Kim Hye-ja
Kim Hye-ja | |
|---|---|
Kim in February 2019 | |
| Born | October 25, 1941 |
| Education | Ewha Womans University (dropped out) |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1963–present |
| Spouse |
Im Jong-chan
(m. 1961; died 1998) |
| Children | 2 |
| Honours | Eungwan Order of Cultural Merit (2019) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김혜자 |
| Hanja | 金惠子 |
| RR | Gim Hyeja |
| MR | Kim Hyeja |
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Kim Hye-ja (Korean: 김혜자; born October 25, 1941) is a South Korean actress and humanitarian. Best known to South Korean audiences as the archetypal mother figure in popular television series such as Country Diaries (1980–2002), What Is Love? (1991), My Mother's Sea (1993), and Roses and Beansprouts (1999). Kim drew international critical acclaim in the noir thriller Mother (2009), The Light in Your Eyes (2019), Our Blues (2022) and Heavenly Ever After (2025).