| Cha Hwa-yeon | |||||||||||||||||
| Birth Name: | Cha Hak-kyung | ||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 25 January 1960 | ||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | South Korea | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Actress | ||||||||||||||||
| Years Active: | 1978–present | ||||||||||||||||
| Children: | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Agent: | Imagine Asia | ||||||||||||||||
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Cha Hwa-yeon (born Cha Hak-kyung; January 25, 1960) is a South Korean actress.
Cha made her acting debut in 1978, and became best known as the heroine Kim Mi-ja in the 1987 television drama Love and Ambition, a character who became an icon for modern Korean women in that era.[1] She retired a year after getting married in 1988.[2] Cha returned to acting twenty years later in 2008 with Aeja's Older Sister, Minja.[3]
In March 2018, Cha signed with new management agency Imagine Asia.[4]
| Year | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Woman's Face | ||
| 1979 | In The Sunset Sky | ||
| 500 Years of Joseon Dynasty | |||
| 1980 | Pilnyeo | ||
| Ahrong-yi Darong-yi | |||
| Daldongne (Moon Village) | |||
| 1981 | Pursuit | ||
| Detective | |||
| TV Literature: "The Road to Sampo" | |||
| Now Is the Time to Love | |||
| 1982 | TV Literature" "Ma" | ||
| Wind Flower | |||
| Diary of a Mom | |||
| Long Live Ttok-soon | |||
| 1983 | Thaw | ||
| Geum-nam's House | |||
| 1984 | Impatience | ||
| 1985 | Lights and Shadows | ||
| Sun Rising Over the Hill | |||
| 1986 | Her Portrait | Hee-jae | |
| 1987 | Love and Ambition | Kim Mi-ja | |
| 2008 | Aeja's Older Sister, Minja | Joo Min-ja | |
| 2009 | The City Hall | Jo Yong-hee | |
| Temptation of an Angel | Jo Kyung-hee | ||
| 2010 | Jejungwon | Im Jo-si, Hwang Jung's mother | |
| I Am Legend | Mrs. Hong | ||
| Sunday Drama Theater: "Lunch Box" | Park Sook-ja | ||
| 2011 | My Princess | Fashion designer (cameo) | |
| The Thorn Birds[5] | Yoon Myung-ja/Lee Ae-rin | ||
| Protect the Boss[6] | Shin Sook-hee | ||
| A Thousand Kisses | Yoo Ji-sun | ||
| Pianissimo | |||
| You're Here, You're Really Really Here | Jeon Mi-ok | ||
| 2012 | Man from the Equator | Ma Hee-jung | |
| The Wedding Scheme | So Doo-ryun | ||
| A Gentleman's Dignity | Seo Yi-soo's mother (cameo, episodes 16 and 19) | ||
| Five Fingers | Na Gye-hwa | ||
| Missing You | Kang Hyun-joo | ||
| 2013 | A Hundred Year Legacy | Baek Seol-joo | |
| King of Ambition[7] | Baek Ji-mi | ||
| Flower of Revenge | Min Hwa-young | ||
| A Little Love Never Hurts | Hong Soon-ae | ||
| The King's Daughter, Soo Baek-hyang | Do-rim | ||
| 2014 | Big Man | Choi Yoon-jung | |
| Make Your Wish | Shin Hye-ran | ||
| It's Okay, That's Love[8] | Ok-ja | ||
| My Secret Hotel | (cameo) | ||
| Family Secret | Jin Joo-ran | ||
| 2015 | My Mom | Yoon Jung-ae | |
| 2017 | Oh Hye-jung, Eun-Jae's mother (Ep. 1-2) | ||
| 2018 | Secret Mother[9] | Park Sun-ja | |
| My Only One[10] | Oh Eun-young | ||
| Encounter[11] | Kim Hwa-jin | ||
| 2019 | The Golden Garden | Jin Nam-hee | |
| 2020 | Once Again | Jang Ok-boon | |
| Run On | Yook Ji-woo | ||
| 2021 | Young Lady and Gentleman | Wang Dae-ran[12] | |
| Now, We Are Breaking Up | Min Hye-ok | ||
| 2023 | Divorce Attorney Shin | Ma Geum-hee[13] | |
| The Real Has Come! | Lee In-ok[14] | ||
| 2024 | Beauty and Mr. Romantic | Baek Mi-ja[15] |
| width=10 | Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Thoughts on Capitalism | ||
| 1982 | Choi In-ho's Evening Color | ||
| 1983 | The Sparrow and the Scarecrow | Ok-boon | |
| 1985 | Cicada Singing in the City | ||
| 1987 | A Long Journey, A Long Tunnel | (cameo) | |
| 2009 | White Night[16] | Seo Hae-yeong | |
| 2011 | Sunday Punch | Soon-young | |
| 2012 | Never Ending Story | Oh Song-kyung's mother (cameo) |
| width=10 | Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Show Show Show | Host | |
| width=10 | Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-2011 | Really Really Like You | Shin Jang-mi | |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Miss Lotte Pageant | Winner | ||
| 1987 | Most Popular Actress (TV) | Love and Ambition | ||
| Top Excellence Award, Actress | ||||
| 2009 | SBS Drama Awards[17] | Best Supporting Actress in a Special Planning Drama | Temptation of an Angel | |
| 2011 | MBC Drama Awards[18] | Golden Acting Award, Actress in a Serial Drama | A Thousand Kisses | |
| Special Acting Award, Actress in a Drama Special | Protect the Boss | |||
| 2012 | Best Supporting Actress | Man from the Equator | ||
| Special Acting Award, Actress in a Weekend/Daily Drama | Five Fingers | |||
| 2013 | MBC Drama Awards[19] | Golden Acting Award, Actress | A Little Love Never Hurts | |
| 2014 | Special Award, Actress in a Miniseries | It's Okay, That's Love | ||
| 2015 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama | My Mom | ||
| 2018 | KBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress[20] | My Only One | |
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama | ||||
| 2021 | KBS Drama Awards[21] | Young Lady and Gentleman | ||