Kim Hee Ae is a celebrated South Korean actress. Born on April 23, 1967, she was first discovered when she was a freshman in high school by a man who worked for advertising agency, which opened the way for her to work as a model. Kim Hee Ae made her acting debut in the 1983 film “The First Day of the Twentieth Year.” She has enjoyed a successful career acting in both films and television dramas. Some of her most popular roles include the film “Thread of Lies” (2014) and the television dramas “My Husband’s Woman” (2007), “Midas” (2011), “A Wife’s Credentials” (2012), “Secret Love Affair” (2014), “Mrs. Cop” (2015) and “Second to Last Love” (2016). Kim Hee Ae also has made regular appearances on the travel reality show “Sisters Over Flowers” since 2013. Kim Hee Ae married Lee Chan Jin, CEO of the web portal DreamWiz, in 1996, and they have two sons.

Kim Hee Ae

Seven years after South Korea's first disastrous lunar mission, the nation attempts a second Moon landing. Astronaut Hwang Sun Woo (D.O) finds himself in grave danger when a sudden wind sends him hurtling across the lunar landscape, leaving him stranded and seemingly doomed. The national space center turns to its former managing director Kim Jae Guk (Sol Kung Gu), who was previously forced out after a controversial incident and now lives a quiet life in the mountains. Alongside space station director Yoon Moon Young (Kim Hae Ae), Kim Jae Guk must now use his expertise to guide Hwang Sun Woo to safety and prevent another tragic loss in space. With time running out and the astronaut's survival hanging in the balance, the team must work together to overcome seemingly insurmountable challenges. This is a 2023 South Korean movie directed by Kim Yong Hwa.

The Moon

Yoon Hee (Kim Hee Ae), a recently divorced woman in her forties, struggles with depression while hiding her sadness from her teenage daughter Sae Bom (Kim So Hye). When Sae Bom discovers a letter from Japan revealing her mother's long-hidden first love, she secretly plans a trip to help her mother reconnect with her past. The journey becomes an unexpected opportunity for mother and daughter to explore their relationship and Yoon Hee's unresolved emotions. As they travel together, Yoon Hee wrestles with hope and anxiety about potentially reuniting with her first love, while Sae Bom hopes to help her mother heal and strengthen their bond. This intimate exploration of love, memory, and family connection unfolds against the backdrop of their shared adventure. "Moonlit Winter" is a 2019 South Korean movie directed by Lim Dae Hyung.

Moonlit Winter

During World War II, Bae Jung Gil (Kim Hae Sook) was a South Korean woman forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military. Years later, working as a housekeeper for Moon Jung Sook (Kim Hee Ae), Jung Gil mysteriously disappears. Jung Sook begins investigating her former housekeeper's past, uncovering the devastating stories of comfort women during the war. Driven by compassion and a quest for justice, she helps the surviving victims challenge the Japanese government in court, seeking long-overdue recognition and reparation for their suffering. This powerful narrative exposes the painful historical trauma of wartime sexual violence and the resilience of women who fought to reclaim their dignity. Based on real-life events surrounding the Shimonoseki trials, this is a 2018 South Korean drama film directed by Min Kyu Dong.

Herstory

Yoon Seol Hee (Kim Hee Ae), a powerful businesswoman from a wealthy family, dies unexpectedly, and her body mysteriously vanishes from the morgue. Detective Woo Jung Sik (Kim Sang Kyung), a once-brilliant investigator with a complex past, is assigned to the case. Suspicion falls on her widower Park Jin Han (Kim Kang Woo), a university professor having an affair with his student Hye Jin (Han Ji An). As Jung Sik investigates, the plot intensifies when Park Jin Han begins receiving text messages from his seemingly deceased wife. Based on the 2012 Spanish film "The Body," this is a 2018 South Korean mystery thriller directed by Lee Chang Hee.

The Vanished

😱OMG They lost my wife 🤨

SBS, KOCOWA

Min Ju, a career-driven producer, excels in staging on-screen love and yet struggles to script her own romance. Determined to champion her single life, she moves to Woori City only to meet unexpected neighbor Sang Sik, a steadfast civil servant who has maintained a quiet life with his daughter and siblings after losing his wife 15 years ago. Change isn't on his wishlist, but his world is thrown into chaos when a new deputy mayor steps into town. Amidst their tumultuous relationship, will love dare to blossom?

Second to Last Love

Last Love Team

Young Jin's supposedly a full-time mother, but she's also got the duty of being one of Seoul's best detectives under the country's police force. Because she loves her job more, Young Jin sticks to her duties as a badass detective against one of the country's toughest chairman. Chairman Kang also seems to be one of the people behind her father's death, which infuriates her the most about this prime suspect.

Mrs. Cop

Justice Seekers

Choi Young Jin

JTBC

Is this the life that you are meant to live? Seo Rae (Kim Hee Ae) is married to Sang Jin (Jang Hyun Sung), a driven reporter for a broadcasting company. Seo Rae has been a dutiful housewife, a humble daughter-in-law to Sang Jin’s parents, and a devoted mother to her son, Gyul (Lim Je No), who until recently has been a sickly child. But there is something that is missing from Seo Rae’s life. She doesn’t agree with Sang Jin’s push to get the best private education for Gyul but reluctantly agrees to move to a better neighborhood to further Gyul’s education. On her first day in their new neighborhood, a thief steals Seo Rae’s bicycle from outside a café. Tae Oh (Lee Sung Jae) sees the fleeing thief and rescues Seo Rae’s bike. When Seo Rae learns that Tae Oh is her son’s new dentist, will this stranger change her life in ways she didn’t expect on her own personal road to self-discovery? “A Wife’s Credentials” is a 2012 South Korean drama series directed by An Pan Seok.

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