Ha Hee-ra

This is a Korean name; the family name is Ha.

Ha Hee-ra
Born	(1969-01-02) January 2, 1969 Seongbuk District, Seoul, South Korea
Education	Dongguk University - Education
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1950–present
Agent	GH Entertainment
Spouse(s)	Choi Soo-jong (m. 1993)
Children	2
Korean name
Hangul	하희라
Hanja	夏希羅
Revised Romanization	Ha Hui-ra
McCune–Reischauer	Ha Hui-ra

Ha Hee-ra (born October 29, 1969) is a South Korean actress. She was born in Seoul to a Taiwanese immigrant father and a Korean mother. Ha began her acting career in 1981 when she was in the sixth grade, appearing mostly in films for teenagers. In the 1990s, Ha became one of the top actresses in Korean television, along with Chae Shi-ra and Kim Hee-ae. Among her notable dramas include What Women Want (1990), What Is Love (1991), The Break of Dawn (1993), Catching Up with Gangnam Moms (2007) and President (2010).

She married actor Choi Soo-jong in November 1993, and obtained a South Korean citizenship after their wedding. The couple have two children: son Min-seo and daughter Yoon-seo.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1986	Great March of Tomboys
1987	Exciting Lives of Three Girls
1988	Miri, Mari, Wuri, Duri	Duri
	Campus Romance Seminar	Hye-ri
	If You Want
	Puppy Love
1989	Memories of Bal-bari	Eun-kyung
1990	You Know What? It's a Secret	Hye-na
	Days of Standing Alone	Hyun Eun-ji
1991	Back to You Once More	Kim Sung-hee
	The Night Full of Stars	Bo-ra
1992	A Foolish Lover	Hye-rin
2002	The Beauty in Dream	So-ra

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Network
1981	Land		KBS1
1983	Diary of a High School Student		KBS1
1986	Windfall		KBS1
1987	Eldest Sister-in-law		KBS2
1988	Heaven Heaven	Lady Hyegyeong	KBS2
	The Story of Shim Chung		KBS2
1989	And So Flows History		KBS1
	당추동 사람들		KBS2
1990	What Women Want	Young-chae	MBC
	검생이의 달		KBS2
1991	Magpie Daughter-in-law	Seo Bong-hwa	MBC
	What Is Love	Park Ji-eun	MBC
1992	Rose Garden	Choi Young-joo	SBS
	Wind in the Grass	Mi-kyung	MBC
1993	The Break of Dawn	Song Bo-kyung/Ssang-soon	KBS1
1995	A Place in the Sun	Im Cha-hee	KBS2
	Dazzling Dawn	Empress Myeongseong	KBS1
1997	Because I Really	Hong Eun-pyo	KBS2
	Women	Seo Ki-nam	SBS
2002	To Be with You	Han Moon-hee	KBS1
2005	My Love Toram	Jeon Sook-yeon	SBS
	I Love You, My Enemy	Myung Hae-kang	SBS
2006	Love Me When You Can	Oh Soon-ae	MBC
2007	Catching up with Gangnam Moms	Hyun Min-joo	SBS
2009	What's for Dinner?	Jo Young-ran	MBC
2010	I Live Without Incident	Hwang Se-ri	MBC
	President	Jo So-hee	KBS2
2012	Dummy Mommy	Kim Sun-young	SBS
2013	Good for You	Min Ji-soo/Min Ji-won	MBC
2015	Make a Woman Cry	Na Eun-soo	MBC

Variety show

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2012	Beautiful People	KBS1	Documentary narration
	Mom and Dad, I Miss You		Documentary narration
2013	Children at Risk	KBS1
2013-2014	Global Homestay: The Way Home	MBC

Theater

Year	Title	Role
1991	I Ought to Be in Pictures
1994	Save the Last Dance for Me
1998	Nunsense
2004	Why We Dream of Lovers
2008	The Goodbye Girl	Paula McFadden

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1986	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress		Won
1988	24th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actress (Film)	Campus Romance Seminar	Won
	KBS Drama Awards	Special Award		Won
1990	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress		Won
		Popularity Award		Won
1991	27th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Actress (TV)	What Women Want	Won
	MBC Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress		Won
1992	28th Baeksang Arts Awards	Most Popular Actress (TV)	What Is Love	Won
	MBC Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress		Won
1993	KBS Drama Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang)	The Break of Dawn	Won
1995	1st Korea Musical Awards	Popular Star Award	Save the Last Dance for Me	Won
	KBS Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress	A Place in the Sun	Won
2005	SBS Drama Awards	Best Actress in a Drama Short	My Love Toram	Won
2006	MBC Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress	Love Me When You Can	Won
2007	SBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries	Catching Up with Gangnam Moms	Won
2009	MBC Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress	What's for Dinner?	Nominated
2010	2nd Korea Sharing Awards	Special Chairman's Award	N/A	Won
2011	3rd Korea Human Awards	Sharing Award	N/A	Won
2012	1st Sharing Happiness Awards	Award from the Minister of Health and Welfare	N/A	Won
	SBS Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Dummy Mommy	Nominated
2013	MBC Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Good for You	Nominated

External links

• Ha Hee-ra at GH Entertainment (Korean)
• Ha Hee-ra Fan Cafe at Daum (Korean)
• Ha Hee-ra at the Korean Movie Database
• Ha Hee-ra at the Internet Movie Database
• Ha Hee-ra at HanCinema