unaware of it, or you might have forgotten it. But the sassy nerdy girl in Chun Hyang is also the bitchy Shirley/Shin-Ae in Endless Love 1: Autumn in My Heart.

That girl is Han Chae Young (alternate spelling: Han Chae Yeong), one of the popular actress/model and the Barbie Girl of Korea. She’s very much into modeling, appearing in various TV commercials and magazines. She’s also known for her sexy body.

She’s 5′ 7″ (172 cm) tall and weighs 103 lbs (47 kg). She likes designing clothes and collecting Barbie dolls.

She was born on September 13, 1980. She grew up in America and lived with her family there. She even had an American name, “Rachel”. She also finished high school there. After that, she went back to her country alone and attended Dongguk University. She used to visit her family frequently, but nowadays she visits them only rarely because she finds long flights too tiresome.

In 2000, she debuted through the Korean horror film The Record/One Shot And You Die (2000). Then she was also cast into Endless Love 1: Autumn in My Heart (2000) together with Song Hye Kyo (Jenny/Eun-Suh), Song Seung Hun (Johnny/Joon-Suh), Won Bin (Andrew/Tae-Suk) and Han Na Na (Yumi). She got an award, KBS Most Popular Newcomer. After that, she made some more movies and many other TV Series, the most successful one so far being Sassy Girl Chun Hyang (2005), a.k.a. “Delightful Girl Choon Hyang”. She was also involved in the joint Korean KBS - Chinese CCTV drama, Beijing My Love (2004).

Here’s her filmography:

TV Series
2005 Only You
2005 Sassy Girl Chun Hyang
2004 Bejing My Love
2002 Affection
2001 Father & Son
2000 Endless Love 1: Autumn in My Heart

Movies
2003 Wild Card
2002 Bet on My Disco
2000 The Record/One Shot And You Die

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