Moon Jeong-hee

Actress

Birthday January 12, 1976

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace South Korea

Age 48 years old

Nationality South Korea

Height 1.64 m

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1976

Moon Jeong-hee (born January 12, 1976) is a South Korean stage, film, and television actress.

1998

She made her theater debut in a 1998 staging of Blood Brothers.

Though she hasn't found full-fledged stardom, the actress has built a solid body of work alternating leading and supporting roles.

2010

She was named the goodwill ambassador of international children's rights group Safe Kids Korea in 2010.

2012

She has won Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Deranged (2012) and Best Supporting Actress award in Buil Film Awards for her performance in Cart (2014).

Moon Jeong-hee graduated from the Korea National University of Arts with a degree in Theatre Studies.

2012 hit Deranged was her first starring role in a commercial film, for which she won Best Supporting Actress at the Blue Dragon Film Awards.

In 2012 she hosted the closing ceremony of the Jeonju International Film Festival.

In 2021, she was selected as jury member for Bucheon Choice Features section of 25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival held in July.

2013

Moon has also drawn positive reviews for her performances in Hide and Seek (2013), Cart (2014), and Mama (2014).

Having learned salsa in middle school, Moon became an accomplished salsa dancer.

She has worked as a salsa dancing teacher in between projects, and can also do jazz dancing and the pansori.

Moon is fluent in three languages - Korean, English and French.