Song Ji-hyo

Song Ji-hyo
Song in July 2023
Born	Cheon Seong-im (1981-08-15) August 15, 1981 (age 43) Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
Alma mater	Kookje University [ko]
Occupations	Actress model
Years active	2001–present
Agent	Nexus E&M
Korean name
Hangul	천수연
Hanja	千秀姸
Revised Romanization	Cheon Su-yeon
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'ŏn Su-yŏn
Birth name
Hangul	천성임
Hanja	千成林
Revised Romanization	Cheon Seong-im
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'ŏn Sŏng-im
Stage name
Hangul	송지효
Hanja	宋智孝
Revised Romanization	Song Ji-hyo
McCune–Reischauer	Song Chi-hyo
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Cheon Soo-yeon (Korean: 천수연; born Cheon Seong-im, August 15, 1981), better known by the stage name Song Ji-hyo (Korean: 송지효), is a South Korean actress and model. Song is one of the regular cast members of the South Korean variety show Running Man since 2010, which brought her international recognition. She was a cover model for Kiki Magazine before she made her acting debut in the feature film Wishing Stairs (2003), the third installment in the Whispering Corridors film series. She made her television debut in the romantic comedy Princess Hours (2006) and the historical Jumong (2006). Song then received wider recognition for her roles in the film A Frozen Flower (2008), New World (2013), the TV series Emergency Couple (2014) and Was It Love? (2020), and her first-ever film released after the start of the pandemic COVID-19 since March 2020 in South Korea, Intruder (2020), which received a positive response from moviegoers even though it was released during the pandemic.