Han Hyo Joo (Hyo Joo Han)

Also known as: Han Hyo Ju, ハン・ヒョジュ

Date of birth: 22 February 1987 (39 years old)

Country: South Korean

Han Hyo Joo is a South Korean actress under BH Entertainment. For the film "Cold Eyes" (감시자들, 2013), she won Best Actress at the Blue Dragon Film Awards. Han was first discovered in a teenage beauty pageant organized by food corporation Binggrae in 2003. She began her acting career in the sitcom "Nonstop Season 5" (논스톱 5). In 2006 she was cast in the independent film "Ad-lib Night" (아주 특별한 손님). She won the Best New Actress awards at the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards and the Singapore International Film Festival for her performance. Han won several acting awards including the Daesang (Grand Prize) award at MBC Drama Awards and the coveted Best Actress award at Baeksang Arts Awards. In 2013, Han was blackmailed by her ex-manager. According to police, the ex-manager Lee illegally transferred 16 photos of Han and her ex-boyfriend from her digital camera to his mobile phone. Lee then threatened to publish the compromising photos unless he and his two accomplices were paid ₩400 million. In 2019, Han Hyo Joo was cast as the main character in the USA’s “Treadstone,” a television spin-off of the “Bourne” film series starring Matt Damon. It would be her first TV project in Hollywood. (Source: Wikipedia; edited by MyDramaList)