Sung Hyun-ah explained

Sung Hyun-ah
Othername:A.One
Birth Date:23 July 1975
Birth Place:South Korea
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1994–present
Spouse:Heo Eun-gyo (2007-2010; divorced)
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Child:yes
Headercolor:transparent
Hangul:성현아
Hanja:成賢娥
Rr:Seong Hyeon-a
Mr:Sŏng Hyŏn-a

Sung Hyun-ah (born July 23, 1975) is a South Korean actress and beauty pageant titleholder who placed 2nd runner-up at Miss Korea 1994.

Biography

Sung Hyun-ah placed second runner-up (or third place) at the Miss Korea pageant in 1994.[1] She was the country's representative at the 1994 Miss International pageant, where she was a semi-finalist and won Miss Photogenic.

Sung made her acting debut in Salut D'Amour, and continued to appear in TV dramas such as See and See Again (also known as Can't Take My Eyes Off You), Should My Tears Show, Hur Jun, One Day Suddenly, Bad Woman, Good Woman,[2] Yi San, and Flames of Desire. She also released an EP in 2004 titled Turn It Up under the name A.One.[3]

But Sung became best known for her strong, sexy roles in films such as Hong Sang-soo's Woman is the Future of Man,[4] Kim Tae-eun's The Intimate, and Kim Ki-duk's Time.[5] She also appeared in The Scarlet Letter and The Customer Is Always Right. In 2007 Sung won the Best Actress award from the Malaga International Fantastic Film Festival in Spain, for her role in the horror film Cello.[6]

No stranger to controversy, Sung was caught for using the drug ecstasy in 2002,[7] and previously published a book containing nude photographs of herself.[8] In 2006, a dispute broke out between Sung and the producers of the movie The Intimate when she protested against their marketing strategy to emphasize only the nude scenes. Sung said, "I filmed the nude scenes to make a good movie. I can't bear to see that such scenes are being used as tools for promotion. I am not an actress who undresses and tumbles about for no reason." She declared that from then on, she would avoid nude scenes altogether.[9]

She married businessman Heo Eun-gyo on December 9, 2007 at the Paradise Hotel in Busan.[10] [11] [12] After she and Heo divorced in 2010, Sung remarried three months later and gave birth to a son in 2012.

In December 2013, Sung was indicted on charges of prostitution, for allegedly receiving from a businessman surnamed Chae with whom she met up three times for sexual intercourse in 2010. She countersued to prove her innocence.[13] [14] In August 2014, the court dismissed Sung's request for a full trial and ruled that she was guilty of prostitution; she was sentenced to a fine of .[15] But, on February 18, 2016, the Supreme Court ruled that she was innocent of prostitution charges, overturning the lower court's decision.[16]

Filmography

Film

Television drama

"Through the Waves" (KBS, 2018)

Variety show

Awards

Notes and References

  1. News: 김. 상민. 성현아 데뷔 시절, 1994년 미스코리아 사진 '미모는 그대로'. Seoul Daily. 2018-01-17. 2018-06-14. ko. 2023-04-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20230406115156/https://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/1RUGON75AO. live.
  2. Web site: Lee. Min-a. For actress, fiction imitates real life. https://archive.today/20130629144203/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2862851. usurped. June 29, 2013. Korea JoongAng Daily. 2018-04-09. 25 December 2006.
  3. Web site: A.One: Turn It Up. ManiaDB. Korean. 2013-05-25. dead. https://archive.today/20130629182540/http://www.maniadb.com/album.asp?a=115681. 2013-06-29.
  4. Web site: Lee. Seung-jae. Woman is the Future of Man?. The Dong-a Ilbo. 2018-04-09. 27 April 2004.
  5. Web site: D'Sa. Nigel. KIM Ki-duk's Time to Open Karlovy Vary Fest. Korean Film Council. 2018-04-09. 30 May 2006.
  6. Web site: Paquet. Darcy. SUNG Hyun-ah Wins Best Actress at Malaga Festival. Korean Film Council. 2018-04-09. 23 November 2007.
  7. Web site: Kwon. Mee-yoo. Drug Scandal Jolts Showbiz Industry. The Korea Times. 2013-05-25. 28 April 2009.
  8. Web site: Chung. Sun-gu. Wohn. Dong-hee. Web logs turn into marketing tools for firms. https://archive.today/20130629135745/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2422669. usurped. June 29, 2013. Korea JoongAng Daily. 2018-04-09. 2 June 2004.
  9. Web site: Shin. Hae-in. What nude scenes mean for actresses. The Korea Herald via Hancinema. 2018-04-09. 27 March 2006. 2008-02-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20080201023615/http://www.hancinema.net/what-nude-scenes-mean-for-actresses-5629.html. live.
  10. Web site: Garcia. Cathy Rose A.. Actress Sung to Get Married in December. The Korea Times. 2018-04-09. 14 October 2007.
  11. Web site: TV Star Sung Hyun-ah Marries Businessman. The Chosun Ilbo. 2018-04-09. 10 December 2007.
  12. Web site: Lee. Eun-joo. Wedding bells ring overtime on weekend. https://archive.today/20130629135720/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2883807. usurped. June 29, 2013. Korea JoongAng Daily. 2018-04-09. 12 December 2007.
  13. Web site: Cho. Hyun-eui. Did Sung get paid W50 mil. for having sex?. The Korea Times. 2018-04-09. 20 February 2014.
  14. Web site: Kim. Hee-eun. Sung charged for prostitution. Korea JoongAng Daily. 2018-04-09. 25 June 2014.
  15. News: Tae-hoon. Lee. Actress Sung Hyun-ah found guilty of prostitution. 2018-04-09. The Korea Observer. 8 August 2014.
  16. News: Actress found not guilty of prostitution. 19 February 2016. Korea JoongAng Daily. 2018-04-09.

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