Jun Ji-hyun, Gianna Jun

Gianna Jun won’t be running away with Rain.

But Lee Na-Young might.

Dramabeans 6/4/2010 — As soon as Rain confirmed his drama comeback in Runaway (the next project from Chuno’s writer-director team), speculation arose about who would be cast as his leading lady, and Jeon Ji-hyun’s name rose to the top of lists as a likely prospect. However, a source with her management company, Sidus HQ, has now stated that Jeon has declined the offer.
Now Lee Na-young’s name is being discussed as a top possibility, which was confirmed by her management, BOF, who stated on June 3 that although no decision has been made, they are looking favorably at the prospect….
(sourced from: DongA)

 

This is a Korean name; the family name is "Jun".

Jun Ji-hyun
At a promotional event in 2009
Born	Wang Ji-hyun October 30, 1981 (1981-10-30) (age 29) Seoul, South Korea
Other names	Gianna Jun
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	1997–present
Korean name
Hangul	전지현
Hanja	全智賢
Revised Romanization	Jeon Ji Hyeon
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏn Chihyŏn
Birth name
Hangul	왕지현
Hanja	王智賢
Revised Romanization	Wang Ji-hyeon
McCune–Reischauer	Wang Chihyŏn

Jun Ji-hyun (Korean: 전지현; born October 30, 1981) also known as Gianna Jun, is a South Korean actress and model. She had her breakthrough role in 2001 as The Girl in the film My Sassy Girl which became the highest grossing Korean comedy of all time. Other notable films include Il Mare (2000) and Windstruck (2004).

 

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Biography

Jun was born in Seoul, South Korea, and studied in the Department of Theater and Film at Dongguk University. Jun's childhood dream was to be an airhostess, but at the age of 16, a neighbour introduced her to modelling.^[1] She began her career as a fashion model for Echo Magazine in 1997.
After appearing in a number of TV sitcoms, her movie debut came in White Valentine (1999). This was followed by a role in Il Mare (2000), which proved to be a success. An American remake of Il Mare, The Lake House, was released 14 June 2006. However, her biggest breakthrough was in My Sassy Girl (2001), a romantic comedy which bought her international recognition, and won her a Best Actress award at the Grand Bell Awards in 2002. It was the highest grossing Korean comedy film at the time. In 2004, she starred in the film Windstruck, a South Korean fantasy-romantic comedy which was directed by Kwak Jae-yong. The film was also another major success and was the 8th-highest grossing Korean film of 2004. In 2006, she was also in the movie Daisy. In 2008, she was also in the film A Man Who Was Superman.
Ji Hyun worked closely with CJ Entertainment, particularly with the distribution of Windstruck, The Uninvited, and A Man Who Was Superman.
In 2009, she made her English-language film debut when she starred as Saya in Blood: The Last Vampire, which was filmed in China and Argentina in March 2007. It was during filming and before the March 2009 release that she adopted the Westernised name Gianna Jun. The film was Jun's first official action film and was a "drastic" change in her image from previous films.
As of February 2010, she began filming Snow Flower and the Secret Fan in China.^[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1999	White Valentine	Jung-min
2000	Il Mare	Eun-joo
2001	My Sassy Girl	The Girl
2003	The Uninvited	Yeon
2004	Windstruck	Yeo Kyung-jin
2006	Daisy	Hye Young
2008	A Man Who Was Superman	Song Soo-jung
2009	Blood: The Last Vampire	Saya Otonashi

Drama

Year	Title	Role
1997	The Season of Puberty
1998	Fascinate My Heart
1999	Happy Together	Suh Yoon-joo

Awards

• 2002 Grand Bell Awards: Best Actress for My Sassy Girl
• 1999 SBS Actors Awards: Best New Actress
• 1999 Baeksang Arts Awards: Best New Actress