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Son Ye-jin ( 孫藝珍 . 손 예 진 . ソン・イェジン) , while attending the Seoul Institute of Arts (The Film Art Department) made her first big screen debut in "Secret Tears"(2000). She was forced to disrupt her studies to cope with busy acting and commercial schedule. Son Ye-jin never looked back since then as new acting opportunities kept coming in.

Her first lead role is in the drama "Delicious Proposal"(2001) and her first recognition came in 2002 where she won the 22nd Korea Movie Critics Best New Actress Award for her role as Soo-In in "Lover's Concerto"(2002), who contracted leukemia since young. Her subsequent movie "The Classic"(2003) earned her several other awards. Her fascinating acting and crying skill has won her praises from directors and co-actors.

Her career highlight is when she won the 2003 Blue Dragon popular actress award. The characters she played had simply moved and won the heart of the audience. In mid 2003 we realised that not only that she has a lovable face, she also has a sizzling hot body figures as demonstrated in "Crazy First Love" (2003) where for the first time on screen she wore a bikini to seduce co-actor Cha Tae-Hyeon. More of her daring acts in a recent box office hit "April Snow"(2004).

We can see Son Ye-jin's mature growth and she is able to shake off her typical portrait of delicate ailing figures with her recent works, her popularity is on the rise with her inroad into the Japanese commercial market that looks promising.

Another highlight of her acting career when she is announced as the highest paid actress in Korea commanding a record of US 25 thousand per episode for "Alone in Love".

In June 2006, Son Ye Jin was chosen by Celine to be the model to endose their products in Asian region. She was also voted as the "2006 Jewelry Lady" which was won by Kim Hyun Joo & Han Chae Young previously.

Son Ye Jin's popularity in Japan was once again confirmed as two of her movie top the Japanese list of most popular Korean film. Son Ye Jin and Jung Woo Sung's "Moment to Remember" was the most popular Korean movie with a box office of 30 billion yen. Her other work with Korean heart-throb Bae Yong Joon "April Snow" came in second with 27.5 billion yen.

Son Ye Jin starts off the year 2007 crowning as the "Best Leading Actress" for her role in "Alone in Love" on an award ceremony organised by SBS & KBS. The divorcee Eun-ho whom left a profound impression , had landed her another award which is the 43th Paek Sang Arts Best Acting Award. She mentioned that as compared to 4 years ago when she first won the newcomer award, she credited her success to her fans and people around her, for her becoming of a more emotional actress ...