Im Ye-jin explained

Im Ye-jin
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Birth Name:Im Ki-hee
Birth Date:24 January 1960
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1974–present
Alma Mater:Dongguk University (Theater and Film)
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Hangul:임예진
Rr:Im Ye-jin
Mr:Im Yejin
Hangulborn:임기희
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Rrborn:Im Gi-hui
Mrborn:Im Kihŭi

Im Ki-hee (; born January 24, 1960), known professionally as Im Ye-jin, is a South Korean actress. Affectionately called the original "Nation's Little Sister", Im debuted as a teenage actress taking on roles of the "pretty teenage student" in several movies and TV series – helping her win the title of everyone's favorite "dongseng " in her time.[1] She reached the peak of her popularity in the 1970s with the "Really Really" film trilogy, which includes Never Forget Me (1976), I Am Really Sorry (1976) and I Really Really Like You. She is currently active in television.

Career

Im Ki-hee began modeling in popular teen magazines when she was in junior high school. Using the stage name Im Ye-jin, she made her acting debut in Kim Ki-young's Transgression in 1974.

In 1975, Im played a high schooler in love with her teacher in Graduating School Girls, for which she won Best New Actress at the Grand Bell Awards. But it was a year later when she would be catapulted to stardom. Im headlined Never Forget Me (also known as Really Really Don't Forget, 1976) and its sequels I Am Really Sorry (also known as I'm Really Really Sorry, 1976) and Crazy For You (also known as I Really Really Like You, 1977) -- movies about teenage friendship, romance, and aspirations that became massive box office hits, screening to sold-out theaters. In an era when Korean cinema was in a dark period resulting from severe censorship by an authoritarian government, this led to the emergence of the teenage demographic as a major consumer of pop culture. Im had an innocent, girlish image, whose acting was charming and sweet without being saccharine, and she became hugely popular among middle school and high school students; girls wanted to be like her, and boys had her picture in their pockets.[2] The "Really Really" series established Im as the most popular young actress of that period, and for the next several years, youth melodramas starring her dominated the theaters in quick succession, often with Lee Deok-hwa as her leading man: Prayer of a Girl (1976), Ever So Much Good! (1976), I Really Have a Dream (1976), I've Never Felt Like This Before (1976), and Nobody Knows (1977).

Im entered college in 1979, studying Theater and Film at Dongguk University. By this time, she wanted to transition out of teen movies, and into more adult roles. She starred opposite Shin Seong-il in Love Song in a Peanut Shell, but it was poorly received, with audiences not prepared to see her break out of her "pure" image. Despite a supporting role in A Fine, Windy Day, Im's film career was in a slump, so she shifted her focus to television and radio in the 1980s.

After a few years of forgettable television dramas, Im's career was revitalized by Kim Soo-hyun, one of the most famous TV writers in Korea. Among Kim's dramas that Im starred in were 사랑합시다 (1981), Yesterday and Tomorrow (1982), Love and Truth (1984), Love and Ambition (1987), Farewell (1994), and Childless Comfort (2012). In Farewell, she shocked audiences by playing a Fatal Attraction-esque villain for the first time. Im also played the character Dal-soo in a series of one-act dramas for MBC Best Theater from 1995 to 2005.

As Im grew older, she remained active on television and the occasional film, in supporting roles as ajummas, aunts or mothers. As if coming full circle, she played one of the adult characters in a 2010 musical theatre adaptation of her early hit I Really Really Like You.[3] [4]

From 2008 to 2010, Im was a popular panelist on the variety show Quiz to Change the World, for which she was recognized at the MBC Entertainment Awards.

In 2014, Im signed with the talent agency YG Entertainment.[5] In December 2019, it was confirmed that her contract with YG Entertainment has expired and decided not to renew.[6]

Personal life

In 1989, Im married Choi Chang-wook, a TV director and producer at MBC.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Variety show

Music video

Theater

Radio program

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Here Are 10 Korean Celebrities Who Have Been The "Nation's Little Sister". koreaboo. June 2019 . June 1, 2019.
  2. Web site: Adult diapers are closer than you think. Korea JoongAng Daily. Noh. Jae-hyun. January 12, 2013. July 6, 2013.
  3. Web site: 2008.6.5 Event Calendar. Korea JoongAng Daily. June 5, 2008. July 6, 2013.
  4. Web site: High notes and discord in the musical world. Korea JoongAng Daily. Choi. Min-woo. December 20, 2008. July 6, 2013.
  5. Web site: Actors Cha Seung Won, Jang Hyun Sung, & actress Lim Ye Jin along with management staff sign with YG Entertainment. Allkpop. January 19, 2014.
  6. Web site: [단독] 임예진, YG엔터테인먼트와 재계약 않기로]. iMBC 연예. ko. December 17, 2019. January 3, 2021.
  7. Web site: A Good Windy Day (1980). Seen in Jeonju. Giammarco. Tom. October 10, 2009. July 6, 2013.
  8. Web site: Angry Young Men (1976). Seen in Jeonju. Giammarco. Tom. September 19, 2012. July 6, 2013.
  9. Web site: Ever So Good (1976). Seen in Jeonju. Giammarco. Tom. December 13, 2012. July 6, 2013.
  10. Web site: [공식] 임수향, 돈 버는 기계서 추락한 톱배우...지현우와 로맨스('미녀와 순정남')]. [Official] Lim Soo-hyang, a top actor who fell from a money-making machine... Romance with Ji Hyun-woo ('Beauty and the Pure Man'). Ten Asia. Naver. ko. Kang Min-kyung. February 1, 2024. February 1, 2024. February 1, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240201113559/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/312/0000647375. live.
  11. News: 신사와 아가씨' 김영옥 차화연→이종원 이일화, 베테랑 배우 총출동. Newsen. Naver. ko. Kim Myung-mi. May 18, 2021. May 18, 2021.
  12. Web site: "Only on My Side" Park Sang-won, Cha Hwa-yeon, Im Ye-jin, and Jin Kyung Join the Team. HanCinema. August 12, 2018.
  13. News: ko:'복면가왕' 줄리엣의 정체는 임예진...가사 실수에 깜놀 "4개월 연습했는데 죄송하다". http://www.etoday.co.kr/news/section/newsview.php?idxno=1457387. E-Today. ko. Han Eun-soo. February 19, 2017. February 19, 2017.
  14. Web site: T-ara holds Japan debut showcase. 10Asia. Kim. Hee-ju. July 7, 2011. July 6, 2013.
  15. Web site: Yoo Jae-seok wins grand prize at MBC Entertainment Awards. 10Asia. Ko. Kyoung-seok. December 30, 2009. July 6, 2013.

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